1983 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1983 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland from March 8 to 13. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

1983 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 8 – 13
Season:1982–83
Location:Helsinki, Finland
Champions
Men's singles:
Scott Hamilton
Ladies' singles:
Rosalynn Sumners
Pair skating:
Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev
Ice dance:
Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean
Previous:
1982 World Championships
Next:
1984 World Championships

The ISU Representative was Hermann Schiechtl and the ISU Technical Delegate Elemér Terták. The original dance was part of the competition for the first time.

Medal tables

Medalists

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Scott Hamilton Norbert Schramm Brian Orser
Ladies Rosalynn Sumners Claudia Leistner Elena Vodorezova
Pair skating Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini
Ice dancing Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert

Medals by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2013
2 Soviet Union (URS)1113
3 Great Britain (GBR)1001
4 West Germany (FRG)0202
5 East Germany (GDR)0101
6 Canada (CAN)0022
Totals (6 nations)44412

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Total
1 Scott Hamilton United States21112.6
2 Norbert Schramm West Germany43336.6
3 Brian Orser Canada82227.6
4 Alexander Fadeev Soviet Union64449.2
5 Jean-Christophe Simond France15779.8
6 Jozef Sabovčík Czechoslovakia395510.4
7 Brian Boitano United States976614.2
8 Heiko Fischer West Germany589815.2
9 Vladimir Kotin Soviet Union76101016.6
10 Rudi Cerne West Germany10118918.4
11 Laurent Depouilly France1213111223.4
12 Falko Kirsten East Germany1410121124.4
13 Gary Beacom Canada1117141427.4
14 Mark Cockerell United States1912131329.2
15 Lars Åkesson Sweden1314171730.4
16 Miljan Begović Yugoslavia1515161631.0
17 Masaru Ogawa Japan1716151531.6
18 Shinji Someya Japan1618191835.8
19 Thomas Hlavik Austria1821181937.2
20 Mark Pepperday United Kingdom2119202040.2
21 Cameron Medhurst Australia2020212141.0
22 Fernando Soria Spain2222222244.0

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Ladies

Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Total
1 Rosalynn Sumners United States14123.2
2 Claudia Leistner West Germany52336.8
3 Elena Vodorezova Soviet Union33447.0
4 Katarina Witt East Germany81217.2
5 Anna Kondrashova Soviet Union955512.4
6 Kristiina Wegelius Finland299913.8
7 Kay Thomson Canada6116714.0
8 Manuela Ruben West Germany7108816.2
9 Tiffany Chin United States1467617.8
10 Sandra Cariboni  Switzerland416121320.8
11 Janina Wirth East Germany157101021.8
12 Charlene Wong Canada138111122.0
13 Sanda Dubravčić Yugoslavia1113131224.8
14 Sonja Stanek Austria1017141426.8
15 Katrien Pauwels Belgium1220151530.2
B Section
16 Karin Telser Italy21123220.4
17 Catarina Lindgren Sweden18155421.8
18 Juri Ozawa Japan24181322.6
19 Susan Jackson United Kingdom25142122.6
20 Hanne Gamborg Denmark19196625.0
21 Elise Ahonen Finland22224526.0
22 Li Scha Wang Netherlands20237728.2
23 Alison Southwood United Kingdom16278928.4
24 Béatrice Farinacci France17249828.8
25 Susanne Gschwend Austria2326101134.2
26 Vicki Holland Australia2621111035.0
27 Rosario Esteban Spain2825121238.8
WD Lim Hye-kyung South Korea2728
WD Elaine Zayak United States

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Pairs

Rank Name Nation SP FS Points Total
1 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Soviet Union211.8
2 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach East Germany122.4
3 Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini Canada334.2
4 Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers United States546.0
5 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov Soviet Union657.4
6 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich Soviet Union478.6
7 Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver United States869.2
8 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert East Germany779.8
9 Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom Canada9912.6
10 Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler Canada101014.0
11 Jill Watson / Burt Lancon United States111115.4
12 Babette Preußler / Torsten Ohlow East Germany121216.8
13 Susan Garland / Ian Jenkins United Kingdom141318.6
14 Toshimi Ito / Takashi Mura Japan131419.2
15 Jana Havlová / René Novotný Czechoslovakia151521.0
16 Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola West Germany161622.4
17 Maija Pekkala / Pekka Pekkala Finland171723.8

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Ice dancing

Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean got 5.9 scores from all nine judges in their third dance, the Argentine tango, of the compulsory portion of the event.[1]

Rank Name Nation CD OSP FD Total
1 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean United Kingdom1112.0
2 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Soviet Union3325.0
3 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert United States2235.0
4 Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin Soviet Union5448.6
5 Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater United Kingdom48510.6
6 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall Canada75612.2
7 Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory United States66713.0
8 Elena Batanova / Alexei Soloviev Soviet Union87815.6
9 Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn West Germany109918.6
10 Kelly Johnson / John Thomas Canada13111022.2
11 Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola Italy12101122.2
12 Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams United Kingdom11121223.4
13 Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint Hungary14141327.0
14 Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi Japan15131428.2
15 Marianne von Bommel / Wayne Deweyert Netherlands16151530.6
16 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck Austria17161632.6
17 Claudia Schmidlin / Daniel Schmidlin  Switzerland18171734.6
18 Hristina Boyanova / Javor Ivanov Bulgaria19181836.6
WD Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu France9

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References

  1. AP (1983-03-10). "Russians Triumph In Pairs". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-02.

Sources

  • Result list provided by the ISU
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