1983 World Figure Skating Championships

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1983 World Figure Skating Championships
1983 World Figure Skating Championships.jpg
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 8 – 13
Season:1982–83
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Venue: Helsinki Ice Hall
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hamilton
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the United States.svg Rosalynn Sumners
Pairs:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev
Ice dance:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean
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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.

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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

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Men Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hamilton Flag of Germany.svg Norbert Schramm Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brian Orser
Ladies Flag of the United States.svg Rosalynn Sumners Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Leistner Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Elena Vodorezova
Pair skating Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Flag of East Germany.svg Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini
Ice dancing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Flag of the United States.svg Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert

Medals by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)2013
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)1113
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)1001
4Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)0202
5Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)0101
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0022
Totals (6 entries)44412

Results

Men

RankNameNationCPSPFSSP+FSPointsTotal
1 Scott Hamilton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 21112.6
2 Norbert Schramm Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 43336.6
3 Brian Orser Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 82227.6
4 Alexander Fadeev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 64449.2
5 Jean-Christophe Simond Flag of France.svg  France 15779.8
6 Jozef Sabovčík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 395510.4
7 Brian Boitano Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 976614.2
8 Heiko Fischer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 589815.2
9 Vladimir Kotin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 76101016.6
10 Rudi Cerne Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 10118918.4
11 Laurent Depouilly Flag of France.svg  France 1213111223.4
12 Falko Kirsten Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1410121124.4
13 Gary Beacom Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1117141427.4
14 Mark Cockerell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1912131329.2
15 Lars Åkesson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1314171730.4
16 Miljan Begović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1515161631.0
17 Masaru Ogawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1716151531.6
18 Shinji Someya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1618191835.8
19 Thomas Hlavik Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1821181937.2
20 Mark Pepperday Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2119202040.2
21 Cameron Medhurst Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2020212141.0
22 Fernando Soria Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2222222244.0

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Ladies

RankNameNationCPSPFSSP+FSPointsTotal
1 Rosalynn Sumners Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 14123.2
2 Claudia Leistner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 52336.8
3 Elena Vodorezova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 33447.0
4 Katarina Witt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 81217.2
5 Anna Kondrashova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 955512.4
6 Kristiina Wegelius Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 299913.8
7 Kay Thomson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6116714.0
8 Manuela Ruben Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 7108816.2
9 Tiffany Chin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1467617.8
10 Sandra Cariboni Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 416121320.8
11 Janina Wirth Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 157101021.8
12 Charlene Wong Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 138111122.0
13 Sanda Dubravčić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1113131224.8
14 Sonja Stanek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1017141426.8
15 Katrien Pauwels Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1220151530.2
B Section
16 Karin Telser Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21123220.4
17 Catarina Lindgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18155421.8
18 Juri Ozawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24181322.6
19 Susan Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25142122.6
20 Hanne Gamborg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 19196625.0
21 Elise Ahonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 22224526.0
22 Li Scha Wang Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20237728.2
23 Alison Southwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 16278928.4
24 Béatrice Farinacci Flag of France.svg  France 17249828.8
25 Susanne Gschwend Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2326101134.2
26 Vicki Holland Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2621111035.0
27 Rosario Esteban Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2825121238.8
WD Lim Hye-kyung Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2728
WD Elaine Zayak Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States

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Pairs

RankNameNationSPFSPointsTotal
1 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 211.8
2 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 122.4
3 Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 334.2
4 Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 546.0
5 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 657.4
6 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 478.6
7 Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 869.2
8 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 779.8
9 Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9912.6
10 Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 101014.0
11 Jill Watson / Burt Lancon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 111115.4
12 Babette Preußler / Torsten Ohlow Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 121216.8
13 Susan Garland / Ian Jenkins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 141318.6
14 Toshimi Ito / Takashi Mura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 131419.2
15 Jana Havlová / René Novotný Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 151521.0
16 Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 161622.4
17 Maija Pekkala / Pekka Pekkala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 171723.8

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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]

RankNameNationCDOSPFDTotal
1 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1112.0
2 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3325.0
3 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2235.0
4 Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5448.6
5 Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 48510.6
6 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 75612.2
7 Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 66713.0
8 Elena Batanova / Alexei Soloviev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 87815.6
9 Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 109918.6
10 Kelly Johnson / John Thomas Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13111022.2
11 Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12101122.2
12 Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 11121223.4
13 Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14141327.0
14 Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 15131428.2
15 Marianne van Bommel / Wayne Deweyert Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 16151530.6
16 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 17161632.6
17 Claudia Schmidlin / Daniel Schmidlin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 18171734.6
18 Hristina Boyanova / Javor Ivanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 19181836.6
WD Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu Flag of France.svg  France 9

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References

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

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