1983 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1983 1983 World Figure Skating Championships 1983 World Figure Skating Championships.jpg ISU Championship March 8 13 1982–83 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki Ice Hall USA Scott Hamilton USA Rosalynn Sumners URS Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev GBR Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean 1982 World Championships 1984 World 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. 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 Men USA Scott Hamilton FRG Norbert Schramm CAN Brian Orser Ladies USA Rosalynn Sumners FRG Claudia Leistner URS Elena Vodorezova Pair skating URS Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev GDR Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach CAN Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini Ice dancing GBR Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean URS Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin USA Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert Medals by country 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Results Men Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Total 1 Scott Hamilton 2 1 1 1 2.6 2 Norbert Schramm 4 3 3 3 6.6 3 Brian Orser 8 2 2 2 7.6 4 Alexander Fadeev 6 4 4 4 9.2 5 Jean-Christophe Simond 1 5 7 7 9.8 6 Jozef Sabovčík 3 9 5 5 10.4 7 Brian Boitano 9 7 6 6 14.2 8 Heiko Fischer 5 8 9 8 15.2 9 Vladimir Kotin 7 6 10 10 16.6 10 Rudi Cerne 10 11 8 9 18.4 11 Laurent Depouilly 12 13 11 12 23.4 12 Falko Kirsten 14 10 12 11 24.4 13 Gary Beacom 11 17 14 14 27.4 14 Mark Cockerell 19 12 13 13 29.2 15 Lars Åkesson 13 14 17 17 30.4 16 Miljan Begović 15 15 16 16 31.0 17 Masaru Ogawa 17 16 15 15 31.6 18 Shinji Someya 16 18 19 18 35.8 19 Thomas Hlavik 18 21 18 19 37.2 20 Mark Pepperday 21 19 20 20 40.2 21 Cameron Medhurst 20 20 21 21 41.0 22 Fernando Soria 22 22 22 22 44.0 Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: Oskar Madl Judges: Irina Absaliamova Kazuo Ohashi Heinz Müllenbach Helga von Wiecki Tjaša Andrée Monique Georgelin Hugh C. Graham, Jr. Gerhardt Bubnik Margaret Berezowski Substitute judge: Walter Hütter Ladies Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Total 1 Rosalynn Sumners 1 4 1 2 3.2 2 Claudia Leistner 5 2 3 3 6.8 3 Elena Vodorezova 3 3 4 4 7.0 4 Katarina Witt 8 1 2 1 7.2 5 Anna Kondrashova 9 5 5 5 12.4 6 Kristiina Wegelius 2 9 9 9 13.8 7 Kay Thomson 6 11 6 7 14.0 8 Manuela Ruben 7 10 8 8 16.2 9 Tiffany Chin 14 6 7 6 17.8 10 Sandra Cariboni 4 16 12 13 20.8 11 Janina Wirth 15 7 10 10 21.8 12 Charlene Wong 13 8 11 11 22.0 13 Sanda Dubravčić 11 13 13 12 24.8 14 Sonja Stanek 10 17 14 14 26.8 15 Katrien Pauwels 12 20 15 15 30.2 B Section 16 Karin Telser 21 12 3 2 20.4 17 Catarina Lindgren 18 15 5 4 21.8 18 Juri Ozawa 24 18 1 3 22.6 19 Susan Jackson 25 14 2 1 22.6 20 Hanne Gamborg 19 19 6 6 25.0 21 Elise Ahonen 22 22 4 5 26.0 22 Li Scha Wang 20 23 7 7 28.2 23 Alison Southwood 16 27 8 9 28.4 24 Béatrice Farinacci 17 24 9 8 28.8 25 Susanne Gschwend 23 26 10 11 34.2 26 Vicki Holland 26 21 11 10 35.0 27 Rosario Esteban 28 25 12 12 38.8 WD Lim Hye-kyung 27 28 WD Elaine Zayak Referee: Benjamin T. Wright Assistant Referee: Leena Vainio Judges: Linda Petersen Raymond Alperth Margaret Berezowski Jacqueline Itschner Monique Petis Ludwig Gassner Eugen Romminger Hideo Sugita Britta Lindgren Walburga Grimm Substitute judge: Giovanni De Mori Pairs Rank Name Nation SP FS Points Total 1 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev 2 1 1.8 2 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach 1 2 2.4 3 Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini 3 3 4.2 4 Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers 5 4 6.0 5 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov 6 5 7.4 6 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich 4 7 8.6 7 Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver 8 6 9.2 8 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert 7 7 9.8 9 Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom 9 9 12.6 10 Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler 10 10 14.0 11 Jill Watson / Burt Lancon 11 11 15.4 12 Babette Preußler / Torsten Ohlow 12 12 16.8 13 Susan Garland / Ian Jenkins 14 13 18.6 14 Toshimi Ito / Takashi Mura 13 14 19.2 15 Jana Havlová / René Novotný 15 15 21.0 16 Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola 16 16 22.4 17 Maija Pekkala / Pekka Pekkala 17 17 23.8 Referee: Donald H. Gilchrist Assistant Referee: Erika Schiechtl Judges: Suzanne Fancis Mikhail Drei Ingrid Reetz Hely Abbondati Dagmar Řeháková Virginia LeFevre Sally-Anne Stapleford Ingrid Linke Hideo Sugita Substitute judge: Jürg Wilhelm 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. AP https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/10/sports/russians-triumph-in-pairs.html Russians Triumph In Pairs NYTimes.com 1983-03-10 2012-07-02 Rank Name Nation CD OSP FD Total 1 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean 1 1 1 2.0 2 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin 3 3 2 5.0 3 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert 2 2 3 5.0 4 Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin 5 4 4 8.6 5 Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater 4 8 5 10.6 6 Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall 7 5 6 12.2 7 Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory 6 6 7 13.0 8 Elena Batanova / Alexei Soloviev 8 7 8 15.6 9 Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn 10 9 9 18.6 10 Kelly Johnson / John Thomas 13 11 10 22.2 11 Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola 12 10 11 22.2 12 Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams 11 12 12 23.4 13 Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint 14 14 13 27.0 14 Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi 15 13 14 28.2 15 Marianne van Bommel / Wayne Deweyert 16 15 15 30.6 16 Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck 17 16 16 32.6 17 Claudia Schmidlin / Daniel Schmidlin 18 17 17 34.6 18 Hristina Boyanova / Javor Ivanov Bulgaria 1971 19 18 18 36.6 WD Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu 9 Referee: Lawrence Demmy Assistant Referee: Roland Wehinger Judges: Cia Bordogna Jürg Wilhelm Kazuo Ohashi Margaret Freepartner Ann Shaw Heide Maritszak Igor Kabanov Katalin Alpern Roy Mason Substitute judge: Lysiane Lauret References Sources Result list provided by the ISU Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships 1983 Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Finland Category:International sports competitions in Helsinki Category:1980s in Helsinki Category:March 1983 sports events in Europe