1983 World Figure Skating Championships

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

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

Medals by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 2 0 1 3
2  Soviet Union 1 1 1 3
3  United Kingdom 1 0 0 1
4  West Germany 0 2 0 2
5  East Germany 0 1 0 1
6  Canada 0 0 2 2

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Total
1 Scott Hamilton  United States 2111 2.6
2 Norbert Schramm  West Germany 4333 6.6
3 Brian Orser  Canada 8222 7.6
4 Alexander Fadeev  Soviet Union 6444 9.2
5 Jean-Christophe Simond  France 1577 9.8
6 Jozef Sabovčík  Czechoslovakia 3955 10.4
7 Brian Boitano  United States 9766 14.2
8 Heiko Fischer  West Germany 5898 15.2
9 Vladimir Kotin  Soviet Union 761010 16.6
10 Rudi Cerne  West Germany 101189 18.4
11 Laurent Depouilly  France 12131112 23.4
12 Falko Kirsten  East Germany 14101211 24.4
13 Gary Beacom  Canada 11171414 27.4
14 Mark Cockerell  United States 19121313 29.2
15 Lars Åkesson  Sweden 13141717 30.4
16 Miljan Begović  Yugoslavia 15151616 31.0
17 Masaru Ogawa  Japan 17161515 31.6
18 Shinji Someya  Japan 16181918 35.8
19 Thomas Hlavik  Austria 18211819 37.2
20 Mark Pepperday  United Kingdom 21192020 40.2
21 Cameron Medhurst  Australia 20202121 41.0
22 Fernando Soria  Spain 22222222 44.0

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Ladies

Rank Name Nation CP SP FS SP+FS Points Total
1 Rosalynn Sumners  United States 1412 3.2
2 Claudia Leistner  West Germany 5233 6.8
3 Elena Vodorezova  Soviet Union 3344 7.0
4 Katarina Witt  East Germany 8121 7.2
5 Anna Kondrashova  Soviet Union 9555 12.4
6 Kristiina Wegelius  Finland 2999 13.8
7 Kay Thomson  Canada 61167 14.0
8 Manuela Ruben  West Germany 71088 16.2
9 Tiffany Chin  United States 14676 17.8
10 Sandra Cariboni   Switzerland 4161213 20.8
11 Janina Wirth  East Germany 1571010 21.8
12 Charlene Wong  Canada 1381111 22.0
13 Sanda Dubravčić  Yugoslavia 11131312 24.8
14 Sonja Stanek  Austria 10171414 26.8
15 Katrien Pauwels  Belgium 12201515 30.2
B Section
16 Karin Telser  Italy 211232 20.4
17 Catarina Lindgren  Sweden 181554 21.8
18 Juri Ozawa  Japan 241813 22.6
19 Susan Jackson  United Kingdom 251421 22.6
20 Hanne Gamborg  Denmark 191966 25.0
21 Elise Ahonen  Finland 222245 26.0
22 Li Scha Wang  Netherlands 202377 28.2
23 Alison Southwood  United Kingdom 162789 28.4
24 Béatrice Farinacci  France 172498 28.8
25 Susanne Gschwend  Austria 23261011 34.2
26 Vicki Holland  Australia 26211110 35.0
27 Rosario Esteban  Spain 28251212 38.8
WD Lim Hye-kyung  South Korea 2728
WD Elaine Zayak  United States

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Pairs

Rank Name Nation SP FS Points Total
1 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev  Soviet Union 21 1.8
2 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach  East Germany 12 2.4
3 Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini  Canada 33 4.2
4 Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers  United States 54 6.0
5 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov  Soviet Union 65 7.4
6 Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich  Soviet Union 47 8.6
7 Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver  United States 86 9.2
8 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert  East Germany 77 9.8
9 Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom  Canada 99 12.6
10 Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler  Canada 1010 14.0
11 Jill Watson / Burt Lancon  United States 1111 15.4
12 Babette Preußler / Torsten Ohlow  East Germany 1212 16.8
13 Susan Garland / Ian Jenkins  United Kingdom 1413 18.6
14 Toshimi Ito / Takashi Mura  Japan 1314 19.2
15 Jana Havlová / René Novotný  Czechoslovakia 1515 21.0
16 Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola  West Germany 1616 22.4
17 Maija Pekkala / Pekka Pekkala  Finland 1717 23.8

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