1983 World Figure Skating Championships
1983 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | March 8 – 13 |
Season: | 1982–83 |
Location: | Helsinki, Finland |
Venue: | Helsinki Ice Hall |
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 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 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[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (6 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Results[]
Men[]
Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Points | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Hamilton | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | |
2 | Norbert Schramm | West Germany | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6.6 | |
3 | Brian Orser | Canada | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7.6 | |
4 | Alexander Fadeev | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9.2 | |
5 | Jean-Christophe Simond | France | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9.8 | |
6 | Jozef Sabovčík | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10.4 | |
7 | Brian Boitano | United States | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 14.2 | |
8 | Heiko Fischer | West Germany | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 15.2 | |
9 | Vladimir Kotin | Soviet Union | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 16.6 | |
10 | Rudi Cerne | West Germany | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 18.4 | |
11 | Laurent Depouilly | France | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 23.4 | |
12 | Falko Kirsten | East Germany | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 24.4 | |
13 | Gary Beacom | Canada | 11 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 27.4 | |
14 | Mark Cockerell | United States | 19 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 29.2 | |
15 | Lars Åkesson | Sweden | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 30.4 | |
16 | Miljan Begović | Yugoslavia | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 31.0 | |
17 | Masaru Ogawa | Japan | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 31.6 | |
18 | Japan | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 35.8 | ||
19 | Thomas Hlavik | Austria | 18 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 37.2 | |
20 | Mark Pepperday | United Kingdom | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 40.2 | |
21 | Cameron Medhurst | Australia | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 41.0 | |
22 | Spain | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 44.0 |
Referee:
- Italy
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Soviet Union
- Japan
- West Germany
- East Germany
- Yugoslavia
- France
- United States
- Czechoslovakia
- Margaret Berezowski Canada
Substitute judge:
Ladies[]
Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | Points | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rosalynn Sumners | United States | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3.2 | |
2 | Claudia Leistner | West Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6.8 | |
3 | Elena Vodorezova | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7.0 | |
4 | Katarina Witt | East Germany | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7.2 | |
5 | Anna Kondrashova | Soviet Union | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12.4 | |
6 | Kristiina Wegelius | Finland | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13.8 | |
7 | Kay Thomson | Canada | 6 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 14.0 | |
8 | Manuela Ruben | West Germany | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16.2 | |
9 | Tiffany Chin | United States | 14 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 17.8 | |
10 | Sandra Cariboni | Switzerland | 4 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 20.8 | |
11 | Janina Wirth | East Germany | 15 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 21.8 | |
12 | Charlene Wong | Canada | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 22.0 | |
13 | Sanda Dubravčić | Yugoslavia | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 24.8 | |
14 | Sonja Stanek | Austria | 10 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 26.8 | |
15 | Katrien Pauwels | Belgium | 12 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 30.2 | |
B Section | ||||||||
16 | Karin Telser | Italy | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 20.4 | |
17 | Catarina Lindgren | Sweden | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 21.8 | |
18 | Juri Ozawa | Japan | 24 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 22.6 | |
19 | Susan Jackson | United Kingdom | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 22.6 | |
20 | Hanne Gamborg | Denmark | 19 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 25.0 | |
21 | Elise Ahonen | Finland | 22 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 26.0 | |
22 | Netherlands | 20 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 28.2 | ||
23 | United Kingdom | 16 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 28.4 | ||
24 | Béatrice Farinacci | France | 17 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 28.8 | |
25 | Austria | 23 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 34.2 | ||
26 | Vicki Holland | Australia | 26 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 35.0 | |
27 | Spain | 28 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 38.8 | ||
WD | South Korea | 27 | 28 | |||||
WD | Elaine Zayak | United States |
Referee:
- United States
Assistant Referee:
- Leena Vainio Finland
Judges:
- Denmark
- United States
- Margaret Berezowski Canada
- Switzerland
- France
- Austria
- West Germany
- Japan
- Sweden
- East Germany
Substitute judge:
- Italy
Pairs[]
Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FS | Points | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 1.8 | |
2 | Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach | East Germany | 1 | 2 | 2.4 | |
3 | Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini | Canada | 3 | 3 | 4.2 | |
4 | Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers | United States | 5 | 4 | 6.0 | |
5 | Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov | Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 7.4 | |
6 | Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich | Soviet Union | 4 | 7 | 8.6 | |
7 | Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver | United States | 8 | 6 | 9.2 | |
8 | Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert | East Germany | 7 | 7 | 9.8 | |
9 | Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom | Canada | 9 | 9 | 12.6 | |
10 | Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler | Canada | 10 | 10 | 14.0 | |
11 | Jill Watson / Burt Lancon | United States | 11 | 11 | 15.4 | |
12 | Babette Preußler / | East Germany | 12 | 12 | 16.8 | |
13 | Susan Garland / Ian Jenkins | United Kingdom | 14 | 13 | 18.6 | |
14 | / Takashi Mura | Japan | 13 | 14 | 19.2 | |
15 | / René Novotný | Czechoslovakia | 15 | 15 | 21.0 | |
16 | Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola | West Germany | 16 | 16 | 22.4 | |
17 | / | Finland | 17 | 17 | 23.8 |
Referee:
- Donald H. Gilchrist Canada
Assistant Referee:
- West Germany
Judges:
- Canada
- Soviet Union
- West Germany
- Finland
- Dagmar Řeháková Czechoslovakia
- United States
- Sally-Anne Stapleford United Kingdom
- East Germany
- Japan
Substitute judge:
- Switzerland
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 Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 |
2 | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5.0 |
3 | Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert | United States | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 |
4 | Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8.6 |
5 | Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater | United Kingdom | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10.6 |
6 | Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall | Canada | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12.2 |
7 | Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory | United States | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13.0 |
8 | Elena Batanova / Alexei Soloviev | Soviet Union | 8 | 7 | 8 | 15.6 |
9 | Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn | West Germany | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18.6 |
10 | Kelly Johnson / John Thomas | Canada | 13 | 11 | 10 | 22.2 |
11 | Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola | Italy | 12 | 10 | 11 | 22.2 |
12 | Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams | United Kingdom | 11 | 12 | 12 | 23.4 |
13 | Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint | Hungary | 14 | 14 | 13 | 27.0 |
14 | Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi | Japan | 15 | 13 | 14 | 28.2 |
15 | / | Netherlands | 16 | 15 | 15 | 30.6 |
16 | Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck | Austria | 17 | 16 | 16 | 32.6 |
17 | / | Switzerland | 18 | 17 | 17 | 34.6 |
18 | Hristina Boyanova / | Bulgaria | 19 | 18 | 18 | 36.6 |
WD | Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu | France | 9 |
Referee:
- Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
Substitute judge:
- France
References[]
- ^ AP (1983-03-10). "Russians Triumph In Pairs". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
Sources[]
- Result list provided by the ISU
- World Figure Skating Championships
- 1983 in figure skating
- Figure skating in Finland
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Finland
- International sports competitions in Helsinki
- 1980s in Helsinki
- March 1983 sports events in Europe