title: 1983 World Figure Skating Championships
text: # 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.
  
  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
  
  | 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 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | 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 | Shinji Someya | 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 | Fernando Soria | Spain | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 44.0 |
  
  Referee:
  
  * Sonia Bianchetti Italy
  
  Assistant Referee:
  
  * Oskar Madl Austria
  
  Judges:
  
  * Irina Absaliamova Soviet Union
  * Kazuo Ohashi Japan
  * Heinz Müllenbach West Germany
  * Helga von Wiecki East Germany
  * Tjaša Andrée Yugoslavia
  * Monique Georgelin France
  * Hugh C. Graham, Jr. United States
  * Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia
  * Margaret Berezowski Canada
  
  Substitute judge:
  
  * Walter Hütter Austria
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | CP | SP | FS | SP+FS | 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 | Li Scha Wang | Netherlands | 20 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 28.2 |
  | 23 | Alison Southwood | United Kingdom | 16 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 28.4 |
  | 24 | Béatrice Farinacci | France | 17 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 28.8 |
  | 25 | Susanne Gschwend | Austria | 23 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 34.2 |
  | 26 | Vicki Holland | Australia | 26 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 35.0 |
  | 27 | Rosario Esteban | Spain | 28 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 38.8 |
  | WD | Lim Hye-kyung | South Korea | 27 | 28 | | | |
  | WD | Elaine Zayak | United States | | | | | |
  
  Referee:
  
  * Benjamin T. Wright United States
  
  Assistant Referee:
  
  * Leena Vainio Finland
  
  Judges:
  
  * Linda Petersen Denmark
  * Raymond Alperth United States
  * Margaret Berezowski Canada
  * Jacqueline Itschner Switzerland
  * Monique Petis France
  * Ludwig Gassner Austria
  * Eugen Romminger West Germany
  * Hideo Sugita Japan
  * Britta Lindgren Sweden
  * Walburga Grimm East Germany
  
  Substitute judge:
  
  * Giovanni De Mori Italy
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FS | 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 / Torsten Ohlow | East Germany | 12 | 12 | 16.8 |
  | 13 | Susan Garland / Ian Jenkins | United Kingdom | 14 | 13 | 18.6 |
  | 14 | Toshimi Ito / Takashi Mura | Japan | 13 | 14 | 19.2 |
  | 15 | Jana Havlová / René Novotný | Czechoslovakia | 15 | 15 | 21.0 |
  | 16 | Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola | West Germany | 16 | 16 | 22.4 |
  | 17 | Maija Pekkala / Pekka Pekkala | Finland | 17 | 17 | 23.8 |
  
  Referee:
  
  * Donald H. Gilchrist Canada
  
  Assistant Referee:
  
  * Erika Schiechtl West Germany
  
  Judges:
  
  * Suzanne Fancis Canada
  * Mikhail Drei Soviet Union
  * Ingrid Reetz West Germany
  * Hely Abbondati Finland
  * Dagmar Řeháková Czechoslovakia
  * Virginia LeFevre United States
  * Sally-Anne Stapleford United Kingdom
  * Ingrid Linke East Germany
  * Hideo Sugita Japan
  
  Substitute judge:
  
  * Jürg Wilhelm 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.
  
  | 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 | Marianne van Bommel / Wayne Deweyert | Netherlands | 16 | 15 | 15 | 30.6 |
  | 16 | Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck | Austria | 17 | 16 | 16 | 32.6 |
  | 17 | Claudia Schmidlin / Daniel Schmidlin | Switzerland | 18 | 17 | 17 | 34.6 |
  | 18 | Hristina Boyanova / Javor Ivanov | Bulgaria | 19 | 18 | 18 | 36.6 |
  | WD | Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu | France | 9 | | | |
  
  Referee:
  
  * Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom
  
  Assistant Referee:
  
  * Roland Wehinger Austria
  
  Judges:
  
  * Cia Bordogna Italy
  * Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland
  * Kazuo Ohashi Japan
  * Margaret Freepartner United States
  * Ann Shaw Canada
  * Heide Maritszak Austria
  * Igor Kabanov Soviet Union
  * Katalin Alpern Hungary
  * Roy Mason United Kingdom
  
  Substitute judge:
  
  * Lysiane Lauret France
  