World Figure Skating Championships 1983

World Figure Skating Championships 1983
73rd edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	8-13 March 1983
Venue:	Helsinki , Finland
Gold medalist
Men's:	Scott Hamilton (3)
Women:	Rosalynn Sumners
Couples:	Jelena Walowa & Oleg Wassiljew
Ice dance:	Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (3)
World figure skating championships
1982 ◄ 1983 ► 1984

The 73rd World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 8th to 13th, 1983 in Helsinki ( Finland ).

For the first time there was an original dance in the ice dance competition.

Results

• P = compulsory
• PT = compulsory dance
• K = freestyle
• KP = short program
• B = rating

Men's

space	athlete	country	P	KP	K	KP + K	B.
1	Scott Hamilton	United States	2	1	1	1	2.6
2	Norbert Schramm	BR Germany	4th	3	3	3	6.6
3	Brian Orser	Canada	8th	2	2	2	7.6
4th	Alexander Fadeev	Soviet Union	6th	4th	4th	4th	9.2
5	Jean-Christophe Simond	France	1	5	7th	7th	9.8
6th	Jozef Sabovčík	Czechoslovakia	3	9	5	5	10.4
7th	Brian Boitano	United States	9	7th	6th	6th	14.2
8th	Heiko Fischer	BR Germany	5	8th	9	8th	15.2
9	Vladimir Kotin	Soviet Union	7th	6th	10	10	16.6
10	Rudi Cerne	BR Germany	10	11	8th	9	18.4
11	Laurent Depouilly	France	12	13	11	12	23.4
12	Falko Kirsten	GDR	14th	10	12	11	24.4
13	Gary Beacom	Canada	11	17th	14th	14th	27.4
14th	Mark Cockerell	United States	19th	12	13	13	29.2
15th	Lars Åkesson	Sweden	13	14th	17th	17th	30.4
16	Miljan Begović	Yugoslavia	15th	15th	16	16	31.0
17th	Masaru Ogawa	Japan	17th	16	15th	15th	31.6
18th	Shinji Someya	Japan	16	18th	19th	18th	35.8
19th	Thomas Hlavik	Austria	18th	21st	18th	19th	37.2
20th	Mark Pepperday	United Kingdom	21st	19th	20th	20th	40.2
21st	Cameron Medhurst	Australia	20th	20th	21st	21st	41.0
22nd	Fernando Soria	Spain	22nd	22nd	22nd	22nd	44.0

• Referee: Sonia Bianchetti Italy 
• Assistant referee : Oskar Madl Austria 

Judge:

• Irina Absaljamowa Soviet Union 
• Kazuo Ohashi Japan 
• Heinz Müllenbach BR Germany 
• Helga von Wiecki GDR 
• Tjaša Andrée Yugoslavia 
• Monique Georgelin France 
• Hugh C. Graham, Jr. United States 
• Gerhardt Bubnik Czechoslovakia 
• Margaret Berezowski Canada 

Replacement judge:

• Walter Hütter Austria 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	P	KP	K	KP + K	B.
1	Rosalynn Sumners	United States	1	4th	1	2	3.2
2	Claudia Leistner	BR Germany	5	2	3	3	6.8
3	Elena Vodoresova	Soviet Union	3	3	4th	4th	7.0
4th	Katarina Witt	GDR	8th	1	2	1	7.2
5	Anna Kondrashova	Soviet Union	9	5	5	5	12.4
6th	Kristiina Wegelius	Finland	2	9	9	9	13.8
7th	Kay Thomson	Canada	6th	11	6th	7th	14.0
8th	Manuela Ruben	BR Germany	7th	10	8th	8th	16.2
9	Tiffany Chin	United States	14th	6th	7th	6th	17.8
10	Sandra Cariboni	Switzerland	4th	16	12	13	20.8
11	Janina Wirth	GDR	15th	7th	10	10	21.8
12	Charlene Wong	Canada	13	8th	11	11	22.0
13	Sanda Dubravčić	Yugoslavia	10	14th	19th	18th	30.6
14th	Sonja Stanek	Austria	10	17th	14th	14th	26.8
15th	Katrien Pauwels	Belgium	12	20th	15th	15th	30.2
Section B.
1	Karin Telser	Italy	21st	12	3	2	20.4
2	Catarina Lindgren	Sweden	18th	15th	5	4th	21.8
3	Yuri Ozawa	Japan	24	18th	1	3	22.6
4th	Susan Jackson	United Kingdom	25th	14th	2	1	22.6
5	Hanne Gamborg	Denmark	19th	19th	6th	6th	25.0
6th	Elise Ahonen	Finland	22nd	22nd	4th	5	26.0
7th	Li Scha Wang	Netherlands	20th	23	7th	7th	28.2
8th	Alison Southwood	United Kingdom	16	27	8th	9	28.4
9	Béatrice Farinacci	France	17th	24	9	8th	28.8
10	Susanne Gschwend	Austria	23	26th	10	11	34.2
11	Vicki Holland	Australia	26th	21st	11	10	35.0
12	Rosario Esteban	Spain	28	25th	12	12	38.8
	Elaine Zayak	United States					Z
	Hye Kyung Lim	South Korea	27	28			Z

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Benjamin T. Wright United States 
• Assistant Referee : Leena Vainio Finland 

Judge:

• Linda Petersen Denmark 
• Raymond Alperth United States 
• Margaret Berezowski Canada 
• Jacqueline Itschner Switzerland 
• Monique Petis France 
• Ludwig Gassner Austria 
• Eugen Romminger BR Germany 
• Hideo Sugita Japan 
• Britta Lindgren Sweden 
• Walburga Grimm GDR 

Replacement judge:

• Giovanni De Mori Italy 

Couples

space	athlete	country	KP	K	B.
1	Jelena Walowa / Oleg Wassiljew	Soviet Union	2	1	1.8
2	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach	GDR	1	2	2.4
3	Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini	Canada	3	3	4.2
4th	Caitlin Carruthers / Peter Carruthers	United States	5	4th	6.0
5	Weronika Perschina / Marat Akbarow	Soviet Union	6th	5	7.4
6th	Marina Pestowa / Stanislaw Leonowitsch	Soviet Union	4th	7th	8.6
7th	Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver	United States	8th	6th	9.2
8th	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	GDR	7th	7th	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	GDR	12	12	16.8
13	Susan Garland / Ian Jenkins	United Kingdom	14th	13	18.6
14th	Toshimi Ito / Takashi Mura	Japan	13	14th	19.2
15th	Jana Havlová / René Novotný	Czechoslovakia	15th	15th	21.0
16	Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola	BR Germany	16	16	22.4
17th	Maija Pekkala / Pekka Pekkala	Finland	17th	17th	23.8

• Referee: Donald H. Gilchrist Canada 
• Assistant referee : Erika Schiechtl BR Germany 

Judge:

• Suzanne Francis Canada 
• Mikhail Three Soviet Union 
• Ingrid Reetz BR Germany 
• Hely Abbondati Finland 
• Dagmar Řeháková Czechoslovakia 
• Virginia LeFevre United States 
• Sally-Anne Stapleford United Kingdom 
• Ingrid Linke DDR 
• Hideo Sugita Japan 

Replacement judge:

• Jürg Wilhelm Switzerland 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	PT	K	PT + K	Total
1	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	United Kingdom	1	1	1	2.0
2	Natalja Bestemjanowa / Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union	3	3	2	5.0
3	Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert	United States	2	2	3	5.0
4th	Olga Woloschinskaja / Alexander Swinin	Soviet Union	5	4th	4th	8.6
5	Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater	United Kingdom	4th	8th	5	10.6
6th	Tracy Wilson / Robert McCall	Canada	7th	5	6th	12.2
7th	Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory	United States	6th	6th	7th	13.0
8th	Jelena Batanowa / Alexei Solowjow	Soviet Union	8th	7th	8th	15.6
9	Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn	BR 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	14th	14th	13	27.0
14th	Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi	Japan	15th	13	14th	28.2
15th	Marianne von Bommel / Wayne Deweyert	Netherlands	16	15th	15th	30.6
16	Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck	Austria	17th	16	16	32.6
17th	Claudia Schmidlin / Daniel Schmidlin	Switzerland	18th	17th	17th	34.6
18th	Hristina Bojanowa / Jawor Ivanov	Bulgaria	19th	18th	18th	36.6
	Nathalie Hervé / Pierre Béchu	France	9			Z

• Z = withdrawn

• Referee: Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom 
• Assistant arbitrator : Roland Wehinger Austria 

Judge:

• 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 

Replacement judge:

• Lysiane Lauret France 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	2	-	1	3
2	Soviet Union	1	1	1	3
3	United Kingdom	1	-	-	1
4th	BR Germany	-	2	-	2
5	GDR	-	1	-	1
6th	Canada	-	-	2	2

Web links

• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1980–1989 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on September 24, 2008 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English).