The 1983

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were held in

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from March 8 to 13. At the event, sanctioned by the

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, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and

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. The ISU Representative was Hermann Schiechtl and the ISU Technical Delegate

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. The original dance was part of the competition for the first time.

Medal tables

Medalists

Medals by country

Results

Men

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

Referee: * Benjamin T. Wright Assistant Referee: * Leena Vainio Judges: * Linda Petersen * Raymond Alperth * Margaret Berezowski * Jacqueline Itschner * Monique Petis *

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* Eugen Romminger * Hideo Sugita * Britta Lindgren *

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Substitute judge: * Giovanni De Mori

Pairs

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. Referee: * Lawrence Demmy Assistant Referee: * Roland Wehinger Judges: * Cia Bordogna * Jürg Wilhelm * Kazuo Ohashi * Margaret Freepartner * Ann Shaw * Heide Maritszak * Igor Kabanov * Katalin Alpern *

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Substitute judge: * Lysiane Lauret

References

Sources

* Result list provided by the ISU {{ISU Championships Figure skating World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships 1983 International figure skating competitions hosted by Finland International sports competitions in Helsinki 1980s in Helsinki March 1983 sports events in Europe