1983 European Figure Skating Championships


The 1983 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Dortmund, West Germany from February 1 to 6, 1983. Elite skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Overview and results

The championships cost 1.5 million Deutsche Marks. Compulsory figures were held in Unna and began at 8 a.m.. The German Ice Skating Union president Wolf-Dieter Montag, also served as president of the organizing committee.

Men

Simond won compulsory figures. After the short program, Sabovčík was in first, followed by Schramm and Simond. Schramm would win the title.
RankNameNation
1Norbert Schramm4
2Jozef Sabovčík2
3Alexander Fadeev
4Heiko Fischer3
5Vladimir Kotin6
6Jean-Christophe Simond1
7Rudi Cerne7
8Grzegorz Filipowski5
9Laurent Depouilly
10Fernand Fédronic8
11Lars Åkesson
12Falko Kirsten
13Thomas Hlavik
14Miljan Begovic
15Mark Pepperday
16Richard Furrer
17Bruno Delmaestro
18Petr Barna
19Todd Sand
20András Száraz
21Fernando Soria

Ladies

Pairs

Baeß / Thierbach repeated as European champions.
RankNameNation
1Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach11
2Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev42
3Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert23
4Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov3
5Marina Avstriskaya / Yuri Kvashnin5
6Babette Preußler / Torsten Ohlow
7Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola6
8Susan Garland / Robert Daw7
9Jana Havlova / René Novotný
10Nathalie Tortel / Xavier Douillard
11Birgit Kuß / Uwe Fischbeck
12Naija Pekkala / Pekka Pekkala8

Ice dancing