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.
RankNameNationTFP
1Norbert Schramm3.8411
2Jozef Sabovčík7.0225
3Alexander Fadeev8.6592
4Heiko Fischer9.4346
5Vladimir Kotin9.8683
6Jean-Christophe Simond10.0167
7Rudi Cerne10.2754
8Grzegorz Filipowski8
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

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