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.

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 🇫🇷
 * Ludwig Gassner 🇦🇹
 * Eugen Romminger
 * Hideo Sugita 🇯🇵
 * Britta Lindgren 🇸🇪
 * Walburga Grimm

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 🇭🇺
 * Roy Mason 🇬🇧

Substitute judge:
 * Lysiane Lauret 🇫🇷