FIL World Luge Championships 1983

The FIL World Luge Championships 1983 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States. It marked the first time that the championships took place outside Europe.

Men's singles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Miroslav Zajonc (CAN)
Silver  Sergey Danilin (URS)
Bronze  Jens Müller (GDR)

Zanjonc becomes the first non-European champion of the event. He is the first Canadian to medal at the World Championships.

Women's singles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Steffi Martin (GDR)
Silver  Melitta Sollmann (GDR)
Bronze  Ute Weiss (GDR)

Men's doubles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann, Jochen Pietzsch)
Silver  Italy (Hansjorg Raffl, Norbert Huber)
Bronze  West Germany (Hans Stangassinger, Franz Wembacher)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  East Germany 2 1 2 5
2  Canada 1 0 0 1
3  Soviet Union 0 1 0 1
4  Italy 0 1 0 1
5  West Germany 0 0 1 1

References

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