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 edit
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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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 edit
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Steffi Martin (GDR) | |
Silver | Melitta Sollmann (GDR) | |
Bronze | Ute Weiss (GDR) |
Men's doubles edit
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann, Jochen Pietzsch) | |
Silver | Italy (Hansjorg Raffl, Norbert Huber) | |
Bronze | West Germany (Hans Stangassinger, Franz Wembacher) |
Medal table edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |