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

FIL World Luge Championships

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