1983 Blue Swords

1983 Blue Swords
Date:	November 23 – 26
Season:	1983-84
Location:	East Berlin, East Germany
Champions
Men's singles:  Boris Uspenski (URS)
Ladies' singles:  Janina Wirth (GDR)
Pair skating:  Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert (GDR)
Previous: 1982 Blue Swords
Next: 1984 Blue Swords

The 1983 Blue Swords was a senior international figure skating competition in East Germany. Skaters from fourteen countries competed at the event in East Berlin. The competition was held November 23-26. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating. Boris Uspenski won the men's title for the Soviet Union. Janina Wirth and Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert won gold for East Germany in the ladies' and pairs' categories, respectively.

Men

Rank	Name[1][2]	Nation
1	Boris Uspenski	Soviet Union
2	Falko Kirsten	East Germany
3	Pierre Seveno	France
4	Nils Koepp	East Germany
5	Alessandro Riccitelli	Italy
6	Andrzej Strzelec	Poland
...
DNF	Alexander König	East Germany

Ladies

Rank	Name[1][2]	Nation
1	Janina Wirth	East Germany
2	Beatrice Gelmini	Italy
3	Marion Krause	East Germany
4	Tamara Teglassy	Hungary
5	Sabine Paal	Austria
6	Maria Geier-Haylock	United Kingdom
7	Barbara Kazmierczak	Poland
8	Nevenka Lisak	Yugoslavia
9	Mirela Gawłowska	Poland
10	Jana Pribylova	Czechoslovakia
...

Pairs

Birgit Lorenz and Knut Schubert at the 1981 Blue Swords. They won again in 1983.

Rank	Name[1][2]	Nation
1	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	East Germany
2	Babette Preußler / Tobias Schröter	East Germany
3	Tatiana Chozko / Oleg Efimov	Soviet Union
...

References