1983 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.

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

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

1. Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 1983, Neues Deutschland Archive, 28 November 1983
2. Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 1983, German figure skating magazine "Pirouette"