FIBT World Championships 1983

The FIBT World Championships 1983 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States for the sixth time, hosting the event previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, and 1978.

Two man bobsleigh

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Urs Leuthold)
Silver	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Max Rüegg)
Bronze	File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer)

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, Rolf Strittmatter)
Silver	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (Klaus Kopp, Gerhard Öchsle, Günther Neuberger, Hans-Joachim Schumacher)
Bronze	File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany (Detlef Richter, Henry Gerlach, Thomas Forch, Dietmar Jerke)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	0	3
2	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
3	File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany (GDR)	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

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	1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
	1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
	1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
	1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
	1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
	1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
	2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
	2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
	2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

1983 World Championships
Location	Lake Placid, New York
← St. Moritz 1982 Cervinia 1985 →