The 1983 Blue Swords was a senior international figure skating competition in East Germany. Skaters from fourteen countries participated at the competition in East Berlin. The competition was held November 23–26 1983. 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:23 – 26 November 1983
Season:1983–84
Location:East Berlin, East Germany
Champions
Men's singles:
 Boris Uspenski (URS)
Ladies' singles:
 Janina Wirth (GDR)
Pairs:
 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert (GDR)
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1984 Blue Swords
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

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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

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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
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References

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