# 1983 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women

The 44th edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women took place on 19 and 20 February 1983 in Karl-Marx-Stadt at the Eisschnelllaufbahn ice rink.
Title holder was Karin Enke from East Germany.
This was the first world championship for women using the big combination of 500m, 3000m, 1500m and 5000m distances. The 1000m distance was replaced with 5000m. This was the only occasion that this championship was ever held in East Germany

## Distance medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 500m | Natalja Shive-Glebova | Karin Enke | Marzia Peretti |
| 3000m | Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich | Gabi Schönbrunn | Bjørg Eva Jensen |
| 1500m | Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich | Karin Enke | Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina |
| 5000m | Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich | Sabine Brehm | Gabi Schönbrunn |

## Classification

| Rank | Skater | Country | Points Samalog | 500m | 3000m | 1500m | 5000m |
| | Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich | East Germany | 178.983 | 43.09 (6) | 4:30.33 | 2:10.19 | 7:54.42 |
| | Karin Enke | East Germany | 181.472 | 42.13 (2) | 4:36.50 (4) | 2:11.03 (2) | 8:15.83 (8) |
| | Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina | Soviet Union | 182.163 | 42.54 (5) | 4:39.90 (7) | 2:12.54 (3) | 8:07.93 (5) |
| 4 | Gabi Schönbrunn | East Germany | 182:571 | 43.23 (9) | 4:35.79 (2) | 2:14.98 (9) | 8:03.83 (3) |
| 5 | Svetlana Kasjoek | Soviet Union | 182.572 | 42.47 (4) | 4:38.40 (6) | 2:14.40 (7) | 8:09.02 (6) |
| 6 | Sabine Brehm | East Germany | 183.180 | 44.06 (19) | 4:36.71 (5) | 2:15.47 (10) | 7:58.46 (2) |
| 7 | Bjørg Eva Jensen | Norway | 183.399 | 44.08 (21) | 4:36.41 (3) | 2:14.25 (6) | 8:05.01 (4) |
| 8 | Natalja Shive-Glebova | Soviet Union | 183.846 | 41.66 | 4:43.55 (12) | 2:13.04 (4) | 8:25.82 (14) |
| 9 | Ria Visser | Netherlands | 184.846 | 44.06 (19) | 4:40.39 (8) | 2:13.84 (5) | 8:14.42 (7) |
| 10 | Thea Limbach | Netherlands | 185.626 | 44.27 (24) | 4:40.74 (9) | 2:14.79 (8) | 8:16.36 (10) |
| 11 | Annette Karlsson | Sweden | 186.473 | 43.77 (17) | 4:44.60 (14) | 2:15.70 (12) | 8:20.37(11) |
| 12 | Ina Steenbruggen | Netherlands | 186.960 | 44.11 (22) | 4:45.85 (15) | 2:16.84 (14) | 8:15.96 (9) |
| 13 | Alie Boorsma | Netherlands | 186.984 | 43.36 (11) | 4:45.72 (16) | 2:16.57 (13) | 8:24.81 (12) |
| 14 | Seiko Hashimoto | Japan | 188.664 | 43.41 (13) | 4:46.69 (17) | 2:19.26 (20) | 8:30.53 (15) |
| 15 | Sylvie Daigle | Canada | 188.805 | 43.66 (16) | 4:44.04 (13) | 2:18.55 (16) | 8:36.22 (16) |
| 16 | Brenda Webster | Canada | 190.432 | 43.13 (7) | 4:42.54 (11) | 2:29.19 (31) | 8:24.82 (13) |
| NC17 | Sigrid Smuda | West Germany | 136.995 | 43.60 (15) | 4:48.99 (18) | 2:15.69 (11) | – |
| NC18 | Dorie Boyce | United States | 139.389 | 44.27 (24) | 4:49.52 (20) | 2:20.60 (22) | – |
| NC19 | Miyoshi Kato | Japan | 139.724 | 44.28 (26) | 4:54.49 (21) | 2:19.09 (17) | – |
| NC20 | Nancy Swider | United States | 139.798 | 44.82 (28) | 4:49.49 (19) | 2:20.19 (21) | – |
| NC21 | Lydia Stephans | United States | 140.173 | 44.21 (23) | 4:57.48 (24) | 2:19.15 (18) | – |
| NC22 | Chieko Sato | Japan | 140.239 | 43.98 (18) | 4:54.94 (22) | 2:21.31 (23) | – |
| NC23 | Edel Therese Høiseth | Norway | 140.364 | 43.31 (10) | 5:03.95 (26) | 2:19.19 (19) | – |
| NC24 | Ewa Bialkowska | Poland | 140.521 | 43.22 (8) | 4:55.05 (23) | 2:24.38 (26) | – |
| NC25 | Marzia Peretti | Italy | 141.751 | 42.44 (3) | 5:04.75 (27) | 2:25.56 (29) | – |
| NC26 | Hiromi Ozawa | Japan | 143.347 | 44.45 (27) | 5:09.97 (29) | 2:21.71 (24) | – |
| NC27 | Lee Yeon-ju | South Korea | 143.601 | 43.49 (14) | 5:10.47 (30) | 2:25.10 (28) | – |
| NC28 | Angelika Haßmann | West Germany | 143.988 | 46.05 (29) | 4:58.71 (25) | 2:24.46 (27) | – |
| NC29 | Rose-Marie Karlsson | Sweden | 145.649 | 46.19 (30) | 5:08.96 (28) | 2:23.90 (25) | – |
| NC30 | Elena Belci | Italy | 147.623 | 46.90 (31) | 5:11.96 (31) | 2:26.19 (30) | – |
| NC | Aila Tartia | Finland | 89.483 | 43.40 (12) | DQ | 2:18.25 (15) | – |
| NC | Mary Docter | United States | 46.885 | DQ | 4:41.31 (10) | DQ | – |
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