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.
| 1983 World Championships | |
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| Location | Lake Placid, New York |
Two man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Urs Leuthold)
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| Silver | Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Max Rüegg)
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| Bronze |  East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer)
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Four man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, Rolf Strittmatter)
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| Silver |  West Germany (Klaus Kopp, Gerhard Öchsle, Günther Neuberger, Hans-Joachim Schumacher)
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| Bronze | East Germany (Detlef Richter, Henry Gerlach, Thomas Forch, Dietmar Jerke)
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Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |