The FIL World Luge Championships 1983 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States. It marked the first time that the championships took place outside Europe.
Men's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Miroslav Zajonc (CAN)
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| Silver |  Sergey Danilin (URS)
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| Bronze |  Jens Müller (GDR)
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Zanjonc becomes the first non-European champion of the event. He is the first Canadian to medal at the World Championships.
Women's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Steffi Martin (GDR)
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| Silver | Melitta Sollmann (GDR)
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| Bronze | Ute Weiss (GDR)
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Men's doubles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann, Jochen Pietzsch)
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| Silver |  Italy (Hansjorg Raffl, Norbert Huber)
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| Bronze |  West Germany (Hans Stangassinger, Franz Wembacher)
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |