The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition

Figure skating competition

-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 organzied by the United States Figure Skating Association

United States Figure Skating Association

U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating on ice in the United States. It is recognized as such by the United States Olympic Committee "USOC" under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act and is the United States member of the International Skating...

. In addition to determining the national champions, the event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

. Skaters competed in three levels: Senior, Junior, and Novice. Medals were awarded in four disciplines: Ladies singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, Men's singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, Pairs

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, and Ice dance

Ice dancing

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. Medals were given out in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).

The 1983 Championships took place at Mellon Arena

Mellon Arena

Civic Arena is an indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that is currently undergoing demolition. It was the first retractable roof major sports venue in the world, covering 170,000 sq. feet and constructed with just shy of 3,000 tons of Pittsburgh steel...

 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

 with female champion crowned February 3, 1983 and male champion crowned February 4, 1983. http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1983

Men

(incomplete standings)

Rank	Name	CF	SP	FS
1	Scott Hamilton Scott Hamilton (figure skater) Scott Scovell Hamilton is an American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. He won four consecutive U.S. championships , four consecutive World Championships and a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics....			1
2	Brian Boitano Brian Boitano Brian Anthony Boitano is an American figure skater from Sunnyvale, California. He is the 1988 Olympic champion, the 1986 and 1988 World Champion, and the 1985-1988 U.S. National Champion. He turned professional following the 1988 season...
3	Mark Cockerell Mark Cockerell Mark Cockerell is a former American figure skater. He won the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 1976, its inaugural year. He won a bronze medals at US Nationals in 1983 and in 1984, and came in second in 1985. He placed 13th at the 1984 Winter Olympics.-Results:-Navigation:...

Ladies

Rank	Name	CF	SP	FS
1	Rosalynn Sumners Rosalynn Sumners Rosalynn Diane Sumners is an American ladies' singles figure skater. She was the World Junior champion in 1980, the U.S...	2	1	1
2	Elaine Zayak Elaine Zayak Elaine Kathryn Zayak is an American figure skater. She is the 1981 U.S. national champion and the 1982 World Champion. She is a 1984 Winter Olympian.-Personal life:...	4		2
3	Tiffany Chin Tiffany Chin Tiffany Chin is an American figure skater who grew up in San Diego, California. She dominated the junior circuit in ice skating prior to her Olympic career, winning the US Junior National title as well as the World Junior title...	5
4	Vikki de Vries	3
5	Melissa Thomas	1
6	Kelly Webster	7
7	Jill Frost	8
8	Jacki Farrell	6
9	Staci McMullin	12
10	Jennifer Newman	11
11	Leslie Sikes	9
12	Maradith Feinberg	10
13	Debi Thomas Debi Thomas Debra Janine "Debi" Thomas M.D. is an American figure skater and physician. She is the 1986 World champion and 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, having taken part in the Battle of the Carmens at those games.-Personal life:...	15
14	Caroline Silby	13
15	Maria Causey	14

Pairs

(incomplete standings)

Rank	Name	SP	FS
1	Kitty Carruthers Kitty Carruthers Caitlin A. "Kitty" Carruthers is an American figure skater. She competed in pairs with her brother Peter Carruthers. They are the 1981-1984 U.S. national champions, the 1982 World bronze medalists, and the 1984 Olympic silver medalists...  / Peter Carruthers
2	Lee Ann Miller / William Fauver William Fauver William Benjamin Fauver is an American pair skater. With partner Alice Cook, he is the 1976 U.S. silver medalist. They represented the United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics where they placed 12th....
3	Jill Watson Jill Watson Jill Watson is an American retired pair skater and coach. With her partner Peter Oppegard, she won three U.S. championships and a bronze medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics....  / Burt Lancon Burt Lancon Burt Jude Lancon was an American pair skater. Competing with partner Maria DiDomenico, he won the silver medal at the 1982 United States Figure Skating Championships. The following year, he teamed up with Jill Watson. The couple was two-time bronze medalists at the U.S...
4	Gillian Wachsman Gillian Wachsman Gillian Margaret Wachsman was an American pair skater. After competing with partner Robert Daw for several years, she teamed with Todd Waggoner. She and Waggoner won the gold medal at the 1986 United States Figure Skating Championships...  / Robert Daw

Ice dancing

(incomplete standings)

Rank	Name	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	Judy Blumberg Judy Blumberg Judith Ann "Judy" Blumberg is an American former ice dancer.Blumberg was born in Santa Monica, California. She and Michael Seibert won the 1981-1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and the 1983-1985 World bronze medalist. They placed 7th at the 1980 Winter Olympics and 4th at the 1984 Olympics...  / Michael Seibert
2	Elisa Spitz Elisa Spitz Elisa Spitz-Iuliano was an American figure skater. She competed in ice dance at the 1984 Winter Olympics with Scott Gregory.-Results:-References:...  / Scott Gregory Scott Gregory Scott Gregory was an American ice dancer. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics with Elisa Spitz. He then paired with Suzanne Semanick, with whom he won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice and competed at the Olympics in 1988...
3	Carol Fox / Richard Dalley Richard Dalley Richard Dalley was an American ice dancer. Nicknamed "Beanie", he is from the Detroit, Michigan area. He competed in ice dance with Carol Fox at the 1984 Winter Olympics. The dance team is probably the most decorated team never to have won the US Championships....
4
5	Susan Wynne Susan Wynne Susan "Susie" Wynne is a former American ice dancer and current figure skating analyst and commentator. She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics with Joseph Druar. The duo won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice. She later competed with Russ Witherby...  / Joseph Druar Joseph Druar Joseph Druar was an American ice dancer. He competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics with Susie Wynne. The duo won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice.-Results:-Navigation:...

Men

(incomplete standings)

Rank	Name	CF	SP	FS
1	Christopher Bowman Christopher Bowman Christopher Nicol' Bowman was an American figure skater. He was a two-time U.S. national champion and two-time World medalist. He won the 1983 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and competed in two Olympic Winter Games, placing 7th in 1988 and 4th in 1992.-Biography:Bowman was born in...

Ladies

(incomplete standings)

Rank	Name	CF	SP	FS
1	Kathryn Adams
2	Yvonne Gómez Yvonne Gómez Yvonne Gómez Muñoz is a Spanish-American figure skater who competed internationally for both Spain and the United States...
3	Rosanna Tovi			http://www.rosannatovi.com
4	Sara MacInnes
5	Vicki Singer
6	Kathy Rissmiller
7	Jana Sjodin

Pairs

(incomplete standings)

Rank	Name	SP	FS
1	Susan Dungjen Susan Dungjen Susan Dungjen is an American former pair skater. With brother Jason Dungjen, she is the 1984 World Junior silver medalist and the 1985 U.S. pewter medalist. They won the silver medal at the 1983 NHK Trophy.-Competitive highlights:...  / Jason Dungjen Jason Dungjen Jason Dungjen is an American retired pair skater who was a two-time U.S. national champion. He is currently a skating coach....
2	Sandy Hurtubise / Karl Kurtz
3	Sue Falzone / Michael Blicharski
4	Loreen Koshi / Doug Williams
5	Maria Lako / Joseph Mero
6	Jan Waggoner / Todd Waggoner Todd Waggoner Todd Eric Waggoner was an American pair skater who competed with partner Gillian Wachsman. The couple won the gold medal at the 1986 United States Figure Skating Championships...

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	Suzanne Semanick Suzanne Semanick Suzanne "Suzy" Semanick was an American figure skater. She competed in ice dance at the 1988 Winter Olympics with Scott Gregory. The pair won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice. She later paired with Ron Kravette and won 2 bronze medals at the United States Figure Skating...  / Alexander Miller
2	Kandi Amelon / Alec Binnie
3	Colleen McGuire / William Lyons III
4	Christina Yatsuhashi / Keith Yatsuhashi
5	Kristan Lowery / Chip Rossbach
6	Dorothy Rodek / Robert Nardozza
7	Laura Wolfe / John Stackhoue
8	Monika Gerhauser / Andrew Niebler
9	Jessica Campbell / Glenn Cummings
10	April Sargent April Sargent April Sargent is an American ice dancer. Skating with Russ Witherby, she won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992 and competed in the Winter Olympics that year. She currently coaches at the Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society....  / John D'Amelio
11	Wendy Hilliers / Christopher Nacri
12	Colette Huber / Bob Tiernan

Men

(incomplete standings)

Rank	Name	CF	SP	FS
1	Christopher Mitchell
2	Eddie Shipstad
3	Mark Mitchell
4	Siegfried Lind
5	Scott Kozlov
6	Rick Verburg
7	Todd Eldredge Todd Eldredge Todd James Eldredge is an American figure skater. He is the 1996 World Champion and a six-time national champion .-Biography:...
8	Tommy Dolce
9	Gregg Larsen