# Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade

The Athletics Tournament at the 1983 Summer Universiade took place in the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in July 1983, shortly before the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There was one new event, the women's marathon.

## Medal summary
### Men's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s) details | Chidi Imoh (NGR) | 10.33 | Desai Williams (CAN) | 10.37 | Sam Graddy (USA) | 10.42 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.6 m/s) details | Innocent Egbunike (NGR) | 20.42 | Elliott Quow (USA) | 20.46 | Bernie Jackson (USA) | 20.57 |
| 400 metres details | Sunday Uti (NGR) | 45.32 | Viktor Markin (URS) | 45.38 | Sunder Nix (USA) | 45.53 |
| 800 metres details | Ryszard Ostrowski (POL) | 1:46.29 | Graham Williamson (GBR) | 1:46.66 | Mohamed Alouini (TUN) | 1:46.75 |
| 1500 metres details | Claudio Patrignani (ITA) | 3:41.02 | Andreas Baranski (FRG) | 3:41.21 | Geoff Turnbull (GBR) | 3:41.24 |
| 5000 metres details | Steve Harris (GBR) | 13:46.99 | Féthi Baccouche (TUN) | 13:47.69 | Shuichi Yoneshige (JPN) | 13:48.13 |
| 10,000 metres details | Shuichi Yoneshige (JPN) | 28:55.37 | Agapius Amo (TAN) | 28:55.39 | Féthi Baccouche (TUN) | 28:55.76 |
| Marathon details | Alessio Faustini (ITA) | 2:17:10 | Giovanni d'Aleo (ITA) | 2:17:20 | Michael Spöttel (FRG) | 2:18:12 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.3 m/s) details | Andrey Prokofyev (URS) | 13.46 | Willie Gault (USA) | 13.49 | Mark McKoy (CAN) | 13.57 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Aleksandr Kharlov (URS) | 49.41 | Amadou Dia Bâ (SEN) | 49.94 | David Patrick (USA) | 50.28 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Peter Daenens (BEL) | 8:28.86 | Farley Gerber (USA) | 8:29.07 | Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN) | 8:33.44 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Terry Scott Sam Graddy Ken Robinson Willie Gault | 38.50 | Canada (CAN) Desai Williams Sterling Hinds Tony Sharpe Ben Johnson | 38.69 | Soviet Union (URS) Andrey Prokofyev Nikolay Sidorov Vladimir Muravyov Aleksandr Zolotaryev | 39.04 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Sunder Nix Eliot Tabron Alonzo Babers Cliff Wiley | 3:01.24 | Soviet Union (URS) Yevgeniy Lomtyev Aleksandr Troshchilo Sergey Kutsebo Viktor Markin | 3:01.58 | France (FRA) Yann Quentrec Hector Llatser Pascal Chichignoud Aldo Canti | 3:04.89 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Guillaume Leblanc (CAN) | 1:24:03 | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1:24:21 | Nikolay Matveyev (URS) | 1:25:07 |
| High jump details | Igor Paklin (URS) | 2.31 UR | Eddy Annys (BEL) | 2.29 | Clarence Saunders (BER) | 2.26 |
| Pole vault details | Konstantin Volkov (URS) | 5.65 | Thierry Vigneron (FRA) | 5.60 | Jeff Ward (USA) | 5.50 |
| Long jump details | Yusuf Alli (NGR) | 8.21 | Ralph Spry (USA) | 7.91 | Sergey Rodin (URS) | 7.85 |
| Triple jump details | Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR) | 17.26 | Mike Conley (USA) | 17.20w | John Herbert (GBR) | 17.05 |
| Shot put details | Mike Carter (USA) | 19.74 | Zlatan Saračević (YUG) | 19.66 | Sergey Smirnov (URS) | 19.61 |
| Discus throw details | Luis Delís (CUB) | 69.46 UR | Dariusz Juzyszyn (POL) | 63.32 | Marco Bucci (ITA) | 60.62 |
| Hammer throw details | Jüri Tamm (URS) | 76.82 | Robert Weir (GBR) | 74.10 | Yuriy Pastukhov (URS) | 73.38 |
| Javelin throw details | Dainis Kūla (URS) | 87.80 | Helmut Schreiber (FRG) | 84.12 | Stanisław Górak (POL) | 83.20 |
| Decathlon details | Dave Steen (CAN) | 8205w | Herbert Peter (FRG) | 8160w | Georg Werthner (AUT) | 7905 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +2.2 m/s) details | Beverly Kinch (GBR) | 11.13w | Randy Givens (USA) | 11.16w | Angella Taylor (CAN) | 11.17w |
| 200 metres details | Randy Givens (USA) | 22.47 | Marita Payne (CAN) | 22.62 | Grace Jackson (JAM) | 22.69 |
| 400 metres details | Mariya Pinigina (URS) | 50.47 | Molly Killingbeck (CAN) | 51.94 | Yelena Korban (URS) | 52.07 |
| 800 metres details | Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) | 1:59.29 | Robin Campbell (USA) | 1:59.81 | Doina Melinte (ROU) | 1:59.93 |
| 1500 metres details | Gabriella Dorio (ITA) | 4:07.26 | Doina Melinte (ROU) | 4:07.34 | Maria Radu (ROU) | 4:08.41 |
| 3000 metres details | Maria Radu (ROU) | 9:04.32 | Yelena Malychina (URS) | 9:06.17 | Lynn Williams (CAN) | 9:07.74 |
| Marathon details | Sarah Rowell (GBR) | 2:47:37 UR | Kathy Roberts (CAN) | 2:52:47 | Marjorie Kaput (USA) | 2:54:03 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s) details | Natalya Petrova (URS) | 13.04 | Yelena Biserova (URS) | 13.07 | Benita Fitzgerald (USA) | 13.24 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Yekaterina Fesenko (URS) | 54.97 UR | Yelena Filipishina (URS) | 56.10 | Gwen Wall (CAN) | 56.10 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) LaShon Nedd Jackie Washington Brenda Cliette Randy Givens | 42.82 | Canada (CAN) Angella Taylor Tanya Brothers Marita Payne Molly Killingbeck | 43.21 | Soviet Union (URS) Marina Romanova Marina Molokova Irina Olkhovnikova Olga Antonova | 44.20 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Soviet Union (URS) Larisa Krylova Lyudmila Borisova Yelena Didilenko Mariya Pinigina | 3:24.97 UR | Canada (CAN) Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne | 3:25.26 | United States (USA) Kelia Bolton Easter Gabriel Sharon Dabney Arlise Emerson | 3:34.64 |
| High jump details | Tamara Bykova (URS) | 1.98 UR | Silvia Costa (CUB) | 1.98 UR | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée (FRA) | 1.92 |
| Long jump details | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) | 7.06w | Svetlana Zorina (URS) | 6.81 | Valy Ionescu (ROU) | 6.56w |
| Shot put details | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.46 | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 18.81 | Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) | 18.67 |
| Discus throw details | Florența Crăciunescu (ROU) | 64.56 | Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) | 62.62 | Lyubov Urakova (URS) | 58.28 |
| Javelin throw details | Beate Peters (FRG) | 66.86 | Fausta Quintavalla (ITA) | 63.06 | Mayra Vila (CUB) | 62.34 |
| Heptathlon details | Yekaterina Smirnova (URS) | 6350 | Sabine Everts (FRG) | 6291 | Judy Livermore (GBR) | 6184 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 14 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Nigeria (NGR) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Romania (ROU) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Tanzania (TAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |