# Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 5, 6 and 7 July 1983.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Chidi Imoh Nigeria | Desai Williams Canada | Sam Graddy United States |

## Results
### Heats

Held on 5 July
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Katsuhiko Nakaya | Brazil | 10.38 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Terry Scott | United States | 10.44 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Sam Graddy | United States | 10.45 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Ben Johnson | Canada | 10.45 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria | 10.46 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Nikolay Sidorov | Soviet Union | 10.55 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 10.58 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Fritz-Werner Heer | West Germany | 10.60 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Chidi Imoh | Nigeria | 10.62 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Desai Williams | Canada | 10.63 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Roland Jokl | Austria | 10.66 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Giovanni Grazioli | Italy | 10.68 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | Jang Jae-keun | South Korea | 10.68 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Juan Prada | Spain | 10.69 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Thomas Geuven | West Germany | 10.69 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Barthélemy Koffi | Ivory Coast | 10.69 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 10.69 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Kosmas Stratos | Greece | 10.70 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Mohamed Purnomo | Indonesia | 10.71 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Kouadio Otokpa | Ivory Coast | 10.71 | Q |
| 21 | 5 | Henri Ndinga | Congo | 10.72 | Q |
| 22 | 5 | Harouna Palé | Upper Volta | 10.74 | q |
| 23 | 4 | Franco Zucchini | Italy | 10.76 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | Hideyuki Arikawa | Japan | 10.81 | q |
| 25 | 4 | Earl Lang | Jamaica | 10.81 | |
| 26 | 3 | Yoshihiro Shimizu | Japan | 10.90 | |
| 27 | 3 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal | 10.98 | |
| 28 | 3 | Clifford Mamba | Swaziland | 11.03 | |
| 29 | 5 | Rubén Inácio | Angola | 11.03 | |
| 30 | 1 | Johannes Kardiono | Indonesia | 11.10 | |
| 31 | 4 | Affonzo Ferraz | Angola | 11.11 | |
| 32 | 1 | Alan Zammit | Malta | 11.15 | |
| 33 | 2 | Amitab Rai | India | 11.27 | |
| 34 | 5 | Jihad Salame | Lebanon | 11.31 | |
| 35 | 4 | Mbouala Mbouala | Congo | 11.45 | |
| 36 | 3 | Fadi Ticaelian | Lebanon | 11.54 | |
| 37 | 2 | José Asturias | Guatemala | 11.74 | |

### Quarterfinals

Held on 6 July
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Desai Williams | Canada | 10.28 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria | 10.33 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Sam Graddy | United States | 10.34 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ben Johnson | Canada | 10.37 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Terry Scott | United States | 10.38 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Chidi Imoh | Nigeria | 10.41 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Katsuhiko Nakaya | Brazil | 10.43 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Nikolay Sidorov | Soviet Union | 10.46 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 10.56 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Roland Jokl | Austria | 10.60 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Fritz-Werner Heer | West Germany | 10.61 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Harouna Palé | Upper Volta | 10.62 | q |
| 12 | 3 | Jang Jae-keun | South Korea | 10.62 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Giovanni Grazioli | Italy | 10.62 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 10.64 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Franco Zucchini | Italy | 10.64 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Mohamed Purnomo | Indonesia | 10.65 | |
| 17 | 3 | Henri Ndinga | Congo | 10.65 | |
| 19 | 3 | Kouadio Otokpa | Ivory Coast | 10.67 | |
| 20 | 2 | Kosmas Stratos | Greece | 10.68 | |
| 21 | 2 | Thomas Geuven | West Germany | 10.73 | |
| 22 | 4 | Hideyuki Arikawa | Japan | 10.81 | |
| 23 | 4 | Juan Prada | Spain | 10.87 | |
| 24 | 4 | Barthélemy Koffi | Ivory Coast | 10.96 | |

### Semifinals

Held on 7 July
Wind: Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Desai Williams | Canada | 10.22 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Chidi Imoh | Nigeria | 10.23 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Katsuhiko Nakaya | Brazil | 10.25 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Sam Graddy | United States | 10.29 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria | 10.31 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Terry Scott | United States | 10.31 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Nikolay Sidorov | Soviet Union | 10.38 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Ben Johnson | Canada | 10.39 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Fritz-Werner Heer | West Germany | 10.44 | |
| 10 | 1 | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 10.50 | |
| 11 | 1 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 10.52 | |
| 12 | 1 | Jang Jae-keun | South Korea | 10.54 | |
| 13 | 2 | Roland Jokl | Austria | 10.55 | |
| 14 | 1 | Giovanni Grazioli | Italy | 10.56 | |
| 15 | 2 | Harouna Pale | Upper Volta | 10.58 | |
| 16 | 2 | Franco Zucchini | Italy | 10.61 | |

### Final

Held on 7 July
Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Chidi Imoh | Nigeria | 10.33 |
| | Desai Williams | Canada | 10.37 |
| | Sam Graddy | United States | 10.42 |
| 4 | Terry Scott | United States | 10.43 |
| 5 | Ben Johnson | Canada | 10.44 |
| 6 | Katsuhiko Nakaya | Brazil | 10.45 |
| 7 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria | 10.49 |
| 8 | Nikolay Sidorov | Soviet Union | 10.55 |