# 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Sportcsarnok in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, on 5 and 6 March 1983.
Sportcsarnok, also known as Budapest Sports Arena, served as the venue for this prestigious event. Athletes from various European countries participated in the championships, competing in a range of indoor track and field disciplines. The event provided an opportunity for athletes to showcase their skills and compete for titles and medals in front of an enthusiastic audience.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Stefano Tilli (ITA) | 6.63 | Christian Haas (FRG) | 6.64 | Valentin Atanasov (BUL) | 6.66 |
| 200 metres details | Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS) | 20.97 CR | Jacques Borlée (BEL) | 21.13 | István Nagy (HUN) | 21.18 |
| 400 metres details | Yevgeniy Lomtev (URS) | 46.20 CR | Ainsley Bennett (GBR) | 46.43 | Ángel Heras (ESP) | 46.57 |
| 800 metres details | Colomán Trabado (ESP) | 1:46.91 | Peter Elliott (GBR) | 1:47.58 | Thierry Tonnelier (FRA) | 1:47.68 |
| 1500 metres details | Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) | 3:39.82 | José Manuel Abascal (ESP) | 3:40.69 | Antti Loikkanen (FIN) | 3:41.31 |
| 3000 metres details | Dragan Zdravković (YUG) | 7:54.73 | Valeriy Abramov (URS) | 7:57.79 | Uwe Mönkemeyer (FRG) | 7:58.11 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Thomas Munkelt (GDR) | 7.48 CR | Arto Bryggare (FIN) | 7.60 NR | Andreas Oschkenat (GDR) | 7.63 |
| 5000 metres walk details | Anatoliy Solomin (URS) | 19:19.93 | Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (URS) | 19:41.66 | Erling Andersen (NOR) | 20:00.68 |
| High jump details | Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) | 2.32 | Gerd Nagel (FRG) | 2.30 | Massimo Di Giorgio (ITA) Mirosław Włodarczyk (POL) | 2.27 |
| Pole vault details | Vladimir Polyakov (URS) | 5.60 | Aleksandrs Obižajevs (URS) | 5.60 | Patrick Abada (FRA) | 5.55 |
| Long jump details | László Szalma (HUN) | 7.95 | Gyula Pálóczi (HUN) | 7.90 | Jens Knipphals (FRG) | 7.82 |
| Triple jump details | Nikolay Musiyenko (URS) | 17.12 | Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) | 16.94 | Béla Bakosi (HUN) | 16.90 |
| Shot put details | Jānis Bojārs (URS) | 20.56 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov (URS) | 20.44 | Ivan Ivančić (YUG) | 20.26 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Marlies Göhr (GDR) | 7.09 CR | Silke Gladisch (GDR) | 7.12 | Marisa Masullo (ITA) | 7.19 |
| 200 metres details | Marita Koch (GDR) | 22.39 CR | Joan Baptiste (GBR) | 23.37 | Christina Sussiek (FRG) | 23.61 |
| 400 metres details | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | 49.69 | Kirsten Siemon (GDR) | 51.70 | Rositsa Stamenova (BUL) | 52.36 |
| 800 metres details | Svetlana Kitova (URS) | 2:01.28 | Zuzana Moravčíková (TCH) | 2:01.66 | Olga Simakova (URS) | 2:02.25 |
| 1500 metres details | Brigitte Kraus (FRG) | 4:16.14 | Maria Radu (ROM) | 4:17.16 | Ivana Kleinová (TCH) | 4:17.21 |
| 3000 metres details | Yelena Sipatova (URS) | 9:04.40 | Agnese Possamai (ITA) | 9:04.41 | Yelena Malykhina (URS) | 9:04.52 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Bettine Jahn (GDR) | 7.75 WR | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | 7.96 | Tatyana Malyuvanyets (URS) | 8.07 |
| High jump details | Tamara Bykova (URS) | 2.03 CR | Larisa Kositsyna (URS) | 1.94 | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée (FRA) | 1.92 |
| Long jump details | Eva Murková (TCH) | 6.77 =CR | Helga Radtke (GDR) | 6.63 | Heike Daute (GDR) | 6.61 |
| Shot put details | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 20.61 | Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) | 20.35 | Zdenka Šilhavá (TCH) | 19.56 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 23 | 23 | 24 | 70 |

## Participating nations

* Austria (8)
* Belgium (4)
* Bulgaria (12)
* Czechoslovakia (18)
* East Germany (15)
* Finland (7)
* France (20)
* Great Britain (13)
* Greece (3)
* Hungary (31)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (16)
* Netherlands (3)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (10)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (6)
* Soviet Union (33)
* Spain (10)
* Sweden (10)
* Switzerland (5)
* Turkey (3)
* West Germany (25)
* Yugoslavia (5)