| Events at the 1983 World Championships |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | women | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14.
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| East Germany Gesine Walther Sabine Busch Marita Koch Dagmar Rübsam |
Czechoslovakia Tatána Kocembová Milena Matejkovicova-Strnadova Zuzana Moravcikova Jarmila Kratochvílová |
Soviet Union Yelena Didilenko-Korban Marina Ivanova-Kharlamova Irina Baskakova Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina |
Existing records at the start of the event.
| World Record | East Germany (GDR) | 3:19.04 | Athens, Greece | September 11, 1982 |
| Championship Record | New event | |||
All times shown are in minutes.
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WR world record |AR Area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
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DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place |
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