1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Event Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 500 m Costicǎ Olaru ( ROU ) Ulrich Papke ( GDR ) Anatoliy Volkov ( URS )
C-1 1000 m Vassily Beresa ( URS ) Costicǎ Olaru ( ROU ) Jiří Vrdlovec ( TCH )
C-1 10000 m Jiří Vrdlovec ( TCH ) Gheorghe Titu ( ROU ) Tamás Wichmann ( HUN )
C-2 500 m Yugoslavia Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović Soviet Union Ivan Klementiev Sergey Ossadzhiy Romania Dumitru Betiu Flodor Gurei
C-2 1000 m Romania Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov East Germany Olaf Heukrodt Alexander Schuck Yugoslavia Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović
C-2 10000 m Hungary Tamás Buday László Vaskúti Romania Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov Soviet Union Sergey Petrenko Yuriy Laptikov
Medal summary -- Men 's
The 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Tampere, Finland for the second time. The Finnish city had host the championships previously in 1973. The men's competition consisted of six Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak. This was the eighteenth championships in canoe sprint.