1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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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.
Medal summary
Men's
Canoe
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-1 500 m |  Costică Olaru (ROU) |  Ulrich Papke (GDR) |  Anatoliy Volkov (URS) | |||
| C-1 1000 m | Vassily Beresa (URS) | Costică Olaru (ROU) |  Jiří Vrdlovec (TCH) | |||
| C-1 10000 m | Jiří Vrdlovec (TCH) | Gheorghe Titu (ROU) |  Tamás Wichmann (HUN) | |||
| C-2 500 m |  YugoslaviaMatija Ljubek Mirko Nišović | Soviet Union Ivan Klementiev Sergey Ossadzhiy | Romania Dumitru Bețiu 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 |
Kayak
Women's
Kayak
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-1 500 m | Birgit Fischer (GDR) |  Vania Gesheva (BUL) | Maria Ştefan (ROU) | |||
| K-2 500 m | East Germany Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn | Hungary Katalin Povázsán Erika Géczi |  SwedenAgneta Andersson Susanne Wiberg | |||
| K-4 500 m | East Germany Birgit Fischer Carsta Kühn Ramona Walther Kathrin Giese | Soviet Union Inna Zhipulina Nelli Yefremova Natalya Kalasnikova Galina Alekseyeva | Romania Tecia Borzanea Agafia Burhaev Natasia Ionescu Maria Ştefan |
Medals table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Romania (ROU) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |