1983 World Rowing Championships
The 1983 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 3 to 4 September 1983 at Wedau in Duisburg, Germany.
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| W1x | Jutta Hampe | 3:36.51 | Irina Fetisova | 3:37.79 | Virginia Gilder | 3:39.05 |
| W2x | Jutta Schenk Martina Schröter | 3:13.44 | Yelena Bratishko Antonina Makhina-Dumtcheva | 3:14.28 | Marioara Ciobanu-Popescu Elisabeta Lipă | 3:15.45 |
| W4x+ | Tatiana Bachkatova Olga Kaspina Yelena Khloptseva Larisa Popova Maria Zemskova-Korotkova | 3:02.48 | Kerstin Kirst Kerstin Pieloth Cornelia Linse Sylvia Schwabe Andrea Rost | 3:04.51 | Stefka Madina Teodora Lazarova Margarita Dobtcheva Violeta Ninova Greta Georgieva | 3:10.69 |
| W2- | Marita Sandig Silvia Fröhlich | 3:26.68 | Rodica Arba Elena Horvat | 3:32.13 | Tricia Smith Elizabeth Craig-Eaton | 3:33.52 |
| W4+ | Claudia Noack Iris Rudolph Sigrid Anders Carola Miseler Carolina Richter | 3:11.18 | Florica Lavric Maria Tanase-Fricioiu Chira Apostol Olga Homegi-Bularda Viorica Veres | 3:14.11 | Feodossia Kaleinikova Valentina Semenova Svetlana Semyonova Angelina Kaolikauskaite Nina Tcheremisina | 3:14.36 |
| W8+ | Sarmīte Stone Lidiya Averyanova Ludmila Konopleva Marina Studneva Nina Umanets Elena Tereshina Nataliya Yatsenko Elena Makushkina Valentina Khokhlova | 2:56.22 | Kristen Thorsness Patricia Spratlin Shyril O'Steen Carie Graves Carol Bower Kristine Norelius Jan Harville Harriet Metcalf Valerie McClain-Ward | 2:58.14 | Susann Heinicke Viola Kestler Annekatrin Jage Karin Metze-Ullbricht Steffi Götzelt Carola Lichey Sabine Portius Ramona Hein Kirsten Strohbach | 2:59.06 |