| Competition: | 1983 Men's World Judo Championships |
| Dates: | September 13–16, 1983 |
| Location: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
The 1983 World Judo Championships were the 13th edition of the Men's World Judo Championships, and were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from September 13–16, 1983.[1]
| -60 kg | Khazret Tletseri |  Tamas Bujko |  Kenichi Haraguchi Klaus-Peter Stolberg | |
| -65 kg | Nikolai Solodukhin | Yoshiyuki Matsuoka |  Janusz Pawłowski  Sandro Rosati | |
| -71 kg | Hidetoshi Nakanishi | Ezio Gamba | Tamaz Namgalauri Steffen Stranz | |
| -78 kg | Nobutoshi Hikage |  Neil Adams | Mircea Fratica Shota Khabarelli | |
| -86 kg | Detlef Ultsch |  Fabien Canu |  Robert Berland Seiki Nose | |
| -95 kg | Andreas Preschel | Valeri Divisenko | Gunther Neureuther  Robert van de Walle | |
| +95 kg | Yasuhiro Yamashita | Willy Wilhelm | Mihail Cioc Henry Stohr | |
| Open | Hitoshi Saito | Vladimir Kocman | Andras Ozsvar Robert van de Walle |