1983 World Championships in Athletics

1st World Championships in Athletics
Host cityHelsinki, Finland
Nations153
Athletes1,355
Events41
Dates7–14 August 1983
Opened byPresident Mauno Koivisto
Main venueHelsinki Olympic Stadium

The 1st World Championships in Athletics (Finnish: Yleisurheilun maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 1983; Swedish: Världsmästerskapen i friidrott 1983) were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983. Despite the existence of previously held championship events in both 1976 and 1980, this 1983 championship was marked as the inaugural World Championship.

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