Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's discus throw event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 7 and 8 July 1983.^[1]

The winning margin was a huge 6.14 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's discus throw was won by more than five metres at these games.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Luis Delís  Cuba	Dariusz Juzyszyn  Poland	Marco Bucci  Italy

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Luis Delís	Cuba	67.28	UR
2	Marco Martino	Italy	59.66
3	Konstantinos Georgakopoulos	Greece	59.50
4	Dariusz Juzyszyn	Poland	58.96
5	Rob Gray	Canada	57.34
6	Marco Bucci	Italy	57.32
7	Robert Weir	Great Britain	56.24
8	Mike Carter	United States	54.84
9	Li Weinan	China	54.60
10	Randy Heisler	United States	53.16
11	Jack Harkness	Canada	52.76
12	Erik de Bruin	Netherlands	51.76
13	Vahé Karabidjian	Lebanon	43.48
14	César Sajche	Guatemala	32.48

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Luis Delís	Cuba	69.46	UR
	Dariusz Juzyszyn	Poland	63.32
	Marco Bucci	Italy	60.62
4	Marco Martino	Italy	60.24
5	Konstantinos Georgakopoulos	Greece	59.32
6	Robert Weir	Great Britain	58.40
7	Li Weinan	China	57.84
8	Randy Heisler	United States	57.48
9	Rob Gray	Canada	57.46
10	Jack Harkness	Canada	56.60
11	Mike Carter	United States	54.66
12	Óskar Jakobsson	Iceland	54.36
	Erik de Bruin	Netherlands	DNS