World Athletics Championships 1983 / medal table

This table shows the medal table of the 1983 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki. The placements are sorted according to the number of gold medals won, followed by the number of silver and bronze medals ( lexicographical order ). If two or more countries have an identical medal balance, they are listed alphabetically on the same rank.

Medal table after all 41 decisions
space	country
1	GDR	10	7th	5	22nd
2	United States	8th	9	7th	24
3	USSR	6th	6th	11	23
4th	Czechoslovakia	4th	3	2	9
5	BR Germany	2	5	1	8th
6th	Great Britain	2	2	3	7th
7th	Poland	2	1	1	4th
8th	Finland	1	1	1	3
	Italy	1	1	1	3
	Jamaica	1	1	1	3
11	Australia	1	-	-	1
	Ireland	1	-	-	1
	Mexico	1	-	-	1
	Norway	1	-	-	1
15th	Ethiopia	-	1	-	1
	Cuba	-	1	-	1
	Netherlands	-	1	-	1
	Spain	-	1	-	1
	Romania	-	1	-	1
20th	Bulgaria	-	-	3	3
21st	Brazil	-	-	1	1
	Greece	-	-	1	1
	People's Republic of China	-	-	1	1
	Morocco	-	-	1	1
	Nigeria	-	-	1	1