The Greco-Roman style competitions took place from September 22nd to 25th, 1983. Probably the biggest surprise was the victory of Hannu Lahtinen from Finland . He had not competed in any international competition before and won the gold medal in Kiev. Of the Soviet wrestlers who started, only Rafail Nasibulow missed a medal rank as seventh in the -62 kg weight class.
The freestyle competitions took place from September 26th to 29th, 1983. The Soviet Union was able to celebrate athletes on the podium in all 10 competitions.