The Ski Jumping World Cup 1982/83 (official name: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup 1982/83 ) was one of the International Ski Federation FIS between December 18, 1982 to March 27, 1983, to 17 different locations in Europe and North America discharged series of competitions in ski jumping . The World Cup consisted of 25 individual competitions. The victory in the overall standings went to the Finn Matti Nykänen this season , followed by the Canadian Horst Bulau and the Austrian defending champion Armin Kogler in second and third place . Norway won the Nations Cup ahead of Finland and the Austrian team that won last year.
World Cup points were awarded for places 1 to 15 (1st place = 25 points, 2nd place = 20 points, 3rd place = 15 points, from 4th to 15th place, 12 points to 1 point, descending). There were struck out results. To this end, the season was divided into two halves. From the competitions in December and January only the seven best results of an athlete were counted. The five best results of an athlete were counted from the competitions in February and March. A special regulation existed for the three ski flying competitions in Vikersund: for athletes who achieved the points in all three competitions, the worst placement was treated as a discarded result. The corresponding regulation also applied to the three competitions in Switzerland (St. Moritz, Gstaad, Engelberg). Here, too, for the athletes who made it into the World Cup in all three competitions, the worst placement was treated as a discarded result.
For the nation ranking, all points were taken into account (no deletion results).
Points that were deducted from a jumper as a cancellation result are indicated in brackets, if applicable.