The 1983 European Cup was the 9th edition of the European Cup of athletics.^[1] From this edition on, the multiple stages of competition were replaced by the promotion/relegation league system.

The "A" Finals were held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, Great Britain.

Held on 20 and 21 August in London, United Kingdom^[2]

Men Pos. Nation Points 1  East Germany 117 2  Soviet Union 106 3  West Germany 102 4  Great Britain 94.5 5  Poland 86.5 6  Italy 80.5 7  France 70 8  Hungary 60.5

Women Pos. Nation Points 1  East Germany 107 2  Soviet Union 85 3  Czechoslovakia 77 4  Great Britain 77 5  West Germany 58 6  Bulgaria 58 7  Poland 43 8  Hungary 34

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: -1.5 m/s)	Frank Emmelmann  East Germany	10.58	Allan Wells  Great Britain	10.59	Antoine Richard  France	10.65
200 m (Wind: -0.7 m/s)	Allan Wells  Great Britain	20.72	Pietro Mennea  Italy	20.74	Erwin Skamrahl  West Germany	20.99
400 m	Hartmut Weber  West Germany	45.39	Thomas Schönlebe  East Germany	45.70	Sergey Lovachov  Soviet Union	45.83
800 m	Willi Wülbeck  West Germany	1:45.74 CR	Detlef Wagenknecht  East Germany	1:45.83	Peter Elliott  Great Britain	1:45.84
1500 m	Steve Cram  Great Britain	3:42.27	Andreas Busse  East Germany	3:43.12	Piotr Kurek  Poland	3:43.65
5000 m	Thomas Wessinghage  West Germany	13:48.72	Dmitriy Dmitriyev  Soviet Union	13:49.27	Alberto Cova  Italy	13:55.59
10,000 m	Werner Schildhauer  East Germany	28:02.11 CR	Alberto Cova  Italy	28:02.13	Valeriy Abramov  Soviet Union	28:02.87
3000 m steeplechase	Bogusław Mamiński  Poland	8:24.80	Colin Reitz  Great Britain	8:25.72	Joseph Mahmoud  France	8:28.04
110 m hurdles (Wind: -1.5 m/s)	Thomas Munkelt  East Germany	13.72	György Bakos  Hungary	13.74	Romuald Giegiel  Poland	13.88
400 m hurdles	Harald Schmid  West Germany	48.56	Aleksandr Kharlov  Soviet Union	49.53	Ryszard Szparak  Poland	49.65
4 × 100 m	Italy Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Giovanni Bongiorni Pietro Mennea	38.86	Great Britain Lincoln Asquith Donovan Reid Mike McFarlane Cameron Sharp	38.88	Poland Krzysztof Zwoliński Zenon Licznerski Czesław Prądzyński Marian Woronin	38.97
4 × 400 m	Great Britain Kriss Akabusi Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown	3:02.28	East Germany Udo Bauer Jens Carlowitz Andreas Knebel Thomas Schönlebe	3:02.62	Soviet Union Sergey Lovachov Viktor Markin Yevgeniy Lomtev Aliaksandr Trashchyla	3:02.77
High jump	Franck Verzy  France	2.32	Valeriy Sereda  Soviet Union	2.26	Dietmar Mögenburg  West Germany	2.23
Pole vault	Patrick Abada  France	5.55	Aleksandr Krupskiy  Soviet Union	5.50	Jürgen Winkler  West Germany	5.50
Long jump	László Szalma  Hungary	8.10w	Oganes Stepanyan  Soviet Union	8.09	Mathias Koch  East Germany	7.88w
Triple jump	Peter Bouschen  West Germany	17.12	Zdzisław Hoffmann  Poland	16.94	Béla Bakosi  Hungary	16.86
Shot put	Edward Sarul  Poland	20.54	Ulf Timmermann  East Germany	20.39	Jânis Bojârs  Soviet Union	20.16
Discus throw	Jürgen Schult  East Germany	64.96	Alwin Wagner  West Germany	64.14	Georgiy Kolnootchenko  Soviet Union	64.04
Hammer throw	Sergey Litvinov  Soviet Union	81.52 CR	Zdzisław Kwaśny  Poland	80.18	Günther Rodehau  East Germany	77.58
Javelin throw	Detlef Michel  East Germany	85.72	Heino Puuste  Soviet Union	85.54	Klaus Tafelmeier  West Germany	84.20
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (Wind: -1.0 m/s)	Marlies Göhr  East Germany	11.28	Anelia Nuneva  Bulgaria	11.33	Kathy Cook  Great Britain	11.39
200 m (Wind: -1.7 m/s)	Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia	22.40	Marita Koch  East Germany	22.40	Kathy Cook  Great Britain	22.57
400 m	Tatána Kocembová  Czechoslovakia	49.33 CR	Mariya Pinigina  Soviet Union	49.63	Gaby Bussmann  West Germany	51.09
800 m	Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia	1:58.79	Antje Schröder  East Germany	1:59.53	Margrit Klinger  West Germany	1:59.64
1500 m	Nadezhda Ralldugina  Soviet Union	4:07.61	Christiane Wartenberg  East Germany	4:07.86	Totka Petrova  Bulgaria	4:08.02
3000 m	Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union	8:49.27 CR	Ulrike Bruns  East Germany	8:49.71	Jane Furniss  Great Britain	8:51.58
100 m hurdles (Wind: -2.1 m/s)	Bettine Jahn  East Germany	12.89	Lucyna Kałek  Poland	12.97	Ginka Zagorcheva  Bulgaria	13.10
400 m hurdles	Ellen Fiedler  East Germany	54.20	Ana Ambrazienė  Soviet Union	54.74	Sue Morley  Great Britain	56.36
4 × 100 m	East Germany Silke Gladisch Marita Koch Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	42.63	Great Britain Joan Baptiste Kathy Cook Bev Callender Shirley Thomas	43.18	Soviet Union Lyudmila Kondratyeva Yelena Vinogradova Irina Olkhovnikova Olga Antonova	43.67
4 × 400 m	Czechoslovakia Zuzana Moravčíková Milena Strnadová Taťána Kocembová Jarmila Kratochvílová	3:20.79	Soviet Union Yelena Didilenko Marina Kharlamova Irina Baskakova Mariya Pinigina	3:21.71	East Germany Kerstin Walther Sabine Busch Undine Bremer Dagmar Neubauer	3:22.70
High jump	Ulrike Meyfarth  West Germany	2.03 WR, CR	Tamara Bykova  Soviet Union	2.03 WR, CR	Kerstin Brandt  East Germany	1.99
Long jump	Heike Daute  East Germany	6.99 CR	Eva Murková  Czechoslovakia	6.81w	Bev Kinch  Great Britain	6.63
Shot put	Helena Fibingerová  Czechoslovakia	20.76	Helma Knorscheidt  East Germany	19.49	Nunu Abashidze  Soviet Union	18.88
Discus throw	Martina Opitz  East Germany	69.00	Galina Murašova  Soviet Union	68.86	Mariya Petkova  Bulgaria	64.88
Javelin throw	Fatima Whitbread  Great Britain	69.04	Antje Kempe  East Germany	63.22	Genowefa Olejarz  Poland	63.12
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Both "B" finals held on 20 and 21 August^[2]

Men Held in Prague, Czechoslovakia Pos. Nation Points 1  Czechoslovakia 108 2  Spain 107 3  Finland 103.5 4  Sweden 100.5 5  Yugoslavia 92 6   Switzerland 73 7  Sweden 69 8  Belgium 65

Women Held in Sittard, Netherlands Pos. Nation Points 1  Italy 90 2  Romania 82 3  France 82 4  Finland 70 5  Sweden 70 6  Netherlands 55 7  Norway 50 8  Belgium 39

Both "C" finals held on 20 and 21 August^[2]

"C1" Final Held in Dublin, Ireland Pos. Nation Points 1  Norway 83 2  Netherlands 63 3  Ireland 57 4  Denmark 49 5  Iceland 46

"C2" Final Held in Lisbon, Portugal Pos. Nation Points 1  Greece 68 2  Austria 58 3  Portugal 49 4  Luxembourg 23 –  Turkey DNS

Both "C" finals held on 20 and 21 August^[2]

"C1" Final Held in Dublin, Ireland Pos. Nation Points 1  Yugoslavia 63 2  Austria 44 3  Spain 42 4  Portugal 41 5  Greece 34

"C2" Final Held in Lisbon, Portugal Pos. Nation Points 1  Denmark 47 2   Switzerland 46 3  Ireland 33 4  Iceland 23

• European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics
• European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics