| 4th Arab Athletics Championships | |
| Host City: | Amman, Jordan |
| Dates: | 19–22 August |
| Events: | 39 |
| Previous: | 1981 Tunis |
| Next: | 1987 Algiers |
The 1983 Arab Athletics Championships was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Amman, Jordan from 19–22 August. A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women. The men's 20 kilometres walk was dropped from the programme, having been initiated at the 1981 edition. Although the majority of the races were measured using fully automatic time systems, four track finals were only timed to the tenth of a second due to technical issues.[1]
| 100 metres (wind: +2.5 m/s) | 10.33w | 10.44w | 10.55w | ||||
| 200 metres | 21.11 | 21.16 | 21.74 | ||||
| 400 metres | 47.29 | 47.51 | 48.16 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:51.68 | 1:51.72 | 1:51.88 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 3:52.91 | 3:52.95 | 3:53.66 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 14:20.83 | 14:22.55 | 14:23.23 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 29:58.4 | 29:59.3 | 30:03.5 | ||||
| 110 metres hurdles | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.6 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 51.68 | 52.24 | 52.63 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:54.9 | 8:55.9 | 9:27.7 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 40.67 | 41.01 | 41.08 | ||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:11.44 | 3:12.75 | 3:17.22 | ||||
| Marathon | 2:38:15 | 2:44:39 | 2:44:52 | ||||
| 20 km walk | 1:48:16 | 1:51:39 | 2:02:16 | ||||
| High jump | 2.28 m | 2.16 m | 2.10 m | ||||
| Pole vault | 4.60 m | 4.50 m | 4.40 m | ||||
| Long jump | 7.36 m | 7.35 m | 7.25 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 15.89 m | 15.72 m | 15.51 m | ||||
| Shot put | 17.36 m | 16.73 m | 16.34 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 53.36 m | 48.90 m | 48.40 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 66.34 m | 64.94 m | 53.48 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 70.30 m | 68.58 m | 64.82 m | ||||
| Decathlon | 6893 pts | 6857 pts | 6695 pts |
| 100 metres | 12.16 | 12.52 | 12.65 | ||||
| 200 metres | 25.14 | 25.74 | 25.79 | ||||
| 400 metres | 56.3 | 57.6 | 1:00.1 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:09.5 | 2:11.41 | 2:12.24 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:34.92 | 4:40.37 | 4:45.74 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 10:31.51 | 10:40.64 | 10:46.19 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles | 15.01 | 15.19 | 15.58 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 1:03.63 | 1:06.84 | 1:14.68 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 47.65 | 48.89 | 49.02 | ||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:49.66 | 3:49.76 | 4:04.32 | ||||
| High jump | 1.71 m | 1.65 m | 1.60 m | ||||
| Long jump | 5.92 m | 5.81 m | 5.62 m | ||||
| Shot put | 15.47 m | 13.65 m | 13.22 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 47.84 m | 42.84 m | 41.16 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 46.04 m | 44.03 m | 42.18 m | ||||
| Heptathlon | 5075 pts | 4577 pts | 2887 pts |