These are the official results of the men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1983 World Championships held on 12 August 1983 in Helsinki, Finland.
| Gold | Ronald Weigel East Germany (GDR) | |
| Silver |  Josep MarínSpain (ESP) | |
| Bronze | Sergey Yung Soviet Union (URS) |
| DNS | did not start | |
| NM | no mark | |
| WR | world record | |
| WL | world leading | |
| AR | area record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best | |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:40:46 | March 13, 1983 | Valencia, Spain | |||
| New event | |||||
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:43:08 | ||||
| 3:46:32 | [1] [2] | |||
| 3:49:03 | ||||
| 4 | 3:52:53 | |||
| 5 | 3:53:51 | |||
| 6 | 3:53:57 | |||
| 7 | 3:55:38 | |||
| 8 | 3:56:02 | |||
| 9 | 3:56:57 | |||
| 10 | 3:57:25 | |||
| 11 | 3:59:03 | |||
| 12 | 3:59:27 | |||
| 13 | 4:00:50 | |||
| 14 | 4:02:00 | |||
| 15 | 4:03:10 | |||
| 16 | 4:03:47 | |||
| 17 | 4:06:49 | |||
| 18 | 4:06:51 | |||
| 19 | 4:07:46 | |||
| 20 | 4:08:11 | |||
| 21 | 4:09:22 | |||
| 22 | 4:09:40 | |||
| 23 | 4:18:41 | |||
| 24 | 4:30:28 | |||
| 25 | 4:35:46 | |||
| 26 | 4:35:58 | |||
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | ||||
| - | DNF | |||
| - | DNF | |||
| - | DNF | |||
| - | DNF | |||
| - | DNF | |||
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | ||||
| - | DSQ | |||
| - | DSQ | |||
| - | DSQ | |||
| - | DSQ | |||
| - | DSQ | |||