The Women's Heptathlon competition at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland started on Monday 8 August 1983 and ended on Tuesday 9 August 1983. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, including six non-finishers. The winning margin was 52 points.
| Gold | Ramona Neubert East Germany (GDR) | |
| Silver | Sabine Paetz East Germany (GDR) | |
| Bronze | Anke Vater East Germany (GDR) |
Monday, August 8, 1983
Tuesday, August 9, 1983
| Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6836 | June 19, 1983 | ||||
| New event | |||||
| Rank | Athlete | Points | 100mh | HJ | SP | 200m | LJ | JT | 800m | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6714 | 13.29 | 1.80 | 15.38 | 23.27 | 6.67 | 45.12 | 2:11.34 | |||
| 6662 | 13.11 | 1.83 | 14.23 | 23.60 | 6.68 | 44.52 | 2:11.59 | |||
| 6532 | 13.58 | 1.86 | 14.05 | 23.49 | 6.32 | 37.84 | 2:05.64 | |||
| 6398 | 13.50 | 1.86 | 12.32 | 23.82 | 6.46 | 36.36 | 2:06.80 | |||
| 6362 | 14.21 | 1.80 | 15.67 | 25.08 | 6.11 | 44.60 | 2:08.10 | |||
| 6321 | 13.36 | 1.83 | 13.77 | 24.48 | 5.66 | 45.76 | 2:10.98 | |||
| 6195 | 13.17 | 1.74 | 12.98 | 24.02 | 6.31 | 32.64 | 2:10.96 | |||
| 6155 | 13.77 | 1.77 | 12.22 | 24.19 | 6.30 | 38.62 | 2:12.46 | |||
| 5977 | 14.00 | 1.83 | 11.86 | 26.10 | 6.09 | 45.24 | 2:17.86 | |||
| 10 | 5965 | 14.17 | 1.74 | 14.99 | 25.15 | 6.04 | 40.58 | 2:24.96 | ||
| 11 | 5925 | 14.17 | 1.74 | 11.91 | 24.92 | 6.17 | 36.06 | 2:12.16 | ||
| 12 | 5922 | 14.25 | 1.80 | 12.70 | 25.13 | 5.58 | 39.36 | 2:12.38 | ||
| 13 | 5866 | 14.33 | 1.80 | 12.87 | 25.77 | 5.88 | 36.16 | 2:13.77 | ||
| 14 | 5851 | 14.62 | 1.83 | 12.06 | 25.81 | 5.73 | 46.22 | 2:19.68 | ||
| 15 | 5766 | 13.85 | 1.80 | 12.08 | 25.64 | 5.90 | 32.98 | 2:19.22 | ||
| 16 | 5739 | 13.99 | 1.59 | 11.96 | 25.21 | 5.92 | 39.26 | 2:14.53 | ||
| 17 | 5721 | 14.10 | 1.74 | 12.92 | 24.95 | 5.58 | 38.68 | 2:26.42 | ||
| 18 | 5629 | 15.39 | 1.65 | 14.13 | 26.18 | 5.52 | 42.88 | 2:16.47 | ||
| 19 | 4976 | 15.55 | 1.65 | 09.95 | 25.72 | 5.71 | 26.46 | 2:31.55 | ||
| 20 | 3955 | 17.96 | 1.41 | 08.23 | 26.08 | 4.10 | 19.86 | 2:20.10 | ||
| DNF | 13.72 | 1.83 | 14.75 | 25.16 | 6.00 | 45.62 | DNS | |||
| DNF | 13.23 | 1.92 | 13.85 | 24.93 | 6.16 | NM | DNS | |||
| DNF | 14.03 | 1.74 | 13.35 | 24.88 | 5.85 | NM | DNS | |||
| DNF | 13.69 | 1.86 | 12.73 | 23.73 | DNS | |||||
| DNF | 16.15 | 1.53 | DNS | |||||||
| DNF | 14.12 | DNS |