The Bowling at the 1983 SEA Games result. This event was held between 29 May to 4 June at Jackie's Bowl Centre, Singapore City. Singapore became the overall champion after collecting 11 of the 16 available gold medals
| Single 6 games |  Samuel Ho | 1.267 pts |  Paeng Nepomuceno | 1.265 |  Paulus Poerwadi | 1.240 | |
| Masters | Ronnie Ng | Raul Reformado | Paeng Nepomuceno | ||||
| All Events | Ronnie Ng | 5.129 pts | Paeng Nepomuceno | 4.916 |  Foong Yet Hong | 4.815 | |
| Doubles |  Surachai Kasemsiriroj Somsak Kruasingha | 2.482 pts | Raul Reformado Ortega San Jose | 2.461 | Samuel Ho Ronnie Ng | 2.437 | |
| Three-man | SINGAPORE | 1.857 pts | PHILIPPINES | 1.824 | SINGAPORE | 1.808 | |
| Five-man | SINGAPORE | 2.905 pts | PHILIPPINES | 2.879 | MALAYSIA | 2.792 | |
| Trio | SINGAPORE | 3.620 pinfalls | PHILIPPINES | 3.549 | SINGAPORE MALAYSIA | 3.511 | |
| Quintets | SINGAPORE | 5.893 | INDONESIA | 5.703 | MALAYSIA | 5.702 |
| Single 6 games | Delia Milne | 1.185 pts | Bong Coo | 1.153 | Pranee Kitipongpithya | 1.147 | |
| Masters | Bec Watanabe | Bong Coo | Arianne Cerdeña | ||||
| All events | Bong Coo | 4.612 pts | Adelene Wee | 4.592 | Pranee Kitipongpithya | 4.502 | |
| Doubles | Adelene Wee Delia Milne | 2.249 pts | Orawan Nithinavakorn | 2.190 | Bong Coo Rita De La Rosa | 2.184 | |
| Three-woman | PHILIPPINES | 1.694 pts | SINGAPORE | 1.687 | PHILIPPINES | 1.602 | |
| Five-woman | SINGAPORE | 2.760 pts | PHILIPPINES | 2.717 | THAILAND | 2.673 | |
| Trio | SINGAPORE | 3.472 pinfalls | PHILIPPINES | 3.378 | PHILIPPINES | 3.369 | |
| Quintets | PHILIPPINE | 5.438 | THAILAND | 5.379 | SINGAPORE | 5.369 |