| Iaaf: | ETH |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Ethiopia |
| Games Link: | 1983 World Championships in Athletics |
| Year: | 1983 |
| Games: | World Championships in Athletics |
| Fedname: | Ethiopian Athletics Federation |
| Location: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Date: | August 7–14, 1983 |
| Competitors: | 10 |
| Competitors Men: | 10 |
| Events: | 5 |
| Rank: | =15 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Ethiopia competed at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland, from August 7 to 14, 1983.[1]
The following competitors from Ethiopia won medals at the Championships
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Wodajo Bulti | align=left rowspan=3 | 5000 metres | 13:43.53 | 2 Q | 13:33.03 | 8 Q | 13:34.03 | 7 |
| Seyoum Nigatu | 14:13.22 | 12 Q | 14:02.23 | 25 | colspan=2 | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Mohamed Kedir | colspan=4 | ||||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | 10,000 metres | 28:07.16 | 14 Q | 28:09.92 | 9 | |||
| Bekele Debele | 27:49.30 | 7 q | 28:11.13 | 10 | ||||
| Girma Berhanu | colspan=2 | |||||||
| Eshetu Tura | align=left rowspan=2 | 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:53.86 | 32 | colspan=4 rowspan=2 | |||
| Girma Woldehana | 9:31.81 | 35 | ||||||
| Kebede Balcha | align=left rowspan=2 | Marathon | 2:10:27 | |||||
| Dereje Nedi | Did not finish | |||||||
| Kebede Balcha | 20 km walk | 1:30:36 | 38 | |||||