The 1983 Badminton World Cup was the fifth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 16 August to 21 August 1983. China won titles in 3 disciplines : Both the singles events and Women's doubles. South Korea won Men's doubles while cross country pair from Denmark and England won the mixed doubles title.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Han Jian	Hastomo Arbi	Icuk Sugiarto
			Misbun Sidek
Women's singles	Han Aiping	Zhang Ailing	Li Lingwei
			Ivana Lie
Men's doubles	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Bobby Ertanto Christian Hadinata	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek
			Jens Peter Nierhoff Morten Frost
Women's doubles	Han Aiping Li Lingwei	Wu Jianqiu Xu Rong	Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks
			Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee
Mixed doubles	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie	Jesper Helledie Sally Podger
			Thomas Kihlström Karen Chapman

Men's singles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Han Jian		15	15
	Icuk Sugiarto		6	5
								Han Jian		15	15
								Hastomo Arbi		4	13
	Hastomo Arbi		15	5	15
	Misbun Sidek		12	15	9

Women's singles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Li Lingwei		5	1
	Han Aiping		11	11
								Han Aiping		6	11	11
								Zhang Ailing		11	5	4
	Ivana Lie		7	6
	Zhang Ailing		11	11

Men's doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong		10	15	15
	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek		15	5	7
								Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong		15	15
								Bobby Ertanto Christian Hadinata		6	11
	Bobby Ertanto Christian Hadinata		15	4	15
	Jens Peter Nierhoff Morten Frost		11	15	13

Women's doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks		5	3
	Wu Jianqiu Xu Rong		15	15
								Wu Jianqiu Xu Rong		15	8	5
								Han Aiping Li Lingwei		6	15	15
	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee		14	3
	Han Aiping Li Lingwei		17	15

Mixed doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks		15	15
	Jesper Helledie Sally Podger		9	7
								Martin Dew Gillian Gilks		15	9	15
								Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie		8	15	8
	Thomas Kihlström Karen Chapman		15	10	4
	Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie		12	15	15