Basketball events were contested at the 1983 Summer Universiade in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's basketball |  Canada (CAN)Kelly Dukeshire John Hatch Gordon Herbert Gerald Kazanowski Howard Kelsey Danny Meagher Eli Pasquale Tony Simms Karl Tilleman Jay Triano Bill Wennington Greg Wiltjer |
 Yugoslavia (YUG)(partial roster) Goran Grbović Marko Ivanović Velimir Perasović Dražen Petrović Rajko Žižić |
 United States (USA)Charles Barkley Greg Cavener Johnny Dawkins Devin Durrant Andre Goode Jay Humphries Karl Malone Ed Pinckney Malcolm Thomas Bernard Thompson Eric Turner Kevin Willis |
| Women's basketball | United States (USA)
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 Romania (ROU)
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Yugoslavia (YUG)
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