The 20th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1983 for the second time in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy.^[1]

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Frank Ullrich	GDR	1	1:05:00.9
	Frank-Peter Roetsch	GDR	1	1:05:17.8
	Peter Angerer	FRG	2	1:06:57.3

10 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Eirik Kvalfoss	NOR	2	31:12.3
	Peter Angerer	FRG	0	31:31.2
	Alfred Eder	AUT	0	31:45.5

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Soviet Union Algimantas Šalna Juri Kashkarov Petr Miloradov Sergei Bulygin	URS
	East Germany Frank Ullrich Mathias Jung Matthias Jacob Frank-Peter Roetsch	GDR
	Norway Kjell Søbak Eirik Kvalfoss Odd Lirhus Øivind Nerhagen	NOR

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	East Germany	1	2	0	3
2	Norway	1	0	1	2
3	Soviet Union	1	0	0	1
4	West Germany	0	1	1	2
5	Austria	0	0	1	1