1983 United States Grand Prix West, Race, Race report
Meanwhile, Rosberg had regained second place behind Tambay and, by lap 20, was again looking for a way by. The top six cars were all running very close together, and Rosberg soon found himself under increasing pressure from Laffite, who was in turn being hounded by Jean-Pierre Jarier's Ligier and Patrese's Brabham.


1983 United States Grand Prix West, Race, Race report
On lap 26, Rosberg attempted to take the lead again, but collided with Tambay, who spun and stalled. Rosberg continued again, driving around the outside of the disabled car. As he entered the chicane before the start/finish line, he found his teammate Laffite alongside and Jarier almost touching his gearbox behind. The two Williams cars touched briefly, and Jarier ran into the back of Rosberg, who hit the wall, bounced off, and hit it again before sliding to a stop. Jarier continued, but only briefly, as a damaged front wing had spoiled his handling, and he retired in the pits.


1983 United States Grand Prix West, Race, Race report
Laffite was now in the lead, with Patrese in second. By lap 28, the McLarens were lying third and fourth, having passed Marc Surer, Sullivan and Johnny Cecotto. When Watson got by Lauda at the end of Shoreline Drive, he was 20 seconds behind the two leaders. With Watson closing the gap to the front and Laffite's tires going off quickly, Patrese challenged Laffite for the lead. He slid wide, and Watson and Lauda both passed before he rejoined the track. Soon after, the McLarens passed Laffite as well, and, from 22nd and 23rd on the grid, were now first and second.


1983 United States Grand Prix West, Race, Race report
With Laffite still struggling with his tires, Patrese was able to catch him up again and took third on lap 52. Arnoux was coming back through the field after a second tire stop, and was waging battle with Cheever for fifth place when they came upon Laffite on lap 67, again at the end of Shoreline Drive. At the hairpin, the Williams and Ferrari swapped places around Cheever, as Arnoux went from sixth to fourth in one corner. On the next lap, however, Cheever lost fifth place when he pulled off with a broken gearbox. With just three laps to go, Patrese retired from third place when his distributor broke.


1983 United States Grand Prix West, Race, Race report
Semi-retired 1980 World Champion, Australian Alan Jones replaced regular Arrows driver Chico Serra for the race in what was to prove to be a short-lived comeback to Formula One. After qualifying a credible 12th on the grid in the Cosworth powered Arrows A6, Jones ran in the top 10 until retiring on lap 58 with fatigue. Jones, who had only raced at home in Australia since retiring from F1 following the 1981 season, was still suffering the effects of a fall from a horse on his farm a couple of months earlier where he had broken his hip.


1983 United States Grand Prix West, Race, Race report
Lauda, suffering from a worsening cramp in his right leg, could not challenge Watson in the later stages, and the Ulsterman came home nearly half a minute ahead for his fifth victory. It was the farthest back from which a modern Grand Prix driver had ever come to win a race. Arnoux came through for third, and Laffite hung on for fourth, ahead of Surer and Cecotto, who scored a point in his second F1 race. It was the first ever points for a Venezuelan driver, and the last until Pastor Maldonado finished tenth in the 2011 Belgian Grand Prix.


1983 United States Grand Prix West, Race, Race report
Rumors persisted all weekend that race organizer Chris Pook, the main figure in the attempt to create a "Monte Carlo of the United States" in Long Beach, had decided that Formula One was too expensive and risky, and, indeed, after the race, he announced that he planned to run a CART race at Long Beach in 1984 instead of F1.


1983 United States Grand Prix West, Race, Race report
Despite tremendous success since the race's inception in 1976, and the observable impact of the global exposure it brought to the city and to the Los Angeles area in general, the organizers believed that the less expensive and more popular (in the United States at least) CART championship, dominated by American drivers, would be a more promising investment.


1983 United States House of Representatives elections
There were five elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1983, during the 98th United States Congress.


1983 United States Senate bombing
The 1983 U.S. Senate bombing was a bomb explosion at the United States Senate on November 7, 1983, motivated by United States military involvement in Lebanon and Grenada. The attack led to heightened security in the DC metropolitan area, and the inaccessibility of certain parts of the Senate Building. Six members of the radical far-left Resistance Conspiracy were arrested in May 1988 and charged with the bombing, as well as related bombings of Fort McNair and the Washington Navy Yard which occurred April 25, 1983, and April 20, 1984, respectively.


1983 United States Senate bombing, Background
In October 1983, the United States invaded the island nation of Grenada and replaced the ruling New Jewel Movement with the previous parliamentary government at the behest of Governor-General Paul Scoon. The invasion began following the violent overthrow of the nation's first socialist leader, Maurice Bishop, due to a power struggle with his Deputy Prime Minister and subsequent mass demonstrations. The invasion, coupled with US participation in a peacekeeping force in Lebanon, prompted the left wing militant group Resistance Conspiracy to plan the Senate bombing as well as other similar attacks.


1983 United States Senate bombing, Bombing
On November 7, 1983, the Senate adjourned at 7:02 p.m. A crowded reception, held near the Senate Chamber, broke up two hours later. At 10:58 p.m., an explosion tore through the second floor of the Capitol's north wing; the adjacent halls were virtually deserted.


1983 United States Senate bombing, Bombing
Minutes before the blast, a caller claiming to represent the "Armed Resistance Unit" warned the Capitol switchboard that a bomb had been placed near the Chamber in retaliation for recent U.S. military involvement in Grenada and Lebanon, in which the U.S. had placed Marines. The "Armed Resistance Unit" also plotted to murder Henry Kissinger.


1983 United States Senate bombing, Bombing
The force of the device, hidden under a bench at the eastern end of the corridor outside the Chamber, blew off the door to the office of Democratic Leader Robert C. Byrd. Senator Byrd was an active supporter of involvement in Grenada, and had recently made attempts to garner support for retaliating against recent attacks against U.S. Marines stationed in Lebanon. His recent actions may have drawn attention from the terrorist group, and led to his targeting. Furthermore, the blast also punched a hole in a wall partition, sending a shower of pulverized brick, plaster, and glass into the Republican cloakroom. The explosion caused no structural damage to the Capitol. The force shattered mirrors, chandeliers, and furniture. Officials calculated damages of $250,000 (equivalent to $650,000 in 2020).


1983 United States Senate bombing, Bombing
A portrait of Daniel Webster which was located near the concealed bomb, received most of the force of the blast. The image of Webster's face was damaged, and canvas shards of it were strewn across the floor. Members of the Senate recovered fragments of the painting from debris-filled trash bins. A conservator worked for months to restore the painting to a semblance of the original.


1983 United States Senate bombing, Resistance Conspiracy
The group Resistance Conspiracy was a United States-based branch of the wider communist organization known as the May 19th Communist Order. This group existed from its first attack in 1976 until later attacks in 1985. Throughout the lifespan of the organization, twenty incidents of terror were committed including one fatality inflicted. Most of the incidents involved bombings and sabotage, however several also included scare tactics such as threats and the utilization of fake weapons.


1983 United States Senate bombing, Resistance Conspiracy
The organization is also known as the Armed Resistance Unit, the Red Guerilla Resistance, and the Revolutionary Fighting Group.


1983 United States Senate bombing, Resistance Conspiracy
Earlier in that year on April 25, 1983, a small bomb detonated at the National War College at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. A call coming into UPI in advance of the attack mentioned "U.S. imperialism." The National War College is where American military officials get high-level training. Following the attack, it was immediately sealed off. Of the device causing the explosion, Col. Jamie Walton of the Army remarked that it ''appeared to be 5 to 10 pounds of unknown explosives detonated by some sort of timing device.'' Colonel Walton also reported no injuries were incurred, although there was superficial damage to the outside of the building.


1983 United States Senate bombing, Resistance Conspiracy
A year later, on April 24, 1984, the a group calling itself the Guerilla Resistance Movement took responsibility for a bombing at the Officer's Club at the Washington Navy Yard. Their reasons for the bombing were opposition to U.S. policy in Central America and independence for Puerto Rico. The explosion at the officers club occurred at 1:50 A.M. An F.B.I. spokesman said it appeared to have been caused by a powerful bomb that was placed under a couch in an entryway to the club.


1983 United States Senate bombing, Resistance Conspiracy
The explosion blew out windows, knocked down part of a false ceiling and damaged the interior of the three-story, red-brick club building. There was nobody in the building at the time of the bombing and no one was injured. The effect of this bombing led to heightened focus on anti terrorism operations in the United States, and eventually led to the group's takedown four years later in 1988.


1983 United States Senate bombing, Aftermath
Within minutes of the explosion, more than a dozen fire trucks and four ambulances raced up to the west front of the Capitol while officers with police dogs began combing the area for clues. Witnesses attested to a loud blast which they could hear, and smoke at the Capitol, which they could see.


1983 United States Senate bombing, Aftermath
A group calling itself Armed Resistance Unit claimed responsibility for the bombing. The group mailed a recorded communique to National Public Radio stating, "We purposely aimed our attack at the institutions of imperialist rule rather than at individual members of the ruling class and government. We did not choose to kill any of them this time. But their lives are not sacred."


1983 United States Senate bombing, Aftermath
After a four and a half years investigation, federal agents arrested six members of the Resistance Conspiracy, on May 12, 1988, and charged them with bombings of the Capitol, Fort McNair, and the Washington Navy Yard. On December 6, 1990, federal judge Harold H. Greene sentenced Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans to lengthy prison terms for conspiracy and malicious destruction of government property. The court dropped charges against three co-defendants, two of whom (including Susan Rosenberg) were serving extended prison sentences for related crimes. Whitehorn was sentenced to 20 years; Evans, to 5 years, concurrent with 35 years for illegally buying guns. On January 20, 2001, the day he left office, President Bill Clinton commuted Evans's and Rosenberg's sentences.


1983 United States Senate bombing, Aftermath
The 1983 bombing marked the beginning of tightened security measures throughout the Capitol. The area outside the Senate Chamber, previously open to the public, was permanently closed. Congressional officials instituted a system of staff identification cards and added metal detectors to building entrances to supplement those placed at Chamber gallery.


1983 United States Senate special election in Washington
The 1983 United States Senate special election in Washington, was a special election to fill the seat which had been held by longtime Senator Henry Jackson, who unexpectedly died on September 1. Three-term former governor Dan Evans was appointed by Governor John Spellman on September 8, and he won the special election over congressman Mike Lowry on November 8. Jackson had won a sixth term the previous year, so more than five years remained in the term.


1983 United States Senate special election in Washington
The legislature ordered a primary election on October 11; it featured 33 candidates (19 Democrats, 13 Republicans, and one Socialist Labor), setting the modern record for number of candidates in a Washington U.S. Senate election. As of 2021, this is the last time King County voted for a Republican Senate candidate.


1983 United States drought
The 1983 United States drought, also known as the US Drought of 1983, was an extreme drought that was accompanied by heat waves across several portions of the United States.


1983 United States drought, Overview
The United States Drought of 1983 started in late spring. It involved numerous states in the Midwest and the Great Plains. In many states, from June to September, incredibly intense heat happened in which temperatures were over 100 °F (38 °C) or higher in multiple areas.


1983 United States drought, Midwestern States
Almost all the counties in the State of Indiana and many in Illinois were given a drought disaster declaration because of dangerous heat spells, along with extremely dry conditions. In Kentucky, the Drought of 1983 was second to worst in the 20th century. Numerous trees and shrubs went into dormancy.


1983 United States drought, Related heat wave
Excessive heat waves affected numerous portions of the United States in Summer 1983. Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky were pummeled by severe heat which killed several hundred people. The heat and dryness also went across the Southeastern and Mid Atlantic areas, including New York City. Other affected states were Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Kansas.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut
The April 18, 1983 United States embassy bombing was a suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 32 Lebanese, 17 Americans, and 14 visitors and passers-by. The victims were mostly embassy and CIA staff members, but also included several US soldiers and one US Marine Security Guard. It was the deadliest attack on a US diplomatic mission up to that time, and was considered the beginning of Islamist attacks on US targets.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut
The attack came in the wake of an intervention in the Lebanese Civil War by the United States and other Western countries, which sought to restore order and central government authority.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Bombing
The car bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber driving a van packed with nearly 2,000 pounds (910 kg) of explosives at approximately 1:00 p.m. (GMT+2) April 18, 1983. The van, originally sold in Texas, bought used and shipped to the Gulf, gained access to the embassy compound and parked under the portico at the very front of the building, where it exploded. Former CIA operative Robert Baer's account says that the van broke through an outbuilding, crashed through the lobby door and exploded there.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Bombing
The blast collapsed the entire central facade of the horseshoe-shaped building, leaving the wreckage of balconies and offices in heaped tiers of rubble, and spewing masonry, metal and glass fragments in a wide swath. The explosion was heard throughout West Beirut and broke windows as far as a mile away. Rescue workers worked around the clock, unearthing the dead and wounded.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Bombing
Robert S. Dillon, then Ambassador to Lebanon, recounted the attack in his oral history:


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Bombing
All of a sudden, the window blew in. I was very lucky, because I had my arm and the T-shirt in front of my face, which protected me from the flying glass. I ended up flat on my back. I never heard the explosion. Others said that it was the loudest explosion they ever heard. It was heard from a long distance away.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Bombing
As I lay on the floor on my back, the brick wall behind my desk blew out. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. The wall fell on my legs; I could not feel them. I thought they were gone. The office filled with smoke, dust, and tear gas. What happened was that the blast first blew in the window and then traveled up an air shaft from the first floor to behind my desk. We had had tear gas canisters on the first floor. The blast set them off so that the air rush that came up through the shaft brought the tear gas with it and also collapsed the wall.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Bombing
We didn't know what had happened. The central stairway was gone, but the building had another stairway, which we used to make our way down, picking our way through the rubble. We were astounded to see the damage below us. I didn't realize that the entire bay of the building below my office had been destroyed. I hadn't grasped that yet. I remember speculating that some people had undoubtedly been hurt. As we descended, we saw people hurt. Everybody had this funny white look because they were all covered with dust. They were staggering around.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Bombing
We got to the second floor, still not fully cognizant of how bad it was, although I recognized that major damage had been done. With each second, the magnitude of the explosion became clearer. I saw Marylee MacIntyre standing; she couldn't see because her face had been cut and her eyes were full of blood. I picked her up and took her over to a window and gave her to someone. A minute later, someone came up to me and said that Bill MacIntyre was dead; he had just seen the body. That was the first time I realized that people had been killed. I didn't know how many, but I began to understand how bad the blast had been.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Death toll
A total of 63 people were killed in the bombing: 32 Lebanese employees, 17 Americans, and 14 visitors and passers-by. Of the Americans killed, eight worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, including the CIA's top Middle East analyst and Near East director, Robert Ames, Station Chief Kenneth Haas, James Lewis and most of the Beirut staff of the CIA. Others killed included William R. McIntyre, deputy director of the United States Agency for International Development, two of his aides, and four US military personnel. Janet Lee Stevens, an American journalist, human rights advocate, and scholar of Arabic literature, was also among the dead. Lebanese victims included clerical workers at the embassy, visa applicants waiting in line and nearby motorists and pedestrians. An additional 120 or so people were wounded in the bombing.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Response, Responses
US President Ronald Reagan on April 18 denounced the "vicious terrorist bombing" as a "cowardly act," saying, "This criminal act on a diplomatic establishment will not deter us from our goals of peace in the region." Two envoys, Philip C. Habib and Morris Draper, continued their peace mission in Beirut to discuss Lebanese troop withdrawals with a renewed sense of urgency.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Response, Responses
The next day, Ambassador Robert Dillon, who had narrowly escaped injury in the bombing, said: "Paramount among the essential business is our work for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon." It is only by securing Lebanese government control over the country "that terrible tragedies like the one we experienced yesterday can be avoided in the future."


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Response, Responses
The President of Lebanon, Amine Gemayel, cabled President Reagan on April 18, saying, "The Lebanese people and myself express our deepest condolences to the families of the U.S. victims. The cross of peace is the burden of the courageous." Meanwhile, Lebanon asked the United States, France, and Italy to double the size of the peacekeeping force. As of March 16, it numbered about 4,800 troops, including some 1,200 US Marines, 1,400 Italian soldiers, 2,100 French paratroopers and 100 British soldiers.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Response, Responses
Iran denied any role in the attack. Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati said, "We deny any involvement and we think this allegation is another propaganda plot against us."


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Response, Responses
On April 19, Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel sent President Reagan a message of condolence for the embassy bombing. "I write in the name of Israel when I express to you my deep shock at the terrible outrage which took the lives of so many of the American embassy in Beirut yesterday." Defense Minister Moshe Arens, was quoted by Israeli radio that he told the cabinet the attack "justified Israel's demands for security arrangements in Lebanon." Minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel called the embassy bombing "shocking" but added that, "In Lebanon nothing is surprising. I think the lesson is simple and understood. The security problems in Lebanon are still most serious, and terrorist organizations will continue to operate there, at times with great success."


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Response, US Congressional response
The House Foreign Affairs Committee April 19 voted to approve $251 million in additional economic and military aid for Lebanon, as requested by the administration. But it attached an amendment to the bill that would force the White House to seek approval for any expanded US military role.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Response, US Congressional response
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee followed suit April 20, approving the aid request but attaching an amendment that required the president to obtain congressional authorization for "any substantial expansion in the number or role of US armed forces in Lebanon or for the creation of a new, expanded or extended multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon." If Congress did not act jointly on such a request within 60 days, however, the increase would then take effect automatically.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Response, US Congressional response
The Senate amendment was sponsored as a compromise by the committee's chairman, Republican Charles H. Percy of Illinois. It prevented a move by the committee's ranking Democrat, Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island, to extend the 1973 War Powers Resolution to Lebanon. On April 20, Pell said he would have had the votes to apply the resolution to US Marines in Lebanon. The law limited presidential commitment of troops in hostile situations to a maximum of 90 days unless Congress specifically approved their use.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Response, US Congressional response
Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth W. Dam, in a letter to the committee, had argued forcefully against use of the War Powers Resolution. Dam said it would "amount to a public finding that US forces will be exposed to imminent risk of involvement in hostilities", which "could give entirely the wrong public impression" of US expectations for Lebanon's future. Several influential congressmen had been urging an end to the US military role in Lebanon. After the embassy bombing, April 19, Republican Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona said, "I think it's high time we bring the boys home."


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Aftermath, Responsibility
A pro-Iranian group calling itself the Islamic Jihad Organization took responsibility for the bombing in a telephone call to a news office immediately after the blast. The anonymous caller said, "This is part of the Iranian Revolution's campaign against imperialist targets throughout the world. We shall keep striking at any crusader presence in Lebanon, including the international forces." The group had earlier taken responsibility for a grenade attack in which five U.S. members of the international peacekeeping force had been wounded.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Aftermath, Responsibility
Judge John Bates of the US District Court in Washington, D.C. on September 8, 2003, awarded in a default judgment $123 million to 29 American victims and family members of Americans killed in the bombing. Judge Royce Lamberth of the US District Court in Washington, D.C. on May 30, 2003, determined that the bombing was carried out by the militant group Hezbollah with the approval and financing of senior Iranian officials, paving the way for the victims to seek damages. Iran was not present in court to challenge witnesses nor present evidence of their own.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Aftermath, Other effects
Following the attack, the embassy was moved to a supposedly more secure location in East Beirut. However, on September 20, 1984, another car bomb exploded at this embassy annex, killing twenty Lebanese and two American soldiers.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Aftermath, Other effects
The April bombing was one of the first suicide attacks in the region. Other suicide car bombings over the next eight months included one against the US and French embassies in Kuwait, a second attack on Israeli Army's headquarters in Tyre, and the extremely destructive attacks on the US Marine and French Paratrooper barracks in Beirut on October 23, 1983.


1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut, Aftermath, Other effects
Along with the Marine Barracks bombing, the 1983 US Embassy bombing prompted the Inman Report, a review of overseas security for the US Department of State. This in turn prompted the creation of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the Diplomatic Security Service within the State Department.


1983 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held on October 22 and November 3, 1983, in three states and one territory. Following the elections, the Democratic party held all three seats.


1983 United States gubernatorial elections, Election results
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1983 United Virginia Bank Classic
The 1983 United Virginia Bank Classic, also known as the Richmond WCT, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The event was part of 1983 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was held from February 7 through February 13, 1983. Second-seeded Guillermo Vilas won the singles title and the $100,000 first-prize money.


1983 United Virginia Bank Classic, Finals, Doubles
Pavel Složil /  Tomáš Šmíd defeated  Fritz Buehning /  Brian Teacher 6–2, 6–4


1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état
The 1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état was an event which took place on 3 August 1983 in the Republic of Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso). They were carried out by radical elements of the army which led by Thomas Sankara and Blaise Compaoré, against the regime of Colonel Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, who himself came to power in a 1982 coup against Major General Saye Zerbo.


1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état, Background
After several consecutive coups and coup attempt in Upper Volta, Ouédraogo would arrise to power in 1982. He would not remain in power for long, however. A large protest against his rule began on 17 May, after he purged the government of several radicals including Captain Thomas Sankara. Within a few months, he was deposed in a coup led by Captain Blaise Compaoré, who made his close friend Sankara the president.


1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état, Aftermath
Following the coup, a period of societal transformation began in Upper Volta. It was soon renamed to Burkina Faso by President Sankara, who worked to develop the country towards socialism. He would be in power for four years until 15 October 1987, when Compaoré launched a successful coup against his former colleague. Compaoré would be in power of Burkina Faso until 2014, when an uprising was launched against him, forcing him to flee the country.


1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état attempt
The 1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état attempt was an event that took place on 28 February 1983, in the Republic of Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso), just a few months after a previous coup d'état on 7 November 1982 by radical elements of the army against the regime of Colonel Saye Zerbo, who himself came to power in a 1980 coup against Major General Sangoulé Lamizana.


1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état attempt
The coup attempt on 28 February, which targeted the Council of Popular Salvation (CPS) and its leader Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, failed.


1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état attempt, Events
Several army officers intended to massacre the CPS in assembly and restore Zerbo's regime. When they delayed they were arrested by other officials. One of the leading putschists was a commandant who had been considered for the presidency following the 1982 coup. When questioned about the incident, Ouédraogo told the press, "Since our regime makes many people uneasy, it is quite normal that people should plan this sort of reaction." He publicly declared his determination to "guarantee order and security" and asserted that "the army will not allow itself to be dissuaded by tribal fights and ideologies". He also stated that corruption and fraud in the business community had, in part, facilitated the state of "total anarchy" over which the government presided, and announced that the national administration would be restructured to mitigate the disorder.


1983 Uruguayan Primera División, Overview
It was contested by 13 teams, and Nacional won the championship.


1983 Utah State Aggies football team
The 1983 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA). The Aggies were led by first-year head coach Chris Pella and played their home games at Romney Stadium in Logan, Utah. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 3–3 PCAA).


1983 Utah Utes football team
The 1983 Utah Utes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Bill Meek led the team to a 4–4 mark in the WAC and 5–6 overall.


1983 Utah Utes football team, After the season, NFL Draft
Utah had one player selected in the 1984 NFL Draft.


1983 VFA season
The 1983 Victorian Football Association season was the 102nd season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 23rd season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Preston Football Club, after it defeated Geelong West in the Grand Final on 18 September by seven points; it was Preston's third Division 1 premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Springvale; it was the club's first Association premiership, won in only its second season of competition.


1983 VFA season, Association membership
Two new clubs joined Division 2 for the 1983 season, increasing the size of the lower division to twelve teams. The new clubs were Moorabbin and Berwick. They were the last new clubs to join the competition during the Association era: it was not until the competition had become the Victorian Football League in the 1990s that another new club was admitted. Their admissions brought the total size of the Association to twenty-four clubs for the 1983 season.


1983 VFA season, Association membership
The Moorabbin Football Club had been formed in 1979 after the neighbouring McKinnon and Bentleigh Football Clubs in the Federal League merged; the amalgamated club had been based at McKinnon, but was known as Moorabbin. It took its name and colours from the former Moorabbin Football Club, which had established itself as one of the Association's dominant clubs from 1951 until 1963, before being expelled prior to the 1964 season for its role in the St Kilda Football Club's move to its home ground, Moorabbin Oval. The newly merged club competed in the Federal League until 1981, after which the league folded, and then played in the South East Suburban Football League in 1982, before being admitted as the second division's eleventh club on 5 October 1982.


1983 VFA season, Association membership
A successful club in the South West Gippsland Football League, Berwick had played finals for the previous eleven seasons, and was admitted to the second division as the twelfth club on 19 November 1982. The SWGFL did not want to lose Berwick, which was one of its more successful and higher drawing clubs, so it refused to grant its players clearances to join the Association; there was a stand-off between the two competitions, and both the Association and the SWGFL included Berwick in their 1983 fixtures.


1983 VFA season, Association membership
The Victorian Country Football League, to which the SWGFL belonged, was one of the only football bodies with which the Association still had a valid transfer agreement, and the Association did not wish to jeopardise the relationship, so it refused to issue playing permits to the Berwick playing list in the lead-up to the season.


1983 VFA season, Association membership
Berwick consequently took action in the Supreme Court of Victoria, seeking clearance to the Association, and claiming that the VCFL's impedance was an illegal restraint of trade. It was not the only such court action taking place at the time: the landmark case in which Silvio Foschini successfully had the Victorian Football League's zoning and clearance system declared an illegal restraint of trade was going through the courts at the same time.


1983 VFA season, Association membership
On 30 March – only four days before the season commenced – the court found that the agreement between the Association and the VCFL was valid specifically for cases where a player was transferring from a VCFL club to an Association club, or vice versa; but, it did not cover cases where a player remained at the same club, and the club itself was transferring from the VCFL to the Association. Berwick's playing list was registered by the Association the same day.


1983 VFA season, Association membership
No clubs were promoted or relegated between the two divisions for 1983, after the Association had abandoned automatic promotion and relegation in 1981. However, in July 1983, the Association decided to reverse this change, and automatic promotion for the Division 2 premier and relegation for the Division 1 wooden spooner was reintroduced, starting from the end of the season.


1983 VFA season, Association membership
The Association executive had expressed an interest in expanding the competition to as many as 30 teams, and splitting the second division into two lower divisions of equal status, but this motion did not proceed to the vote; as a consequence, the size of the Association in 1983, at twenty-four teams, was the largest ever in the Association's history.


1983 VFA season, Division 1
The Division 1 home-and-away season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were played at the Junction Oval.


1983 VFA season, Division 2
Division 2 expanded from ten clubs to twelve clubs in 1983; as had occurred in Division 1 the previous year, the home-and-away season continued to be played over 18 rounds, rather than being expanded to 22 rounds. This meant that not all pairs of teams played both home and away against each other. The top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system; all finals were played on Sundays at Toorak Park.


1983 VFA season, Notable events, Interleague matches
The Association's Division 1 and Division 2 teams each played one interleague match during the season. Ray Shaw (Preston) captained the Division 1 team and Gary Brice (Port Melbourne) was coach. Colin Hobbs (Northcote) was coach of Division 2.


1983 VFA season, Notable events, Association Thirds
In 1983, the Association reduced the age eligibility of the Thirds competition, changing it from an Under-19s competition to an Under-18s competition. The change was intended to encourage young players into the Firsts competition at an earlier age, but it had unforeseen detrimental impacts on the Thirds competition itself. Neil Bencraft, who had coached the Sandringham Thirds to five premierships in eleven seasons while it was an Under-19s competition, was so dissatisfied with the switch to an Under-18s competition that he retired after only one season of it.


1983 VFA season, Notable events, Association Thirds
Chief among Bencraft's complaints were that the younger players were less disciplined, and due to school commitments were less willing or able to commit to training. Away games were also a particular problem for many clubs, as the younger-aged players generally preferred to play in local junior competitions than travel the often long distances to play an Association away game, particularly as none were old enough to hold driver's licences. Bencraft admitted that he had fielded unregistered players several times during 1983 simply to field a full team, and said that he believed many other clubs had done likewise.


1983 VFA season, Notable events, Association Thirds
No club was worse affected by the changes to the competition than Geelong West, whose travelling distances for away games exceeded those of any other club. It seldom attracted more than fifteen players to training, and forfeited two games early in the season simply through lack of players.


1983 VFA season, Notable events, Association Thirds
The team's plight reached farcical proportions on 23 July against Williamstown: only twelve players took the field – one fewer and it would have been forced to forfeit – and four had suffered injuries by half time; the match was still played to its full length, and Geelong West lost by 675 points; Williamstown 110.27 (687) d. Geelong West 2.0 (12). It remains the highest score ever recorded in game of Australian rules football, in any league and at any grade. The team had fared little better the previous week, conceding 88.23 (551) against Coburg. Following these two losses, Geelong West withdrew its Thirds team for the rest of the season.


1983 VFA season, Notable events, Association Thirds
This event highlighted one of the key problems associated with the Association's two-division structure as it applied to the Thirds: a club like Geelong West was playing in Division 1 in all three grades based on the strong performances of its Seniors, yet was uncompetitive in the top division at Thirds level due to an inherently different socioeconomic hurdle. To correct for this, the Association abandoned divisions in the Thirds competition from 1984: all Thirds teams competed together in the same division at the start of the season, and were later divided based on results during the year.


1983 VFL Grand Final
The 1983 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the   Hawthorn Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1983. It was the 87th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1983 VFL season. The match, attended by 110,332 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 83 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory.


1983 VFL Grand Final, Background
It was Essendon's first Grand Final appearance since losing the 1968 VFL Grand Final, while it was Hawthorn's first appearance since winning the 1978 VFL Grand Final. The Bombers had not won a flag since winning the 1965 VFL Grand Final.


1983 VFL Grand Final, Background
At the conclusion of the home and away season, Hawthorn had finished second on the VFL ladder (one game behind North Melbourne) with 15 wins and 7 losses. Essendon had finished fourth, also with 15 wins and 7 losses, but with an inferior percentage.


1983 VFL Grand Final, Background
In the finals series leading up to the Grand Final, the Bombers defeated Carlton by 33 points in the Elimination Final before defeating Fitzroy in the First Semi-Final by 23 points. They advanced to the Grand Final after comfortably beating North Melbourne by 86 points in the Preliminary Final. The Hawks defeated Fitzroy in the Qualifying Final by just 4 points and then defeated North Melbourne by 40 points to progress to the Grand Final.


1983 VFL Grand Final, Match summary
The Hawks asserted their strength early, leading by 2.6 at quarter time, and then completely dominated the rest of the game, scoring seven goals to one in the second quarter and holding the Bombers goalless in the third quarter, whilst adding four goals of their own. Captain Leigh Matthews kicked six goals and the Hawks had nine other goal kickers. The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Hawthorn's Colin Robertson for being judged the best player afield.


1983 VFL Grand Final, Match summary
The margin of victory was at the time the biggest in Grand Final history, beating the record which had been set by Richmond in the 1980 VFL Grand Final, and stood until it was broken by Hawthorn in the 1988 VFL Grand Final.


1983 VFL Grand Final, Match summary
This match was the first in what was to be an all-time record run of seven consecutive Grand Final appearances by the Hawks. It was also the first of three consecutive Grand Finals to be contested between these teams, with the Bombers winning the 1984 VFL Grand Final and 1985 VFL Grand Final.


1983 VFL season
The 1983 Victorian Football League season was the 87th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.


1983 VFL season, Night series
Carlton defeated Richmond 14.16 (100) to 10.6 (66) in the final.


1983 VFL season, Attendance
A total of 3,631,042 people attended VFL matches during the 1983 season, an average of about 26,312 per game (including finals matches). A combined total of 420,439 attended finals matches in 1983, an average of 70,073 per finals match. The largest attendance for a home and away game was Richmond versus Collingwood at the MCG, the attendance figure was 81,966.


1983 Valdostan regional election
The Valdostan regional election of 1983 took place on 26 June 1983.


1983 Valdostan regional election
The Valdostan Unions and the Christian Democracy made a centrist agreement, but judiciary problems affected the administration.


1983 Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council election
The 1983 Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1983 to the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council in South Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in Wales and England. The Conservative Party won a healthy majority the council.


1983 Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council election
The previous Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place in 1979 and the next full elections took place in 1987.


1983 Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council election, Ward changes
A number of ward changes came into effect at this election, particularly in the town of Penarth, which was divided into three new wards, Alexandra, Cornerswell and Stanwell. The overall number of councillors elected reduced to 46.


1983 Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council election, Overview
The Conservatives increased their majority at this election. After the results of the Alexandra ward were declared the following day, they held 32 of the 46 seats.


1983 Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council election, Overview
Despite taking control of Penarth Town Council the previous year, the SDP-Liberal Alliance had a very disappointing result, failing to win a seat. They had hoped to win seats in Barry, where Labour's Allan Maidment and Hector Gosling had defected to the Alliance.


1983 Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council election, Overview
In the Llandough ward, the sitting Conservative Mayor of the Vale of Glamorgan, Susan Thomas, lost her seat, though by only three votes.


1983 Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council election, Ward Results
Contests took place in 19 of the 21 wards. (a)(b)


1983 Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council election, Ward Results, Alexandra (five seats)
Counting was not completed overnight and had to be resumed the following day.


1983 Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council election, Ward Results, Llandough (one seat)
Mayor of the Vale of Glamorgan, Susan Thomas, lost by only three votes after three recounts.


1983 Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council election, Ward Results, Wenvoe (one seat)
(a) Elections Centre source also compares the percentage vote of the lead candidate for each party in the ward. It indicates (in some wards) which candidates are female. (b) South Wales Echo source also indicates existing councillors "but, because of boundary changes, not necessarily representing the ward being contested". It gives middle initials. It lists the 'green' candidates as "Ecology" and the 'Liberal/SDP' as "Alliance".


1983 Valencia City Council election
The 1983 Valencia City Council election, also the 1983 Valencia municipal election, was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 2nd City Council of the municipality of Valencia. All 33 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1983 Valencia City Council election, Electoral system
The City Council of Valencia (Valencian: Ajuntament de València, Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Valencia) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Valencia, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly.


1983 Valencia City Council election, Electoral system
Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the municipality of Valencia and in full enjoyment of their civil and political rights. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:


1983 Valencia City Council election, Electoral system
The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the eldest one would be elected.


1983 Valencia City Council election, Electoral system
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one-thousandth of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election—with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


1983 Valencia City Council election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Valencia.


1983 Valencian regional election
The 1983 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Corts of the Valencian Community. All 89 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1983 Valencian regional election
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won the election with an absolute majority of 51 out of 89 seats and almost 1 million votes (51.4% of the vote). The People's Coalition, composed in the Valencian Community by the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP), the Liberal Union and the Valencian Union (UV), became the second political force and the main opposition party in the Corts Valencianes with 32 seats. The Communist Party of Spain (PCE) managed to surpass the 5% regional threshold and entered the Corts with 6 seats, seeing a slight recovery from its results in the October 1982 general election.


1983 Valencian regional election
As a result of the election, regional PSOE leader Joan Lerma became the first democratically elected President of the Valencian Government.


1983 Valencian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Corts Valencianes were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Valencian autonomous community, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Valencian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government. Voting for the Corts was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1983 Valencian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 89 members of the Corts Valencianes were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 29 for Alicante, 25 for Castellón and 35 for Valencia.


1983 Valencian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election—needing to secure, in any case, the signature of 500 electors—. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election being called.


1983 Valencian regional election, Overview, Election date
The Council of the Valencian Country, in agreement with the Government of Spain, was required to call an election to the Corts Valencianes within from 1 February to 31 May 1983.


1983 Valencian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 45 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Corts Valencianes.


1983 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1983 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Commodores were led by head coach George MacIntyre in his fifth season and finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9 overall, 0–6 in the SEC).


1983 Vanuatuan general election
General elections were held in Vanuatu on 2 November 1983, the first since independence from France and the United Kingdom (which had governed it as a Condominium) in 1980. The ruling Vanua'aku Pati won 24 seats, while the Union of Moderate Parties won 12. Walter Lini of the Vanua'aku Pati remained Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 74.9%.


1983 Venezuelan Primera División season
The 1983 season of the Venezuelan Primera División, the top category of Venezuelan football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Universidad de Los Andes.


1983 Venezuelan general election
General elections were held in Venezuela on 4 December 1983. The presidential elections were won by Jaime Lusinchi of Democratic Action, who received 56.7% of the vote, whilst his party won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.


1983 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1983 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by second-year head coach George Welsh and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for fourth.


1983 Virginia Senate election
All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia were up for election on November 8, 1983, alongside the Virginia House of Delegates election.


1983 Virginia Slims Championships
The 1983 Virginia Slims Championships was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York in the United States. It was the 12th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 8th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from March 14 through March 20, 1983. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles event and the accompanying $80,000 first prize money.


1983 Virginia Slims Championships, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Eva Pfaff, 7–5, 6–2


1983 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 7–5, 6–2 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Eva Pfaff.


1983 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the semifinals.


1983 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles
Sylvia Hanika was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Martina Navratilova.


1983 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles
Navratilova won the singles title at the 1983 Virginia Slims Championships tennis tournament, defeating Chris Evert-Lloyd in the final 6–2, 6–0.


1983 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims Hall of Fame Classic
The 1983 Virginia Slims Hall of Fame Classic, also known as the Virginia Slims of Newport, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from July 11 through July 17, 1983. Third-seeded Alycia Moulton won the singles title.


1983 Virginia Slims Hall of Fame Classic, Finals, Doubles
Barbara Potter /  Pam Shriver defeated  Barbara Jordan /  Elizabeth Smylie 6–3 6–1


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
The 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 13th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 3, 1983, and concluded on March 4, 1984, after 64 events.


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1983 until 1987 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Series. The circuit consisted of 48 tournaments in nine countries, including the four Grand Slam tournaments, and culminated in the season-ending Virginia Slims Championships played in February 1984. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
Martina Navratilova was the most successful player in both singles and doubles across the season. She won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in singles, with Chris Evert-Lloyd winning the French Open. In doubles, Navratilova again won all the Grand Slams apart from the French Open, which was collected by Rosalyn Fairbank and Candy Reynolds; Pam Shriver was her partner in all the Grand Slam events. Navratilova won a total of 29 titles in the course of the year and only suffered one defeat in singles, against Kathy Horvath at the French Open.


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
This led to her beginning and ending the year as the WTA number 1. Shriver was her closest challenger with 16 titles, including 14 in doubles events. Players from the United States won 74 of the 125 titles awarded in singles, doubles and mixed doubles; players from Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Netherlands and Switzerland each won a solitary title.


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Tour changes
Avon, who had been the sponsors of the January to March U.S. winter circuit of the WTA Tour since 1978, announced in 1982 that they would be trimming back their sponsorship of the tour. Toyota, who sponsored the international tour for the remaining nine months of the season, also withdrew their support. The 1983 season saw Virginia Slims returning to sponsor a unified worldwide tour after an absence of four years. The company sponsored events between 1970 and 1978 but withdrew their support following disagreements with the organisers of the WTA Tour, the Women's Tennis Association.


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Tour changes
However the company decided to associate themselves with the women's tennis circuit again in 1983. The tour was therefore known as the Virginia Slims World Championship Series, with 18 events including the US Open held in the United States and a further 12 events in six other countries incorporated under the Virginia Slims brand in a merged season.


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Season summary, Singles
World number-one singles player Martina Navratilova, who had won 90 out of 93 matches the previous year, began the 1983 season in great form, winning successive titles in Washington and Houston, defeating Sylvia Hanika in the final on both occasions. The third best player in the world, Andrea Jaeger, won the tournament at Marco Island in Florida; Chris Evert-Lloyd, the world number two, took the title at Palm Beach, also in Florida.


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Schedule
The table below shows the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Rankings, Singles
Below are the 1983 WTA year-end rankings (December 5, 1983) in singles competition:


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Statistical information, Titles won by player
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Statistical information, Titles won by nation
The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Statistical information, Titles won by nation
The following players mounted a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):


1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Retirements
The following are notable players who announced their retirement from women's tennis in 1983.


1983 Virginia Slims of Atlanta
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Atlanta was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from April 25 through May 2, 1983. Second-seeded Pam Shriver won the singles title.


1983 Virginia Slims of Atlanta, Finals, Doubles
Alycia Moulton /  Sharon Walsh defeated  Rosemary Casals /  Wendy Turnbull 6–3, 7–6


1983 Virginia Slims of Atlanta – Doubles
The Women's Doubles Tournament at the 1983 Virginia Slims of Atlanta took place between April 25 and May 1 on outdoor hard courts in Atlanta, United States. Alycia Moulton and Sharon Walsh won the title, defeating Rosemary Casals and Wendy Turnbull in the final.


1983 Virginia Slims of Atlanta – Singles
The Singles Tournament at the 1983 Virginia Slims of Atlanta took place between April 25 and May 1 on outdoor hard courts in Atlanta, United States. Pam Shriver won the title, defeating Kathy Jordan in the final.


1983 Virginia Slims of Boston
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Boston was a women's tennis tournament played onindoor carpet courts at the Walter Brown Arena in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from March 14 through March 20, 1983. Wendy Turnbull won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money as well as 200 Virginia Slims Series points.


1983 Virginia Slims of Boston, Finals, Doubles
Jo Durie /  Ann Kiyomura defeated  Kathy Jordan /  Anne Smith 6–3, 6–1


1983 Virginia Slims of Boston – Doubles
Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Jo Durie and Ann Kiyomura.


1983 Virginia Slims of Boston – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Boston – Singles
Kathy Jordan was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Billie Jean King.


1983 Virginia Slims of Boston – Singles
Wendy Turnbull won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 against Sylvia Hanika.


1983 Virginia Slims of Boston – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of California
The 1983 Virginia Slims of California was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena in Oakland, California in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and was held from February 21 through February 27, 1983. Sixth-seeded Bettina Bunge won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1983 Virginia Slims of California, Finals, Doubles
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Eva Pfaff defeated  Rosemary Casals /  Wendy Turnbull 6–4, 4–6, 6–4


1983 Virginia Slims of California – Doubles
Barbara Potter and Sharon Walsh were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Eva Pfaff.


1983 Virginia Slims of California – Doubles
Kohde-Kilsch and Pfaff won in the final 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 against Rosemary Casals and Wendy Turnbull.


1983 Virginia Slims of California – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of California – Singles
Andrea Jaeger was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1983 Virginia Slims of California – Singles
Bettina Bunge won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Eva Pfaff.


1983 Virginia Slims of California – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Chicago
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Chicago was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and was held from February 14 through February 20, 1983. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1983 Virginia Slims of Chicago, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Kathy Jordan /  Anne Smith 6–1, 6–2


1983 Virginia Slims of Chicago – Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith.


1983 Virginia Slims of Chicago – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Chicago – Singles
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Andrea Jaeger.


1983 Virginia Slims of Chicago – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Dallas
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Dallas was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and was held from March 7 through March 14, 1983. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1983 Virginia Slims of Dallas, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Rosemary Casals /  Wendy Turnbull 6–3, 6–2


1983 Virginia Slims of Dallas – Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Rosemary Casals and Wendy Turnbull.


1983 Virginia Slims of Dallas – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Dallas – Singles
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion and won in the final 6–4, 6–0 against Chris Evert-Lloyd.


1983 Virginia Slims of Dallas – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Detroit
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Detroit was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Cobo Hall & Arena in Detroit, Michigan in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from October 3 through October 9, 1983. Eighth-seeded Virginia Ruzici won the singles title and earned $28,000 first-prize money.


1983 Virginia Slims of Detroit, Finals, Doubles
Kathy Jordan /  Barbara Potter defeated  Rosie Casals /  Wendy Turnbull 6–4, 6–1


1983 Virginia Slims of Houston
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Houston was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Astro Arena in Houston, Texas in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from January 10 through January 16, 1983. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $28,000 first-prize money.


1983 Virginia Slims of Houston, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Jo Durie /  Barbara Potter 6–4, 6–3


1983 Virginia Slims of Houston – Doubles
Kathy Jordan and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but only Shriver competed that year with Martina Navratilova.


1983 Virginia Slims of Houston – Doubles
Navratilova and Shriver won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Jo Durie and Barbara Potter.


1983 Virginia Slims of Houston – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Houston – Singles
Bettina Bunge was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Martina Navratilova.


1983 Virginia Slims of Houston – Singles
Navratilova won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Sylvia Hanika.


1983 Virginia Slims of Houston – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States that was part of the Ginny Tournament Circuit of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from February 7 through February 14, 1983. Anne Hobbs won the singles title.


1983 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis, Finals, Doubles
Lea Antonoplis /  Barbara Jordan defeated  Rosalyn Fairbank /  Candy Reynolds 5–7, 6–4, 7–5


1983 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Doubles
Lea Antonoplis and Barbara Jordan won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 7–5 against Rosalyn Fairbank and Candy Reynolds.


1983 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Singles
Anne Hobbs won in the final 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 against Ginny Purdy.


1983 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Kansas
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Kansas was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Kansas City, Kansas in the United States that was part of the Ginny Tournament Circuit of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from September 19 through September 25, 1983. Elizabeth Sayers won the singles title.


1983 Virginia Slims of Kansas, Finals, Doubles
Sandy Collins /  Elizabeth Sayers defeated  Chris O'Neil /  Brenda Remilton 7–5, 7–7


1983 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Manhattan Country Club in Manhattan Beach, California in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from August 8 through August 14, 1983. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $27,5000 first-prize money.


1983 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Betsy Nagelsen /  Virginia Ruzici 6–1 6–0


1983 Virginia Slims of Nashville
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Nashville was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the  Maryland Farms Racquet Club in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States that was part of the Ginny Series of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from February 28 through March 6, 1983. Second-seeded Kathleen Horvath won the singles title.


1983 Virginia Slims of Nashville, Finals, Doubles
Rosalyn Fairbank /  Candy Reynolds defeated  Alycia Moulton /  Paula Smith 6–4, 7–6


1983 Virginia Slims of Nashville – Doubles
Rosalyn Fairbank and Candy Reynolds won in the final 6–4, 7–6 against Alycia Moulton and Paula Smith.


1983 Virginia Slims of Nashville – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Nashville – Singles
Kathleen Horvath won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Marcela Skuherská.


1983 Virginia Slims of Nashville – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of New Jersey
The 1983 Virginia Slims of New Jersey was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey in the United States that was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from August 22 through August 28, 1983. Sixth-seeded Jo Durie won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.


1983 Virginia Slims of New Jersey, Finals, Doubles
Jo Durie /  Sharon Walsh defeated  Rosalyn Fairbank /  Candy Reynolds 4–6, 7–5, 6–3


1983 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania, also known as the Ginny of Central Pennsylvania, was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Hershey Racquet Club in Hershey, Pennsylvania in the United States that was part of the Ginny Tournament Circuit of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from February 14 through February 20, 1983. Carling Bassett won the singles title.


1983 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania, Finals, Doubles
Lea Antonoplis /  Barbara Jordan defeated  Sherry Acker /  Ann Henricksson 6–3, 6–4


1983 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania – Doubles
Lea Antonoplis and Barbara Jordan were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Sherry Acker and Ann Henricksson.


1983 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania – Singles
Unseeded Carling Bassett won in the final of the singles event at the 1983 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania 2–6, 6–0, 6–4 against Sandy Collins.


1983 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Utah
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Utah, also known as the Ginny of Utah, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Canyon Racquet Club in Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States that was part of the Ginny Tournament Circuit of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from September 12 through September 17, 1983. First-seeded Yvonne Vermaak won the singles title and earned $7,000 first-prize money.


1983 Virginia Slims of Utah, Finals, Doubles
Cláudia Monteiro /  Yvonne Vermaak defeated  Amanda Brown /  Brenda Remilton 6–1, 3–6, 6–4


1983 Virginia Slims of Washington
The 1983 Virginia Slims of Washington was a women's tennis tournament that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the 12th edition of the tournament, played on indoor carpet courts, and was held from January 3 through January 10, 1983. The rounds until the final were played at the GWU Charles Smith Center in Washington, D.C., U.S. while the final was played at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, U.S. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $28,000 first-prize money.


1983 Virginia Slims of Washington, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Kathy Jordan /  Anne Smith 4–6, 7–5, 6–3


1983 Virginia Slims of Washington – Doubles
Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith were the defending champions but lost in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 against Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.


1983 Virginia Slims of Washington – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1983 Virginia Slims of Washington – Singles
Martina Navratilova was the defending singles champion of the Virginia Slims of Washington tennis tournament and won in the final 6–1, 6–1 against Sylvia Hanika.


1983 Virginia Slims of Washington – Singles
The draw consisted of 32 players of which eight were seeded. The main draw was preceded by a 32-player qualifying competition.


1983 Virginia Slims of Washington – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1983 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
The 1983 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Dooley.


1983 Volta a Catalunya
The 1983 Volta a Catalunya was the 63rd edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 7 September to 14 September 1983. The race started in Salou and finished at Igualada. The race was won by José Recio of the Kelme team.


1983 Volvo International
The 1983 Volvo International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in North Conway, New Hampshire in the United States and was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from July 25 through July 31, 1983. José Luis Clerc won the singles title.


1983 Volvo International, Finals, Doubles
Mark Edmondson /  Sherwood Stewart defeated  Eric Fromm /  Drew Gitlin 7–6, 6–1


1983 Volvo International – Doubles
Sherwood Stewart and Ferdi Taygan were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Stewart with Mark Edmondson and Taygan with Cássio Motta.


1983 Volvo International – Doubles
Motta and Taygan lost in the semifinals to Eric Fromm and Drew Gitlin.


1983 Volvo International – Doubles
Stewart and Edmondson won in the final 7–6, 6–1 against Fromm and Gitlin.


1983 Volvo International – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1983 Volvo International – Singles
Ivan Lendl was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1983 Volvo International – Singles
José Luis Clerc won in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Andrés Gómez.


1983 Volvo International – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1983 Volvo Masters
The 1983 Masters (also known as the 1983 Volvo Masters for sponsorship reasons) was held in Madison Square Garden in New York City between 10 January and 15 January 1984. It was the year-end championship of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix tour.


1983 Volvo Masters, Finals, Doubles
Peter Fleming /  John McEnroe  defeated  Pavel Složil /  Tomáš Šmíd 6–2, 6–2


1983 Volvo Masters – Doubles
Peter Fleming and John McEnroe won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Pavel Složil and Tomáš Šmíd.


1983 Volvo Masters – Singles
John McEnroe won in the final 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 against Ivan Lendl.


1983 Vuelta a España
The 38th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 19 April to 8 May 1983. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,398 km (2,111 mi), and was won by Bernard Hinault of the Renault-Elf-Gitane cycling team. The foreign favourites for the race included Bernard Hinault who had won the Vuelta once before in 1978 and World Champion Giuseppe Saronni. The Spanish favourites for the race included the de facto defending champion Marino Lejarreta, Julián Gorospe and Alberto Fernández.


1983 Vuelta a España
Hinault took the leadership of the race after the fifth stage only to lose it the following day to Lejarreta. Lejarreta then won the stage 8 38 km (24 mi) mountain time trial and increased his lead over Hinault. On the stage from Zaragoza to Soria that was won by Saronni, Lejarreta had a fall and lost the jersey to Gorospe. Fernández took the leadership the following day. Lejarreta came back and won the stage 13 to Lagos de Covadonga. However Fernández kept the leader’s jersey.


1983 Vuelta a España
On the following stage Álvaro Pino took the jersey and wore it for two days. Hinault won the individual time trial but did not win by enough time to take the jersey which passed again to Gorospe. Two days later Hinault’s pace on the climb to Puerto de Serranillos was too hot for his opponents and he won the stage in Ávila and took back the leader’s jersey to win his second Vuelta and his eighth grand tour with Lejarreta second and Fernández in third.


1983 Vuelta a España
The great battle waged between Hinault and the Spanish riders has led to the 1983 race being described as its most spectacular edition. In addition to this the start list for the 1983 Renault team at the Vuelta included Hinault, Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon, the only time they rode on the same team in a Grand Tour.


1983 Vuelta a España
This victory proved costly for Hinault however, as due to a recurrent tendinitis issue that had developed in his knee, which he greatly aggravated on the climb to Puerto de Serranillos, Hinault was unable to ride in that year's Tour, where Fignon took over Team Renault.


1983 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10
The 1983 Vuelta a España was the 38th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Almussafes, with a prologue individual time trial on 19 April, and Stage 10 occurred on 29 April with a stage to Soria. The race finished in Madrid on 8 May.


1983 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Prologue
19 April 1983 — Almussafes to Almussafes, 6.8 km (4.2 mi) (ITT)


1983 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1
20 April 1983 — Almussafes to Cuenca, 235 km (146 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2
21 April 1983 — Cuenca to Teruel, 152 km (94 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
22 April 1983 — Teruel to Sant Carles de la Ràpita, 241 km (150 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4
23 April 1983 — Sant Carles de la Ràpita to Sant Quirze del Vallès, 192 km (119 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 5
24 April 1983 — Sant Quirze del Vallès to Castellar de n'Hug, 195 km (121 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 6
25 April 1983 — La Pobla de Lillet to Viella, 235 km (146 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7
26 April 1983 — Les to Sabiñánigo, 137 km (85 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
27 April 1983 — Sabiñánigo to Balneario de Panticosa, 38 km (24 mi) (ITT)


1983 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9
28 April 1983 — Panticosa to Alfajarín, 183 km (114 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
29 April 1983 — Zaragoza to Soria, 174 km (108 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 19
The 1983 Vuelta a España was the 38th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Almussafes, with a prologue individual time trial on 19 April, and Stage 11 occurred on 30 April with a stage from Soria. The race finished in Madrid on 8 May.


1983 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 19, Stage 11
30 April 1983 — Soria to Logroño, 185 km (115 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 19, Stage 12
1 May 1983 — Logroño to Burgos, 147 km (91 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 19, Stage 13
2 May 1983 — Aguilar de Campoo to Lakes of Covadonga, 188 km (117 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 19, Stage 14
3 May 1983 — Cangas de Onís to León, 195 km (121 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 19, Stage 15a
4 May 1983 — León to Valladolid, 134 km (83 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 19, Stage 15b
4 May 1983 — Valladolid to Valladolid, 22 km (14 mi) (ITT)


1983 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 19, Stage 16
5 May 1983 — Valladolid to Salamanca, 162 km (101 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 19, Stage 17
6 May 1983 — Salamanca to Ávila, 216 km (134 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 19, Stage 18
7 May 1983 — Ávila to Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC), 204 km (127 mi)


1983 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 19, Stage 19
8 May 1983 — Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) – Madrid, 135 km (84 mi)


1983 WAFL season
The 1983 WAFL season was the 99th season of the West Australian Football League in its various incarnations. The season opened on 31 March and concluded on 17 September with the 1983 WAFL Grand Final contested between Claremont and Swan Districts.


1983 WAFL season
South Fremantle, after a disappointing 1982, and Claremont dominated the competition for most of the year before Swans – after a slow start due to numerous injuries with four losses from eight matches – came home very strongly for a second premiership win in a row. East Perth, with a new coach and required to play fourteen men new to league football, missed the finals for only the second time in eighteen seasons and indeed only the fifth since their dynasty between 1956 and 1961, though a reserves premiership after a drawn preliminary final was partial compensation.


1983 WAFL season
The continuing fall in WAFL attendances despite the growth of Perth's metropolitan population, loss of many star players to the VFL, and resultant financial difficulties for all clubs, led the government of Brian Burke to undergo a review of the WAFL's needs, especially club finances and ground leases, but future seasons did not prove the move successful. In an effort to update their images East Fremantle adopted the moniker "Sharks" and West Perth the "Falcons", and despite considerable scepticism both clubs have retained these nicknames to the present.


1983 WAFL season
The blue and whites dominated the pre-season and recovered from a very bad start in the home-and-away rounds to reach fourth position in the last round, but were out of their depths against the top three – who lost only three matches to the remaining five teams all season. The Sharks did win the experimental "Emu Export" lightning carnival held at Subiaco Oval on May 14 and 15, which was regarded by the WAFL as a major flop and never repeated.


1983 WAFL season
For the first time the WAFL allowed six home-and-away matches to be played on Sunday and televised direct to Perth viewers, but attendances at these matches were about half what would have happened otherwise and the WAFL abandoned this for the 1984 season.


1983 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Emu Export Lightning Cup, Final
East Fremantle take their first title since 1979 in an experimental series regarded as a flop, with the crowd in dry weather less than half that observed in damp conditions the preceding day.


1983 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 12
Rain and gloom late in the match seem to produce a lapse among the Perth players, who miss a rare win in a match where for three quarters East Fremantle were lucky to stay in striking distance.


1983 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, State of Origin match
Western Australia win the title of Australian football champions and leave Victoria winless for the first time via a stirring comeback win led by seven-goal Hawthorn star Buckenara.


1983 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 16
After ruckman Baden Harper adjusts his back brace, Claremont become unstoppable in a game thought by critics as tough for them to win, scoring 20.7 (127) after half-time despite rain in the final quarter.


1983 WAFL season, Finals, First semi-final
East Fremantle, who finished six games behind the top three and were without Kevin Taylor and first-year future West Coast star Michael Brennan, were never in the hunt after kicking into the breeze upon winning the toss in what turned out a "forgettable" match.


1983 WAFL season, Finals, Preliminary final
Swan Districts produced a flawless team display to thrash a South Fremantle team whose lack of pace tells under the pressure on a warm day. It was the Swans’ first-ever finals win over South Fremantle.


1983 WAFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Swans produce another fine team effort to win their second consecutive premiership and send retiring veteran Stan Nowotny out on a high note.


1983 WAFL season, Notes
Cousins lost on a countback, but was awarded a retrospective Medal in 1997.


1983 WAFU Club Championship
The 1983 WAFU Club Championship was the seventh football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by New Nigerian Bank in the first of two finals matches against Ghana's Sekondi Hasaacas FC. It featured 12 clubs and 22 matches, four shorter than last season. As the military team ASFA Nouakchott forfeited and Ghana's Great Olympics headed to the quarterfinals, the match totals shortened to 20. A total of 38 goals were scored fewer than last season.


1983 WAFU Club Championship
Not a single club from the Gambia, Liberia and Niger participated in the edition.


1983 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1983 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 24th conference playoff in league history and 31st season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between February 25 and March 13, 1983. First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1983 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
All member teams were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. As a result of their receiving the Broadmoor Trophy, Minnesota's home venue, Williams Arena, served as the site for the Championship game regardless of which teams qualified for the penultimate match. Each series were two-game matchups with the team that scored the most goals advancing to the succeeding round.


1983 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The top two seeded teams received byes into the semifinal round while the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed met in the first round. The teams that advanced to the semifinal were re-seeded according to the final regular season conference standings, with the first seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game and the second seed meeting with the other advancing team with the winners meeting in the championship round. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1983 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1983 WCT Tournament of Champions
The 1983 WCT Tournament of Champions, also known by its sponsored name Mercedes Tournament of Champions, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City in the United States that was part of the World Championship Tennis circuit. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from May 1 through May 8, 1983. Second-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title.


1983 WCT Tournament of Champions, Finals, Doubles
Tracy Delatte /  Johan Kriek defeated  Kevin Curren /  Steve Denton 6–7, 7–5, 6–3


1983 WCT World Doubles
The 1983 WCT World Doubles was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England that was part of the 1983 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was the tour finals for the doubles season of the WCT Tour section. The tournament was held from January 4 through January 9, 1983.


1983 WCT World Doubles, Final, Doubles
Heinz Günthardt /  Balázs Taróczy defeated  Brian Gottfried /  Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 7–5, 7–6


1983 WNBL season
The 1983 WNBL season was the third season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league.


1983 WTA Congoleum Classic
The 1983 WTA Congoleum Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Palm Springs, California in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from February 28 through March 6, 1983. Sixth-seeded Yvonne Vermaak won the singles title.


1983 WTA Congoleum Classic, Finals, Doubles
Kathy Jordan /  Ann Kiyomura defeated  Dianne Fromholtz /  Betty Stöve 6–2, 6–2


1983 WTA Congoleum Classic – Doubles
Kathy Jordan and Ann Kiyomura won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Dianne Fromholtz and Betty Stöve.


1983 WTA Congoleum Classic – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the quarterfinals.


1983 WTA Congoleum Classic – Singles
Yvonne Vermaak won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against Carling Bassett.


1983 WTA Congoleum Classic – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1983 WTA German Open
The 1983 WTA German Open, also known by its sponsored name Fila German Open, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in West Berlin in West Germany that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from 16 May through 22 May 1983. First-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd won the singles title and earned $27,500 first-prize money.


1983 WTA German Open, Finals, Doubles
Jo Durie /  Anne Hobbs defeated  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Eva Pfaff 6–4, 7–6(7–2)


1983 WTA Swiss Open
The 1983 WTA Swiss Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Lugano, Switzerland that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 9 May until 14 May 1983.


1983 WTA Swiss Open, Finals, Singles
The singles tournament was cancelled following the conclusion of the third round due to rain.


1983 WTA Swiss Open, Finals, Doubles
Christiane Jolissaint /  Marcella Mesker defeated  Petra Delhees /  Patricia Medrado 6–2, 3–6, 7–5


1983 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1983 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Al Groh, the Demon Deacons compiled a 4–7 record and finished in a tie for last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, disregarding ACC-sanctioned Clemson.


1983 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Schedule
Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore, this game did not count in the league standings.


1983 Walker Cup
The 1983 Walker Cup, the 29th Walker Cup Match, was played on 25 and 26 May 1983, at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England. The event was won by the United States 13½ to 10½.


1983 Walker Cup
The match was level after the second day foursomes. In the final round of 8 singles, Great Britain and Ireland had just two wins, by Philip Walton and Andrew Oldcorn, both of whom had also won their singles on the first day. The United States won 5 of the singles matches and halved the other to win the Walker Cup for the sixth successive time.


1983 Walker Cup, Format
The format for play on Wednesday and Thursday was the same. There were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.


1983 Walker Cup, Format
Each of the 24 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 12½ points won the competition. If the two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy.


1983 Walker Cup, Teams
Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event. The United States had a playing captain, while Great Britain & Ireland had a non-playing captain.


1983 Wannon by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wannon on 7 May 1983. This was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Party MP and former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.


1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500
The 1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was scheduled to be held on Sunday, March 6, 1983, at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina. The race started on its scheduled date but the overcast skies opened up with steady rain soon after 100 laps were completed, forcing the race to be stopped for the day. The race concluded one week later on March 13, a pleasant sunny day with no clouds in sight.


1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500
Several hard crashes during the race sidelined drivers; Joe Ruttman crashed his #98 Buick going into turn three, sending the windshield flying out of his car and over the outer wall. Geoff Bodine in Pontiac #50 had a fast car and led many laps, but crashed out while attempting to lap Cale Yarborough's #28 Chevy. With 42 laps to go Yarborough and Neil Bonnett in the #75 Chevy, who had been swapping the lead between them, tangled and crashed entering turn one when Bonnett ducked below Yarborough. Both cars spun and Yarborough slid back into the outside wall.


1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500
The 28 car was heavily damaged in the rear and shortened by nearly five feet but limped home for a 9th-place finish, 6 laps down. Bonnett dropped out with damage from the wreck with  9 laps to go and finished 12th. Richard Petty barely held off a hard-charging Bill Elliott in a close side by side fight to the checkered flag.


1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500
During the early 1980s, the NASCAR Winston Cup Series was plagued with top teams running big engines and finishing in third place to avoid inspection.