1983 South Pacific Games
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| Host city | Apia | ||
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| Country | Western Samoa | ||
| Nations participating | 19 | ||
| Athletes participating | 2,500+ | ||
| Events | 14 sports | ||
| Opening ceremony | September 5, 1983 | ||
| Closing ceremony | September 16, 1983 | ||
| Officially opened by | Malietoa Tanumafili II | ||
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The 1983 South Pacific Games, held at Apia in Western Samoa from 5-16 September 1983, was the seventh edition of the South Pacific Games.
Nineteen nations competed at the 1983 South Pacific Games (list below is incomplete):
Despite swimming being a compulsory sport for the South Pacific Games, there was no facility built in Apia to host swimming events in 1983. There were fourteen sports contested at the 1983 South Pacific Games (list below is incomplete):
New Caledonia topped the table ahead of hosts Western Samoa:
^a Attempts to reduce the size the games were not successful and more than 2,500 athletes took part in 1983.
^b Niue competed in the soccer and rugby competitions.
^c Tokelau competed in the rugby competition.
^d Postage stamps depicting athletics, netball, tennis, weightlifing, boxing, soccer, golf and rugby were issued by Samoa for the 1983 South Pacific Games.
^e Fiji's women's basketball team won gold in 1983.
^f Bowls: Fiji won gold in the women's pairs at Apia in 1983.
^g Cook Islands won the netball gold in 1983.
^h The South Pacific Games Council announced in 1978 that squash would be included in the Games, and it was played in 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991. There were four gold medals on offer in 1983, for men's and women's individual and team events. The men's individual event won by Fiji's Willie Valentine, and the women's team event won by PNG. Fiji won silver in both men's and women's team events.
^i Women's volleyball was played at the 1983 South Pacific Games.
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