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| Venue | Altenrhein, Switzerland |
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| Date(s) | 3-4 September 1983 |
The 1983 UCI Road World Championships took place between 3-4 September 1983 in Altenrhein, Switzerland.
| Race: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze : | Time |
| Men | ||||||
| Men's road race | Greg LeMond  United States | 7.01'21" | Adri van der Poel  Netherlands | + 1'11" | Stephen Roche  Ireland | + 1'11" |
| Amateurs' road race | Uwe Raab  East Germany | - | Niki Rüttimann  Switzerland | - | Andrzej Serediuk  Poland | - |
| Team time trial |  Soviet Union Youri Kashirin Sergej Novolokin Oleg Tchugda Alexandre Zinoviev | - | Switzerland Daniel Heggli Heinz Imboden Othmar Haefliger Benno Wiss | - |  Norway Terje Gjengaar Dag Hopen Hans Petter Ødegård Tom Pedersen | - |
| Women | ||||||
| Women's road race | Marianne Berglund  Sweden | 1.38'17" | Rebecca Twigg United States | - | Maria Canins  Italy | - |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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