1983 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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|Name=1983 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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|Host city={{flagicon|Texas}} Houston, Texas

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Men's Champion: SMU (1st title)
Women's Champion: UCLA (2nd title)

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|Dates=May 30−June 4, 1983

|Stadium=Robertson Stadium
University of Houston

|Previous=1982

|Next=1984

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The 1983 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 30−June 4, 1983 at Robertson Stadium at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.

These were the 61st annual men's championships and the second annual women's championships. This was Houston's first time hosting the event.{{cite web|title=NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2012-13/2012_d1_motf.pdf |work=NCAA|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=July 5, 2016}}{{cite web|title=NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2012-13/2012_d1_wotf.pdf |work=NCAA|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=July 5, 2016}}{{cite web |title=1983 NCAA Track and Field Championship Results |url=http://www.ustfccca.org/infozone/public-meet-single.php?contno=401 |work=USTFCCCA InfoZone: Single-Meet Report |publisher=USTFCCCA |access-date=July 5, 2016 |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809003146/http://www.ustfccca.org/infozone/public-meet-single.php?contno=401 |url-status=dead }}

SMU and UCLA topped the men's and women's team standings, respectively; the Mustangs claimed their first team title while the Bruins' took home their second consecutive and second overall.