1983 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

{{Infobox sport tournament

| name = 1983 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

| sport = College wrestling

| image =

| caption =

| location = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

| start_date = March 10, 1983

| end_date = March 12, 1983

| host = University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University

| venues = Myriad Convention Center

| participants =

| champions = Iowa (8th title)

| runners-up1 = Oklahoma State

| runners-up2 = Iowa State

| matches =

| attendance = 63,263

| mvp = Mike Sheets (Oklahoma State)

| previous = 1982

| next = 1984

}}

The 1983 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships were the 53rd NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships to be held. The University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University co-hosted the tournament. The tournament was held at the Myriad Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City.

Iowa took home the team championship with 155 points and having four individual champions.{{Cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/wrestling_champs_records/2011-12/2011-12_d1wr.pdf|title=Wrestling|date=19 April 2017|website=NCAA.ord|access-date=29 January 2018}}

Mike Sheets of Oklahoma State was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler and Lou Banach of Iowa received the Gorriaran Award.{{Cite web|url=http://wrestlingstats.com/ncaa/pdf/brackets/NCAA%201983.pdf|title=53rd NCAA Wrestling Tournament|date=6 December 2013|website=wrestlingstats.com|access-date=29 January 2018}}

Team results

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! Rank !!School !!Points

1

| align=left|Iowa

|155

2

| align=left|Oklahoma State

|102

3

| align=left|Iowa State

|94.25

4

| align=left|Oklahoma

|64.75

5

| align=left|Lehigh

|49

6

| align=left|Nebraska

|46

7

| align=left|Penn State

|33.75

8

| align=left|Louisiana State

|30.5

9

| align=left|Cal Poly-SLO

|28.5

10

| align=left|Northern Iowa

|26.5

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Individual finals

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Weight classChampionship match (champion in boldface)
118 lbs

|align=left|Adam Cuestas, Cal State-Bakersfield MAJOR Charlie Heard, Tennessee-Chattanooga, 14–4

126 lbs

|align=left|Barry Davis, Iowa DEC Gary Bohay, Arizona State, 5–2

134 lbs

|align=left|Clar Anderson, Oklahoma State DEC Clint Burke, Oklahoma, 5–3

142 lbs

|align=left|Darryl Burley, Lehigh WDF Al Freeman, Nebraska

150 lbs

|align=left|Nate Carr, Iowa State DEC Kenny Monday, Oklahoma State, 3–3, 5–2

158 lbs

|align=left|Jim Zalesky, Iowa DEC Lou Montano, Cal Poly-SLO, 7–4

167 lbs

|align=left|Mike Sheets, Oklahoma State MAJOR John Reich, Navy, 14–0

177 lbs

|align=left|Mark Schultz, Oklahoma DEC Duane Goldman, Iowa, 4–2

190 lbs

|align=left|Ed Banach, Iowa DEC Mike Mann, Iowa State, 4–3

UNL

|align=left|Lou Banach, Iowa WBF Wayne Cole, Iowa State, 2:57

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