The men's marathon event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held in Edmonton, Canada on 9 July 1983.

Results Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Alessio Faustini 2:17:10 Giovanni D'Aleo 2:17:20 Michael Spöttel 2:18:12 Toshihiro Shibutani 2:18:50 Yevgeniy Okorokov 2:18:55 Yakov Tolstikov 2:22:31 Lloyd Ness 2:22:51 Christopher Bunyan 2:24:22 Alessandro Rastello 2:25:19 10 Patrick Asakettle 2:26:37 11 Aliosha Karushkov 2:26:55 12 Shigemasa Ikeda 2:27:34 13 Roy Lambert 2:27:52 14 Mario Pérez 2:31:51 15 Esau Zwane 2:32:02 16 Francisco Silva 2:46:28 Mark Orzel Gerhard Krippner Michael Buist

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