Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 6 and 7 July 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Natalya Petrova Soviet Union	Yelena Biserova Soviet Union	Benita Fitzgerald United States

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.6 m/s, Heat 2: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Natalya Petrova	Soviet Union	12.98	Q
2	2	Yelena Biserova	Soviet Union	13.01	Q
3	2	Candy Young	United States	13.14	Q
4	1	Benita Fitzgerald	United States	13.21	Q
5	2	Anne Piquereau	France	13.22	Q
6	1	Mihaela Stoica	Romania	13.26	Q
7	2	Susan Kameli	Canada	13.27	q
8	1	Karen Nelson	Canada	13.38	q
9	1	Patricia Rollo	Great Britain	13.42
10	2	Grisel Machado	Cuba	13.49
11	2	Juraciara da Silva	Brazil	13.52	NR
12	1	Karen Bowen	Jamaica	14.10
13	1	Liu Meiling	China	14.22
14	2	May Sardouk	Lebanon	20.51
15	2	Ana Isabel Oliveira	Portugal	26.43

Final

Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Natalya Petrova	Soviet Union	13.04
	Yelena Biserova	Soviet Union	13.07
	Benita Fitzgerald	United States	13.24
4	Candy Young	United States	13.37
5	Susan Kameli	Canada	13.39
6	Mihaela Stoica	Romania	13.40
7	Anne Piquereau	France	13.49
8	Karen Nelson	Canada	13.62