1983 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

The 1983 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Strasbourg, France on November 10–11, 1983. They served as the qualification process for the first Olympic program of rhythmic gymnastics to be held in Los Angeles in 1984, although most of the gymnasts from Eastern Europe, which had the most dominant rhythmic gymnasts, ended up not participating in the Games due to the boycott by the Communist Bloc.

Groups competed an exercise with hoops and ropes. In the individual event, Bulgarian gymnasts dominated the competition, only challenged by Soviet gymnasts; the three individual Bulgarians were awarded twelve perfect 10.0 scores across the competition, and the three Soviets were given six.

Three judges from the qualification rounds were not allowed to judge in the finals due to national bias in their qualification scores, which Andrea Schmid, a judge from the United States, noted as a first for the World Championships.