title: Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Women's 100 metres hurdles
text: # 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 | |
  | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 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 |
  