The 12th CARIFTA Games was held in Fort-de-France, Martinique on April 2–4, 1983.

For the 1983 CARIFTA Games only the medalists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 108 medalists (63 junior (under-20) and 45 youth (under-17)) from about 13 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (3), Bahamas (26), Barbados (9), Bermuda (5), Cayman Islands (1), Grenada (4), Guadeloupe (10), Jamaica (25), Martinique (11), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Trinidad and Tobago (10), US Virgin Islands (1).

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded for the second time in the role to Laverne Eve from the Bahamas.

[6] The medalists can also be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.