The 7th South Pacific Games (Samoan: Taʻaloga Lona-Fitu a le Pasefika i Saute), also known as Apia 1983, held on 5–16 September 1983 in Apia, Western Samoa, was the seventh edition of the South Pacific Games.

[1] Fifteen nations competed at the 1983 South Pacific Games: Despite swimming being a compulsory sport for the South Pacific Games, there was no facility built in Apia to host swimming events in 1983.

[2][3] There were thirteen sports contested at the 1983 South Pacific Games:[4] New Caledonia topped the table ahead of hosts Western Samoa:[1] ^a Attempts to reduce the size the games were not successful and more than 2,500 athletes took part in 1983.

[7] ^d Postage stamps depicting athletics, netball, tennis, weightlifting, boxing, soccer, golf and rugby were issued by Samoa for the 1983 South Pacific Games.

[12] There were four gold medals on offer in 1983, for men's and women's individual and team events.