Football at the 1983 Pan American Games

The ninth edition of the men's football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from 15 August to 27 August 1983. Ten teams competed in a first round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a semifinal and a final.

Uruguay, coached by Oscar Tabárez, won their first Pan American title after beating Brazil 1–0 in the final.

Participants

 * 🇦🇷 argentina
 * 🇧🇲 bermuda
 * 🇧🇷 brazil
 * 🇨🇱 chile
 * 🇨🇺 cuba
 * 🇬🇹 guatemala
 * 🇲🇽 mexico
 * 🇺🇸 united states
 * 🇻🇪 venezuela

Original draw
Originally, the tournament was to have been played by 12 teams organised into four groups of three teams, but Honduras and Suriname withdrew, forcing a rearrangement of the original draw (shown below).
 * Group A: Venezuela, Chile, Suriname
 * Group B: Brazil, United States, Bermuda
 * Group C: Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras
 * Group D: Uruguay, Mexico, Cuba

Semifinal
Group B winner (Brazil) received a bye to the final.

Argentina
Mario Bernio, Jorge Ceballos, Héctor Cejas, Duilio Dagametti, Esteban Del Río, Gustavo Dezotti, Juan Gilberto Funes, Rodolfo Garnica, Eugenio Gentile, Francisco Guillén (GK), Humberto Gutiérrez, Ariel Moreno, Juan José Oficialdegui, Oscar Olivera, Norberto Ortega Sánchez, Carlos Prono (GK), Esteban Solaberrieta, Jorge Theiler. Head coach: Carlos Pachamé