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 1âÂÂ0 in the final.
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 B winner (Brazil) received a bye to the final.
José Luis Sosa, Mario Picún, Gualberto de los Santos, ÃÂlvaro Pérez, José Batista, Juan Rabino, Abraham Yeladián, Santiago Ostolaza, Rudy RodrÃÂguez, Ricardo Perdomo, Daniel Carreño, Luis Heimen, Carlos Larrañaga, VÃÂctor Púa, Edgardo Martirena, Aldo Azzinari, Julio Rivadavia, Miguel ÃÂngel Peirano.
Hugo Duarte, João Brigatti, Heitor, Jorginho, ÃÂdson Bonifácio, José Bagitini, Everaldo Rogelio, Adalberto Machado, ÃÂdson de Souza, Dunga, Paulo Bellotti, MaurÃÂcio Villela, Hélio de Conceição, Waldir de Carvalho, Paulinho Carioca, Paulo Pereira, Neto, Marcus do Nascimento.
Edgar Jerez, David Gardiner, Edgar Salguero, Guillermo RodrÃÂguez, Julio Gómez, BenjamÃÂn Monterroso, Rubén Paredes, Jorge Fernández, José Bobadilla, Eddy Alburez, Byron Pérez, Boris Ortiz, VÃÂctor Hugo Monzón, Julio de la Roca, Wálter Claverie, Hermenegildo Castro, VÃÂctor Hugo Méndez, Otto Mynor Méndez.
Mario Bernio, Jorge Ceballos, Héctor Cejas, Duilio Dagametti, Esteban Del RÃÂo, 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