World Athletics Championships 1983

1st World Athletics Championships
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium
city	Helsinki , Finland
Stadion	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
participating countries	153
Participating athletes	1572
Competitions	41
opening	August 7, 1983
Final day	August 14, 1983
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Medal table (final result after 41 decisions)
space	country
1	GDR	10	7th	5	22nd
2	United States	8th	9	7th	24
3	USSR	6th	6th	11	23
4th	Czechoslovakia	4th	3	2	9
5	BR Germany	2	5	1	8th
6th	Great Britain	2	2	3	7th
7th	Poland	2	1	1	4th
8th	Finland	1	1	1	3
	Italy	1	1	1	3
	Jamaica	1	1	1	3
Complete medal table

The 1st World Athletics Championships took place in Helsinki from August 7-14, 1983 . With the exception of marathons and walking events , the competitions were in the Olympic Stadium of 1952 discharged. 1572 athletes from 153 countries took part.

Competition mode

The world athletics federation IAAF had decided to now also host world championships, which has been the case in other sports for a very long time. In addition to the Olympic Games, there was now another great showdown of strength at world level for the athletes . A four-year cycle was initially planned for the event. Finding an optimal time was not easy, because the years in the middle between two Olympic Games were intended for the various continental championships, which were and are of great importance, the relevance of which would have been downgraded with this solution. The odd years were set as the time for the World Championships right after the Olympic Games.

However, this mode did not last long. For the two upcoming World Championships in 1987 and 1991 , the chosen variant was retained. It was then decided that in the second odd year between two Olympic Games World Athletics Championships should take place. The four-year cycle was replaced by a two-year cycle. This mode has proven itself and has become the standard for hosting World Athletics Championships.

Athletic performance

The overall level of performance was very high. With a few exceptions, the world's best track and field athletes were at the start in the various disciplines and ensured top-class times and distances.

• There were two world records:
  • 4 × 100 m men - USA in the cast Emmit King , Willie Gault , Calvin Smith , Carl Lewis , 37.86 s
  • 400 meters women - Jarmila Kratochvílová ( Czechoslovakia ), 47.99 s
• Five national records were set:
  • 800 meters men - Willi Wülbeck ( BR Germany ), 1: 43.65 min
  • 4 × 100 m men - Italy in the line-up Stefano Tilli , Carlo Simionato , Pierfrancesco Pavoni , Pietro Mennea , 38.37 p
  • 4 × 100 m men - Federal Republic of Germany with Werner Bastians , Christian Haas , Jürgen Evers , Andreas Rizzi , 38.56 p
  • 400 meters women - Gaby Bußmann (Federal Republic of Germany), 49.75 p
  • 1500 meters women - Brigitte Kraus (Federal Republic of Germany), 8: 35.11 min

Most successful athlete

The following athletes won at least two gold medals:

• Marita Koch , GDR - 3 times gold: 200 meters, 4 × 100 m, 4 × 400 m , also silver over 100 meters
• Carl Lewis , USA - 3 gold medals: 100 meters , 4 × 100 m, long jump
• Jarmila Kratochvílová , Czechoslovakia - 2 times gold: 400 meters, 800 meters, plus silver over 4 × 400 m
• Mary Decker , USA - 2 gold medals: 1500 meters, 3000 meters
• Calvin Smith , USA - 2 gold medals: 200 meters , 4 × 100 m
• Marlies Göhr , GDR - 2 times gold: 100 meters, 4 × 100 m

Results men

100 m

Carl Lewis - world champion over 100 meters

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	10.07 CR
2	Calvin Smith	United States	10.21
3	Emmit King	United States	10.24
4th	Allan Wells	GBR	10.27
5	Juan Núñez	DOM	10.29
6th	Christian Haas	FRG	10.32
7th	Paul Narracott	OUT	10.33
8th	Desai Williams	CAN	10.36

Date: August 8, 1983

Wind: −0.3 m / s

Participants from German-speaking countries: Frank Emmelmann (semi-finals; 10.40 s) Thomas Schröder (semi-finals; 10.52 s)

200 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Calvin Smith	United States	20.14 CR
2	Elliott Quow	United States	20.41
3	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.51
4th	Allan Wells	GBR	20.52
5	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	20.55
6th	Innocent Egbunike	NGA	20.63
7th	Carlo Simionato	ITA	20.69
8th	João Batista da Silva	BRA	20.80

Date: August 14, 1983, 2:45 p.m.

Wind: +1.2 m / s

Participants from German-speaking countries: Roland Jokl (quarter-finals; 21.24 s) Andreas Rizzi (quarter-finals; 21.37 s)

400 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bert Cameron	JAM	45.05 CR
2	Michael Franks	United States	45.22
3	Sunder Nothing	United States	45.24
4th	Erwin Skamrahl	FRG	45.37
5	Hartmut Weber	FRG	45.49
6th	Thomas Schönlebe	GDR	45.50
7th	Michael Paul	TRI	45.80
8th	Gérson de Souza	BRA	45.91

Date: August 10th

Participants from German-speaking countries: Marcel Arnold (quarter-finals; DNS) Martin Weppler (semi-finals; 46.55 s)

800 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Willi Wuelbeck	FRG	1: 43.65 CR / DR
2	Rob Druppers	NED	1: 44.20
3	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	1: 44.27
4th	Peter Elliott	GBR	1: 44.87
5	James Robinson	United States	1: 45.12
6th	Agberto Guimarães	BRA	1: 45.46
7th	Hans-Peter Ferner	FRG	1: 45.74
8th	David Patrick	United States	1: 46.56

Date: August 9th

1500 m

Steve Cram prevailed in a pure lane race

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Steve Cram	GBR	3: 41.59
2	Steve Scott	United States	3: 41.87
3	Said Aouita	MAR	3: 42.02
4th	Steve Ovett	GBR	3: 42.34
5	José Manuel Abascal	ESP	3: 42.47
6th	Pierre Délèze	SUI	3: 43.69
7th	Andreas Busse	GDR	3: 43.72
8th	Dragan Zdravković	YUG	3: 43.75

Date: August 14th

5000 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Eamonn Coghlan	IRL	13: 28.53 CR
2	Werner Schildhauer	GDR	13: 30.20
3	Martti Vainio	FIN	13: 30.34
4th	Dmitri Dmitriev	URS	13: 30.38
5	Doug Padilla	United States	13: 32.08
6th	Thomas Wessinghage	FRG	13: 32.46
7th	Wodajo Bulti	ETH	13: 34.03
8th	Dietmar Millonig	AUT	13: 36.08

Date: August 14th

10,000 m

Alberto Cova - after the EM title now also the World Cup victory, the Olympic victory followed the following year

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Alberto Cova	ITA	28: 01.04
2	Werner Schildhauer	GDR	28: 01.18
3	Hansjörg Kunze	GDR	28: 01.26
4th	Martti Vainio	FIN	28: 01.37
5	Gidamis Shahanga	TAN	28: 01.93
6th	Carlos Lopes	POR	28: 06.78
7th	Nick Rose	GBR	28: 07.53
8th	Christoph Herle	FRG	28: 09.05

Date: August 9th

marathon

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space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Robert de Castella	OUT	2:10:03 CR
2	Kebede Balcha	ETH	2:10:27
3	Waldemar Cierpinski	GDR	2:10:37
4th	Kjell-Erik Ståhl	SWE	2:10:38
5	Agapius Masong	TAN	2:10:42
6th	Armand Parmentier	BEL	2:10:57
7th	Gianni Poli	ITA	2:11:05
8th	Hugh Jones	GBR	2:11:15

Date: August 14th

110 m hurdles

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Greg Foster	United States	13.42
2	Arto Bryggare	FIN	13.46
3	Willie Gault	United States	13.48
4th	Mark McKoy	CAN	13.56
5	Thomas Munkelt	GDR	13.66
6th	György Bakos	HUN	13.68
7th	Wenzislaw Radew	BUL	13.73
8th	Sam Turner	United States	13.82

Date: August 12th

Wind: +1.3 m / s

400 m hurdles

Edwin Moses mastered the 400 meter hurdles for a decade, including here

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Edwin Moses	United States	47.50 CR
2	Harald Schmid	FRG	48.61
3	Alexandr Charlow	URS	49.03
4th	Sven Nylander	SWE	49.06
5	Andre Phillips	United States	49.24
6th	David Lee	United States	49.32
7th	Amadou Dia Ba	SEN	49.61
8th	Ryszard Szparak	POLE	49.78

Date: August 9th

3000 m obstacle

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Patriz Ilg	FRG	8: 15.06 CR
2	Bogusław Mamiński	POLE	8: 17.03
3	Colin Reitz	GBR	8: 17.75
4th	Joseph Mahmoud	FRA	8: 18.32
5	Roger Hackney	GBR	8: 19.38
6th	Graeme fur	GBR	8: 20.01
7th	Julius Korir	KEN	8: 20.11
8th	Henry Marsh	United States	8: 20.45

Date: August 12th

4 × 100 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Emmit King Willie Gault Calvin Smith Carl Lewis	37.86 WR
2	Italy	Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Pierfrancesco Pavoni Pietro Mennea	38.37 NO
3	USSR	Andrei Prokofiev Nikolai Sidorov Vladimir Muravyov Viktor Bryshin	38.41
4th	GDR	Andreas Knebel Thomas Schröder Jens Hübler Frank Emmelmann	38.51
5	BR Germany	Werner Bastians Christian Haas Jürgen Evers Andreas Rizzi	38.56 BR
6th	Poland	Krzysztof Zwoliński Zenon Licznerski Czeslaw Pradzynski Marian Voronin	38.72
7th	Jamaica	George Walcott Raymond Stewart Leroy Reid Colin Bradford	38.75
8th	France	Thierry François Marc Gasparoni Antoine Richard Jean-Jacques Boussemart	38.98

Date: August 10th

4 × 400 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	USSR	Sergei Lowachev Aljaksandr Trashchyla Nikolai Chernetsky Viktor Markin	3: 00.79 CR
2	BR Germany	Erwin Skamrahl (semifinals / final) Jörg Vaihinger Harald Schmid Hartmut Weber (preliminary / final) in the preliminary / semifinals also: Martin Weppler (preliminary) Edgar Nakladal (semifinals)	3: 01.83
3	Great Britain	Ainsley Bennett (final) Garry Cook Todd Bennett Philip Brown in the preliminary / semifinals also: Kriss Akabusi (preliminary / semifinals)	3: 03.53
4th	Czechoslovakia	Miroslav Zahorak Petr Brecka Dušan Malovec Ján Tomko	3: 03.90
5	Italy	Stefano Malinverni Donato Sabia Mauro Zuliani Roberto Ribaud	3: 05.10
6th	United States	Alonzo Babers Sunder Nix (semifinals / finals) Willie Smith Edwin Moses (semifinals / finals) in the preliminary / semifinals also: Andre Phillips (preliminary) Michael Franks (preliminary)	3: 05.29
7th	Sweden	Tommy Johansson Eric Josjö Per-Ola Olsson Ulf Sedlacek (final) in the preliminary / semi-final also: Sven Nylander (preliminary / semi-final)	3: 08.57
	Poland	Ryszard Wichrowski Ryszard Szparak Andrzej Stępień Ryszard Podlas	DNF

Date: August 14th

20 km walking

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space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Ernesto Canto	MEX	1:20:49 CR
2	Jozef Pribilinec	TCH	1:20:59
3	Yevgeny Jewsjukov	URS	1:21:08
4th	José Marín	ESP	1:21:21
5	Gérard Lelièvre	FRA	1:21:37
6th	Pavol Blažek	TCH	1:21:54
7th	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	1:21:57
8th	Guillaume Leblanc	CAN	1:22:04

Date: August 7th

50 km of walking

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space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Ronald Weigel	GDR	3:43:08 CR
2	José Marín	ESP	3:43:42
3	Sergei Jung	URS	3:49:03
4th	Reima saloons	FIN	3:52:53
5	Raúl González	MEX	3:53:51
6th	François Lapointe	CAN	3:53:57
7th	Sandro Bellucci	ITA	3:55:38
8th	Viktor Dorovskich	URS	3:56:02

Date: August 12th

high jump

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space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Hennadij Avdjejenko	URS	2.32 CR
2	Tyke Peacock	United States	2.32 CR
3	Zhu Jianhua	CHN	2.29
4th	Dietmar Mögenburg	FRG	2.29
5	Igor Paklin	URS	2.29
6th	Dwight Stones	United States	2.29
7th	Carlo Thränhardt	FRG	2.26
8th	Valery Sereda	URS	2.26

Date: August 13th

Pole vault

Serhiy Bubka - first world champion and one of the best pole vaulters in sports history

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space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Serhiy Bubka	URS	5.70 CR
2	Konstantin Volkov	URS	5.60
3	Atanas Tarew	BUL	5.60
4th	Tadeusz Ślusarski	POLE	5.55
5	Tom Hintnaus	BRA	5.50
6th	Patrick Abada	FRA	5.50
7th	Miro Zalar	SWE	5.50
8th	Thierry Vigneron	FRA	5.40
	Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz	POLE	5.40

Date: August 14th

Long jump

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	8.55 CR
2	Jason Grimes	United States	8.29
3	Mike Conley Sr.	United States	8.12
4th	László Szalma	HUN	8.12
5	Nenad Stekic	YUG	8.09
6th	Gary Honey	OUT	8.06
7th	Antonio Corgos	ESP	8.06
8th	Yusuf Alli	NGR	7.89

Date: August 10th

Triple jump

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Zdzisław Hoffmann	POLE	17.42 CR
2	Willie Banks	United States	17.18
3	Ajayi Agbebaku	NGR	17.18
4th	Mike Conley Sr.	United States	17.13
5	Vlastimil Marinec	TCH	17.13
6th	Ján Čado	TCH	17.06
7th	Béla Bakosi	HUN	16.83
8th	Al Joyner	United States	16.76

Date: August 8th

Shot put

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Edward Sarul	POLE	21.39 CR
2	Ulf Timmermann	GDR	21.16
3	Remigius Machura	TCH	20.98
4th	Dave Loud	United States	20.60
5	Jānis Bojārs	URS	20.32
6th	Udo Beyer	GDR	20.09
7th	Alessandro Andrei	ITA	20.07
8th	Aulis Akonniemi	FIN	19.85

Date: August 7th

Discus throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Imrich Bugár	TCH	67.72 CR
2	Luis Delís	CUB	67.36
3	Gejza Valent	TCH	66.08
4th	Ari Huumonen	FIN	65.44
5	Jürgen Schult	GDR	64.92
6th	Georgi Kolnootschenko	URS	64.74
7th	Juan Martínez	CUB	64.26
8th	Art Burns	United States	62.22

Date: August 14th

Hammer throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sergei Litvinov	URS	82.68 CR
2	Yuri Sedych	URS	80.94
3	Zdzisław Kwaśny	POLE	79.42
4th	Igor Nikulin	URS	79.34
5	Gunther Rodehau	GDR	77.08
6th	Klaus Ploghaus	FRG	76.96
7th	Karl-Hans Riehm	FRG	76.92
8th	Emanuil Djulgerov	BUL	76.64

Date: August 9th

Javelin throw

Detlef Michel defeated the world record holder Tom Petranoff

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Detlef Michel	GDR	89.48
2	Tom Petranoff	United States	85.60
3	Dainis Kūla	URS	85.58
4th	Heino Puuste	URS	84.56
5	Per Erling Olsen	NOR	83.54
6th	Kenth Eldebrink	SWE	83.28
7th	Zdenek Adamec	TCH	81.30
8th	Klaus Tafelmeier	FRG	80.42

Date: August 12th

Decathlon

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space	athlete	country	Points official value.	Points 85 value.
1	Daley Thompson	GBR	8666 CR	8714
2	Jürgen Hingsen	FRG	8561	8599
3	Siegfried Wentz	FRG	8478	8513
4th	Uwe Freimuth	GDR	8433	8469
5	Stephan Niklaus	SUI	8212	8207
6th	Alexander Nevsky	URS	8201	8176
7th	Torsten Voss	GDR	8167	8140
8th	Steffen Grummt	GDR	8149	8142

Date: 12./13. August

The scoring was based on the points table from 1964. For orientation and classification of the performances, the scores achieved according to the current scoring system from 1984/85 are also listed for comparison. After that, ranks seven and eight should have been swapped. However, these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis. At the subsequent world championships, the current valuation was used.

Results women

100 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marlies Goehr	GDR	10.97 CR
2	Marita Koch	GDR	11.02
3	Diane Williams	United States	11.06
4th	Merlene Ottey	JAM	11.19
5	Angela Bailey	CAN	11.20
6th	Helina Marjamaa	FIN	11.24
7th	Angella Taylor	CAN	11.30
	Evelyn Ashford	United States	DNF

Date: August 8th

Wind: −0.5 m / s

200 m

Marita Koch - after second place over 100 meters, now the title win, plus two gold medals with her relay teams

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marita Koch	GDR	22.13 CR
2	Merlene Ottey	JAM	22.19
3	Kathy Cook	GBR	22.37
4th	Florence Griffith	United States	22.46
5	Grace Jackson	JAM	22.63
6th	Anelija Nunewa	BUL	22.68
7th	Angela Bailey	CAN	22.93
8th	Ewa Kasprzyk	POLE	23.03

Date: August 14th

Wind: +1.5 m / s

400 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jarmila Kratochvílová	TCH	47.99 WR
2	Taťána Kocembová	TCH	48.59
3	Marija Pinigina	URS	49.19
4th	Gaby Bussmann	FRG	49.75 BR
5	Marita Payne	CAN	50.06
6th	Irina Baskakova	URS	50.48
7th	Dagmar Rübsam	GDR	50.48
8th	Rosalyn Bryant	United States	50.66

Date: August 10th

800 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jarmila Kratochvílová	TCH	1: 54.68 CR
2	Lyubov Gurina	URS	1: 56.11
3	Ekaterina Podkopaeva	URS	1: 57.58
4th	Margrit Klinger	FRG	1: 58.11
5	Robin Campbell	United States	2: 00.03
6th	Doina Melinte	ROME	2: 00.13
7th	Milena Matějkovičová	TCH	2: 01.72
8th	Antje Schröder	GDR	2: 02.13

Date: August 9th

1500 m

Second gold for Mary Decker after her 3,000 meter win

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mary Decker	United States	4: 00.90 CR
2	Samira Saizewa	URS	4: 01.19
3	Ekaterina Podkopaeva	URS	4: 02.25
4th	Rawilja Agletdinova	URS	4: 02.67
5	Wendy Sly	GBR	4: 04.14
6th	Doina Melinte	ROME	4: 04.42
7th	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	4: 04.73
8th	Brit McRoberts	CAN	4: 06.74

Date: August 14th

3000 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mary Decker	United States	8: 34.62 CR
2	Brigitte Kraus	FRG	8: 35.11 BR
3	Tatiana Kasankina	URS	8: 35.13
4th	Svetlana Ulmasowa	URS	8: 35.55
5	Wendy Sly	GBR	8: 37.06
6th	Agnese Possamai	ITA	8: 37.96 NO
7th	Jane Furniss	GBR	8: 45.69
8th	Natalia Artyomova	URS	8: 47.98

Date: August 10th

marathon

Marathon winner Grete Waitz (here in 2010)

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space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Grete Waitz	NOR	2:28:09 CR
2	Marianne Dickerson	United States	2:31:09
3	Raissa Smechnova	URS	2:31:13
4th	Pink Mota	POR	2:31:50
5	Jacqueline Gareau	CAN	2:32:35
6th	Laura Fogli	ITA	2:33:31
7th	Regina Joyce	IRL	2:33:52
8th	Tuija Toivonen	FIN	2:34:14

Date: August 7th

100 m hurdles

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bettine Jahn	GDR	12.35
2	Kerstin boy	GDR	12.42
3	Ginka Sagortschewa	BUL	12.62
4th	Natalia Petrova	URS	12.67
5	Shirley Strong	GBR	12.78
6th	Elena Bisserova	URS	12.80
7th	Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	12.94
8th	Benita Fitzgerald	United States	12.99

Date: August 13th

Wind: +2.4 m / s (no record recognition due to strong tailwind)

The best time achieved here under regular conditions was 12.75 s:

• Bettine Jahn (GDR), third quarter-final race
• Ginka Sagortschewa (Bulgaria), first semi-final race

400 m hurdles

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ekaterina Fessenko	URS	54.14 CR
2	Ana Ambrazienė	URS	54.15
3	Ellen Fiedler	GDR	54.55
4th	Petra Pfaff	GDR	54.64
5	Petra Krug	GDR	54.76
6th	Ann-Louise Skoglund	SWE	54.80
7th	Susan Morley	GBR	56.04
8th	Cristieana Cojocaru	ROU	56.26

Date: August 10th

4 × 100 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	GDR	Silke Möller Marita Koch Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	41.76 CR
2	Great Britain	Joan Baptiste Kathy Cook Beverley Callender Shirley Thomas	42.71
3	Jamaica	Leleith Hodges Jacqueline Pusey Juliet Cuthbert Merlene Ottey	42.73
4th	Bulgaria	Ginka Sagortschewa Anelija Nunewa Nadeschda Georgiewa Pepa Pavlova	42.93
5	Canada	Angela Bailey Marita Payne Tanya Brothers Molly Killingbeck	43.05
6th	USSR	Lyudmila Kondratjewa Jelena Vinogradowa Irina Olchownikowa Olga Antonowa	43.22
7th	France	Marie-France Loval Marie-Christine Cazier Rose-Aimée Bacoul Liliane Gaschet	43.40
8th	Czechoslovakia	Jarmila Strejčková Štěpánka Sokolová Radislava Šoborová Eva Murková	43.78

Date: August 10th

4 × 400 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	GDR	Kerstin Walther Sabine Busch Marita Koch (final) Dagmar Rübsam (final) in the preliminary run also: Undine Bremer Ellen Fiedler	3: 19.73 CR
2	Czechoslovakia	Taťána Kocembová Milena Matějkovičová Zuzana Moravčíková Jarmila Kratochvílová	3: 20.32
3	USSR	Jelena Korban Marina Iwanowa Irina Baskakowa Marija Pinigina	3: 21.16
4th	Canada	Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne	3: 27.41
5	United States	Roberta Belle Easter Gabriel Rosalyn Bryant Denean Howard	3: 27.57
6th	BR Germany	Rita Daimer Ute Thimm Gisela Gottwald Gaby Bussmann	3: 29.43
7th	Bulgaria	Svobodka Damjanowa Rossiza Stamenowa Katja Iliewa Galina Penkowa	3: 30.36
8th	Romania	Iulia Radu Daniela Matei Cristieana Cojocaru Elena Lina	3: 35.61

Date: August 14th

high jump

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space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Tamara Bykowa	URS	2.01 CR
2	Ulrike Meyfarth	FRG	1.99
3	Louise Ritter	United States	1.95
4th	Coleen summer	United States	1.95
5	Kerstin Brandt	GDR	1.92
6th	Debbie Brill	CAN	1.88
7th	Susanne Helm	GDR	1.88
8th	Olga Juha	HUN	1.88

Date: August 9th

Long jump

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Heike Daute	GDR	7.27
2	Anișoara Cușmir	ROU	7.15
3	Carol Lewis	United States	7.04
4th	Tatiana Proskuryakova	URS	7.02 CRe
5	Beverly Kinch	GBR	6.93
6th	Zsuzsa Vanyek	HUN	6.81
7th	Eva Murková	TCH	6.80
8th	Robyn Lorraway	OUT	6.65

Date: August 14th

Comment on the championship record:
The top distances of the three medalists were all supported by too much tailwind support. The highest maturity for the best list in this competition was 7.02 m. It was achieved by the winner Heike Daute, later Heike Drechsler (final, 2nd attempt), and fourth-placed Tatjana Proskurjakowa (final, 6th attempt).

Shot put

After many medals, the coronation for Helena Fibingerová with the
world championship title

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Helena Fibingerová	TCH	21.05 CR
2	Helma Knorscheidt	GDR	20.70
3	Ilona Slupianek	GDR	20.56
4th	Nunu Abashydze	URS	20.55
5	Natalia Lisovskaya	URS	20.02
6th	Mihaela Loghin	ROU	19.85
7th	Claudia Losch	FRG	19.72
8th	María Elena Sarría	CUB	19.47

Date: August 12th

Discus throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Martina Opitz	GDR	68.94 CR
2	Galina Murašova	URS	67.44
3	Maria Petkova	BUL	66.44
4th	Tsvetanka Christova	BUL	65.62
5	Gisela Beyer	GDR	65.26
6th	Zdeňka Šilhavá	TCH	64.32
7th	Ria Stalman	NED	63.76
8th	Meg Ritchie	GBR	62.50

Date: August 10th

Javelin throw

The only one over 70 meters: World Champion Tiina Lillak

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tiina Lillak	FIN	70.82 CR
2	Fatima Whitbread	GBR	69.14
3	Anna Verouli	GRE	65.72
4th	Tessa Sanderson	GBR	64.76
5	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő	ROU	63.86
6th	Tuula Laaksalo	FIN	62.44
7th	Beate Peters	FRG	62.42
8th	María Caridad Colón	CUB	62.04

Date: August 13th

Heptathlon

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space	Athlete	country	Points official value.	Points 85 value.
1	Ramona Neubert	GDR	6714 CR	6770
2	Sabine Paetz	GDR	6662	6713
3	Anke father	GDR	6532	6525
4th	Sabine Everts	FRG	6398	6388
5	Valentina Dimitrova	BUL	6362	6344
6th	Ekaterina Smirnova	URS	6321	6277
7th	Glynis Nunn	OUT	6195	6131
8th	Tineke Hidding	NED	6155	6104

Date: 8./9. August

Evaluation was based on the points table from 1971. For orientation and classification of the performance, the points achieved in 1985 according to the current evaluation system are also listed. After that, ranks thirteen and fourteen should have been swapped. However, these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis. At the subsequent world championships, the current valuation was used.

Web links

Commons : 1983 World Championships in Athletics  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• 1st IAAF World Championships in Athletics at iaaf.org, accessed April 14, 2020
• Athletics I World Championship Helsinki, Finland 1983 index on todor66.com, accessed April 14, 2020
• Results of all World Athletics Championships Helsinki 1983 on sportschau.de, accessed on April 14, 2020
• Athletics. World Champion - Medal Winner on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 14, 2020
• World Athletics Championships 1983 in Helsinki, Finland ifosta.de, accessed on April 14, 2020