World Athletics Championships 1983 / 10,000 m men
World Athletics Championships 1983 | |||||||||
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discipline | 10,000 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 34 athletes from 25 countries | ||||||||
venue | Helsinki | ||||||||
Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 7th (preliminary) August 9th (final) |
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The men's 10,000 meter run at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 7 and 9, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .
34 athletes from 25 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by the reigning European champion Alberto Cova in 28: 01.04 min, silver went to the two-time vice European champion from 1982 ( 5000 / 10,000 meters) Werner Schildhauer with 28: 01.18 min. Hansjörg Kunze won the bronze medal with a time of 28: 01.26 minutes.
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
World record | Henry Rono | 27: 22.4 min | Vienna , Austria | June 11, 1978 |
World championship record | There were still no World Cup records, the event was held for the first time. |
The Portuguese Fernando Mamede , in fourteenth place in the final, set the now valid World Cup record of 27: 45.54 minutes in the first run on August 7th .
Prelims
August 7, 1983
From the two preliminary runs, the first nine of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 27: 45.54 CR |
2 | Alberto Cova | Italy | 27: 46.61 |
3 | Gidamis Shahanga | Tanzania | 27: 46.93 |
4th | Werner Schildhauer | German Democratic Republic | 27: 47.03 |
5 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 27: 47.34 |
6th | Steve Jones | United Kingdom | 27: 47.57 |
7th | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 27: 49.30 |
8th | Mark Nenow | United States | 27: 52.41 |
9 | Henrik Jørgensen | Denmark | 28: 06.74 |
10 | Rodolfo Gomez | Mexico | 28: 25.38 |
11 | John Treacy | Ireland | 28: 35.58 |
12 | Roy Andersen | Norway | 29: 03.45 |
13 | Boualem Rahoui | Algeria | 29: 10.95 |
14th | Domingo Tibaduiza | Colombia | 29: 23.86 |
15th | Antoine Nivyobizi | Burundi | 30: 45.10 |
16 | Romon Lopez | Paraguay | 31: 27.10 |
Markus Ryffel | Switzerland | DNF | |
Mehmet Yurdadön | Turkey | DNS |
Run 2
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Hansjörg Kunze | German Democratic Republic | 28: 04.69 |
2 | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | 28: 05.62 |
3 | Nick Rose | United Kingdom | 28: 06.05 |
4th | Christoph Herle | BR Germany | 28: 06.71 |
5 | Mohamed Kedir | Ethiopia | 28: 07.16 |
6th | Martti Vainio | Finland | 28: 07.47 |
7th | José Gomez | Mexico | 28: 07.57 |
8th | Bill McChesney | United States | 28: 08.13 |
9 | Alberto Salazar | United States | 28: 10.10 |
10 | Steve Binns | United Kingdom | 28: 12.79 |
11 | Peter Butler | Canada | 28: 13.16 |
12 | Zakariah Barie | Tanzania | 28: 22.06 |
13 | Ahmed Musa Jouda | Sudan | 28: 38.03 |
14th | Kunimitsu Itō | Japan | 29: 49.04 |
15th | Ronald Lanzoni | Costa Rica | 30: 18.60 |
16 | Said Toumane | Comoros | 34: 24.62 |
Stanislav Rozman | Yugoslavia | DNF | |
Berhanu Girma | Ethiopia | DNS |
final
August 9, 1983
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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Alberto Cova | Italy | 28: 01.04 | |
Werner Schildhauer | German Democratic Republic | 28: 01.18 | |
Hansjörg Kunze | German Democratic Republic | 28: 01.26 | |
4th | Martti Vainio | Finland | 28: 01.37 |
5 | Gidamis Shahanga | Tanzania | 28: 01.93 |
6th | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | 28: 06.78 |
7th | Nick Rose | United Kingdom | 28: 07.53 |
8th | Christoph Herle | BR Germany | 28: 09.05 |
9 | Mohamed Kedir | Ethiopia | 28: 09.92 |
10 | Bekele Debele | Ethiopia | 28: 11.13 |
11 | Antonio Prieto | Spain | 28: 11.57 |
12 | Steve Jones | United Kingdom | 28: 15.03 |
13 | Mark Nenow | United States | 28: 17.28 |
14th | Fernando Mamede | Portugal | 28: 18.39 |
15th | Bill McChesney | United States | 28: 34.46 |
16 | José Gomez | Mexico | 28: 42.61 |
17th | Alberto Salazar | United States | 28: 48.42 |
Henrik Jørgensen | Denmark | DNS |
Werner Schildhauer, two-time vice European champion in 1982 , won silver
Carlos Lopes, second in the 1976 Olympics , finished sixth
Videos
- World Athletics Championships 10,000m Final, Helsinki 1983 on youtube.com, accessed March 28, 2020
- World Athletics Championship 10,000m Heats 1 & 2, Helsinki 1983 on youtube.com, accessed March 28, 2020
Web links and sources
- Home to the World Cup in 1983 on the website of the IAAF (Engl.)
- Video: World Athletics Championships 10,000m Final, Helsinki 1983 , published on youtube.com in 2012, accessed September 14, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 10,000 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 28, 2020