World Athletics Championships 1983/100 m men

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	65 athletes from 48 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 7th (preliminary / quarter finals) August 8th (semifinals / final)
Medalist Carl Lewis ( USA )   Calvin Smith ( USA )   Emmit King ( USA )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's 100-meter race at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 7th and 8th, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .

65 athletes from 48 countries took part in the world championships. The Americans recorded a triple success in this competition. Carl Lewis became world champion , two days later also gold medalist in the long jump and on the final day as a member of the US 4 x 100 meter relay . He won ahead of Calvin Smith , who won the 200 meter race a week later and also won a second gold medal on the final day as a member of the US 4 x 100 meter relay. Bronze went to Emmit King , who, like Carl Lewis and Calvin Smith, won the sprint relay on the final day.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Calvin Smith	9.93 s	Colorado Springs , United States	3rd July 1983
World championship record	There were still no World Cup records, the event was held for the first time

The wind conditions were not favorable in numerous races, and all too often the sprinters had to struggle with headwinds. The world championship record was gradually increased to 10.07 seconds ( Carl Lewis , USA in the final on August 8, 1983).

Prelims

August 7, 1983

From the nine preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the five fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.

Run 1

Wind: -1.0 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Luke Watson	Great Britain	10.64 CR
2	Valentin Atanasov	Bulgaria	10.66
3	Lester Benjamin	Antigua and Barbuda	10.76
4th	Mohamed Yudi Purnomo	Indonesia	10.76
5	Thurston Ross	Trinidad and Tobago	11.08
6th	Peni Bati	Fiji	11.11
	Sukru Caprazli	Turkey	DNS

Run 2

Wind: +1.8 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Juan Núñez	Dominican Republic	10.38 CR
2	Innocent Egbunike	Nigeria	10.44
3	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.45
4th	Everard Samuels	Jamaica	10.57
5	Oumar Faye	Gambia	10.76
6th	Chian-Shin Hwang	Chinese Taipei	10.82
7th	John Albertie	St. Lucia	10.90
8th	Joske Teabuge	Nauru	12.20

Run 3

Wind: +1.2 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	10.34 CR
2	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	10.44
3	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	10.47
4th	Earl Haley	Guyana	10.77
5	Earle Laing	Jamaica	10.91
6th	Pit Rapuan	Malaysia	11.03
7th	Vicente Daniel Ibrahim	Mozambique	11.20

Run 4

Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Desai Williams	Canada	10.31 CR
2	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.38
3	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	10.40
4th	Jouko Hassi	Finland	10.58
5	Gregory Simons	Bermuda	10.78
6th	Moussa Savadogo	Mali	10.88
7th	Alan Zammit	Malta	11.25
8th	José Flores	Honduras	11.31

Run 5

Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Calvin Smith	United States	10.30 CR
2	Ferenc Kiss	Hungary	10.45
3	Marian Voronin	Poland	10.50
4th	Robson da Silva	Brazil	10.51
5	Joseph Leota	Western Samoa	10.92
6th	Georges Taniel	Vanuatu	11.02
7th	Nguyen Truong Hoa	Vietnam	11.16

Run 6

Wind: −0.5 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	Italy	10.33
2	Emmit King	United States	10.41
3	Thomas Schröder	GDR	10.41
4th	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.57
5	Kosmas Stratos	Greece	10.65
6th	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe	10.84
7th	Rubén Inácio	Angola	10.92

Run 7

Wind: +1.8 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Allan Wells	Great Britain	10.37
2	Christian Haas	BR Germany	10.39
3	Chidi Imoh	Nigeria	10.55
4th	Nikolai Sidorov	Soviet Union	10.59
5	Wilfredo Almonte	Dominican Republic	10.72
6th	Giorgio Mautiño Batuello	Peru	10.85
7th	Banana Jarjue	Gambia	11.04
8th	Trevor Davis	Anguilla	11.53

Run 8

Wind: +2.3 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Raymond Stewart	Jamaica	10.22 CR
2	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.33
3	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.35
4th	István Tatár	Hungary	10.45
5	Harouna Palé	Upper Volta	10.58
6th	Neville Hodge	American Virgin Islands	10.59
7th	Adnan Abu Lawi	Jordan	11.17

Run 9

Wind: +1.3 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Leandro Peñalver	Cuba	10.24
2	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.31
3	Wiktor Bryshin	Soviet Union	10.33
4th	Antoine Richard	France	10.34
5	Search species Jaesuraparp	Thailand	10.63
6th	Jean-Yves Mallat	Lebanon	11.04
7th	Mohamad Ismail Bakaki	Afghanistan	12.33
	Lee Kuo-sheng	Chinese Taipei	DNS

Quarter finals

August 7, 1983

From the four quarter-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

Wind: +1.1 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Calvin Smith	United States	10.27
2	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.36
3	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.37
4th	Thomas Schröder	GDR	10.45
5	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.51
6th	Innocent Egbunike	Nigeria	10.52
7th	Luke Watson	Great Britain	10.57
8th	Everard Samuels	Jamaica	10.65

Run 2

As seventh of his race Marian Voronin was eliminated in the quarterfinals

Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	10.20 CR
2	Raymond Stewart	Jamaica	10.37
3	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	10.41
4th	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	10.46
5	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.57
6th	Robson da Silva	Brazil	10.66
7th	Marian Voronin	Poland	10.72
8th	Lester Benjamin	Antigua and Barbuda	10.86

Run 3

Wind: -1.1 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Desai Williams	Canada	10.31
2	Allan Wells	Great Britain	10.37
3	Juan Núñez	Dominican Republic	10.39
4th	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	10.44
5	Chidi Imoh	Nigeria	10.45
6th	Wiktor Bryshin	Soviet Union	10.55
7th	Gerrard Keating	Australia	10.59
8th	István Tatár	Hungary	10.65

Antoine Richard's sixth place in the fourth quarterfinals was not enough to advance

Run 4

Wind: −1.2 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Emmit King	United States	10.30
2	Christian Haas	BR Germany	10.36
3	Leandro Peñalver	Cuba	10.38
4th	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.40
5	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	Italy	10.44
6th	Antoine Richard	France	10.44
7th	Ferenc Kiss	Hungary	10.53
8th	Valentin Atanasov	Bulgaria	10.63

Semifinals

August 8, 1983

From the two semi-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Frank Emmelmann missed the final by one place

Run 1

Wind: −0.8 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Calvin Smith	United States	10.22
2	Allan Wells	Great Britain	10.35
3	Juan Núñez	Dominican Republic	10.36
4th	Emmit King	United States	10.36
5	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	10.40
6th	Ben Johnson	Canada	10.44
7th	Tony Sharpe	Canada	10.44
8th	Leandro Peñalver	Cuba	10.47

As eighth of his race, Thomas Schröder only failed in the semi-finals

Run 2

Wind: −1.0 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	10.28
2	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.38
3	Desai Williams	Canada	10.39
4th	Christian Haas	BR Germany	10.39
5	Raymond Stewart	Jamaica	10.40
6th	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	10.43
7th	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	10.46
8th	Thomas Schröder	GDR	10.52

final

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  Start of the 100 m race: Carl Lewis (left in red) and Christian Haas (white jersey)

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  World champion Carl Lewis won his first major title

August 8, 1983

Wind: −0.3 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
	Carl Lewis	United States	10.07 CR
	Calvin Smith	United States	10.21
	Emmit King	United States	10.24
4th	Allan Wells	Great Britain	10.27
5	Juan Núñez	Dominican Republic	10.29
6th	Christian Haas	BR Germany	10.32
7th	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.33
8th	Desai Williams	Canada	10.36

Web links and sources

• Home to the World Cup in 1983 on the website of the IAAF (Engl.)
• 1st IAAF World Championships in Athletics at iaaf.org, accessed March 17, 2020
• Men 100m at todor66.com, accessed March 17, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 87f), in English, accessed on March 17, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 100 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 17, 2020

Video

• Carl Lewis-100m Final, Helsinki, 1983 World Championships , video posted March 25, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed March 17, 2020