World Athletics Championships 1983/110 m hurdles for men
World Athletics Championships 1983 | |||||||||
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discipline | 110 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 28 athletes from 24 countries | ||||||||
venue | Helsinki | ||||||||
Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 11th (preliminary) August 12th (semifinals / finals) |
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The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 11 and 12, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .
28 athletes from 24 countries took part in the competition. The hurdlers from the United States secured two medals, gold and bronze. Won the gold medal Greg Foster to 13.42 s, Silver went to twice the EM -third ( 1978 / 1982 ) Arto Bryggare from Finland with 13.46 s. Willie Gault secured the bronze medal with 13.48 s.
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
World record | Renaldo Nehemiah | 12.93 s | World class Zurich , Switzerland | 19th August 1981 |
World championship record | There were still no World Cup records, the event was held for the first time. |
The World Cup record was gradually increased to 13.22 seconds ( Greg Foster , United States in the semifinals on August 12, 1983).
Prelims
August 11, 1983
From the four preliminary races, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Run 1
Wind: +1.1 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Mark McKoy | Canada | 13.53 CR |
2 | Thomas Munkelt | German Democratic Republic | 13.61 |
3 | Wenzislaw Radew | Bulgaria | 13.78 |
4th | Mark Holtom | United Kingdom | 13.85 |
5 | Béla Bodó | Hungary | 13.91 |
6th | Modesto Castillo | Dominican Republic | 13.93 |
7th | Tim Soper | New Zealand | 14.28 |
Run 2
Wind: +1.9 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Arto Bryggare | Finland | 13.44 CR |
2 | Willie Gault | United States | 13.66 |
3 | Alejandro Casañas | Cuba | 13.70 |
4th | Liviu Giurgian | Romania | 13.98 |
5 | Stéphane Caristan | France | 14.10 |
6th | Július Ivan | Czechoslovakia | 14.28 |
7th | Gary Bullard | Bahamas | 14.31 |
Run 3
Wind: +1.9 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Greg Foster | United States | 13.41 CR |
2 | György Bakos | Hungary | 13.61 |
3 | Javier Moracho | Spain | 13.62 |
4th | Andreas Oschkenat | German Democratic Republic | 13.80 |
5 | Ion Oltean | Romania | 13.97 |
6th | Yu Zhicheng | People's Republic of China | 14.43 |
7th | San Chai Kim | Kampuchea | 16.26 |
Run 4
Wind: +2.1 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Sam Turner | United States | 13.62 |
2 | Don Wright | Australia | 13.70 |
3 | Andrei Prokofiev | Soviet Union | 13.90 |
4th | Daniele Fontecchio | Italy | 14.05 |
5 | Wu Ching-jing | Chinese Taipei | 14.24 |
6th | Axel Schaumann | BR Germany | 14.40 |
7th | Daniel Ololo | Gabon | 14.93 |
Semifinals
August 12, 1983
From the two semi-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
Wind: +0.9 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Greg Foster | United States | 13.22 CR |
2 | Willie Gault | United States | 13.48 |
3 | Thomas Munkelt | German Democratic Republic | 13.62 |
4th | György Bakos | Hungary | 13.66 |
5 | Andrei Prokofiev | Soviet Union | 13.76 |
6th | Mark Holtom | United Kingdom | 13.79 |
7th | Modesto Castillo | Dominican Republic | 14.23 |
Alejandro Casañas | Cuba | DNS |
Run 2
Wind: −0.7 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Arto Bryggare | Finland | 13.50 |
2 | Sam Turner | United States | 13.65 |
3 | Mark McKoy | Canada | 13.73 |
4th | Wenzislaw Radew | Bulgaria | 13.82 |
5 | Javier Moracho | Spain | 13.92 |
6th | Andreas Oschkenat | German Democratic Republic | 13.93 |
7th | Don Wright | Australia | 14.28 |
Béla Bodó | Hungary | DNS |
final
August 12, 1983
Wind: +1.3 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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Greg Foster | United States | 13.42 | |
Arto Bryggare | Finland | 13.46 | |
Willie Gault | United States | 13.48 | |
4th | Mark McKoy | Canada | 13.56 |
5 | Thomas Munkelt | German Democratic Republic | 13.66 |
6th | György Bakos | Hungary | 13.68 |
7th | Wenzislaw Radew | Bulgaria | 13.73 |
8th | Sam Turner | United States | 13.82 |
Video
- Uncut - 110m Hurdles Men Final Helsinki 1983 on youtube.com, accessed March 30, 2020
Web links and sources
- Results on the IAAF website , accessed March 30, 2020
- Results on todor66.com, accessed March 30, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, S 147, English), accessed on March 27, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 110 m hurdles men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 30, 2020