World Athletics Championships 1983/3000 m obstacle men

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course
gender	Men
Attendees	35 athletes from 21 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 9th (preliminary) August 10th (semi-finals) August 12th (final)
Medalist Patriz Ilg ( FRG )   Bogusław Mamiński ( POL )   Colin Reitz ( GBR )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's 3,000-meter obstacle course at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 9, 10 and 12, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .

35 athletes from 21 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by the reigning European and vice European champion from 1978 Patriz Ilg from the Federal Republic of Germany after 8: 15.06 min, silver went to the Polish vice European champion from 1982 Bogusław Mamiński with 8: 17.03 min. The bronze medal went to the Briton Colin Reitz with 8: 17.75 minutes.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Henry Rono	8: 05.4 min	Seattle , United States	May 13, 1978
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 8: 15.06 min ( Patriz Ilg , Federal Republic of Germany in the final on August 12, 1983).

Prelims

August 9, 1983

From the three preliminary heats, the first six of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the six fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Julius Korir	Kenya	8: 26.63 CR
2	Domingo Ramón	Spain	8: 27.19
3	Henry Marsh	United States	8: 27.46
4th	Rainer Schwarz	BR Germany	8: 27.71
5	Graeme fur	United Kingdom	8: 27.71
6th	Gabor Marko	Hungary	8: 27.72
7th	Mariano Scartezzini	Italy	8: 27.27
8th	Joseph Mahmoud	France	8: 29.34
9	Shigeyuki Aikyo	Japan	8: 31.27
10	Peter Daenens	Belgium	8: 39.66
11	Ilkka Äyräväinen	Finland	8: 46.23
12	Flemming Jensen	Denmark	8: 56.57

Run 2

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Krzysztof Wesołowski	Poland	8: 27.08
2	Panayot Kashanov	Bulgaria	8: 29.15
3	Kiprotich Rono	Kenya	8: 29.25
4th	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	8: 30.74
5	Roger Hackney	United Kingdom	8: 30.90
6th	William Van Dijck	Belgium	8: 32.33
7th	Rickey Pittman	United States	8: 32.62
8th	Brendan Quinn	Ireland	8: 34.02
9	Hamid Homada	Morocco	8: 34.59
10	Juan Torres	Spain	8: 41.87
11	Mark Adam	Canada	9: 15.18
12	Hana Girma	Ethiopia	9: 31.81

Run 3

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Colin Reitz	United Kingdom	8: 22.78 CR
2	Bogusław Mamiński	Poland	8: 22.79
3	Patriz Ilg	BR Germany	8: 22.97
4th	Richard Tuwei	Kenya	8: 23.88
5	Hagen Melzer	German Democratic Republic	8: 24.23
6th	Brian Diemer	United States	8: 24.92
7th	Peter Renner	New Zealand	8: 25.66
8th	Francisco Sánchez	Spain	8: 25.92
9	Pascal Debacker	France	8: 30.79
10	Carmelo Rios	Puerto Rico	8: 47.19
11	Eshetu Tura	Ethiopia	8: 53.86

Semifinals

August 10, 1983

From the two semi-finals, the first five of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Colin Reitz	United Kingdom	8: 22.91
2	Hagen Melzer	German Democratic Republic	8: 23.10
3	Henry Marsh	United States	8.23.18
4th	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	8: 23.28
5	Mariano Scartezzini	Italy	8: 23.30
6th	Francisco Sánchez	Spain	8: 23.92
7th	Panayot Kashanov	Bulgaria	8: 31.95
8th	Richard Tuwei	Kenya	8: 33.29
9	Pascal Debacker	France	8: 36.16
10	William Van Dijck	Belgium	8: 39.01
	Rainer Schwarz	BR Germany	DNF
	Krzysztof Wesołowski	Poland	DNS

Run 2

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bogusław Mamiński	Poland	8: 20.81 CR
2	Patriz Ilg	BR Germany	8: 20.83
3	Julius Korir	Kenya	8: 21.07
4th	Joseph Mahmoud	France	8: 21.29
5	Domingo Ramón	Spain	8: 21.61
6th	Roger Hackney	United Kingdom	8: 22.44
7th	Graeme fur	United Kingdom	8: 23.22
8th	Brian Diemer	United States	8: 23.39
9	Peter Renner	New Zealand	8: 25.72
10	Gabor Marko	Hungary	8: 32.42
11	Shigeyuki Aikyo	Japan	8: 33.29
12	Kiprotich Rono	Kenya	8: 33.97

final

Vice world champion Bogusław Mamiński

August 12, 1983

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	Patriz Ilg	BR Germany	8: 15.06 CR
	Bogusław Mamiński	Poland	8: 17.03
	Colin Reitz	United Kingdom	8: 17.75
4th	Joseph Mahmoud	France	8: 18.32
5	Roger Hackney	United Kingdom	8: 19.38
6th	Graeme fur	United Kingdom	8: 20.01
7th	Julius Korir	Kenya	8: 20.11
8th	Henry Marsh	United States	8: 20.45
9	Mariano Scartezzini	Italy	8: 21.17
10	Domingo Ramón	Spain	8: 21.32
11	Hagen Melzer	German Democratic Republic	8: 21.33
12	Tommy Ekblom	Finland	8: 21.50

Video

• 3000m Steeplechase Final - World Athletic Champs, Helsinki 1983 on youtube.com, accessed March 31, 2020

Web links and sources

• Results on the IAAF website , accessed on March 31, 2020
• Results on todor66.com, accessed March 31, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 3000m Steeplechase, Rome 1987 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 141f), English, accessed on March 31, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 3,000 m obstacle men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 31, 2020