World Athletics Championships 1983/3000 m for women
World Athletics Championships 1983 | |||||||||
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discipline | 3000 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 31 athletes from 22 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 8th (preliminary) August 10th (final) |
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The women's 3,000-meter run at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 8-10, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .
31 athletes from 22 countries took part in the competition. The American Mary Decker won her first gold medal at these world championships with 8: 34.62 minutes. A second was to follow four days later over 1500 meters . Silver went to Brigitte Kraus from the Federal Republic of Germany , who set a German record with 8: 35.11 minutes. The bronze medal went to Tatjana Kasankina from the Soviet Union with 8: 35.13 minutes , who had already won three gold medals at the Olympic Games - 800 meters : 1976 in Montreal / 1500 meters: 1976 in Montreal and 1980 in Moscow .
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
World record |
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8: 26.78 min | Kiev , Soviet Union (now Ukraine ) | July 25, 1982 |
World championship record |
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8: 48.05 min | World Cup 1980 in Sittard , Netherlands | August 16, 1980 |
The existing World Cup record was improved three times:
- 8: 46.65 min Swetlana Ulmassowa ( Soviet Union ), 1st & nbsp.pre-run on August 8th
- 8: 44.72 min Tatjana Kasankina (Soviet Union), 2nd & nbsp preliminary run on August 8th
- 8: 34.62 min Mary Decker ( United States ), final on August 10th
Prelims
August 8, 1983
From the two preliminary runs, the first six of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the three fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Run 1
space | Athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Svetlana Ulmasowa |
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8: 46.65 CR |
2 | Agnese Possamai |
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8: 46.68 |
3 | Brigitte Kraus |
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8: 47.25 |
4th | Wendy Sly |
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8: 47.39 |
5 | Christine Benning |
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8: 49.71 |
6th | Aurora Cunha |
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8: 51.66 |
7th | Natalia Artyomova |
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8: 54.14 |
8th | Lynn Kanuka-Williams |
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8: 54.61 |
9 | Geri Fitch |
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9: 01.85 |
10 | Monica Joyce |
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9: 14.83 |
11 | Helena Hyvönen |
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9: 19.65 |
12 | Brenda Webb |
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9: 24.38 |
13 | Marcianne Mukamurenzi |
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9: 26.59 |
14th | Marit Holtklimpen |
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9: 43.40 |
15th | Khadija al Matari |
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10: 49.62 |
Betty Van Steenbroeck |
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DNF |
Run 2
space | Athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Tatiana Kasankina |
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8: 44.72 CR |
2 | Mary Decker |
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8: 44.72 |
3 | Cornelia Bürki |
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8: 46.94 |
4th | Jane Furniss |
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8: 48.59 |
5 | Alison Wiley |
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8: 51.27 |
6th | Lorraine Moller |
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8: 51.78 |
7th | Eva Ernström |
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8: 51.91 |
8th | Ivana Kubešová |
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8: 55.54 |
9 | Maggie Keyes |
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9: 01.97 |
10 | Vera Michallek |
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9: 04.51 |
11 | Marica Mršić |
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9: 05.59 |
12 | Pilar Fernández |
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9: 10.86 |
13 | Maria Radu |
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9: 30.37 |
14th | Monica Regonessi |
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9: 31.95 |
15th | Kriscia García |
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10: 06.14 |
final
August 10, 1983
space | Athlete | country | Time (min) |
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Mary Decker |
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8: 34.62 CR |
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Brigitte Kraus |
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8: 35.11 BR |
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Tatiana Kasankina |
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8: 35.13 |
4th | Svetlana Ulmasowa |
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8: 35.55 |
5 | Wendy Sly |
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8: 37.06 |
6th | Agnese Possamai |
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8: 37.96 NO |
7th | Jane Furniss |
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8: 45.69 |
8th | Natalia Artyomova |
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8: 47.98 |
9 | Aurora Cunha |
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8: 50.20 |
10 | Lynn Kanuka |
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8: 50.20 |
11 | Cornelia Bürki |
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8: 53.85 |
12 | Eva Ernström |
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8: 57.59 |
13 | Christine Benning |
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8: 58.01 |
14th | Lorraine Moller |
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9: 02.19 |
15th | Alison Wiley |
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9: 15.35 |
Video
- Mary Decker 1983 World Championship 3000m - last 5 laps on youtube.com, accessed April 12, 2020
Web links and sources
- Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 12, 2020
- Results on todor66.com, accessed April 12, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, p. 280 (PDF 10.3 MB, English), accessed on April 12, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ Track and Field Statistics, Records Progression - World Records on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed April 12, 2020