World Athletics Championships 1983/5000 m men

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	5000 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	36 athletes from 28 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 10th (preliminary) August 12th (semi-finals) August 14th (final)
Medalist Eamonn Coghlan ( IRL )   Werner Schildhauer ( GDR )   Martti Vainio ( FIN )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's 5000 meter run at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 10, 12 and 14, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .

36 athletes from 28 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Eamonn Coghlan after 13: 28.53 minutes, silver went to the EC runners-up in 1982 over 5000 and 10,000 meters. Werner Schildhauer with 13: 30.20 minutes, who had also won silver here five days earlier over 10,000 meters. Martti Vainio secured the bronze medal with 13: 30.34 minutes. Vainio was in the 10,000 meters in 1978 European champion and 1982 European Championship become -Dritter.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	David Moorcroft	13:00, 41 min	Bislett Games , Oslo , Norway	July 7, 1982
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: 28.53 min ( Eamonn Coghlan , Ireland in the final on August 9, 1983).

Prelims

August 10, 1983

From the three preliminary heats, the first eight of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the six fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Markus Ryffel	Switzerland	13: 43.36 CR
2	Wodajo Bulti	Ethiopia	13: 43.53
3	Eamonn Martin	United Kingdom	13: 43.57
4th	Thomas Wessinghage	BR Germany	13: 43.66
5	Anatoliy Krokhmalyuk	Soviet Union	13: 43.78
6th	Salvatore Antibo	Italy	13: 44.05
7th	Charles Cheruiyot	Kenya	13: 44.43
8th	Doug Padilla	United States	13: 44.71
9	Philippos Philippou	Greece	13: 45.24
10	Abderrazak Bounour	Algeria	13: 57.93
11	Justin Gloden	Luxembourg	14: 26.02
12	Mohamed Bakheet	Palestine	14: 52.26
13	Ramón López	Paraguay	15: 10.29

Run 2

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paul Kipkoech	Kenya	14: 18.73
2	Féthi Baccouche	Tunisia	14: 23.79
3	Julian Goater	United Kingdom	14: 23.93
4th	António Leitão	Portugal	14: 28.63
5	Dmitri Dmitriev	Soviet Union	14: 37.75
6th	Ronald Lanzoni	Costa Rica	14: 49.20
7th	Werner Schildhauer	German Democratic Republic	14: 49.22
8th	Jim Hill	United States	14: 58.21
9	Antoine Nivyobizi	Burundi	15: 14.60
10	José Jaime Hernández	El Salvador	15: 29.86
11	Alden Morris	Turks and Caicos Islands	18: 06.35
	Christoph Herle	BR Germany	DNS
	Mohamed Kedir	Ethiopia

Run 3

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Valery Abramov	Soviet Union	14: 12.61
2	Seyoum Nigatu	Ethiopia	14: 13.22
3	Dietmar Millonig	Austria	14: 13.65
4th	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	14: 13.80
5	David Clarke	United Kingdom	14: 13.97
6th	Jorge García	Spain	14: 14.57
7th	Paul Williams	Canada	14: 15.10
8th	Jim Spivey	United States	14: 15.70
9	Ricardo Vera	Uruguay	14: 17.26
10	Kenji ide	Japan	14: 18.34
11	Martti Vainio	Finland	14: 18.74
12	Masini Situ-Kubanza	Zaire	15: 02.26
	Hansjörg Kunze	German Democratic Republic	DNS

Semifinals

August 12, 1983

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

Run 1

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Markus Ryffel	Switzerland	13: 32.34 CR
2	Thomas Wessinghage	BR Germany	13: 32.37
3	Werner Schildhauer	German Democratic Republic	13: 32.49
4th	Dietmar Millonig	Austria	13: 32.86
5	Doug Padilla	United States	13: 32.90
6th	Paul Kipkoech	Kenya	13: 33.33
7th	Julian Goater	United Kingdom	13: 36.21
8th	Anatoliy Krokhmalyuk	Soviet Union	13: 37.24
9	Philippos Philippou	Greece	13: 40.81
10	Paul Williams	Canada	13: 50.30
11	David Clarke	United Kingdom	13: 58.37
12	Seyoum Nigatu	Ethiopia	14: 02.23
13	Kenji ide	Japan	14: 04.94
14th	Justin Gloden	Luxembourg	14: 04.94
15th	Ronald Lanzoni	Costa Rica	14: 47.30

Run 2

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Dmitri Dmitriev	Soviet Union	13: 31.40 CR
2	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	13: 31.66
3	António Leitão	Portugal	13: 32.33
4th	Wodajo Bulti	Ethiopia	13: 33.03
5	Salvatore Antibo	Italy	13: 33.12
6th	Valery Abramov	Soviet Union	13: 33.37
7th	Martti Vainio	Finland	13: 34.18
8th	Jim Hill	United States	13: 38.56
9	Jim Spivey	United States	13: 43.17
10	Jorge García	Spain	13: 46.36
11	Eamonn Martin	United Kingdom	13: 48.60
12	Charles Cheruiyot	Kenya	13: 52.61
13	Abderrazak Bounour	Algeria	14: 00.78
14th	Féthi Baccouche	Tunisia	14: 19.64
15th	Ricardo Vera	Uruguay	14: 20.20

final

World Champion Eamonn Coghlan (here in 2008)

August 14, 1983

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	13: 28.53 CR
	Werner Schildhauer	German Democratic Republic	13: 30.20
	Martti Vainio	Finland	13: 30.34
4th	Dmitri Dmitriev	Soviet Union	13: 30.38
5	Doug Padilla	United States	13: 32.08
6th	Thomas Wessinghage	BR Germany	13: 32.46
7th	Wodajo Bulti	Ethiopia	13: 34.03
8th	Dietmar Millonig	Austria	13: 36.08
9	Paul Kipkoech	Kenya	13: 37.44
10	António Leitão	Portugal	13: 38.55
11	Valery Abramov	Soviet Union	13: 39.80
12	Markus Ryffel	Switzerland	13: 39.98
13	Salvatore Antibo	Italy	13: 40.76
14th	Julian Goater	United Kingdom	13: 48.13
15th	Anatoliy Krokhmalyuk	Soviet Union	14: 00.27

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  Werner Schildhauer (in 1983) won the silver medal as at the European championships the year before

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  The reigning European champion Thomas Wessinghage came in sixth

Video

• Eamonn Coghlan - World Athletics Championship 5000m Gold, Helsinki 1983 on youtube.com, accessed March 28, 2020

Web links and sources

• Results on the IAAF website , accessed on March 28, 2020
• Results on todor66.com, accessed March 28, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 124, English), accessed on March 28, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 5,000 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 27, 2020