World Athletics Championships 1983 / men's pole vault
World Athletics Championships 1983 | |||||||||
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discipline | Pole vault | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 27 athletes from 16 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 12th (qualification) August 14th (final) |
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The men's pole vault at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 12-14, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .
27 athletes from 16 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Serhiy Bubka from the Soviet Union with 5.70 m, silver with 5.60 m went to Bubka's compatriot Konstantin Wolkow , who had won Olympic silver in 1980. The bronze medal the Bulgarian Championship -Third of 1982 Atanas Tarev with 5.60 m.
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
World record |
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5.81 m | Tbilisi , Soviet Union | June 26, 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 5.70 m ( Serhij Bubka , Soviet Union in the final on August 14, 1983).
qualification
August 12, 1983
Due to bad weather the qualification was not finished. All 27 athletes were allowed to compete in a mammoth final two days later.
Group A
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
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1 | Konstantin Volkov |
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5.40+ CR |
2 | Atanas Tarew |
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5.30+ |
Pierre Quinon |
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5.30+ | |
Patrick Abada |
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5.30+ | |
5 | Jürgen Winkler |
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5.20+ |
František Jansa |
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5.20+ | |
Tom Hintnaus |
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5.20+ | |
Tadeusz Ślusarski |
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5.20+ | |
Vladimir Polyakov |
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5.20+ | |
10 | Veijo Vannesluoma |
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5.20+ |
Billy Olsen |
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yte | |
George Barber |
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NM | |
Tapani Haapakoski |
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NM |
Group B
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
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1 | Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz |
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5.30+ |
2 | Serhiy Bubka |
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5.20+ |
Miro Zalar |
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5.20+ | |
Mike Tully |
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5.20+ | |
Timo Kuusisto |
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5.20+ | |
Liang Weiqiang |
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5.20+ | |
Alberto Ruiz |
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yte | |
Jeff Buckingham |
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yte | |
Thierry Vigneron |
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yte | |
Felix Bohni |
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yte | |
Tomomi Takahashi |
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NM | |
Hermann Fehringer |
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NM | |
Ivo Yanchev |
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NM | |
Günther Lohre |
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NM |
Legend
Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols:
+ | still in competition | Reference: qualification |
yte | Competition not yet started (yet to enter) | |
- | Omitted height | Reference: Finale |
x | Failed attempt | |
O | Skipped height |
final
August 14, 1983
Due to the bad weather conditions, the qualifying competitions had to be canceled. So it came to a unique pole vault final with 27 participants.
The 1980 Olympic champion and former world record holder Władysław Kozakiewicz (on the photo in 1980) finished in tied eighth place
Videos
- The first world Championships in athletics. Finland. Helsinki 1983. Pole vaulting. Men.Bubka S on youtube.com, accessed April 3, 2020
- The first world Championships in athletics. Finland. Helsinki 1983. Pole vaulting. Men.Zalar M. SWE on youtube.com, accessed April 3, 2020
- HELSINKI 1983 - POLE VAULT BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS on youtube.com, accessed April 3, 2020
Web links and sources
- Results on the IAAF website , accessed on April 3, 2020
- Results on todor66.com, accessed April 3, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 164, English), accessed on April 3, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. Pole vault men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 3, 2020