World Athletics Championships 1983/100 m for women

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	47 athletes from 34 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 7th (preliminary) August 7th (quarter-finals) August 8th (semi-finals) August 8th (final)
Medalists Marlies Göhr ( GDR )   Marita Koch ( GDR )   Diane Williams ( USA )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The women's 100-meter run at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 7th and 8th, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .

47 female sprinters from 34 countries took part in the competition. The athletes from the GDR won two medals, gold and silver. The Olympic silver medalist from 1980 and two-time European champion ( 1978 / 1982 ) Marlies Goehr won the gold medal with 10.97 s. Also over 200 meters and with the 4 x 100 meter relay in her country, she was previously multiple medal winner at the Olympic Games and European Championships and was also world champion with her sprint relay here. Silver went with 11.02 s to the double Olympic champion ( 1976 /1980) and double European champion (1978/1982) over 400 meters Marita Koch , also with the 4 x 400-meter relay of the GDR 1980 Olympic silver medalist and two-time European champion (1978 / 1982) and was world champion here over 200 meters and with her 4 x 100 meter relay a few days later. American Diane Williams won the bronze medal with 11.06 seconds.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Evelyn Ashford	10.79 s	Colorado Springs , United States	3rd July 1983
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 10.97 seconds ( Marlies Göhr , GDR , in the final on August 8, 1983).

Prelims

August 7, 1983

From the seven preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the eleven fastest - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.

Run 1

Wind: +1.1 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Olga Antonova	Soviet Union	11.26 CR
2	Marlies Goehr	German Democratic Republic	11.34
3	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	Brazil	11.57
4th	Leleith Hodges	Jamaica	11.58
5	Radislava Šoborová	Czechoslovakia	11.80
6th	Mary Mensah	Ghana	12.26
7th	Rose Phillips-King	British Virgin Islands	12.87

Run 2

Wind: +0.9 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marita Koch	German Democratic Republic	11.24 CR
2	Angela Bailey	Canada	11.31
3	Rose-Aimée Bacoul	France	11.38
4th	Dorthe A. Rasmussen	Denmark	11.42
5	Monika Hirsch	BR Germany	11.73
6th	Felicite Bada	Benin	13.15
	Ruth Enang Mesode	Cameroon	DNS

Run 3

Wind: +1.2 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Diane Williams	United States	11.23 CR
2	Helina Marjamaa	Finland	11.47
3	Beverley Callender	United Kingdom	11.65
4th	Rufina Ubah	Nigeria	11.67
5	Esther Hope	Trinidad and Tobago	12.19
6th	June Caddle	Barbados	12.56
7th	Judith Nimpaye	Burundi	14.65

Run 4

Wind: +0.9 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	11.15 CR
2	Marina Romanova	Soviet Union	11.54
3	Pauline Davis-Thompson	Bahamas	11.56
4th	Els Vader	Netherlands	11.58
5	Lena Möller	Sweden	11.62
6th	Amie Ndow	Gambia	12.63
	Semra Aksu	Turkey	DNS

Run 5

Wind: +1.6 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	11.30
2	Anelija Nunewa	Bulgaria	11.43
3	Heather Oakes	United Kingdom	11.60
4th	Marie-France Loval	France	11.71
5	Walapa Tangjit Nusorn	Thailand	12.26
6th	Mo Myong-hee	South Korea	12.26
7th	Marisol Garcia	Nicaragua	12.99

Run 6

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Angella Taylor	Canada	11.45
2	Shirley Thomas	United Kingdom	11.54
3	Nadezhda Georgieva	Bulgaria	11.58
4th	Ruperta Charles	Antigua and Barbuda	12.18
5	Evelyne Farrell	Netherlands Antilles	12.19
6th	Carmela Bolivar	Peru	12.31
7th	Pushpa Bhatta	Nepal	13.89

Run 7

Wind: +2.1 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Alice Brown	United States	11.26
2	Silke Gladisch	German Democratic Republic	11.28
3	Laurence Bily	France	11.53
4th	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	11.58
5	Lydia De Vega-Mercado	Philippines	11.74
6th	Shen Shu-foog	Chinese Taipei	11.85
7th	Koumba edge	Guinea	13.37

Quarter finals

August 7, 1983

From the four quarter-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

Els Vader missed the next lap by one place

Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Anelija Nunewa	Bulgaria	11.20
2	Angella Taylor	Canada	11.24
3	Alice Brown	United States	11.30
4th	Olga Antonova	Soviet Union	11.32
5	Els Vader	Netherlands	11.56
6th	Leleith Hodges	Jamaica	11.63
7th	Marie-France Loval	France	11.79
8th	Monika Hirsch	BR Germany	11.91

Run 2

Wind: -0.6 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marita Koch	German Democratic Republic	11.25
2	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	11.33
3	Helina Marjamaa	Finland	11.34
4th	Nadezhda Georgieva	Bulgaria	11.43
5	Beverley Callender	United Kingdom	11.48
6th	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	Brazil	11.64
7th	Dorthe A. Rasmussen	Denmark	11.67
8th	Lydia De Vega-Mercado	Philippines	11.90

Run 3

Wind: -0.2 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Diane Williams	United States	11.25
2	Silke Gladisch	German Democratic Republic	11.36
3	Rose-Aimée Bacoul	France	11.42
4th	Shirley Thomas	United Kingdom	11.48
5	Rufina Ubah	Nigeria	11.60
6th	Pauline Davis-Thompson	Bahamas	11.62
7th	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	11.67
8th	Radislava Šoborová	Czechoslovakia	11.90

Run 4

Wind: -0.2 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	11.11 CR
2	Marlies Goehr	German Democratic Republic	11.16
3	Angela Bailey	Canada	11.36
4th	Heather Oakes	United Kingdom	11.57
5	Marina Romanova	Soviet Union	11.61
6th	Lena Möller	Sweden	11.75
7th	Laurence Bily	France	11.76
8th	Shen Shu-foog	Chinese Taipei	12.17

Semifinals

August 8, 1983

From the two semi-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

Silke Gladisch, who later became Silke Möller, was eliminated from the semifinals as fifth in her race

Wind: -0.5 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marlies Goehr	German Democratic Republic	11.05 CR
2	Angela Bailey	Canada	11.18
3	Diane Williams	United States	11.21
4th	Helina Marjamaa	Finland	11.29
5	Silke Gladisch	German Democratic Republic	11.30
6th	Anelija Nunewa	Bulgaria	11.31
7th	Alice Brown	United States	11.33
8th	Shirley Thomas	United Kingdom	11.53

Run 2

Wind: -0.6 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	10.99 CR
2	Marita Koch	German Democratic Republic	11.08
3	Angella Taylor	Canada	11.22
4th	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	11.26
5	Olga Antonova	Soviet Union	11.30
6th	Nadezhda Georgieva	Bulgaria	11.36
7th	Heather Oakes	United Kingdom	11.50
8th	Rose-Aimée Bacoul	France	11.59

final

World champion Marlies Goehr, Olympic silver medalist from 1980 and two-time European champion ( 1978 / 1982 ) - also world champion with her sprint relay

August 8, 1983
wind: –0.5 m / s

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
	Marlies Goehr	German Democratic Republic	10.97 CR
	Marita Koch	German Democratic Republic	11.02
	Diane Williams	United States	11.06
4th	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	11.19
5	Angela Bailey	Canada	11.20
6th	Helina Marjamaa	Finland	11.24
7th	Angella Taylor	Canada	11.30
	Evelyn Ashford	United States	DNF

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  Vice World Champion Marita Koch, double Olympic champion ( 1976 / 1980 ) and double European champion (1978/1982) over 400 meters - here with their 4-by-100-meter relay also world champion

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  Fourth place for Merlene Ottey, over 200 meters in 1980 Olympic third and here in second place

Video

• Women's 100m - Helsinki 1983 - 50 fps , published August 20, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed April 11, 2020

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the 1983 World Championship on the IAAF website , accessed on April 11, 2020
• Women 100m Athletics I World Championship 1983 Helsinki, Finland on todor66.com, accessed April 11, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, p. 247 (PDF 10.3 MB, English), accessed on April 11, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 11, 2020