World Athletics Championships 1983/110 m hurdles for men

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	110 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	28 athletes from 24 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 11th (preliminary) August 12th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist Greg Foster ( USA )   Arto Bryggare ( FIN )   Willie Gault ( USA )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 11 and 12, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .

28 athletes from 24 countries took part in the competition. The hurdlers from the United States secured two medals, gold and bronze. Won the gold medal Greg Foster to 13.42 s, Silver went to twice the EM -third ( 1978 / 1982 ) Arto Bryggare from Finland with 13.46 s. Willie Gault secured the bronze medal with 13.48 s.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Renaldo Nehemiah	12.93 s	World class Zurich , Switzerland	19th August 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 13.22 seconds ( Greg Foster , United States in the semifinals on August 12, 1983).

Prelims

August 11, 1983

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

Run 1

Wind: +1.1 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Mark McKoy	Canada	13.53 CR
2	Thomas Munkelt	German Democratic Republic	13.61
3	Wenzislaw Radew	Bulgaria	13.78
4th	Mark Holtom	United Kingdom	13.85
5	Béla Bodó	Hungary	13.91
6th	Modesto Castillo	Dominican Republic	13.93
7th	Tim Soper	New Zealand	14.28

Run 2

Wind: +1.9 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.44 CR
2	Willie Gault	United States	13.66
3	Alejandro Casañas	Cuba	13.70
4th	Liviu Giurgian	Romania	13.98
5	Stéphane Caristan	France	14.10
6th	Július Ivan	Czechoslovakia	14.28
7th	Gary Bullard	Bahamas	14.31

Run 3

Wind: +1.9 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Greg Foster	United States	13.41 CR
2	György Bakos	Hungary	13.61
3	Javier Moracho	Spain	13.62
4th	Andreas Oschkenat	German Democratic Republic	13.80
5	Ion Oltean	Romania	13.97
6th	Yu Zhicheng	People's Republic of China	14.43
7th	San Chai Kim	Kampuchea	16.26

Run 4

Wind: +2.1 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sam Turner	United States	13.62
2	Don Wright	Australia	13.70
3	Andrei Prokofiev	Soviet Union	13.90
4th	Daniele Fontecchio	Italy	14.05
5	Wu Ching-jing	Chinese Taipei	14.24
6th	Axel Schaumann	BR Germany	14.40
7th	Daniel Ololo	Gabon	14.93

Semifinals

August 12, 1983

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

Run 1

Wind: +0.9 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Greg Foster	United States	13.22 CR
2	Willie Gault	United States	13.48
3	Thomas Munkelt	German Democratic Republic	13.62
4th	György Bakos	Hungary	13.66
5	Andrei Prokofiev	Soviet Union	13.76
6th	Mark Holtom	United Kingdom	13.79
7th	Modesto Castillo	Dominican Republic	14.23
	Alejandro Casañas	Cuba	DNS

Run 2

Wind: −0.7 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.50
2	Sam Turner	United States	13.65
3	Mark McKoy	Canada	13.73
4th	Wenzislaw Radew	Bulgaria	13.82
5	Javier Moracho	Spain	13.92
6th	Andreas Oschkenat	German Democratic Republic	13.93
7th	Don Wright	Australia	14.28
	Béla Bodó	Hungary	DNS

final

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  Silver medalist Arto Bryggare

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  Fifth place for Thomas Munkelt

August 12, 1983

Wind: +1.3 m / s

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
	Greg Foster	United States	13.42
	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.46
	Willie Gault	United States	13.48
4th	Mark McKoy	Canada	13.56
5	Thomas Munkelt	German Democratic Republic	13.66
6th	György Bakos	Hungary	13.68
7th	Wenzislaw Radew	Bulgaria	13.73
8th	Sam Turner	United States	13.82

Video

• Uncut - 110m Hurdles Men Final Helsinki 1983 on youtube.com, accessed March 30, 2020

Web links and sources

• Results on the IAAF website , accessed March 30, 2020
• Results on todor66.com, accessed March 30, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, S 147, English), accessed on March 27, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 110 m hurdles men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 30, 2020