World Athletics Championships 1983/200 m women
World Athletics Championships 1983 | |||||||||
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discipline | 200 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 44 athletes from 37 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 12th (preliminary) August 12th (quarter-finals) August 13th (semi-finals) August 14th (final) |
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The women's 200-meter race at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 12, 13 and 14, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .
44 female sprinters from 37 countries took part in the competition. Won the gold medal, the double Olympic champion ( 1976 / 1980 ) and double European champion ( 1978 / 1982 ) over 400 meters Marita Koch from the German Democratic Republic with 22.13 s, also with the 4 x 400-meter relay of the GDR 1980 Olympic silver medalist and two-time Was European champion (1978/1982) and also became world champion and runner-up in over 100 meters with her 4 x 100 meter relay . Silver went to Merlene Ottey, the 1980 Jamaican Olympic third party, with 22.19 s, and the bronze medal was won by British Vice European Champion from 1982, Kathy Cook, with 22.37 s.
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
World record |
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21.71 s | Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz ), GDR (now Germany ) | June 10, 1979 |
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 22.13 s ( Marita Koch , GDR , in the final on August 14, 1983).
Prelims
August 12, 1983
From the six preliminary runs, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - and also the eight fastest - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.
Run 1
Wind: ± 0.0 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Joan Baptiste |
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23.34 CR |
2 | Marita Koch |
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23.59 |
3 | Liliane Gaschet |
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23.60 |
4th | Lydia De Vega-Mercado |
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24.45 |
5 | Felicite Bada |
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26.98 |
6th | Marjorie Gentle |
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27.90 |
7th | Annah Mathunjwa |
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29.38 |
Run 2
Wind: +1.3 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Florence Griffith |
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23.05 CR |
2 | Marie-Christine Cazier |
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23.55 |
3 | Angela Bailey |
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23.93 |
4th | Ruperta Charles |
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24.11 |
5 | Koumba edge |
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27.86 |
6th | Rose Phillips-King |
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28.50 |
Amie Ndow |
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DSQ |
Run 3
Wind: +2.5 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Kathy Cook |
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23.20 |
2 | Marisa Masullo |
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23.37 |
3 | Nadezhda Georgieva |
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23.53 |
4th | Štepánka Sokolová |
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23.82 |
5 | Rufina Ubah |
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24.12 |
6th | Margarita Grun |
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24.84 |
7th | Sandra Liburd |
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26.13 |
8th | Cornelia Baptiste |
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26.29 |
Run 4
Wind: -0.7 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Grace Jackson |
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23.09 |
2 | Ewa Kasprzyk |
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23.21 |
3 | Anelija Nunewa |
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23.31 |
4th | Ute Thimm |
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23.56 |
5 | Sandra Whittaker |
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23.63 |
6th | Mo Myong-hee |
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24.63 |
7th | Evelyne Farrell |
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25.52 |
8th | Florence Gaza |
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30.43 |
Run 5
Wind: -1.9 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Merlene Ottey |
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23.23 |
2 | Irina Olchownikova |
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23.65 |
3 | Helina Marjamaa |
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23.82 |
4th | Dorthe A. Rasmussen |
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23.84 |
5 | Lena Möller |
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23.99 |
6th | Elanga Buala |
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25.59 |
7th | Judith Nimpaye |
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30.25 |
Run 6
Wind: +1.9 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Randy Givens |
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23.01 CR |
2 | Elena Vinogradova |
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23.37 |
3 | Denise Boyd |
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23.38 |
4th | Pauline Davis |
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23.57 |
5 | Mary Mensah |
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24.91 |
6th | Marisol Garcia |
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25.92 |
7th | Marie-Ange Wirtz |
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26.13 |
Quarter finals
August 12, 1983
From the four quarter-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.
Run 1
Wind: +1.3 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Grace Jackson |
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23.06 |
2 | Anelija Nunewa |
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23.22 |
3 | Denise Boyd |
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23.28 |
4th | Irina Olchownikova |
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23.48 |
5 | Dorthe A. Rasmussen |
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23.61 |
6th | Ute Thimm |
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23.68 |
7th | Lydia De Vega-Mercado |
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24.16 |
Mary Mensah |
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DNS |
Run 2
Wind: +1.4 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Kathy Cook |
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22.78 CR |
2 | Ewa Kasprzyk |
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22.93 |
3 | Helina Marjamaa |
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23.11 |
4th | Nadezhda Georgieva |
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23.14 |
5 | Marie-Christine Cazier |
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23.30 |
6th | Štepánka Sokolová |
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23.75 |
7th | Margarita Grun |
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24.59 |
8th | Mo Myong-hee |
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24.74 |
Run 3
Wind: -0.3 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Merlene Ottey |
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22.38 CR |
2 | Florence Griffith |
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22.55 |
3 | Angela Bailey |
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23.25 |
4th | Marisa Masullo |
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23.58 |
5 | Sandra Whittaker |
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23.58 |
6th | Pauline Davis-Thompson |
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23.64 |
7th | Rufina Ubah |
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24.72 |
Evelyne Farrell |
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DNS |
Run 4
Wind: +1.2 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Marita Koch |
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23.03 |
2 | Joan Baptiste |
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23.29 |
3 | Liliane Gaschet |
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23.38 |
4th | Randy Givens |
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23.43 |
5 | Lena Möller |
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23.56 |
6th | Elena Vinogradova |
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23.60 |
7th | Ruperta Charles |
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24.09 |
Elanga Buala |
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DNS |
Semifinals
August 13, 1983
From the two semi-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
Wind: +2.1 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Florence Griffith |
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22.41 |
2 | Kathy Cook |
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22.57 |
3 | Anelija Nunewa |
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22.62 |
4th | Grace Jackson |
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22.76 |
5 | Helina Marjamaa |
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22.86 |
6th | Denise Boyd |
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23.26 |
7th | Marisa Masullo |
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23.36 |
8th | Irina Olchownikova |
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23.38 |
Run 2
Wind: +0.4 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Marita Koch |
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22.67 |
2 | Merlene Ottey |
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22.68 |
3 | Angela Bailey |
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22.82 |
4th | Ewa Kasprzyk |
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23.02 |
5 | Joan Baptiste |
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23.24 |
6th | Nadezhda Georgieva |
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23.26 |
7th | Randy Givens |
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23.34 |
8th | Liliane Gaschet |
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23.37 |
final
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August 14, 1983
Wind: -2.4 m / s
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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Marita Koch |
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22.13 CR |
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Merlene Ottey |
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22.19 |
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Kathy Cook |
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22.37 |
4th | Florence Griffith |
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22.46 |
5 | Grace Jackson |
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22.63 |
6th | Anelija Nunewa |
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22.68 |
7th | Angela Bailey |
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22.93 |
8th | Ewa Kasprzyk |
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23.03 |
Video
- 1983 World Champs 200m Final women on youtube.com, accessed April 11, 2020
Web links and sources
- Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 11, 2020
- Women 200m 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. 254f (PDF 10.3 MB, English), accessed on April 11, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 200 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 11, 2020