World Athletics Championships 1983/200 m men
World Athletics Championships 1983 | |||||||||
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discipline | 200 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 52 athletes from 42 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 12th (preliminary / quarter-finals) August 13th (semi-finals) August 14th (final) |
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The men's 200-meter run at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 12, 13 and 14, 1983 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital, Helsinki .
52 athletes from 42 countries took part in the competition. The US sprinters achieved a double victory in this competition. World champion was Calvin Smith , who had won silver over 100 meters two days earlier and on the final day as a member of the US sprint relay came to a second gold medal. Second place went to Elliott Quow . The bronze medal, the Italian Olympic champion in 1980 , Olympic bronze medalist from 1972 and two-time European champion ( 1974 / 1978 ) Pietro Mennea .
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
World record |
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19.72 s | Mexico City , Mexico | September 12, 1979 |
World championship record | There were still no World Cup records, the event was held for the first time |
The world championship record was gradually increased to 20.14 seconds ( Calvin Smith , USA in the final on August 14, 1983).
Prelims
August 12, 1983
From the eight preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and also the eight fastest - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.
Run 1
Wind: +1.8 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Frank Emmelmann |
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20.95 CR |
2 | Cameron Sharp |
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21.07 |
3 | Bruce Frayne |
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21.15 |
4th | Christopher Brathwaite |
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21.24 |
5 | Hector Daley |
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21.49 |
6th | Earl Haley |
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21.55 |
7th | Moussa Savadogo |
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22.33 |
8th | Awudu Nuhu |
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22.93 |
Run 2
Wind: +1.8 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Pietro Mennea |
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20.80 CR |
2 | Sergey Sokolov |
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20.94 |
3 | Paul Narracott |
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21.08 |
4th | Luis Schneider |
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21.23 |
5 | Batuello Giorgio Mautiño |
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21.78 |
6th | Hoa Nguyen Truong |
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22.68 |
7th | Gervais Kirolo |
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23.10 |
Run 3
Wind: +0.7 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | João Batista da Silva |
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20.93 |
2 | Vladimir Muravyov |
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21.12 |
3 | Desai Williams |
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21.36 |
4th | Mohamed Yudi Purnomo |
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21.88 |
5 | Joseph Leota |
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22.33 |
6th | Nagib Salem Ahmed |
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23.22 |
7th | Colin Bradford |
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24.15 |
Run 4
Wind: +1.1 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Carlo Simionato |
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20.76 CR |
2 | Elliott Quow |
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21.01 |
3 | Atlee Mahorn |
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21.14 |
4th | Ángel Heras |
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21.29 |
5 | Roland Jokl |
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21.30 |
6th | David Sawyerr |
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22.23 |
7th | John Albertie |
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22.53 |
Run 5
Wind: –2.1 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Allan Wells |
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21.14 |
2 | Boubacar Diallo |
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21.17 |
3 | Christopher Madzokere |
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21.68 |
4th | Dean Greenaway |
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22.24 |
Juan Núñez |
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DNS | |
Pierfrancesco Pavoni |
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Tony Sharpe |
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Run 6
Wind: +0.4 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Calvin Smith |
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21.10 |
2 | Leroy Reid |
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21.13 |
3 | Patrick Barré |
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21.34 |
4th | Jang Jae-keun |
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21.39 |
5 | Gustavo Capart |
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21.66 |
6th | Rubén Inácio |
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22.33 |
7th | Trevor Davis |
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22.80 |
Run 7
Wind: -1.1 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Innocent Egbunike |
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21.28 |
2 | Istvan Nagy |
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21.50 |
3 | Andreas Rizzi |
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21.51 |
4th | Oumar Fye |
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22.30 |
5 | Sikendar Iqbal |
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22.91 |
Peni Bati |
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DNS | |
Donald Quarrie |
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Run 8
Wind: +1.3 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart |
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20.99 |
2 | Luke Watson |
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21.20 |
3 | Alfred Nyambane |
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21.21 |
4th | Neville Hodge |
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21.38 |
5 | Larry Myricks |
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21.74 |
6th | Georges Taniel |
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22.28 |
7th | José Flores |
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22.94 |
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: +2.1 m / s (no CR recognition due to the strong tail wind)
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Calvin Smith |
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20.60 |
2 | João Batista da Silva |
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20.65 |
3 | Allan Wells |
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20.81 |
4th | Jean-Jacques Boussemart |
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20.86 |
5 | Ángel Heras |
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21.25 |
6th | Earl Haley |
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21.39 |
7th | Luis Schneider |
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21.39 |
Jang Jae-keun |
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DNS |
Run 2
Wind: -1.6 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Carlo Simionato |
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20.75 CR |
2 | Desai Williams |
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20.87 |
3 | Boubacar Diallo |
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20.97 |
4th | Cameron Sharp |
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20.99 |
5 | Patrick Barré |
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21.12 |
6th | Paul Narracott |
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21.34 |
7th | Aldred Nyambane |
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21.55 |
8th | Christopher Madzokere |
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21.55 |
Run 3
Wind: -0.4 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Frank Emmelmann |
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20.78 |
2 | Leroy Reid |
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20.88 |
3 | Innocent Egbunike |
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20.91 |
4th | Sergey Sokolov |
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20.93 |
5 | Atlee Mahorn |
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21.13 |
6th | Christopher Brathwaite |
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21.14 |
7th | Andreas Rizzi |
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21.37 |
8th | Istvan Nagy |
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21.52 |
Run 4
Wind: +1.6 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Pietro Mennea |
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20.68 CR |
2 | Vladimir Muravyov |
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20.70 |
3 | Elliott Quow |
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20.80 |
4th | Bruce Frayne |
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20.97 |
5 | Luke Watson |
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20.99 |
6th | Roland Jokl |
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21.24 |
7th | Neville Hodge |
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21.38 |
Hector Daley |
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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: +3.4 m / s (no CR recognition due to the strong tail wind)
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | João Batista da Silva |
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20.56 |
2 | Frank Emmelmann |
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20.63 |
3 | Pietro Mennea |
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20.68 |
4th | Elliott Quow |
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20.69 |
5 | Cameron Sharp |
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20.69 |
6th | Desai Williams |
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20.71 |
7th | Leroy Reid |
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20.89 |
8th | Sergey Sokolov |
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20.89 |
Run 2
Wind: +1.4 m / s
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Calvin Smith |
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20.29 CR |
2 | Carlo Simionato |
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20.60 |
3 | Innocent Egbunike |
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20.63 |
4th | Allan Wells |
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20.63 |
5 | Vladimir Muravyov |
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20.71 |
6th | Jean-Jacques Boussemart |
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20.76 |
7th | Bruce Frayne |
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20.94 |
8th | Boubacar Diallo |
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20.96 |
final
August 14, 1983, 2:45 p.m.
Wind: +1.2 m / s
space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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3 | Calvin Smith |
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20.14 CR |
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6th | Elliott Quow |
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20.41 |
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5 | Pietro Mennea |
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20.51 |
4th | 4th | Allan Wells |
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20.52 |
5 | 7th | Frank Emmelmann |
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20.55 |
6th | 2 | Innocent Egbunike |
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20.63 |
7th | 1 | Carlo Simionato |
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20.69 |
8th | 8th | João Batista da Silva |
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20.80 |
Video
- 1983 World Champs 200m Final men on youtube.com, accessed March 28, 2020
Web links and sources
- 1st IAAF World Championships in Athletics at iaaf.org, accessed on March 17, 2020
- Men 200m at todor66.com, accessed March 17, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 97), in English, accessed on March 17, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 200 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 17, 2020