World Athletics Championships 1983/3000 m for women

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	3000 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	31 athletes from 22 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 8th (preliminary) August 10th (final)
Medalists Mary Decker ( USA )   Brigitte Kraus ( FRG )   Tatjana Kasankina ( URS )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

Mary Decker (front, in 1984) won her first World Championship title, the second followed four days later over 1500 meters

The women's 3,000-meter run at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 8-10, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .

31 athletes from 22 countries took part in the competition. The American Mary Decker won her first gold medal at these world championships with 8: 34.62 minutes. A second was to follow four days later over 1500 meters . Silver went to Brigitte Kraus from the Federal Republic of Germany , who set a German record with 8: 35.11 minutes. The bronze medal went to Tatjana Kasankina from the Soviet Union with 8: 35.13 minutes , who had already won three gold medals at the Olympic Games - 800 meters : 1976 in Montreal / 1500 meters: 1976 in Montreal and 1980 in Moscow .

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Svetlana Ulmasowa	8: 26.78 min	Kiev , Soviet Union (now Ukraine )	July 25, 1982
World championship record	Birgit Friedmann	8: 48.05 min	World Cup 1980 in Sittard , Netherlands	August 16, 1980

The existing World Cup record was improved three times:

• 8: 46.65 min Swetlana Ulmassowa ( Soviet Union ), 1st & nbsp.pre-run on August 8th
• 8: 44.72 min Tatjana Kasankina (Soviet Union), 2nd & nbsp preliminary run on August 8th
• 8: 34.62 min Mary Decker ( United States ), final on August 10th

Prelims

August 8, 1983

From the two preliminary runs, the first six of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the three fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Svetlana Ulmasowa	Soviet Union	08: 46.65 CR
2	Agnese Possamai	Italy	08: 46.68
3	Brigitte Kraus	BR Germany	08: 47.25
4th	Wendy Sly	United Kingdom	08: 47.39
5	Christine Benning	United Kingdom	08: 49.71
6th	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	08: 51.66
7th	Natalia Artyomova	Soviet Union	08: 54.14
8th	Lynn Kanuka-Williams	Canada	08: 54.61
9	Geri Fitch	Canada	09: 01.85
10	Monica Joyce	Ireland	09: 14.83
11	Helena Hyvönen	Finland	09: 19.65
12	Brenda Webb	United States	09: 24.38
13	Marcianne Mukamurenzi	Rwanda	09: 26.59
14th	Marit Holtklimpen	Norway	09: 43.40
15th	Khadija al Matari	Jordan	10: 49.62
	Betty Van Steenbroeck	Belgium	0DNF

Run 2

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tatiana Kasankina	Soviet Union	08: 44.72 CR
2	Mary Decker	United States	08: 44.72
3	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	08: 46.94
4th	Jane Furniss	United Kingdom	08: 48.59
5	Alison Wiley	Canada	08: 51.27
6th	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	08: 51.78
7th	Eva Ernström	Sweden	08: 51.91
8th	Ivana Kubešová	Czechoslovakia	08: 55.54
9	Maggie Keyes	United States	09: 01.97
10	Vera Michallek	BR Germany	09: 04.51
11	Marica Mršić	Yugoslavia	09: 05.59
12	Pilar Fernández	Spain	09: 10.86
13	Maria Radu	Romania	09: 30.37
14th	Monica Regonessi	Chile	09: 31.95
15th	Kriscia García	El Salvador	10: 06.14

final

August 10, 1983

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
	Mary Decker	United States	8: 34.62 CR
	Brigitte Kraus	BR Germany	8: 35.11 BR
	Tatiana Kasankina	Soviet Union	8: 35.13
4th	Svetlana Ulmasowa	Soviet Union	8: 35.55
5	Wendy Sly	United Kingdom	8: 37.06
6th	Agnese Possamai	Italy	8: 37.96 NO
7th	Jane Furniss	United Kingdom	8: 45.69
8th	Natalia Artyomova	Soviet Union	8: 47.98
9	Aurora Cunha	Portugal	8: 50.20
10	Lynn Kanuka	Canada	8: 50.20
11	Cornelia Bürki	Switzerland	8: 53.85
12	Eva Ernström	Sweden	8: 57.59
13	Christine Benning	United Kingdom	8: 58.01
14th	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	9: 02.19
15th	Alison Wiley	Canada	9: 15.35

Video

• Mary Decker 1983 World Championship 3000m - last 5 laps on youtube.com, accessed April 12, 2020

Web links and sources

• Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 12, 2020
• Results on todor66.com, accessed April 12, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, p. 280 (PDF 10.3 MB, English), accessed on April 12, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Track and Field Statistics, Records Progression - World Records on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed April 12, 2020