World Athletics Championships 1983/800 m men

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	58 athletes from 46 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 7th (preliminary) August 8th (semi-finals) August 9th (final)
Medalist Willi Wülbeck ( FRG )   Rob Druppers ( NED )   Joaquim Cruz ( BRA )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's 800-meter race at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 7, 8 and 9, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .

58 athletes from 46 countries took part in the competition. The German Willi Wülbeck won the gold medal after 1: 43.65 min, silver went to the Dutchman Rob Druppers with 1: 44.20 min and the bronze medal went to the Brazilian Joaquim Cruz with 1: 44.27 min.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Sebastian Coe	1: 41.73	Florence , Italy	June 10, 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 1: 43.65 min ( Willi Wülbeck , Germany in the final on August 9, 1983).

Prelims

August 7, 1983

From the eight preliminary races, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the eight fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	James Robinson	United States	1: 46.32 CR
2	Garry Cook	United Kingdom	1: 46.44
3	Viktor Kalinkin	Soviet Union	1: 46.57
4th	Christoph Ulmer	Switzerland	1: 47.69
5	Jama Aden	Somalia	1: 48.69
6th	Paul Gilbert	Australia	1: 51.39
7th	Khaled Khalifa	Kuwait	1.52.84
8th	Sekou Camara	Guinea	1: 59.90

Run 2

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Matthias Assmann	BR Germany	1: 47.45
2	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1: 47.47
3	Binko Kolev	Bulgaria	1: 47.49
4th	Peter Bourke	Australia	1: 48.15
5	Petru Drăgoescu	Romania	1: 48.33
6th	Bo Breigan	Norway	1: 49.53
7th	Mohammed Darwish	Iraq	1: 50.68

Run 3

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Willi Wuelbeck	BR Germany	1: 46.55
2	Philippe Dupont	France	1: 46.62
3	David Patrick	United States	1: 46.76
4th	Babacar Niang	Senegal	1: 47.54
5	Donato Sabia	Italy	1: 47.62
6th	Sotirios Moutsanas	Greece	1: 48.23
7th	Vincent Confait	Seychelles	1: 55.04
8th	Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa	Rwanda	1: 55.12

Run 4

Omer Khalifa was eliminated third in his preliminary run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Detlef Wagenknecht	German Democratic Republic	1: 49.20
2	Sammy Koskei	Kenya	1: 49.35
3	Omer Khalifa	Sudan	1: 49.67
4th	Ronny Olsson	Sweden	1: 49.72
5	Simon Hoogewerf	Canada	1: 49.92
	Charlie Oliver	Solomon Islands	DNS
	Ryszard Ostroski	Poland

Run 5

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Agberto Guimarães	Brazil	1: 48.30
2	Alberto Juantorena	Cuba	1: 48.40
3	Juma Ndiwa	Kenya	1: 48.40
4th	Mohamed Zahafi	Morocco	1: 49.43
5	Gordan Hinds	Barbados	1: 50.92
6th	Didier Le Guillou	France	1: 52.49
7th	Ruthsel Martina	Netherlands Antilles	1: 52.49

Run 6

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	David Mack	United States	1: 45.84 CR
2	Jorma Härkönen	Finland	1: 46.39
3	Peter Elliott	United Kingdom	1: 46.53
4th	José Marajo	France	1: 46.78
5	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1: 47.10
6th	Kim Bock-ju	South Korea	1: 48.40
7th	Tisbite Rakotoarisoa	Madagascar	1: 50.70
8th	Antonio Cadio Paraiso	Sao Tome and Principe	1: 58.47

Run 7

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Rob Bruppers	Netherlands	1: 46.12
2	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	1: 46.12
3	Peter Pearless	New Zealand	1: 47.22
4th	Mike Solomon	Trinidad and Tobago	1: 47.30
5	Faouzi Lahbi	Morocco	1: 47.76
6th	Gawain Guy	Jamaica	1: 49.19
7th	John Chappory	Gibraltar	1: 52.30

Run 8

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hans-Peter Ferner	BR Germany	1: 48.34
2	Michael Hillardt	Australia	1: 48.44
3	James Maina Boi	Kenya	1: 48.69
4th	Mark Handelsman	Israel	1: 49.02
5	Mohamed Alouini	Tunisia	1: 49.09
6th	William Wuycke	Venezuela	1: 50.71
7th	Luis Ramirez	Nicaragua	1: 55.77
8th	Clive Williams	Belize	2: 03.64

Semifinals

August 8, 1983

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

Run 1

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	1: 45.62 CR
2	James Robinson	United States	1: 46.16
3	Philippe Dupont	France	1: 46.36
4th	Viktor Kalinkin	Soviet Union	1: 46.83
5	Mike Solomon	Trinidad and Tobago	1: 47.10
6th	Matthias Assmann	BR Germany	1: 48.73
7th	Michael Hillardt	Australia	1: 49.64
	Alberto Juantorena	Cuba	DNS

Run 2

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Willi Wuelbeck	BR Germany	1: 46.21
2	Agberto Guimarães	Brazil	1: 46.37
3	José Marajo	France	1: 46.39
4th	David Mack	United States	1: 46.39
5	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1: 46.85
6th	Garry Cook	United Kingdom	1: 47.48
7th	Sammy Koskei	Kenya	1: 48.92
8th	Binko Kolev	Bulgaria	1: 50.23

Detlef Wagenknecht's fifth place in his semi-final race was not enough to make it into the final

Run 3

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hans-Peter Ferner	BR Germany	1: 45.24 CR
2	David Patrick	United States	1: 45.30
3	Peter Elliott	United Kingdom	1: 45.38
4th	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	1: 45.55
5	Detlef Wagenknecht	German Democratic Republic	1: 45.70
6th	Peter Pearless	New Zealand	1: 47.82
7th	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1: 48.05
8th	Jorma Härkönen	Finland	1: 49.39

final

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  Silver medalist Rob Druppers (in 1983)

August 9, 1983

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	Willi Wuelbeck	BR Germany	1: 43.65 CR / DR
	Rob Druppers	Netherlands	1: 44.20
	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	1: 44.27
4th	Peter Elliott	United Kingdom	1: 44.87
5	James Robinson	United States	1: 45.12
6th	Agberto Guimarães	Brazil	1: 45.46
7th	Hans-Peter Ferner	BR Germany	1: 45.74
8th	David Patrick	United States	1: 46.56

Web links and sources

• Results on the IAAF website , accessed on March 26, 2020
• Results on todor66.com, accessed March 26, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 800 m, Rome 1987 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 111), English, accessed on March 26, 2020

Video

• Willi Wuelbeck - 800m World Athletics Championships Gold, Helsinki 1983 on youtube.com, accessed on March 26, 2020

Individual proof

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 800 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 26, 2020