World Athletics Championships 1983 / men's triple jump

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	Triple jump
gender	Men
Attendees	26 athletes from 18 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 7th (qualification) August 8th (final)
Medalist Zdzisław Hoffmann ( POL )   Willie Banks ( USA )   Ajayi Agbebaku ( NGR )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's triple jump at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 7th and 8th, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .

26 athletes from 18 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Zdzisław Hoffmann from Poland with 17.42 m, silver went to the American Willie Banks with 17.18 m, and the bronze medal went to the Nigerian African champion from 1979 Ajayi Agbebaku with 17.18 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	João Carlos de Oliveira	17.89 m	Mexico City , Mexico	15th October 1975
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 17.42 minutes ( Zdzisław Hoffmann , Poland , in the final on August 8, 1983).

Wind conditions

In the following summary of results, the wind conditions for the best jumps are named. The permitted limit is two meters per second. With stronger wind support, the distance will be counted for the competition, but will not be included in the lists of records and the best.

Legend

Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:

x	Failed attempt
w	Tailwind support greater than 2 m / s

qualification

August 7, 1983

The qualification distance was at least 16.60 m to move directly into the final. Ten athletes made this mark or jumped further, they are highlighted in light blue. The remaining jumpers who were allowed to take part in the final - the number of athletes should be at least twelve - are those with the highest jumped distance below the qualification distance, they are highlighted in light green.

Group A

space	athlete	country	Width (m) / wind (m / s)
1	Ajayi Agbebaku	Nigeria	16.80 / -0.9
2	Zdzisław Hoffmann	Poland	16.72 / -0.3
3	Al Joyner	United States	16.65 / -0.2
4th	Henads Valyukevich	Soviet Union	16.64 / -0.4
5	Willie Banks	United States	16.58 / -0.4
6th	Ján Čado	Czechoslovakia	16.50 / -1.4
7th	Bedros Bedrosian	Romania	16.43 / -0.5
8th	Béla Bakosi	Hungary	16.41 / -0.3
9	Zou Zhenxian	People's Republic of China	16.17 / +0.3
10	John Herbert	United Kingdom	16.12 / -1.7
11	Esa Viitasalo	Finland	16.03 / -2.2
12	Wolfgang boy	BR Germany	15.61 / -2.0
13	Oswald Phillip	Montserrat	13.96 / +0.6
14th	Laoui Adnan Abou	Jordan	13.53 / -1.0

Group B

space	athlete	country	Width (m) / wind (m / s)
1	Mike Conley Sr.	United States	16.90 / +0.4 CR
2	Steve Hanna	Bahamas	16.76 / -1.5
3	Peter Bouschen	BR Germany	16.71 / -0.8
4th	Vlastimil Mařinec	Czechoslovakia	16.57 / +0.2
5	Vasily Grishchenkov	Soviet Union	16.29 / -0.7
6th	Christo Markow	Bulgaria	16.25 / -0.3
7th	Keith Connor	United Kingdom	16.18 / +0.5
8th	Claes cream	Sweden	16.07 / +0.7
9	Dan Simion	Romania	15.96 / -0.9
10	Mamadou Diallo	Senegal	15.67 / -0.2
11	José Quiñaliza	Ecuador	15.18 / -0.2
	Dimitrios Mihas	Greece	NM
	José Salazar	Venezuela	DNS

final

August 8, 1983

space	athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	4th attempt (m)	5th attempt (m)	6th attempt (m)	Width (m) / wind (m / s)
	Zdzisław Hoffmann	Poland	16.74	16.98	17.00	17.18	17.35	17.42	17.42 / +0.6 CR
	Willie Banks	United States	17.08	16.72	17.18	16.55	x	x	17.18 / +0.4
	Ajayi Agbebaku	Nigeria	17.01	16.78w	16.87	13.52	16.86	17.18	17.18 / +1.4
4th	Mike Conley Sr.	United States	16.66	16.91w	17.13	16.86	17.05	17.07	17.13 / +1.6
5	Vlastimil Mařinec	Czechoslovakia	16.67	x	17.13	x	16.71	x	17.13 / +1.1
6th	Ján Čado	Czechoslovakia	16.45	16.40	17.01	13.69	x	17.06	17.06 / +1.4
7th	Béla Bakosi	Hungary	16.60	16.76	16.46	16.71	x	16.83	16.83 / +0.2
8th	Al Joyner	United States	16.76	15.98	16.58	16.20	16.40	16.48	17.76 / +0.2
9	Peter Bouschen	BR Germany	16.67	13.95	16.70	not in the final of the eight best jumpers			16.70 / +1.8
10	Henads Valyukevich	Soviet Union	16.41 w	16.18	16.33				16.41 / +3.0
11	Bedros Bedrosian	Romania	x	16.18	15.95				16.18 / +0.3
12	Steve Hanna	Bahamas	x	x	14.96				14.96 / -1.0

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  World champion Zdzislaw Hoffmann (on the photo in 2010)

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  Vice World Champion Willie Banks (here at the 1988 Olympic Games )

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  Mike Conley Sr., bronze medalist in the long jump , finished fourth

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  Ján Čado came in sixth place

Web links and sources

• Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 4, 2020
• Results on todor66.com, accessed April 4, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 177, English), accessed on April 4, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Triple jump men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 4, 2020