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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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The Men's Marathon at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland was held on August 14, 1983.

Medalists edit

 
Gold medallist Robert de Castella (right) shakes hands with bronze medallist Waldemar Cierpinski after the race
Gold   Robert de Castella
Australia (AUS)
Silver   Kebede Balcha
Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze   Waldemar Cierpinski
East Germany (GDR)

Abbreviations edit

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
WL world leading
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:08:18 December 6, 1981   Fukuoka, Japan
Event Record New event
Season Best   Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:08:37 April 9, 1983   Rotterdam, Netherlands
Broken records at the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Event Record   Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:10:03 August 14, 1983   Helsinki, Finland

Intermediates edit

Final ranking edit

Rank Athlete Time Note
    Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:10:03
    Kebede Balcha (ETH) 2:10:27
    Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR) 2:10:37
4   Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE) 2:10:38 NR
5   Agapius Masong (TAN) 2:10:42
6   Armand Parmentier (BEL) 2:10:57
7   Gianni Poli (ITA) 2:11:05 NR
8   Hugh Jones (GBR) 2:11:15
9   Karel Lismont (BEL) 2:11:24
10   Stig Roar Husby (NOR) 2:11:29 NR
11   Art Boileau (CAN) 2:11:30
12   Juan Carlos Traspaderne (ESP) 2:11:34 NR
13   Marco Marchei (ITA) 2:11:47
14   Pertti Tiainen (FIN) 2:12:11
15   Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 2:13:11
16   Ryszard Marczak (POL) 2:13:20
17   Svend-Erik Kristensen (DEN) 2:13:34
18   Ron Tabb (USA) 2:13:38
19   Henrik Jørgensen (DEN) 2:14:10
20   Hans Joachim Truppel (GDR) 2:14:20
21   Ricardo Ortega (ESP) 2:14:46
22   Tommy Persson (SWE) 2:14:57
23   Bruno Lafranchi (SUI) 2:14:58
24   Dave Edge (CAN) 2:15:43
25   Yuriy Pleshkov (URS) 2:15:50
26   Øyvind Dahl (NOR) 2:16:02
27   Paul Ballinger (NZL) 2:16:06
28   Jürgen Eberding (GDR) 2:16:55
29   Gerard Nijboer (NED) 2:16:59
30   Frederik Vandervennet (BEL) 2:17:11
31   Trevor Wright (NZL) 2:17:31
32   Mehmet Terzi (TUR) 2:17:56
33   Delfim Moreira (POR) 2:18:27
34   Li Jong-Hyong (PRK) 2:18:51
35   Yoshihiro Nishimura (JPN) 2:18:56
36   Cidálio Caetano (POR) 2:19:21
37   John Skøvbjerg (DEN) 2:19:44
38   Jeff Coole (AUS) 2:20:25
39   Benji Durden (USA) 2:20:38
40   So Chang-Sik (PRK) 2:20:43
41   Wilson Theleso (BOT) 2:21:36 NR
42   Hideki Kita (JPN) 2:21:37
43   Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP) 2:21:43
44   Henrik Sandström (FIN) 2:21:56
45   Rudi Verriet (NED) 2:22:07
46   Dominique Chauvelier (FRA) 2:23:25
47   Djama Robleh (DJI) 2:24:04
48   Gerry Helme (GBR) 2:25:02
49   Sam Hlawe (SWZ) 2:26:42
50   Jan-Iwar Westlund (SWE) 2:27:05
51   Carlos Carvajal (CHI) 2:27:30
52   Don Greig (NZL) 2:27:37
53   Luis Tipán (ECU) 2:28:30
54   Palmireno Benjamin Campos (BRA) 2:29:41
55   Jan Fjærestad (NOR) 2:30:58
56   Tavares Silva (POR) 2:31:31
57   Syrja Dalipi (ALB) 2:31:40
58   Raymond Swan (BER) 2:33:20
59   Chang-Ming Chen (TPE) 2:34:00
60   Ágúst Þorsteinsson (ISL) 2:34:05
61   José Jaime Hernández (ESA) 2:34:26
62   Michael Lekhelsi (LES) 2:52:01
63   Said Toumane (COM) 3:03:10
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—   Ahmet Altun (TUR) DNF
—   Santiago de la Parte (ESP) DNF
—   Mike Gratton (GBR) DNF
—   Gerhard Hartmann (AUT) DNF
—   Yair Karni (ISR) DNF
—   Koshiro Kawaguchi (JPN) DNF
—   Louis Kenny (IRL) DNF
—   Ramón López (PAR) DNF
—   Alfredo Maravilla (ARG) DNF
—   Ed Mendoza (USA) DNF
—   Giampaolo Messina (ITA) DNF
—   Dereje Nedi (ETH) DNF
—   Peter Quance (CAN) DNF
—   Ahmed Salah (DJI) DNF
—   Carlos Victorino (MEX) DNF
—   Grenville Wood (AUS) DNF
—   Antonio Villanueva (MEX) DNF
—   Ralf Salzmann (FRG) DNF

See also edit

References edit

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