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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

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These are the official results of the men's 200 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 57 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats and the final held on 14 August 1983.

Men's 200 metres
at the 1983 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates13 August (heats and quarter-finals)
14 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors57
Winning time20.14 CR
Medalists
gold medal Calvin Smith   United States
silver medal Elliott Quow   United States
bronze medal Pietro Mennea   Italy
1987 →

At 22 years, 218 days old, gold medallist Smith was the youngest ever world champion for the men's 200 metres[1] until 2019, when Noah Lyles, aged 22 years and 75 days, won the 2019 title.[2]

Records edit

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record   Pietro Mennea (ITA) 19.72 Mexico City, Mexico September 12, 1979
Championship Record New event

Results edit

Qualifying heats edit

The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 57 athletes involved being split into 8 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the quarter-finals.

Heat 1 (wind +1.8 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Frank Emmelmann   East Germany (GDR) 20.95 Q, CR
2 Cameron Sharp   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 21.07 Q
3 Bruce Frayne   Australia (AUS) 21.15 Q
4 Christopher Brathwaite   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 21.24 q
5 Hector Daley   Panama (PAN) 21.49 q
6 Earl Haley   Guyana (GUY) 21.55 q
7 Moussa Savadogo   Mali (MLI) 22.33
8 Awudu Nuhu   Ghana (GHA) 22.93
Heat 2 (wind +1.8 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea   Italy (ITA) 20.80 Q, CR
2 Sergey Sokolov   Soviet Union (URS) 20.94 Q
3 Paul Narracott   Australia (AUS) 21.08 Q
4 Luis Schneider   Chile (CHI) 21.23 q
5 Giorgio Mautiño Batuello   Peru (PER) 21.78
6 Hoa Nguyen Truong   Vietnam (VIE) 22.68
7 Gervais Kirolo   Central African Republic (CAF) 23.10
Heat 3 (wind +0.7 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 João Batista da Silva   Brazil (BRA) 20.93 Q
2 Vladimir Muravyov   Soviet Union (URS) 21.12 Q
3 Desai Williams   Canada (CAN) 21.36 Q
4 Mohamed Purnomo   Indonesia (INA) 21.88
5 Joseph Leota   Samoa (SAM) 22.33
6 Nagib Salem Ahmed   Yemen (YEM) 23.22
7 Colin Bradford   Jamaica (JAM) 24.15
Heat 4 (wind +1.1 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Carlo Simionato   Italy (ITA) 20.76 Q, CR
2 Elliott Quow   United States (USA) 21.01 Q
3 Atlee Mahorn   Canada (CAN) 21.14 Q
4 Angel Heras   Spain (ESP) 21.29 q
5 Roland Jokl   Austria (AUT) 21.30 q
6 David Sawyerr   Sierra Leone (SLE) 22.23
7 John Albertie   Saint Lucia (LCA) 22.53
Heat 5 (wind –2.1 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Allan Wells   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 21.14 Q
2 Boubacar Diallo   Senegal (SEN) 21.17 Q
3 Christopher Madzokere   Zimbabwe (ZIM) 21.68 Q
4 Dean Greenaway   British Virgin Islands (IVB) 22.24
Juan Núñez   Dominican Republic (DOM) DNS
Pierfrancesco Pavoni   Italy (ITA) DNS
Tony Sharpe   Canada (CAN) DNS
Heat 6 (wind +0.4 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Calvin Smith   United States (USA) 21.10 Q
2 Leroy Reid   Jamaica (JAM) 21.13 Q
3 Patrick Barré   France (FRA) 21.34 Q
4 Jae-Keun Chang   South Korea (KOR) 21.39 q
5 Gustavo Capart   Argentina (ARG) 21.66
6 Rubén Inácio   Angola (ANG) 22.33
7 Trevor Davis   Anguilla (AIA) 22.80
Heat 7 (wind –1.1 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Innocent Egbunike   Nigeria (NGR) 21.28
2 István Nagy   Hungary (HUN) 21.50
3 Andreas Rizzi   West Germany (FRG) 21.51
4 Oumar Fye   Gambia (GAM) 22.30
5 Sikendar Iqbal   Pakistan (PAK) 22.91
Peni Bati   Fiji (FIJ) DNS
Don Quarrie   Jamaica (JAM) DNS
Heat 8 (wind +1.3 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jean-Jacques Boussemart   France (FRA) 20.99 Q
2 Luke Watson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 21.20 Q
3 Alfred Nyambane   Kenya (KEN) 21.21 Q
4 Neville Hodge   U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) 21.38 q
5 Larry Myricks   United States (USA) 21.74
6 Georges Taniel   Vanuatu (VAN) 22.28
7 José Flores   Honduras (HON) 22.94

Quarterfinals edit

The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 32 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1 (wind +2.1 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Calvin Smith   United States (USA) 20.60w Q
2 João Batista da Silva   Brazil (BRA) 20.65w Q
3 Allan Wells   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.81w Q
4 Jean-Jacques Boussemart   France (FRA) 20.86w Q
5 Ángel Heras   Spain (ESP) 21.25w
6 Earl Haley   Guyana (GUY) 21.39w
7 Luis Schneider   Chile (CHI) 21.39w
Jae-Keun Chang   South Korea (KOR) DNF
Heat 2 (wind –1.6 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Carlo Simionato   Italy (ITA) 20.75 Q, CR
2. Desai Williams   Canada (CAN) 20.87 Q
3. Boubacar Diallo   Senegal (SEN) 20.97 Q
4. Cameron Sharp   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.99 Q
5. Patrick Barré   France (FRA) 21.12
6. Paul Narracott   Australia (AUS) 21.34
7. Alfred Nyambane   Kenya (KEN) 21.55
8. Christopher Madzokere   Zimbabwe (ZIM) 21.55
Heat 3 (wind –0.4 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Frank Emmelmann   East Germany (GDR) 20.78 Q
2 Leroy Reid   Jamaica (JAM) 20.88 Q
3 Innocent Egbunike   Nigeria (NGR) 20.91 Q
4 Sergey Sokolov   Soviet Union (URS) 20.93 Q
5 Atlee Mahorn   Canada (CAN) 21.13
6 Christopher Brathwaite   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 21.14
7 Andreas Rizzi   West Germany (FRG) 21.37
8 István Nagy   Hungary (HUN) 21.52
Heat 4 (wind +1.6 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea   Italy (ITA) 20.68 Q, CR
2 Vladimir Muravyov   Soviet Union (URS) 20.70 Q
3 Elliott Quow   United States (USA) 20.80 Q
4 Bruce Frayne   Australia (AUS) 20.97 Q
5 Luke Watson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.99
6 Roland Jokl   Austria (AUT) 21.24
7 Neville Hodge   U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) 21.38
Hector Daley   Panama (PAN) DNS

Semifinals edit

The semifinals took place on 13 August, with the 16 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.

Heat 1 (wind +3.4 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 João Batista da Silva   Brazil (BRA) 20.56w Q
2 Frank Emmelmann   East Germany (GDR) 20.63w Q
3 Pietro Mennea   Italy (ITA) 20.68w Q
4 Elliott Quow   United States (USA) 20.69w Q
5 Cameron Sharp   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.69w
6 Desai Williams   Canada (CAN) 20.71w
7 Leroy Reid   Jamaica (JAM) 20.89w
8 Sergey Sokolov   Soviet Union (URS) 20.89w
Heat 2 (wind +1.4 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Calvin Smith   United States (USA) 20.29 Q, CR
2 Carlo Simionato   Italy (ITA) 20.60 Q
3 Innocent Egbunike   Nigeria (NGR) 20.63 Q
4 Allan Wells   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.63 Q
5 Vladimir Muravyov   Soviet Union (URS) 20.71
6 Jean-Jacques Boussemart   France (FRA) 20.76
7 Bruce Frayne   Australia (AUS) 20.94
8 Boubacar Diallo   Senegal (SEN) 20.96

Final edit

The final took place on August 14. Wind: +1.2 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Calvin Smith   United States (USA) 20.14 CR
  6 Elliott Quow   United States (USA) 20.41
  5 Pietro Mennea   Italy (ITA) 20.51
4 4 Allan Wells   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.52
5 7 Frank Emmelmann   East Germany (GDR) 20.55
6 2 Innocent Egbunike   Nigeria (NGR) 20.63
7 1 Carlo Simionato   Italy (ITA) 20.69
8 8 João Batista da Silva   Brazil (BRA) 20.80

References edit

  1. ^ "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  2. ^ "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (PDF) (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
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