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 | ||||||||||
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Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 13 August (heats and quarter-finals) 14 August (semi-finals and final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 57 | |||||||||
Winning time | 20.14 CR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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
editExisting 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
editQualifying heats
editThe 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 |
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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 Mautino | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
editThe 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
editThe 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
editThe final took place on August 14. Wind: +1.2 m/s
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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- ^ "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
- ^ "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (PDF) (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 2022-07-28.