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The 1st World Championships in Athletics (; ) were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983.

Summary

File:Athletics-World-Championship-1983.jpg|thumb|The championships at Helsinki Olympic StadiumHelsinki Olympic Stadium(File:Carl Lewis Helsinki 1983.jpg|thumb|Carl Lewis at the championships)The overall medal table was a closely contested affair. East Germany took the most gold medals (10) over the first championships and finished with a total of 22 medals. The United States had the next largest number of golds, with eight, and also had the greatest overall medal haul, having won 24 medals altogether. The Soviet Union won one more medal than the East Germans and had six golds, although almost half of their podium finishers were bronze medalists. Twenty-five nations reached the medal tally at the inaugural competition, with all six continents being represented. During the early 1980s this was the top venue in which Soviet Bloc athletes competed against American athletes due to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and the retaliatory Soviet Bloc boycott of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.Carl Lewis won both the 100 metres and the long jump, and finished the competition by anchoring the 4×100 metres relay team to a world record time, along with the 200 metres champion Calvin Smith, and bronze medallists Emmit King and Willie Gault. Jarmila Kratochvílová dominated the 400 metres and 800 metres events, setting a world record of 47.99 seconds. Mary Decker enjoyed her best competition performance, taking the golds in the women's 1500 metres and 3000 metres. Other prominent athletes included Marita Koch, who won the 200 m and both relay golds, as well as the 100 m silver medal. Sergey Bubka won the first of his six consecutive World Championship gold medals in the pole vault.

Men's results

Track

(File:Stamp of Finland - 1983 - Colnect 47017 - Running.jpeg|thumb|125px|postage stamp from Finland issued in 1983)1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995{| {{MedalistTable|columns=2}}1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres}}Carl Lewis{{flag>United States}} 10.07Calvin Smith{{flag>United States}} 10.21Emmit King{{flag>United States}} 10.241983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres}}Calvin Smith{{flag>United States}} 20.14Elliott Quow{{flag>United States}} 20.41Pietro Mennea{{flag>Italy}} 20.511983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres}}Bert Cameron{{flag>Jamaica}} 45.05Michael Franks (athlete)>Michael Franks{{flag| 45.22Sunder Nix{{flag>United States}} 45.241983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres}}Willi Wülbeck{{flag>West Germany}} 1:43.65Rob Druppers{{flag>Netherlands}} 1:44.20Joaquim Cruz{{flag>Brazil| 1:44.271983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres}}Steve Cram{{flag>Great Britain}} 3:41.59Steve Scott (athlete)>Steve Scott{{flag| 3:41.87Saïd Aouita{{flag>Morocco}} 3:42.021983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres}}Eamonn Coghlan{{flag>Ireland}} 13:28.53Werner Schildhauer{{flag>East Germany}} 13:30.20Martti Vainio{{flag>Finland}} 13:30.341983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres}}Alberto Cova{{flag>Italy}} 28:01.04Werner Schildhauer{{flag>East Germany}} 28:01.18Hansjörg Kunze{{flag>East Germany}} 28:01.261983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon}}Rob de Castella{{flag>Australia}} 2:10:03Kebede Balcha{{flag>Ethiopia| 2:10:27Waldemar Cierpinski{{flag>East Germany}} 2:10:371983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles}}Greg Foster (hurdler)>Greg Foster{{flag| 13.42Arto Bryggare{{flag>Finland}} 13.46Willie Gault{{flag>United States}} 13.481983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles}}Edwin Moses{{flag>United States}} 47.50Harald Schmid{{flag>West Germany}} 48.61Aleksandr Kharlov{{flag>Soviet Union}} 49.031983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase}}Patriz Ilg{{flag>West Germany}} 8:15.06Bogusław Mamiński{{flag>Poland}} 8:17.03Colin Reitz{{flag>Great Britain}} 8:17.751983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk}}Ernesto Canto{{flag>Mexico}} 1:20:49Jozef Pribilinec{{flag>Czechoslovakia}} 1:20:59Yevgeniy Yevsyukov{{flag>Soviet Union}} 1:21:081983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk}}Ronald Weigel{{flag>East Germany}} 3:43:08José Marín (racewalker)>José Marín{{flag| 3:46:32Sergey Yung{{flag>Soviet Union}} 3:49:031983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay}}USA}}Emmit KingWillie GaultCalvin SmithCarl Lewis 37.86(WR)ITA}}Stefano TilliCarlo SimionatoPierfrancesco PavoniPietro Mennea 38.37(NR)URS}}Andrey ProkofyevNikolay SidorovVladimir Muravyov (athlete)Viktor Bryzgin >| 38.411983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 400 metres relay}}URS}}Sergey LovachovAleksandr TroshchiloNikolay ChernetskiyViktor Markin 3:00.79FRG}}Erwin SkamrahlJörg VaihingerHarald SchmidHartmut Weber Martin Weppler*Edgar Nakladal* 3:01.83GBR}}Ainsley BennettGarry CookTodd BennettPhil Brown (athlete) Kriss Akabusi* >| 3:03.53 bgcolor= e8e8e8 {{Sports record codes}}Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995{| {{MedalistTable|columns=2}}1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump}}Hennadiy Avdyeyenko | 2.32Tyke Peacock | 2.32Zhu Jianhua | 2.291983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault}}Sergey Bubka | 5.70Konstantin Volkov (athlete) > URS}} 5.60Atanas Tarev 1971}} 5.601983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump}}Carl Lewis | 8.55Jason Grimes | 8.29Mike Conley (track athlete) > USA}} 8.121983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump}}Zdzisław Hoffmann | 17.42Willie Banks | 17.18Ajayi Agbebaku | 17.181983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put}}Edward Sarul | 21.39Ulf Timmermann | 21.16Remigius Machura | 20.981983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw}}Imrich Bugár | 67.72Luis Delís | 67.36Géjza Valent | 66.081983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw}}Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958) > URS}} 82.68Yuriy Sedykh | 80.94Zdzisław Kwaśny | 79.421983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw}}Detlef Michel | 89.48Tom Petranoff | 85.60Dainis Kūla | 85.581983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon}}Daley Thompson | 8666Jürgen Hingsen | 8561Siegfried Wentz | 8478 bgcolor= e8e8e8 {{Sports record codes}}

Women's results

Track

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995{| {{MedalistTable|columns=2}}1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres}}Marlies Göhr | 10.97(CR)Marita Koch | 11.02Diane Williams (athlete) > USA}} 11.061983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres}}Marita Koch | 22.13Merlene Ottey | 22.19Kathy Smallwood-Cook > GBR}} 22.371983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres}}Jarmila Kratochvílová | 47.99(WR)Taťána Kocembová | 48.59(PB)Mariya Pinigina | 49.191983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres}}Jarmila Kratochvílová | 1:54.68Lyubov Gurina | 1:56.11Yekaterina Podkopayeva | 1:57.581983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres}}Mary Decker | 4:00.90Zamira Zaytseva | 4:01.19Yekaterina Podkopayeva | 4:02.251983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres}}Mary Decker | 8:34.62Brigitte Kraus | 8:35.11Tatyana Kazankina | 8:35.131983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon}}Grete Waitz | 2:28:09Marianne Dickerson | 2:31:09Raisa Smekhnova | 2:31:131983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles}}Bettine Jahn | 12.35Kerstin Knabe | 12.42Ginka Zagorcheva 1971}} 12.621983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles}}Yekaterina Fesenko | 54.14Ana Ambrazienė | 54.15Ellen Fiedler | 54.551983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay}}GDR}}Silke GladischMarita KochIngrid AuerswaldMarlies Göhr 41.76GBR}}Joan BaptisteKathy Smallwood-CookBeverley Goddard>Beverley CallenderShirley Thomas (athlete) >| 42.71JAM}}Leleith HodgesJacqueline PuseyJuliet CuthbertMerlene Ottey 42.731983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay}}GDR}}Kerstin WaltherSabine BuschMarita KochDagmar NeubauerUndine Bremer*Ellen Fiedler* >| 3:19.73TCH}}Taťána KocembováMilena StrnadováZuzana Moravčíková (sprinter)>Zuzana MoravčíkováJarmila Kratochvílová 3:20.32URS}}Yelena KorbanMarina KharlamovaIrina BaskakovaMariya Pinigina >| 3:21.16 bgcolor= e8e8e8 {{Sports record codes}}Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995{| {{MedalistTable|columns=2}}1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump}}Tamara Bykova | 2.01Ulrike Meyfarth | 1.99Louise Ritter | 1.951983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump}}Heike Daute | 7.27Anişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu > ROU| 7.15Carol Lewis | 7.041983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put}}Helena Fibingerová | 21.05Helma Knorscheidt | 20.70Ilona Slupianek | 20.561983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw}}Martina Hellmann > GDR}} 68.94Galina Murasova | 67.44Mariya Petkova 1971}} 66.441983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw}}Tiina Lillak | 70.82Fatima Whitbread | 69.14Anna Verouli | 65.721983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon}}Ramona Neubert | 6714Sabine John > GDR}} 6662Anke Vater | 6532 bgcolor= e8e8e8 {{Sports record codes}}

Medal table

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1983-0814-017, Helsinki, 1. Leichtathletik-WM, Cierpinski, De Castella.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Marathon bronze medallist and reigning Olympic champion Waldemar Cierpinski (DDR) celebrates with gold medal winner Robert de CastellaRobert de Castella{{Medals table }}

See also

• 1983 in athletics (track and field)

References

• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20041212065303weblink">IAAF

External links

{{commons category-inline|1983 World Championships in Athletics}}

• Summary at SVT's open archive

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