1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
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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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.
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 | ![]() | 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 |
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1 | Frank Emmelmann | ![]() | 20.95 | Q, CR |
2 | Cameron Sharp | ![]() | 21.07 | Q |
3 | Bruce Frayne | ![]() | 21.15 | Q |
4 | Christopher Brathwaite | ![]() | 21.24 | q |
5 | Hector Daley | ![]() | 21.49 | q |
6 | Earl Haley | ![]() | 21.55 | q |
7 | Moussa Savadogo | ![]() | 22.33 | |
8 | Awudu Nuhu | ![]() | 22.93 |
- Heat 2 (wind +1.8 m/s)
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() | 20.80 | Q, CR |
2 | Sergey Sokolov | ![]() | 20.94 | Q |
3 | Paul Narracott | ![]() | 21.08 | Q |
4 | Luis Schneider | ![]() | 21.23 | q |
5 | Giorgio Mautiño Batuello | ![]() | 21.78 | |
6 | Hoa Nguyen Truong | ![]() | 22.68 | |
7 | Gervais Kirolo | ![]() | 23.10 |
- Heat 3 (wind +0.7 m/s)
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | João Batista da Silva | ![]() | 20.93 | Q |
2 | Vladimir Muravyov | ![]() | 21.12 | Q |
3 | Desai Williams | ![]() | 21.36 | Q |
4 | Mohamed Purnomo | ![]() | 21.88 | |
5 | Joseph Leota | ![]() | 22.33 | |
6 | Nagib Salem Ahmed | ![]() | 23.22 | |
7 | Colin Bradford | ![]() | 24.15 |
- Heat 4 (wind +1.1 m/s)
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Carlo Simionato | ![]() | 20.76 | Q, CR |
2 | Elliott Quow | ![]() | 21.01 | Q |
3 | Atlee Mahorn | ![]() | 21.14 | Q |
4 | Angel Heras | ![]() | 21.29 | q |
5 | Roland Jokl | ![]() | 21.30 | q |
6 | David Sawyerr | ![]() | 22.23 | |
7 | John Albertie | ![]() | 22.53 |
- Heat 5 (wind –2.1 m/s)
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Allan Wells | ![]() | 21.14 | Q |
2 | Boubacar Diallo | ![]() | 21.17 | Q |
3 | Christopher Madzokere | ![]() | 21.68 | Q |
4 | Dean Greenaway | ![]() | 22.24 | |
Juan Núñez | ![]() | DNS | ||
Pierfrancesco Pavoni | ![]() | DNS | ||
Tony Sharpe | ![]() | DNS |
- Heat 6 (wind +0.4 m/s)
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Calvin Smith | ![]() | 21.10 | Q |
2 | Leroy Reid | ![]() | 21.13 | Q |
3 | Patrick Barré | ![]() | 21.34 | Q |
4 | Jae-Keun Chang | ![]() | 21.39 | q |
5 | Gustavo Capart | ![]() | 21.66 | |
6 | Rubén Inácio | ![]() | 22.33 | |
7 | Trevor Davis | ![]() | 22.80 |
- Heat 7 (wind –1.1 m/s)
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Innocent Egbunike | ![]() | 21.28 | |
2 | István Nagy | ![]() | 21.50 | |
3 | Andreas Rizzi | ![]() | 21.51 | |
4 | Oumar Fye | ![]() | 22.30 | |
5 | Sikendar Iqbal | ![]() | 22.91 | |
Peni Bati | ![]() | DNS | ||
Don Quarrie | ![]() | DNS |
- Heat 8 (wind +1.3 m/s)
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | ![]() | 20.99 | Q |
2 | Luke Watson | ![]() | 21.20 | Q |
3 | Alfred Nyambane | ![]() | 21.21 | Q |
4 | Neville Hodge | ![]() | 21.38 | q |
5 | Larry Myricks | ![]() | 21.74 | |
6 | Georges Taniel | ![]() | 22.28 | |
7 | José Flores | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 20.60w | Q |
2 | João Batista da Silva | ![]() | 20.65w | Q |
3 | Allan Wells | ![]() | 20.81w | Q |
4 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | ![]() | 20.86w | Q |
5 | Ángel Heras | ![]() | 21.25w | |
6 | Earl Haley | ![]() | 21.39w | |
7 | Luis Schneider | ![]() | 21.39w | |
Jae-Keun Chang | ![]() | DNF |
- Heat 2 (wind –1.6 m/s)
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Carlo Simionato | ![]() | 20.75 | Q, CR |
2. | Desai Williams | ![]() | 20.87 | Q |
3. | Boubacar Diallo | ![]() | 20.97 | Q |
4. | Cameron Sharp | ![]() | 20.99 | Q |
5. | Patrick Barré | ![]() | 21.12 | |
6. | Paul Narracott | ![]() | 21.34 | |
7. | Alfred Nyambane | ![]() | 21.55 | |
8. | Christopher Madzokere | ![]() | 21.55 |
- Heat 3 (wind –0.4 m/s)
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frank Emmelmann | ![]() | 20.78 | Q |
2 | Leroy Reid | ![]() | 20.88 | Q |
3 | Innocent Egbunike | ![]() | 20.91 | Q |
4 | Sergey Sokolov | ![]() | 20.93 | Q |
5 | Atlee Mahorn | ![]() | 21.13 | |
6 | Christopher Brathwaite | ![]() | 21.14 | |
7 | Andreas Rizzi | ![]() | 21.37 | |
8 | István Nagy | ![]() | 21.52 |
- Heat 4 (wind +1.6 m/s)
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() | 20.68 | Q, CR |
2 | Vladimir Muravyov | ![]() | 20.70 | Q |
3 | Elliott Quow | ![]() | 20.80 | Q |
4 | Bruce Frayne | ![]() | 20.97 | Q |
5 | Luke Watson | ![]() | 20.99 | |
6 | Roland Jokl | ![]() | 21.24 | |
7 | Neville Hodge | ![]() | 21.38 | |
Hector Daley | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 20.56w | Q |
2 | Frank Emmelmann | ![]() | 20.63w | Q |
3 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() | 20.68w | Q |
4 | Elliott Quow | ![]() | 20.69w | Q |
5 | Cameron Sharp | ![]() | 20.69w | |
6 | Desai Williams | ![]() | 20.71w | |
7 | Leroy Reid | ![]() | 20.89w | |
8 | Sergey Sokolov | ![]() | 20.89w |
- Heat 2 (wind +1.4 m/s)
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Calvin Smith | ![]() | 20.29 | Q, CR |
2 | Carlo Simionato | ![]() | 20.60 | Q |
3 | Innocent Egbunike | ![]() | 20.63 | Q |
4 | Allan Wells | ![]() | 20.63 | Q |
5 | Vladimir Muravyov | ![]() | 20.71 | |
6 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | ![]() | 20.76 | |
7 | Bruce Frayne | ![]() | 20.94 | |
8 | Boubacar Diallo | ![]() | 20.96 |
Final
[edit]The final took place on August 14. Wind: +1.2 m/s
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 3 | Calvin Smith | ![]() | 20.14 | CR |
![]() | 6 | Elliott Quow | ![]() | 20.41 | |
![]() | 5 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() | 20.51 | |
4 | 4 | Allan Wells | ![]() | 20.52 | |
5 | 7 | Frank Emmelmann | ![]() | 20.55 | |
6 | 2 | Innocent Egbunike | ![]() | 20.63 | |
7 | 1 | Carlo Simionato | ![]() | 20.69 | |
8 | 8 | João Batista da Silva | ![]() | 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.