1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
Men's 1500 metres at the 1983 World Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 12 August (heats) 13 August (semi-finals) 14 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 52 | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:41.59 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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These are the official results of the men's 1500 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 14 August 1983. The winning margin was 0.28 seconds.
Records
[edit]Existing records at the start of the event.
World Record | ![]() | 3:31.36 | Koblenz, West Germany | August 27, 1980 |
Championship Record | New event |
Results
[edit]Qualifying heats
[edit]The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 52 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals.
- Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pierre Délèze | ![]() | 3:42.28 | Q, CR |
2 | Sydney Maree | ![]() | 3:43.13 | Q |
3 | Uwe Becker | ![]() | 3:43.18 | Q |
4 | Ray Flynn | ![]() | 3:43.27 | Q |
5 | João Campos | ![]() | 3:43.44 | |
6 | Kipkoech Cheruiyot | ![]() | 3:43.58 | |
7 | Nikolay Kirov | ![]() | 3:43.77 | |
8 | Jan Persson | ![]() | 3:43.83 | |
9 | Dave Reid | ![]() | 3:45.08 | |
10 | Mohamed Neji Henkiri | ![]() | 3:45.90 | |
11 | Jama Aden | ![]() | 3:46.87 | |
12 | Tisbite Rakotoarisoa | ![]() | 3:52.91 | |
13 | Luis Munguia | ![]() | 4:02.06 |
- Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Steve Cram | ![]() | 3:40.17 | Q, CR |
2 | Saïd Aouita | ![]() | 3:40.39 | Q |
3 | Frank O'Mara | ![]() | 3:40.53 | Q |
4 | John Walker | ![]() | 3:40.67 | Q |
5 | Piotr Kurek | ![]() | 3:40.96 | q |
6 | Niels Kim Hjorth | ![]() | 3:41.29 | q |
7 | Peter Wirz | ![]() | 3:41.69 | |
8 | Philippe Dien | ![]() | 3:43.15 | |
9 | Spyros Spyrou | ![]() | 3:43.94 | |
10 | Paul Rugut | ![]() | 3:46.00 | |
11 | Jimmy Igohe | ![]() | 3:48.58 | |
12 | Charlie Oliver | ![]() | 4:18.24 | |
Mehdi Aidet | ![]() | DNS |
- Heat 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Andreas Busse | ![]() | 3:38.65 | Q, CR |
2 | Steve Ovett | ![]() | 3:39.00 | Q |
3 | Dragan Zdravković | ![]() | 3:39.18 | Q |
4 | Jan Kubista | ![]() | 3:39.20 | Q |
5 | Tom Byers | ![]() | 3:39.41 | q |
6 | Eddy Stevens | ![]() | 3:39.77 | q |
7 | Stefano Mei | ![]() | 3:39.93 | q |
8 | José Luis González | ![]() | 3:41.29 | q |
9 | Pascal Thiebaut | ![]() | 3:41.51 | |
10 | Amar Brahmia | ![]() | 3:42.75 | |
11 | Omer Khalifa | ![]() | 3:48.23 | |
12 | John Chappory | ![]() | 3:56.92 | |
13 | Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa | ![]() | 3:57.49 |
- Heat 4
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Steve Scott | ![]() | 3:37.87 | Q, CR |
2 | José Manuel Abascal | ![]() | 3:38.06 | Q |
3 | Claudio Patrignani | ![]() | 3:38.35 | Q |
4 | Graham Williamson | ![]() | 3:38.99 | Q |
5 | Abderrahmane Morceli | ![]() | 3:39.77 | q |
6 | Robert Nemeth | ![]() | 3:39.93 | q |
7 | Mike Boit | ![]() | 3:40.06 | q |
8 | Antti Loikkanen | ![]() | 3:44.47 | |
9 | Sermet Timurlenk | ![]() | 3:46.74 | |
10 | Mohammed Darwish | ![]() | 3:50.04 | |
11 | Ibrahim Malallah | ![]() | 3:52.05 | |
12 | Masini Situ-Kubanza | ![]() | 4:06.44 | |
13 | Sekou Camara | ![]() | 4:08.46 |
Semi-finals
[edit]The semifinals took place on 13 August, with the 25 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.
- Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Steve Scott | ![]() | 3:36.43 | Q, CR |
2 | Saïd Aouita | ![]() | 3:36.43 | Q |
3 | Jan Kubista | ![]() | 3:37.12 | Q |
4 | Uwe Becker | ![]() | 3:37.27 | Q |
5 | Andreas Busse | ![]() | 3:37.54 | q |
6 | José Luis González | ![]() | 3:38.77 | |
7 | Niels Kim Hjorth | ![]() | 3:39.75 | |
8 | Abderrahmane Morceli | ![]() | 3:39.88 | |
9 | Stefano Mei | ![]() | 3:41.78 | |
10 | Graham Williamson | ![]() | 3:45.84 | |
11 | Frank O'Mara | ![]() | 3:47.10 | |
Robert Nemeth | ![]() | DNF |
- Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Steve Cram | ![]() | 3:35.77 | Q, CR |
2 | Steve Ovett | ![]() | 3:36.26 | Q |
3 | José Manuel Abascal | ![]() | 3:36.35 | Q |
4 | Pierre Délèze | ![]() | 3:36.37 | Q |
5 | John Walker | ![]() | 3:36.52 | q |
6 | Dragan Zdravković | ![]() | 3:37.31 | q |
7 | Mike Boit | ![]() | 3:37.75 | q |
8 | Claudio Patrignani | ![]() | 3:38.36 | |
9 | Sydney Maree | ![]() | 3:38.65 | |
10 | Piotr Kurek | ![]() | 3:39.54 | |
11 | Ray Flynn | ![]() | 3:40.26 | |
12 | Eddy Stevens | ![]() | 3:42.63 | |
13 | Tom Byers | ![]() | 3:43.97 |
Final
[edit]The final took place on August 14.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Steve Cram | ![]() | 3:41.59 | |
![]() | Steve Scott | ![]() | 3:41.87 | |
![]() | Saïd Aouita | ![]() | 3:42.02 | |
4 | Steve Ovett | ![]() | 3:42.34 | |
5 | José Manuel Abascal | ![]() | 3:42.47 | |
6 | Pierre Délèze | ![]() | 3:43.69 | |
7 | Andreas Busse | ![]() | 3:43.72 | |
8 | Dragan Zdravković | ![]() | 3:43.75 | |
9 | John Walker | ![]() | 3:44.24 | |
10 | Jan Kubista | ![]() | 3:44.30 | |
11 | Uwe Becker | ![]() | 3:45.09 | |
12 | Mike Boit | ![]() | 3:46.46 |