1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
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
Existing records at the start of the event.
World Record | ![]() |
19.72 | Mexico City, Mexico | September 12, 1979 |
Championship Record | New event |
Results
Qualifying heats
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
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
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
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 |
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6 | Elliott Quow | ![]() |
20.41 | |
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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
- "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
- "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (PDF) (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 2022-07-28.