1983 World Championships in Athletics
The 1st World Athletics Championships were held from 7 to 14 August 1983 in Helsinki. The competitions were held in the Olympic Stadium of 1952. It was attended by 1572 athletes from some 153 countries.
There were two world records:
- The U.S. 4x100 - meter relay team reached a time of 37.86 s
- Jarmila Kratochvílová from Czechoslovakia laid back 400 meters in 47.99 seconds.
- 2.1 100 m
- 2.2 200 m
- 2.3 400 m
- 2.4 800 m
- 2.5 1500 m
- 2.6 3000 m
- 2.7 Marathon
- 2.8 100m Hurdles
- 2.9 400m hurdles
- 2:10 4 x 100 m relay
- 2:11 4 x 400 m relay
- 2:12 High Jump
- 2:13 Long Jump
- 2:14 javelin
- 2:15 Discus Throw
- 2:16 Shot Put
- 2:17 Heptathlon
100 m
Date: August 8,
Participants from German-speaking countries: Germany Democratic Republic in 1949 Frank Emmelmann ( semis; 10.40 s ) Germany Democratic Republic in 1949 Thomas Schröder ( semis; 10.52 s )
200 m
Date: August 14
Participants from German-speaking countries: Austria Roland Jokl ( quarterfinals, 21:24 s ) Germany BR Andreas Rizzi ( quarterfinals; 21.37 s )
400 m
Date: August 10
Participants from German-speaking countries: Switzerland Marcel Arnold ( quarterfinals; DNS) Germany BR Martin Weppler ( semis; 46,55 s )
800 m
Date: August 9,
1500 m
Date: August 14
5000 m
Date: August 14
10,000 m
Date: August 9,
Marathon
Date: August 14
20 km Go
Date: August 7,
50 km Go
Date: August 12
110 m hurdles
Date: August 12
400m hurdles
Date: August 9,
3000 m steeplechase
Date: August 12
4 x 100 m relay
Date: August 10
4 x 400 m relay
Date: August 14
High Jump
Date: August 13,
Pole vault
Date: August 14
Long-jump
Date: August 10
Triple Jump
Date: August 8,
Javelin
Date: August 12
Discus Throw
Date: August 14
Shot Put
Date: August 7,
Hammer Throw
Date: August 9,
Decathlon
Date: August 12 and 13
Women
100 m
Date: August 8,
200 m
Date: August 14
400 m
Date: August 10
800 m
Date: August 9,
1500 m
Date: August 14
3000 m
Date: August 10
Marathon
Date: August 7,
100m Hurdles
Date: August 13,
400m hurdles
Date: August 10
4 x 100 m relay
Date: August 10
4 x 400 m relay
Date: August 14
High Jump
Date: August 9,
Long-jump
Date: August 14
Javelin
Date: August 13,
Discus Throw
Date: August 10
Shot Put
Date: August 12
Heptathlon
Date: August 8th and 9th
Explanations
- WR: World Record
- NR: National Record
- DNF: did not finish ( did not finish )