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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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Men's 800 metres
at the 1983 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates7 August (heats)
8 August (semi-finals)
9 August (final)
Competitors60 from 46 nations
Winning time1:43.65 CR
Medalists
gold medal Willi Wülbeck   West Germany
silver medal Rob Druppers   Netherlands
bronze medal Joaquim Cruz   Brazil
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Events at the
1983 World Championships
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These are the official results of the men's 800 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 60 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on 9 August 1983.

From the gun, World Junior Record holder and NCAA Champion Joaquim Cruz went out fast to get the lead, with Peter Elliott in lane 1 accelerating when he saw Cruz ahead of him, passing the break point swinging wide to go around Cruz but Cruz would not let him by. Coming off the turn, Elliott accelerated and ran past Cruz to take the lead at the bell in 50.58. Hans-Peter Ferner was next behind them, followed by Willi Wülbeck and Rob Druppers. Coming off the third turn, Cruz again accelerated to try to take back the lead. Down the backstretch, Cruz and Elliott ran shoulder to shoulder. Gritting his teeth, Elliott would not concede the position, Cruz running the final turn outside of Elliott still shoulder to shoulder with now Wülbeck watching the battle from two steps behind. Off the final turn, Cruz accelerated again to pull away from Elliott but Wülbeck went around the outside to sprint past both of them, unleaded to victory. Druppers came off the final turn several metres back, passed a fading Ferner and began sprinting, picking off Elliott and then Cruz just before the finish line.

Records

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Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Sebastian Coe (GBR) 1:41.73 Florence, Italy June 10, 1981
Championship Record New event

Results

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Qualifying heats

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The qualifying heats took place on 7 August, with the 60 athletes involved being split into 8 heats. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 James Robinson  United States (USA) 1:46.32 Q, CR
2 Garry Cook  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:46.44 Q
3 Viktor Kalinkin  Soviet Union (URS) 1:46.57 q
4 Christoph Ulmer  Switzerland (SUI) 1:47.98
5 Jama Aden  Somalia (SOM) 1:48.69
6 Paul Gilbert  Australia (AUS) 1:51.39
7 Khaled Khalifa  Kuwait (KUW) 1:52.84
8 Sekou Camara  Guinea (GUI) 1:59.90
Heat 2
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Matthias Assmann  West Germany (FRG) 1:47.45 Q
2 José Luíz Barbosa  Brazil (BRA) 1:47.47 Q
3 Binko Kolev  Bulgaria (BUL) 1:47.49 q
4 Peter Bourke  Australia (AUS) 1:48.15
5 Petru Drăgoescu  Romania (ROM) 1:48.33
6 Bo Breigan  Norway (NOR) 1:49.53
7 Mohammed Darwish  Iraq (IRQ) 1:50.68
Heat 3
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Willi Wülbeck  West Germany (FRG) 1:46.55 Q
2 Philippe Dupont  France (FRA) 1:46.62 Q
3 David Patrick  United States (USA) 1:46.76 q
4 Babacar Niang  Senegal (SEN) 1:47.54
5 Donato Sabia  Italy (ITA) 1:47.62
6 Sotirios Moutsanas  Greece (GRE) 1:48.23
7 Vincent Confait  Seychelles (SEY) 1:55.04
8 Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa  Rwanda (RWA) 1:55.12
Heat 4
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Detlef Wagenknecht  East Germany (GDR) 1:49.20 Q
2 Sammy Koskei  Kenya (KEN) 1:49.35 Q
3 Omer Khalifa  Sudan (SUD) 1:49.67
4 Ronny Olsson  Sweden (SWE) 1:49.72
5 Simon Hoogewerf  Canada (CAN) 1:49.92
Charlie Oliver  Solomon Islands (SOL) DNS
Ryszard Ostrowski  Poland (POL) DNS
Heat 5
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Agberto Guimarães  Brazil (BRA) 1:48.30 Q
2 Alberto Juantorena  Cuba (CUB) 1:48.40 Q
3 Juma Ndiwa  Kenya (KEN) 1:48.40
4 Mohamed Zahafi  Morocco (MAR) 1:49.43
5 Gordan Hinds  Barbados (BAR) 1:50.92
6 Didier Le Guillou  France (FRA) 1:52.49
7 Ruthsel Martina  Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 1:55.67
Heat 6
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Mack  United States (USA) 1:45.84 Q, CR
2 Jorma Härkönen  Finland (FIN) 1:46.39 Q
3 Peter Elliott  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:46.53 q
4 José Marajo  France (FRA) 1:46.78 q
5 Colomán Trabado  Spain (ESP) 1:47.10 q
6 Bock-Ju Kim  South Korea (KOR) 1:48.40
7 Tisbite Rakotoarisoa  Madagascar (MAD) 1:50.70
8 Antonio Cadio Paraiso  São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) 1:58.47
Heat 7
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rob Druppers  Netherlands (NED) 1:46.12 Q
2 Joaquim Cruz  Brazil (BRA) 1:46.12 Q
3 Peter Pearless  New Zealand (NZL) 1:47.22 q
4 Mike Solomon  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 1:47.30 q
5 Faouzi Lahbi  Morocco (MAR) 1:47.76
6 Gawain Guy  Jamaica (JAM) 1:49.19
7 John Chappory  Gibraltar (GIB) 1:52.30
Heat 8
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hans-Peter Ferner  West Germany (FRG) 1:48.34 Q
2 Michael Hillardt  Australia (AUS) 1:48.44 Q
3 James Maina Boi  Kenya (KEN) 1:48.69
4 Mark Handelsman  Israel (ISR) 1:49.02
5 Mohamed Alouini  Tunisia (TUN) 1:49.09
6 William Wuycke  Venezuela (VEN) 1:50.71
7 Luis Ramirez  Nicaragua (NCA) 1:55.77
8 Clive Williams  Belize (BIZ) 2:03.64

Semi-finals

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The semifinals took place on 8 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.

Heat 1
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Joaquim Cruz  Brazil (BRA) 1:45.62 Q, CR
2 James Robinson  United States (USA) 1:46.16 Q
3 Philippe Dupont  France (FRA) 1:46.36
4 Viktor Kalinkin  Soviet Union (URS) 1:46.83
5 Mike Solomon  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 1:47.10
6 Matthias Assmann  West Germany (FRG) 1:48.73
7 Michael Hillardt  Australia (AUS) 1:49.64
Alberto Juantorena  Cuba (CUB) DNS
Heat 2
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Willi Wülbeck  West Germany (FRG) 1:46.21 Q
2 Agberto Guimarães  Brazil (BRA) 1:46.37 Q
3 José Marajo  France (FRA) 1:46.39
4 David Mack  United States (USA) 1:46.39
5 Colomán Trabado  Spain (ESP) 1:46.85
6 Garry Cook  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:47.48
7 Sammy Koskei  Kenya (KEN) 1:48.92
8 Binko Kolev  Bulgaria (BUL) 1:50.23
Heat 3
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hans-Peter Ferner  West Germany (FRG) 1:45.24 Q, CR
2 David Patrick  United States (USA) 1:45.30 Q
3 Peter Elliott  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:45.38 q
4 Rob Druppers  Netherlands (NED) 1:45.55 q
5 Detlef Wagenknecht  East Germany (GDR) 1:45.70
6 Peter Pearless  New Zealand (NZL) 1:47.82
7 José Luíz Barbosa  Brazil (BRA) 1:48.05
8 Jorma Härkönen  Finland (FIN) 1:49.39

Final

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The final took place on August 9.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Willi Wülbeck  West Germany (FRG) 1:43.65 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rob Druppers  Netherlands (NED) 1:44.20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joaquim Cruz  Brazil (BRA) 1:44.27
4 Peter Elliott  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:44.87
5 James Robinson  United States (USA) 1:45.12
6 Agberto Guimarães  Brazil (BRA) 1:45.46
7 Hans-Peter Ferner  West Germany (FRG) 1:45.74
8 David Patrick  United States (USA) 1:46.56

References

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