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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the 1983 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates13 August (heats and quarter-finals)
14 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors57
Winning time20.14 CR
Medalists
gold medal Calvin Smith   United States
silver medal Elliott Quow   United States
bronze medal Pietro Mennea   Italy
1987 →
Events at the
1983 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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

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Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 19.72 Mexico City, Mexico September 12, 1979
Championship Record New event

Results

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Qualifying heats

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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
1 Frank Emmelmann  East Germany 20.95 Q, CR
2 Cameron Sharp  Great Britain & N.I. 21.07 Q
3 Bruce Frayne  Australia 21.15 Q
4 Christopher Brathwaite  Trinidad and Tobago 21.24 q
5 Hector Daley  Panama 21.49 q
6 Earl Haley  Guyana 21.55 q
7 Moussa Savadogo  Mali 22.33
8 Awudu Nuhu  Ghana 22.93
Heat 2 (wind +1.8 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.80 Q, CR
2 Sergey Sokolov  Soviet Union 20.94 Q
3 Paul Narracott  Australia 21.08 Q
4 Luis Schneider  Chile 21.23 q
5 Giorgio Mautino  Peru 21.78
6 Hoa Nguyen Truong  Vietnam 22.68
7 Gervais Kirolo  Central African Republic 23.10
Heat 3 (wind +0.7 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 João Batista da Silva  Brazil 20.93 Q
2 Vladimir Muravyov  Soviet Union 21.12 Q
3 Desai Williams  Canada 21.36 Q
4 Mohamed Purnomo  Indonesia 21.88
5 Joseph Leota  Samoa 22.33
6 Nagib Salem Ahmed  Yemen 23.22
7 Colin Bradford  Jamaica 24.15
Heat 4 (wind +1.1 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Carlo Simionato  Italy 20.76 Q, CR
2 Elliott Quow  United States 21.01 Q
3 Atlee Mahorn  Canada 21.14 Q
4 Angel Heras  Spain 21.29 q
5 Roland Jokl  Austria 21.30 q
6 David Sawyerr  Sierra Leone 22.23
7 John Albertie  Saint Lucia 22.53
Heat 5 (wind –2.1 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Allan Wells  Great Britain & N.I. 21.14 Q
2 Boubacar Diallo  Senegal 21.17 Q
3 Christopher Madzokere  Zimbabwe 21.68 Q
4 Dean Greenaway  British Virgin Islands 22.24
Juan Núñez  Dominican Republic DNS
Pierfrancesco Pavoni  Italy DNS
Tony Sharpe  Canada DNS
Heat 6 (wind +0.4 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Calvin Smith  United States 21.10 Q
2 Leroy Reid  Jamaica 21.13 Q
3 Patrick Barré  France 21.34 Q
4 Jae-Keun Chang  South Korea 21.39 q
5 Gustavo Capart  Argentina 21.66
6 Rubén Inácio  Angola 22.33
7 Trevor Davis  Anguilla 22.80
Heat 7 (wind –1.1 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Innocent Egbunike  Nigeria 21.28
2 István Nagy  Hungary 21.50
3 Andreas Rizzi  West Germany 21.51
4 Oumar Fye  Gambia 22.30
5 Sikendar Iqbal  Pakistan 22.91
Peni Bati  Fiji DNS
Don Quarrie  Jamaica DNS
Heat 8 (wind +1.3 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jean-Jacques Boussemart  France 20.99 Q
2 Luke Watson  Great Britain & N.I. 21.20 Q
3 Alfred Nyambane  Kenya 21.21 Q
4 Neville Hodge  U.S. Virgin Islands 21.38 q
5 Larry Myricks  United States 21.74
6 Georges Taniel  Vanuatu 22.28
7 José Flores  Honduras 22.94

Quarterfinals

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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  United States 20.60w Q
2 João Batista da Silva  Brazil 20.65w Q
3 Allan Wells  Great Britain & N.I. 20.81w Q
4 Jean-Jacques Boussemart  France 20.86w Q
5 Ángel Heras  Spain 21.25w
6 Earl Haley  Guyana 21.39w
7 Luis Schneider  Chile 21.39w
Jae-Keun Chang  South Korea DNF
Heat 2 (wind –1.6 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Carlo Simionato  Italy 20.75 Q, CR
2. Desai Williams  Canada 20.87 Q
3. Boubacar Diallo  Senegal 20.97 Q
4. Cameron Sharp  Great Britain & N.I. 20.99 Q
5. Patrick Barré  France 21.12
6. Paul Narracott  Australia 21.34
7. Alfred Nyambane  Kenya 21.55
8. Christopher Madzokere  Zimbabwe 21.55
Heat 3 (wind –0.4 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Frank Emmelmann  East Germany 20.78 Q
2 Leroy Reid  Jamaica 20.88 Q
3 Innocent Egbunike  Nigeria 20.91 Q
4 Sergey Sokolov  Soviet Union 20.93 Q
5 Atlee Mahorn  Canada 21.13
6 Christopher Brathwaite  Trinidad and Tobago 21.14
7 Andreas Rizzi  West Germany 21.37
8 István Nagy  Hungary 21.52
Heat 4 (wind +1.6 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.68 Q, CR
2 Vladimir Muravyov  Soviet Union 20.70 Q
3 Elliott Quow  United States 20.80 Q
4 Bruce Frayne  Australia 20.97 Q
5 Luke Watson  Great Britain & N.I. 20.99
6 Roland Jokl  Austria 21.24
7 Neville Hodge  U.S. Virgin Islands 21.38
Hector Daley  Panama DNS

Semifinals

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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  Brazil 20.56w Q
2 Frank Emmelmann  East Germany 20.63w Q
3 Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.68w Q
4 Elliott Quow  United States 20.69w Q
5 Cameron Sharp  Great Britain & N.I. 20.69w
6 Desai Williams  Canada 20.71w
7 Leroy Reid  Jamaica 20.89w
8 Sergey Sokolov  Soviet Union 20.89w
Heat 2 (wind +1.4 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Calvin Smith  United States 20.29 Q, CR
2 Carlo Simionato  Italy 20.60 Q
3 Innocent Egbunike  Nigeria 20.63 Q
4 Allan Wells  Great Britain & N.I. 20.63 Q
5 Vladimir Muravyov  Soviet Union 20.71
6 Jean-Jacques Boussemart  France 20.76
7 Bruce Frayne  Australia 20.94
8 Boubacar Diallo  Senegal 20.96

Final

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The final took place on August 14. Wind: +1.2 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Calvin Smith  United States 20.14 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Elliott Quow  United States 20.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.51
4 4 Allan Wells  Great Britain & N.I. 20.52
5 7 Frank Emmelmann  East Germany 20.55
6 2 Innocent Egbunike  Nigeria 20.63
7 1 Carlo Simionato  Italy 20.69
8 8 João Batista da Silva  Brazil 20.80

References

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  1. ^ "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  2. ^ "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (PDF) (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
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