1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The Women's Marathon at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland was held on Sunday August 7, 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Grete Waitz Norway (NOR)
Silver	Marianne Dickerson United States (USA)
Bronze	Raisa Smekhnova Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Joan Benoit (USA)	2:22:43	April 18, 1983	Boston, United States
Event Record	New event
Season Best	Joan Benoit (USA)	2:22:43	April 18, 1983	Boston, United States
Broken records at the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Grete Waitz (NOR)	2:28:09	August 7, 1983	Helsinki, Finland

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Grete Waitz (NOR)	2:28:09
	Marianne Dickerson (USA)	2:31:09
	Raisa Smekhnova (URS)	2:31:13	NR
4	Rosa Mota (POR)	2:31:50
5	Jacqueline Gareau (CAN)	2:32:35
6	Laura Fogli (ITA)	2:33:31
7	Regina Joyce (IRL)	2:33:52
8	Tuija Toivonen (FIN)	2:34:14	NR
9	Joyce Smith (GBR)	2:34:27
10	Lyutsia Belyayeva (URS)	2:34:44
11	Rita Marchisio (ITA)	2:35:08
12	Debbie Eide (USA)	2:36:17
13	Carey May (IRL)	2:36:28
14	Glenys Quick (NZL)	2:37:14
15	Monika Lövenich (FRG)	2:39:19
16	Marja Vartiainen (FIN)	2:39:22
17	Carla Beurskens (NED)	2:39:25
18	Karolina Szabó (HUN)	2:40:23
19	Christa Vahlensieck (FRG)	2:40:43
20	Magda Ilands (BEL)	2:40:52
21	Cindy Hamilton (CAN)	2:41:27
22	Kathryn Binns (GBR)	2:42:12
23	Zoya Ivanova (URS)	2:43:27
24	Ngaire Drake (NZL)	2:43:51
25	Jill Colwell (AUS)	2:45:07
26	Jackie Turney (AUS)	2:45:43
27	Sinikka Keskitalo (FIN)	2:46:10
28	Dorothy Goertzen (CAN)	2:46:38
29	Kersti Jacobsen (DEN)	2:46:48
30	Ilona Zsilak (HUN)	2:46:48
31	Mieko Tajima (JPN)	2:47:10
32	Tuulikki Raisanen (SWE)	2:47:29
33	Jarmila Urbanova (TCH)	2:48:28
34	Mary O'Connor (NZL)	2:48:44
35	Yuko Gordon (HKG)	2:48:51
36	Zehava Shmueli (ISR)	2:49:07
37	Mette Holm-Hansen (DEN)	2:49:43
37	Lone Dybdahl (DEN)	2:49:43
39	Megan Sloane (AUS)	2:51:11
40	Elizabeth Oberli-Schuh (VEN)	2:51:30
41	Evy Palm (SWE)	2:51:49
42	Heidi Jacobsen (NOR)	2:52:51
43	Midde Hamrin (SWE)	2:52:53
44	Deirdre Foreman-Nagle (IRL)	2:53:07
45	Iciar Martínez (ESP)	2:53:24
46	Rita Borralho (POR)	2:53:41
47	Oddrun Hovsengen (NOR)	2:54:04
48	Maria-Luisa Ronquillo (MEX)	2:56:33
49	Rumiko Kaneko (JPN)	2:58:53
50	Son Yong-Hi (PRK)	2:59:10
51	Kim Myong-Suk (PRK)	3:12:41
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Julie Brown (USA)	DNF
—	Yueh-Mei Kao (TPE)	DNF
—	Wu Jinmei (CHN)	DNF
—	Kandasamy Jayamani (SIN)	DNF
—	Chantal Langlacé (FRA)	DNF
—	Yupin Lohachart (THA)	DNF
—	Alba Milana (ITA)	DNF
—	Charlotte Teske (FRG)	DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
—	Marie-Christine Deurbroeck (BEL)	DNS
—	Glynis Penny (GBR)	DNS
—	Chu Winnie Ng Lai (HKG)	DNS
—	Amy Cesaretti (SMR)	DNS

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships Marathon (Athens)
• 1983 Marathon Year Ranking
• 1984 Women's Olympic Marathon (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Marathon (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Women's Olympic Marathon (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Marathon (Split)

References

• Results