1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on 10 August 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Carl Lewis United States (USA)
Silver	Jason Grimes United States (USA)
Bronze	Mike Conley United States (USA)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
09.08.1983 – ??:??h	09.08.1983 – ??:??h
Final Round
10.08.1983 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
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	Bob Beamon (USA)	8.90 m	October 18, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico
Event Record	New event

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Jason Grimes (USA)	8.29	—	—	8.29 m
2	3	Gary Honey (AUS)	X	8.12	—	8.12 m
3	5	Antonio Corgos (ESP)	7.32	X	8.05	8.05 m
4	6	Oganes Stepanyan (URS)	7.82	7.88	8.01	8.01 m
5	8	Atanas Atanasov (BUL)	7.96	—	—	7.96 m
6	11	Mike Conley (USA)	7.88	7.89	7.90	7.90 m
7	12	Nenad Stekić (YUG)	7.88	7.88	7.64	7.88 m
8	13	Lee Mu-tsai (TPE)	7.44	7.51	7.88	7.88 m
9	15	Lester Benjamin (ATG)	7.81	7.78	7.41	7.81 m
10	17	Stephen Walsh (NZL)	X	X	7.75	7.75 m
11	18	Gyula Pálóczi (HUN)	7.42	7.70	7.40	7.70 m
12	19	Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)	X	7.70	X	7.70 m
13	26	Chan Ka-chiu (HKG)	X	X	7.31	7.31 m
14	27	Bilanday Bodjona (TOG)	7.15	6.91	6.82	7.15 m
—	—	Steve Hanna (BAH)				DNS
—	—	Ian James (CAN)				DNS
—	—	Vlastimil Mařinec (TCH)				DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.37	—	—	8.37 m
2	4	Yusuf Alli (NGR)	8.11	—	—	8.11 m
3	7	László Szalma (HUN)	7.97	—	—	7.97 m
4	9	Gheorghe Cojocaru (ROU)	7.92	—	—	7.92 m
5	10	Jan Leitner (TCH)	7.90	—	—	7.90 m
6	14	Sergey Rodin (URS)	6.95	X	7.87	7.87 m
7	16	Liu Yuhuang (CHN)	X	X	7.77	7.77 m
8	20	Joey Wells (BAH)	6.44	7.69	X	7.69 m
9	21	René Gloor (SUI)	X	7.68	X	7.68 m
10	22	Jarmo Karna (FIN)	7.56	7.54	X	7.56 m
11	23	Marco Piochi (ITA)	7.29	7.42	7.52	7.52 m
12	24	Björn Johansson (SWE)	5.78	7.51	6.96	7.51 m
13	25	Wilfredo Almonte (DOM)	7.38	X	7.21	7.38 m
14	28	Laoui Adnan Abou (JOR)	X	7.06	7.12	7.12 m
15	29	Mohamed Abdulla Abdelaslam (LBA)	X	6.76	6.54	6.76 m
16	30	Said Al-Marhubi (OMA)	X	6.20	5.80	6.20 m
—	—	Atanas Chochev (BUL)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.55	—	8.42	—	—	—	8.55 m	CR
	Jason Grimes (USA)	8.29	X	8.23	8.29	X	8.17	8.29 m
	Mike Conley (USA)	X	8.06	X	8.12	8.12	X	8.12 m
4	László Szalma (HUN)	X	7.93	X	8.09	8.08	8.12	8.12 m
5	Nenad Stekić (YUG)	7.80	5.54	7.94	5.99	7.76	8.09	8.09 m
6	Gary Honey (AUS)	7.86	7.93	8.06	X	7.94	7.96	8.06 m
7	Antonio Corgos (ESP)	7.94	7.79	7.92	7.91	8.06	X	8.06 m
8	Yusuf Alli (NGR)	7.89	X	7.89	7.85	7.89	7.74	7.89 m
9	Gheorghe Cojocaru (ROU)	7.81	7.88	7.70				7.88 m
10	Jan Leitner (TCH)	7.64	7.84	7.80				7.84 m
11	Oganes Stepanyan (URS)	7.74	X	7.59				7.74 m
12	Atanas Atanasov (BUL)	7.52	7.69	7.54				7.69 m
13	Lee Mu-Tsai (TPE)	7.57	6.89	7.09				7.57 m

See also

• 1980 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Athens)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Long Jump (Rome)

References

• Results
• L'Athletisme (September 1983, p52)