1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on 13 August 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Tyke Peacock United States (USA)
Bronze	Jianhua Zhu China (CHN)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
12.08.1983 – ??:??h	12.08.1983 – ??:??h
Final Round
13.08.1983 – ??:??h

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jianhua Zhu (CHN)	2.37 m	June 11, 1983	Beijing, PR China
Event Record	New event

Results

Qualifying round

• Held on Friday 1983-08-12

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.95	2.00	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	Result	Notes
1	A	Leo Williams	United States								2.21	q
2	A	Francisco Centelles	Cuba								2.21	q
3	A	Takao Sakamoto	Japan								2.18
4	A	Takashi Katamine	Japan								2.18
5	A	Othmane Belfaa	Algeria								2.15
5	A	Moussa Sagna Fall	Senegal								2.15
7	A	Eugen-Cristian Popescu	Romania								2.15
8	A	Roberto Cabrejas	Spain								2.15
8	A	Clarence Saunders	Bermuda								2.15
8	A	Wolfgang Tschirk	Austria								2.15
11	A	Jouko Kilpi	Finland								2.10
11	A	Constantin Militaru	Romania								2.10
13	A	Gianni Davito	Italy								2.10
13	A	Alain Metellus	Canada								2.10
15	A	Liu Chin-chiang	Chinese Taipei								2.00
16	A	Alphonse Gaglozoun	Benin								1.95
16	A	France-Henry Lisette	Mauritius								1.95
	A	Ardeshir Ghandoomi	Iran								NM
	A	Joseph Rajo	Sudan								DNS
1	B	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union								2.24	Q
1	B	Milton Ottey	Canada								2.24	Q
1	B	Zhu Jianhua	China								2.24	Q
4	B	Carlo Thränhardt	West Germany								2.21	q
4	B	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Soviet Union								2.21	q
4	B	Sorin Matei	Romania								2.21	q
4	B	Valeriy Sereda	Soviet Union								2.21	q
4	B	Dwight Stones	United States								2.21	q
4	B	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden								2.21	q
10	B	Jacek Wszoła	Poland								2.21	q
10	B	Luca Toso	Italy								2.21	q
12	B	Paul Frommeyer	West Germany								2.21	q
13	B	Eddy Annys	Belgium								2.21	q
14	B	Dietmar Mögenburg	West Germany								2.21	q
15	B	Tyke Peacock	United States								2.21	q
16	B	Roland Dalhäuser	Switzerland								2.15
17	B	Dariusz Biczysko	Poland								2.15
18	B	Franck Verzy	France								2.10
18	B	Stephen Wray	Bahamas								2.10

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.10	2.15	2.19	2.23	2.26	2.29	2.32	2.34	Result	Notes
	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Soviet Union	–	o	o	o	o	xo	o	xxx	2.32
	Tyke Peacock	United States	–	o	o	xo	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.32
	Zhu Jianhua	China	–	o	o	o	o	o	xxx		2.29
4	Dietmar Mögenburg	West Germany	–	o	o	xo	–	o	xxx		2.29
4	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union	o	o	o	o	xo	o	xxx		2.29
6	Dwight Stones	United States	–	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.29
7	Carlo Thränhardt	West Germany	–	o	o	o	o	–	xxx		2.26
8	Valeriy Sereda	Soviet Union	o	o	xo	o	o	xxx			2.26
9	Milton Ottey	Canada	–	xo	o	o	o	xxx			2.26
10	Luca Toso	Italy	o	xo	o	xxo	xxo	xxx			2.26
11	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden									2.23
12	Leo Williams	United States									2.23
13	Jacek Wszoła	Poland									2.23
14	Eddy Annys	Belgium									2.19
15	Francisco Centelles	Cuba									2.19
16	Paul Frommeyer	West Germany	xo	xo	xo	xxx					2.19
17	Sorin Matei	Romania									2.15

See also

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

References

• Results