1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

These are the official results of the Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the inaugural 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 35 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on 12 August 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Patriz Ilg West Germany (FRG)
Silver	Bogusław Mamiński Poland (POL)
Bronze	Colin Reitz Great Britain (GBR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Henry Rono (KEN)	8:05.4	Seattle, USA	May 13, 1978
Championship Record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Patriz Ilg (FRG)	8:15.06
	Bogusław Mamiński (POL)	8:17.03
	Colin Reitz (GBR)	8:17.75
4.	Joseph Mahmoud (FRA)	8:18.32
5.	Roger Hackney (GBR)	8:19.38
6.	Graeme Fell (GBR)	8:20.01
7.	Julius Korir (KEN)	8:20.11
8.	Henry Marsh (USA)	8:20.45
9.	Mariano Scartezzini (ITA)	8:21.17
10.	Domingo Ramón (ESP)	8:21.32
11.	Hagen Melzer (GDR)	8:21.33
12.	Tommy Ekblom (FIN)	8:21.50

Semi finals

• Held on Wednesday 1983-08-10

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Colin Reitz (GBR)	8:22.91
2.	Hagen Melzer (GDR)	8:23.10
3.	Henry Marsh (USA)	8:23.18
4.	Tommy Ekblom (FIN)	8:23.28
5.	Mariano Scartezzini (ITA)	8:23.30
6.	Francisco Sánchez (ESP)	8:23.92
7.	Panayot Kashanov (BUL)	8:31.95
8.	Richard Tuwei (KEN)	8:33.29
9.	Pascal Debacker (FRA)	8:36.16
10.	William Van Dijck (BEL)	8:39.01
11.	Rainer Schwarz (FRG)	DNF
—	Krzysztof Wesołowski (POL)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Bogusław Mamiński (POL)	8:20.81
2.	Patriz Ilg (FRG)	8:20.83
3.	Julius Korir (KEN)	8:21.07
4.	Joseph Mahmoud (FRA)	8:21.29
5.	Domingo Ramón (ESP)	8:21.61
6.	Roger Hackney (GBR)	8:22.44
7.	Graeme Fell (GBR)	8:23.22
8.	Brian Diemer (USA)	8:23.39
9.	Peter Renner (NZL)	8:25.72
10.	Gábor Markó (HUN)	8:32.42
11.	Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN)	8:33.29
12.	Kip Rono (KEN)	8:33.97

Qualifying heats

• Held on Tuesday 1983-08-09

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Julius Korir (KEN)	8:26.63
2.	Domingo Ramón (ESP)	8:27.19
3.	Henry Marsh (USA)	8:27.46
4.	Rainer Schwarz (FRG)	8:27.71
4.	Graeme Fell (GBR)	8:27.71
6.	Gábor Markó (HUN)	8:27.72
7.	Mariano Scartezzini (ITA)	8:28.27
8.	Joseph Mahmoud (FRA)	8:29.34
9.	Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN)	8:31.27
10.	Peter Daenens (BEL)	8:39.66
11.	Ilkka Äyräväinen (FIN)	8:46.23
12.	Flemming Jensen (DEN)	8:56.57

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Krzysztof Wesołowski (POL)	8:27.08
2.	Panayot Kashanov (BUL)	8:29.15
3.	Kip Rono (KEN)	8:29.25
4.	Tommy Ekblom (FIN)	8:30.74
5.	Roger Hackney (GBR)	8:30.90
6.	William Van Dijck (BEL)	8:32.33
7.	Rickey Pittman (USA)	8:32.62
8.	Brendan Quinn (IRL)	8:34.02
9.	Hamid Homada (MAR)	8:34.59
10.	Juan Torres (ESP)	8:41.87
11.	Mark Adam (CAN)	9:15.18
12.	Girma Woldehana (ETH)	9:31.81

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Colin Reitz (GBR)	8:22.78
2.	Bogusław Mamiński (POL)	8:22.79
3.	Patriz Ilg (FRG)	8:22.97
4.	Richard Tuwei (KEN)	8:23.88
5.	Hagen Melzer (GDR)	8:24.23
6.	Brian Diemer (USA)	8:24.92
7.	Peter Renner (NZL)	8:25.66
8.	Francisco Sánchez (ESP)	8:25.92
9.	Pascal Debacker (FRA)	8:30.79
10.	Carmelo Ríos (PUR)	8:47.19
11.	Eshetu Tura (ETH)	8:53.86

See also

• 1980 Men's Olympic 3.000m Steeplechase (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships 3.000m Steeplechase (Athens)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 3.000m Steeplechase (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 3.000m Steeplechase (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 3.000m Steeplechase (Rome)

References

• Results