1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Competition:	1983 World Championships
Venue:	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates:	7 August (heats and quarter-finals) 8 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors:	67
Win Value:	10.07
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Calvin Smith
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Emmit King
Bronzenoc:	USA
Next:	1987

The men's 100 metres at the 1983 IAAF World Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland on 7 and 8 August 2022. 67 athletes from 49 nations entered to the competition

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record		9.93	Colorado Springs, USA	July 3, 1983
Championship Record	New event

Results

Qualifying heats

The qualifying heats took place on 7 August, with the 67 athletes involved being split into 9 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( 

Q ) and the next 5 fastest ( q ) qualified for the quarter-finals.

Wind:Heat 1: –1.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.8 m/s, Heat 3: +1.2 m/s, Heat 4: –0.2 m/s, Heat 5: +0.7m/s, Heat 6: –0.5 m/s, Heat 7: +1.8 m/s, Heat 8: +2.3 m/s, Heat 9: +1.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8			10.22	Q
2	9			10.24	Q,
3	5			10.30	Q,
4	9			10.31	Q
	4			10.31	Q,
6	8			10.33	Q
	9			10.33	Q
	6			10.33	Q
9	3			10.34	Q,
10	9			10.34	q
11	8			10.35	Q
12	7			10.37	Q
13	4			10.38	Q
	2			10.38	Q,
15	7			10.39	Q
16	4			10.40	Q
17	6			10.41	Q
	6			10.41	Q
19	2			10.44	Q
	3			10.44	Q
21	2			10.45	Q
	5			10.45	Q
	8			10.45	q
24	3			10.47	Q
25	5			10.50	Q
26	5			10.51	q
27	7			10.55	Q
28	6			10.57	q
	2			10.57	q
30	4			10.58
	8		Upper Volta (UPV)	10.58
32	8			10.59
	7			10.59
34	9			10.63
35	1			10.64	Q,
36	6			10.65
37	1			10.66	Q
38	7			10.72
39	1			10.76	Q
39	2			10.76
	1			10.76
42	3			10.77
43	4			10.78
44	2			10.82
45	6			10.84
46	7			10.85
47	4			10.88
48	2			10.90
49	3			10.91
50	6			10.92
	5			10.92
52	5			11.02
53	3			11.03
54	7			11.04
	9			11.04
56	1			11.08
57	1			11.11
58	5			11.16
59	8			11.17
60	3			11.20
61	4			11.25
62	4			11.31
63	7			11.53
64	2			12.20
65	9			12.33
	9
	1

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals took place on 7 August, with the 32 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( 

Q ) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind:Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: –1.1 m/s, Heat 4: –1.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			10.20	Q,
2	1			10.27	Q
3	4			10.30	Q
4	3			10.31	Q
5	1			10.36	Q
	4			10.36	Q
7	1			10.37	Q
	2			10.37	Q
	3			10.37	Q
10	4			10.38	Q
11	3			10.39	Q
12	4			10.40	Q
13	2			10.41	Q
14	3			10.44	Q
14	4			10.44
	4			10.44
17	1			10.45	Q
17	3			10.45
19	2			10.46	Q
20	1			10.51
21	1			10.52
22	4			10.53
23	3			10.55
24	1			10.57
	2			10.57
26	3			10.59
27	4			10.63
28	1			10.65
	3			10.65
30	2			10.66
31	2			10.72
32	2			10.86

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 8 August, with the 16 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( 

Q ) qualified for the final.

Wind:Heat 1: –0.8 m/s, Heat 2: –1.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			10.22	Q
2	2			10.28	Q
3	1			10.35	Q
4	1			10.36	Q
5	1			10.36	Q
6	2			10.38	Q
7	2			10.39	Q
8	2			10.39	Q
9	1			10.40
	2			10.40
11	2			10.43
12	1			10.44
	1			10.44
14	2			10.46
15	1			10.47
16	2			10.52

Final

The final took place on August 8.

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			10.07
			10.21
			10.24
4			10.27
5			10.29
6			10.32
7			10.33
8			10.36

References

• Results