1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon explained

The Men's Marathon at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland was held on August 14, 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Robert de Castella Australia (AUS)
Silver	Kebede Balcha Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze	Waldemar Cierpinski East Germany (GDR)

Abbreviations

All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
		2:08:18	December 6, 1981	Fukuoka, Japan
	New event
		2:08:37	April 9, 1983	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Broken records at the 1983 World Athletics Championships
		2:10:03	August 14, 1983	Helsinki, Finland

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
		2:10:03
		2:10:27
		2:10:37
4		2:10:38	NR
5		2:10:42
6		2:10:57
7		2:11:05	NR
8		2:11:15
9		2:11:24
10		2:11:29	NR
11		2:11:30
12		2:11:34	NR
13		2:11:47
14		2:12:11
15		2:13:11
16		2:13:20
17		2:13:34
18		2:13:38
19		2:14:10
20		2:14:20
21		2:14:46
22		2:14:57
23		2:14:58
24		2:15:43
25		2:15:50
26		2:16:02
27		2:16:06
28		2:16:55
29		2:16:59
30		2:17:11
31		2:17:31
32		2:17:56
33		2:18:27
34		2:18:51
35		2:18:56
36		2:19:21
37		2:19:44
38		2:20:25
39		2:20:38
40		2:20:43
41		2:21:36	NR
42		2:21:37
43		2:21:43
44		2:21:56
45		2:22:07
46		2:23:25
47		2:24:04
48		2:25:02
49		2:26:42
50		2:27:05
51		2:27:30
52		2:27:37
53		2:28:30
54		2:29:41
55		2:30:58
56		2:31:31
57		2:31:40
58		2:33:20
59		2:34:00
60		2:34:05
61		2:34:26
62		2:52:01
63		3:03:10
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
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-		DNF

See also

1983 Marathon Year Ranking
Men's Olympic Marathon (1984)

References