1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:Men's 200 metres
Competition:1983 World Championships
Venue:Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates:13 August (heats and quarter-finals)
14 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors:57
Win Value:20.14
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Elliott Quow
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Pietro Mennea
Bronzenoc:ITA
Next:1987

These are the official results of the men's 200 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 57 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats and the final held on 14 August 1983.

At 22 years, 218 days old, gold medallist Smith was the youngest ever world champion for the men's 200 metres[1] until 2019, when Noah Lyles, aged 22 years and 75 days, won the 2019 title.[2]

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record19.72Mexico City, MexicoSeptember 12, 1979
Championship RecordNew event

Results

Qualifying heats

The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 57 athletes involved being split into 8 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( 

Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the quarter-finals.
Heat 1 (wind +1.8 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Frank Emmelmann20.95Q,
2Cameron Sharp21.07Q
3Bruce Frayne21.15Q
4Christopher Brathwaite21.24q
5Hector Daley21.49q
6Earl Haley21.55q
7Moussa Savadogo22.33
8Awudu Nuhu22.93
Heat 2 (wind +1.8 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Pietro Mennea20.80Q,
2Sergey Sokolov20.94Q
3Paul Narracott21.08Q
4Luis Schneider21.23q
5Giorgio Mautino21.78
6Hoa Nguyen Truong22.68
7Gervais Kirolo23.10
Heat 3 (wind +0.7 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1João Batista da Silva20.93Q
2Vladimir Muravyov21.12Q
3Desai Williams21.36Q
4Mohamed Purnomo21.88
5Joseph Leota22.33
6Nagib Salem Ahmed23.22
7Colin Bradford24.15
Heat 4 (wind +1.1 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Carlo Simionato20.76Q,
2Elliott Quow21.01Q
3Atlee Mahorn21.14Q
4Angel Heras21.29q
5Roland Jokl21.30q
6David Sawyerr22.23
7John Albertie22.53
Heat 5 (wind –2.1 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Allan Wells21.14Q
2Boubacar Diallo21.17Q
3Christopher Madzokere21.68Q
4Dean Greenaway22.24
Juan Núñez
Pierfrancesco Pavoni
Tony Sharpe
Heat 6 (wind +0.4 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Calvin Smith21.10Q
2Leroy Reid21.13Q
3Patrick Barré21.34Q
4Jae-Keun Chang21.39q
5Gustavo Capart21.66
6Rubén Inácio22.33
7Trevor Davis22.80
Heat 7 (wind –1.1 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Innocent Egbunike21.28
2István Nagy21.50
3Andreas Rizzi21.51
4Oumar Fye22.30
5Sikendar Iqbal22.91
Peni Bati
Don Quarrie
Heat 8 (wind +1.3 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Jean-Jacques Boussemart20.99Q
2Luke Watson21.20Q
3Alfred Nyambane21.21Q
4Neville Hodge21.38q
5Larry Myricks21.74
6Georges Taniel22.28
7José Flores22.94

Quarterfinals

The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 32 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( 

Q ) qualified for the semifinals.
Heat 1 (wind +2.1 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Calvin Smith20.60Q
2João Batista da Silva20.65Q
3Allan Wells20.81Q
4Jean-Jacques Boussemart20.86Q
5Ángel Heras21.25
6Earl Haley21.39
7Luis Schneider21.39
Jae-Keun Chang
Heat 2 (wind –1.6 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Carlo Simionato20.75Q,
2.Desai Williams20.87Q
3.Boubacar Diallo20.97Q
4.Cameron Sharp20.99Q
5.Patrick Barré21.12
6.Paul Narracott21.34
7.Alfred Nyambane21.55
8.Christopher Madzokere21.55
Heat 3 (wind –0.4 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Frank Emmelmann20.78Q
2Leroy Reid20.88Q
3Innocent Egbunike20.91Q
4Sergey Sokolov20.93Q
5Atlee Mahorn21.13
6Christopher Brathwaite21.14
7Andreas Rizzi21.37
8István Nagy21.52
Heat 4 (wind +1.6 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Pietro Mennea20.68Q,
2Vladimir Muravyov20.70Q
3Elliott Quow20.80Q
4Bruce Frayne20.97Q
5Luke Watson20.99
6Roland Jokl21.24
7Neville Hodge21.38
Hector Daley

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 13 August, with the 16 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( 

Q ) qualified for the final.
Heat 1 (wind +3.4 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1João Batista da Silva20.56Q
2Frank Emmelmann20.63Q
3Pietro Mennea20.68Q
4Elliott Quow20.69Q
5Cameron Sharp20.69
6Desai Williams20.71
7Leroy Reid20.89
8Sergey Sokolov20.89
Heat 2 (wind +1.4 m/s)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1Calvin Smith20.29Q,
2Carlo Simionato20.60Q
3Innocent Egbunike20.63Q
4Allan Wells20.63Q
5Vladimir Muravyov20.71
6Jean-Jacques Boussemart20.76
7Bruce Frayne20.94
8Boubacar Diallo20.96

Final

The final took place on August 14.Wind: +1.2 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
3Calvin Smith20.14
6Elliott Quow20.41
5Pietro Mennea20.51
44Allan Wells20.52
57Frank Emmelmann20.55
62Innocent Egbunike20.63
71Carlo Simionato20.69
88João Batista da Silva20.80

References

Notes and References

  1. . World Championship Statistics Handbook . . 2017-08-03.
  2. . World Championship Statistics Handbook . . 2022-07-28.

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