1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk explained

These are the official results of the Men's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The race was held on 7 August 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Ernesto Canto Mexico (MEX)
Silver	Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Bronze	Yevgeniy Yevsyukov Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
		1:19.35	April 27, 1980	Cherkasy, Soviet Union
	New event
Broken records during the 1983 World Athletics Championships
		1:20.49	August 7, 1983	Helsinki, Finland

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
		1:20:49
		1:20:59
		1:21:08
4		1:21:21
5		1:21:37	NR
6		1:21:54
7		1:21:57
8		1:22:04	NR
9		1:22:06
10		1:22:14
11		1:22:34
12		1:22:51
13		1:24:55
14		1:25:13
15		1:25:23
16		1:25:27
17		1:25:49
18		1:25:53
19		1:25:55
20		1:26:13
21		1:26:39
22		1:26:57
23		1:27:10
24		1:27:15
25		1:27:20
26		1:27:39
27		1:27:46
28		1:27:49
29		1:28:09
30		1:28:16
31		1:28:51
32		1:29:14
33		1:29:16
34		1:29:42
35		1:29:53
36		1:30:10
37		1:30:25
38		1:30:36
39		1:30:38
40		1:31:02
41		1:31:14
42		1:31:32
43		1:31:43
44		1:32:21
45		1:32:33
46		1:33:45
47		1:33:59
48		1:34:39
49		1:35:07
50		1:35:21
51		1:36:37
52		1:38:52
53		1:39:41
54		1:51:35
55		2:05:13
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
-		DSQ
-		DSQ
DID NOT START (DNS)
-		DNS
-		DNS

See also

• 1980 Men's Olympic 20km Walk (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships 20km Walk (Athens)
• 1983 Race Walking Year Ranking
• 1984 Men's Olympic 20km Walk (Los Angeles)
• 1984 Men's Friendship Games 20km Walk (Moscow)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 20km Walk (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Men's Olympic 20km Walk (Seoul)

References

• Results
• Leichtathletik-Statistiek-Seite