1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 1983 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates7 August (heats and quarter-finals)
8 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors67
Winning time10.07 CR
Medalists
gold medal Carl Lewis   United States
silver medal Calvin Smith   United States
bronze medal Emmit King   United States
Events at the
1983 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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 1983. 67 athletes from 49 nations entered to the competition

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Calvin Smith (USA) 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.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Luke Watson  Great Britain & N.I. 10.64 Q, CR
2 Valentin Atanasov  Bulgaria 10.66 Q
3 Lester Benjamin  Antigua and Barbuda 10.76 Q
4 Mohamed Purnomo  Indonesia 10.76
5 Thurston Ross  Trinidad and Tobago 11.08
6 Peni Bati  Fiji 11.11
– Şükrü Çaprazlı  Turkey DNS
Wind: –1.0 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Juan Núñez  Dominican Republic 10.38 Q, CR
2 Innocent Egbunike  Nigeria 10.44 Q
3 Ben Johnson  Canada 10.45 Q
4 Everard Samuels  Jamaica 10.57 q
5 Sheikh Omar Faye  Gambia 10.76
6 Hwang Chian-Shin  Chinese Taipei 10.82
7 John Albertie  Saint Lucia 10.90
8 Joske Teabuge  Nauru 12.20
Wind: +1.8 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl Lewis  United States 10.34 Q, CR
2 Cameron Sharp  Great Britain & N.I. 10.44 Q
3 Osvaldo Lara  Cuba 10.47 Q
4 Earl Haley  Guyana 10.77
5 Earle Laing  Jamaica 10.91
6 Pit Rapuan  Malaysia 11.03
7 Vicente Daniel Ibrahim  Mozambique 11.20
Wind: +1.2 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Desai Williams  Canada 10.31 Q, CR
2 Paul Narracott  Australia 10.38 Q
3 Frank Emmelmann  East Germany 10.40 Q
4 Jouko Hassi  Finland 10.58
5 Gregory Simons  Bermuda 10.78
6 Moussa Savadogo  Mali 10.88
7 Alan Zammit  Malta 11.25
8 José Flores  Honduras 11.31
Wind: –0.2 m/s

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Calvin Smith  United States 10.30 Q, CR
2 Ferenc Kiss  Hungary 10.45 Q
3 Marian Woronin  Poland 10.50 Q
4 Robson da Silva  Brazil 10.51 q
5 Joseph Leota  Samoa 10.92
6 Georges Taniel  Vanuatu 11.02
7 Nguyễn Trương Hòa  Vietnam 11.16
Wind: +0.7 m/s

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Pierfrancesco Pavoni  Italy 10.33 Q
2 Emmit King  United States 10.41 Q
3 Thomas Schröder  East Germany 10.41 Q
4 Gerrard Keating  Australia 10.57 q
5 Kosmas Stratos  Greece 10.65
6 Christopher Madzokere  Zimbabwe 10.84
7 Rubén Inácio  Angola 10.92
Wind: –0.5 m/s

Heat 7

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Allan Wells  Great Britain & N.I. 10.37 Q
2 Christian Haas  West Germany 10.39 Q
3 Chidi Imoh  Nigeria 10.55 Q
4 Nikolay Sidorov  Soviet Union 10.59
5 Wilfredo Almonte  Dominican Republic 10.72
6 Giorgio Mautino  Peru 10.85
7 Banana Jarjue  Gambia 11.04
8 Trevor Davis  Anguilla 11.53
Wind: +1.8 m/s

Heat 8

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Raymond Stewart  Jamaica 10.22 Q
2 Christopher Brathwaite  Trinidad and Tobago 10.33 Q
3 Ernest Obeng  Ghana 10.35 Q
4 István Tatár  Hungary 10.45 q
5 Harouna Pale Republic of Upper Volta Upper Volta (UPV) 10.58
6 Neville Hodge  U.S. Virgin Islands 10.59
7 Laoui Adnan Abou  Jordan 11.17
Wind: +2.3 m/s

Heat 9

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Leandro Peñalver  Cuba 10.24 Q, CR
2 Tony Sharpe  Canada 10.31 Q
3 Viktor Bryzgin  Soviet Union 10.33 Q
4 Antoine Richard  France 10.34 q
5 Suchart Chairsuvaparb  Thailand 10.63
6 Jean-Yves Mallat  Lebanon 11.04
7 Mohamad Ismail Bakaki  Afghanistan 12.33
– Lee Kuo-Sheng  Chinese Taipei DNS
Wind: +1.3 m/s

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.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Calvin Smith  United States 10.27 Q
2 Tony Sharpe  Canada 10.36 Q
3 Paul Narracott  Australia 10.37 Q
4 Thomas Schröder  East Germany 10.45 Q
5 Ernest Obeng  Ghana 10.51
6 Innocent Egbunike  Nigeria 10.52
7 Luke Watson  Great Britain & N.I. 10.57
8 Everard Samuels  Jamaica 10.65
Wind: +1.1 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl Lewis  United States 10.20 Q, CR
2 Raymond Stewart  Jamaica 10.37 Q
3 Cameron Sharp  Great Britain & N.I. 10.41 Q
4 Frank Emmelmann  East Germany 10.46 Q
5 Christopher Brathwaite  Trinidad and Tobago 10.57
6 Robson da Silva  Brazil 10.66
7 Marian Woronin  Poland 10.72
8 Lester Benjamin  Antigua and Barbuda 10.86
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Desai Williams  Canada 10.31 Q
2 Allan Wells  Great Britain & N.I. 10.37 Q
3 Juan Núñez  Dominican Republic 10.39 Q
4 Osvaldo Lara  Cuba 10.44 Q
5 Chidi Imoh  Nigeria 10.45
6 Viktor Bryzhin  Soviet Union 10.55
7 Gerrard Keating  Australia 10.59
8 István Tatár  Hungary 10.65
Wind: –1.1 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Emmit King  United States 10.30 Q
2 Christian Haas  West Germany 10.36 Q
3 Leandro Peñalver  Cuba 10.38 Q
4 Ben Johnson  Canada 10.40 Q
5 Pierfrancesco Pavoni  Italy 10.44
6 Antoine Richard  France 10.44
7 Ferenc Kiss  Hungary 10.53
8 Valentin Atanasov  Bulgaria 10.63
Wind: –1.2 m/s

Semi-finals

The semi-finals 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.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Calvin Smith  United States 10.22 Q
2 Allan Wells  Great Britain & N.I. 10.35 Q
3 Juan Núñez  Dominican Republic 10.36 Q
4 Emmit King  United States 10.36 Q
5 Frank Emmelmann  East Germany 10.40
6 Ben Johnson  Canada 10.44
7 Tony Sharpe  Canada 10.44
8 Leandro Peñalver  Cuba 10.47
Wind: –0.8 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl Lewis  United States 10.28 Q
2 Paul Narracott  Australia 10.38 Q
3 Desai Williams  Canada 10.39 Q
4 Christian Haas  West Germany 10.39 Q
5 Raymond Stewart  Jamaica 10.40
6 Cameron Sharp  Great Britain & N.I. 10.43
7 Osvaldo Lara  Cuba 10.46
8 Thomas Schröder  East Germany 10.52
Wind: –1.0 m/s

Final

The final took place on August 8.

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carl Lewis  United States 10.07 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Calvin Smith  United States 10.21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emmit King  United States 10.24
4 Allan Wells  Great Britain & N.I. 10.27
5 Juan Núñez  Dominican Republic 10.29
6 Christian Haas  West Germany 10.32
7 Paul Narracott  Australia 10.33
8 Desai Williams  Canada 10.36
Wind: –0.3 m/s

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