1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
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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.
Dates13 August (heats and quarter-finals)
14 August (semi-finals and final)
14 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors57
Winningtime20.14 CR
| Men's 200 metres at the 1983 World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 13 August (heats and quarter-finals) 14 August (semi-finals and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 57 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 20.14 CR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 Record |  Pietro Mennea (ITA) |
19.72 | Mexico City, Mexico | September 12, 1979 |
| Championship Record | New 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Emmelmann |  East Germany |
20.95 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Cameron Sharp |  Great Britain & N.I. |
21.07 | Q |
| 3 | Bruce Frayne |  Australia |
21.15 | Q |
| 4 | Christopher Brathwaite |  Trinidad and Tobago |
21.24 | q |
| 5 | Hector Daley |  Panama |
21.49 | q |
| 6 | Earl Haley |  Guyana |
21.55 | q |
| 7 | Moussa Savadogo |  Mali |
22.33 | |
| 8 | Awudu Nuhu |  Ghana |
22.93 |
- Heat 2 (wind +1.8 m/s)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pietro Mennea | Italy |
20.80 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Sergey Sokolov |  Soviet Union |
20.94 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Narracott | Australia |
21.08 | Q |
| 4 | Luis Schneider |  Chile |
21.23 | q |
| 5 | Giorgio Mautino |  Peru |
21.78 | |
| 6 | Hoa Nguyen Truong |  Vietnam |
22.68 | |
| 7 | Gervais Kirolo |  Central African Republic |
23.10 |
- Heat 3 (wind +0.7 m/s)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Batista da Silva |  Brazil |
20.93 | Q |
| 2 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union |
21.12 | Q |
| 3 | Desai Williams |  Canada |
21.36 | Q |
| 4 | Mohamed Purnomo |  Indonesia |
21.88 | |
| 5 | Joseph Leota |  Samoa |
22.33 | |
| 6 | Nagib Salem Ahmed |  Yemen |
23.22 | |
| 7 | Colin Bradford |  Jamaica |
24.15 |
- Heat 4 (wind +1.1 m/s)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlo Simionato | Italy |
20.76 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Elliott Quow |  United States |
21.01 | Q |
| 3 | Atlee Mahorn | Canada |
21.14 | Q |
| 4 | Angel Heras |  Spain |
21.29 | q |
| 5 | Roland Jokl |  Austria |
21.30 | q |
| 6 | David Sawyerr |  Sierra Leone |
22.23 | |
| 7 | John Albertie |  Saint Lucia |
22.53 |
- Heat 5 (wind –2.1 m/s)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allan Wells | Great Britain & N.I. |
21.14 | Q |
| 2 | Boubacar Diallo |  Senegal |
21.17 | Q |
| 3 | Christopher Madzokere |  Zimbabwe |
21.68 | Q |
| 4 | Dean Greenaway |  British Virgin Islands |
22.24 | |
| Juan Núñez |  Dominican Republic |
DNS | ||
| Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy |
DNS | ||
| Tony Sharpe | Canada |
DNS |
- Heat 6 (wind +0.4 m/s)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Smith | United States |
21.10 | Q |
| 2 | Leroy Reid | Jamaica |
21.13 | Q |
| 3 | Patrick Barré |  France |
21.34 | Q |
| 4 | Jae-Keun Chang |  South Korea |
21.39 | q |
| 5 | Gustavo Capart |  Argentina |
21.66 | |
| 6 | Rubén Inácio |  Angola |
22.33 | |
| 7 | Trevor Davis |  Anguilla |
22.80 |
- Heat 7 (wind –1.1 m/s)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Innocent Egbunike |  Nigeria |
21.28 | |
| 2 | István Nagy |  Hungary |
21.50 | |
| 3 | Andreas Rizzi |  West Germany |
21.51 | |
| 4 | Oumar Fye |  Gambia |
22.30 | |
| 5 | Sikendar Iqbal |  Pakistan |
22.91 | |
| Peni Bati |  Fiji |
DNS | ||
| Don Quarrie | Jamaica |
DNS |
- Heat 8 (wind +1.3 m/s)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | France |
20.99 | Q |
| 2 | Luke Watson | Great Britain & N.I. |
21.20 | Q |
| 3 | Alfred Nyambane |  Kenya |
21.21 | Q |
| 4 | Neville Hodge |  U.S. Virgin Islands |
21.38 | q |
| 5 | Larry Myricks | United States |
21.74 | |
| 6 | Georges Taniel |  Vanuatu |
22.28 | |
| 7 | José Flores |  Honduras |
22.94 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Smith | United States |
20.60w | Q |
| 2 | João Batista da Silva | Brazil |
20.65w | Q |
| 3 | Allan Wells | Great Britain & N.I. |
20.81w | Q |
| 4 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | France |
20.86w | Q |
| 5 | Ángel Heras | Spain |
21.25w | |
| 6 | Earl Haley | Guyana |
21.39w | |
| 7 | Luis Schneider | Chile |
21.39w | |
| Jae-Keun Chang | South Korea |
DNF |
- Heat 2 (wind –1.6 m/s)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlo Simionato | Italy |
20.75 | Q, CR |
| 2. | Desai Williams | Canada |
20.87 | Q |
| 3. | Boubacar Diallo | Senegal |
20.97 | Q |
| 4. | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain & N.I. |
20.99 | Q |
| 5. | Patrick Barré | France |
21.12 | |
| 6. | Paul Narracott | Australia |
21.34 | |
| 7. | Alfred Nyambane | Kenya |
21.55 | |
| 8. | Christopher Madzokere | Zimbabwe |
21.55 |
- Heat 3 (wind –0.4 m/s)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany |
20.78 | Q |
| 2 | Leroy Reid | Jamaica |
20.88 | Q |
| 3 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria |
20.91 | Q |
| 4 | Sergey Sokolov | Soviet Union |
20.93 | Q |
| 5 | Atlee Mahorn | Canada |
21.13 | |
| 6 | Christopher Brathwaite | Trinidad and Tobago |
21.14 | |
| 7 | Andreas Rizzi | West Germany |
21.37 | |
| 8 | István Nagy | Hungary |
21.52 |
- Heat 4 (wind +1.6 m/s)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pietro Mennea | Italy |
20.68 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union |
20.70 | Q |
| 3 | Elliott Quow | United States |
20.80 | Q |
| 4 | Bruce Frayne | Australia |
20.97 | Q |
| 5 | Luke Watson | Great Britain & N.I. |
20.99 | |
| 6 | Roland Jokl | Austria |
21.24 | |
| 7 | Neville Hodge | U.S. Virgin Islands |
21.38 | |
| Hector Daley | Panama |
DNS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Batista da Silva | Brazil |
20.56w | Q |
| 2 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany |
20.63w | Q |
| 3 | Pietro Mennea | Italy |
20.68w | Q |
| 4 | Elliott Quow | United States |
20.69w | Q |
| 5 | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain & N.I. |
20.69w | |
| 6 | Desai Williams | Canada |
20.71w | |
| 7 | Leroy Reid | Jamaica |
20.89w | |
| 8 | Sergey Sokolov | Soviet Union |
20.89w |
- Heat 2 (wind +1.4 m/s)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Smith | United States |
20.29 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Carlo Simionato | Italy |
20.60 | Q |
| 3 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria |
20.63 | Q |
| 4 | Allan Wells | Great Britain & N.I. |
20.63 | Q |
| 5 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union |
20.71 | |
| 6 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | France |
20.76 | |
| 7 | Bruce Frayne | Australia |
20.94 | |
| 8 | Boubacar Diallo | Senegal |
20.96 |
Final
The final took place on August 14. Wind: +1.2 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Calvin Smith | United States |
20.14 | CR |
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6 | Elliott Quow | United States |
20.41 | |
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5 | Pietro Mennea | Italy |
20.51 | |
| 4 | 4 | Allan Wells | Great Britain & N.I. |
20.52 | |
| 5 | 7 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany |
20.55 | |
| 6 | 2 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria |
20.63 | |
| 7 | 1 | Carlo Simionato | Italy |
20.69 | |
| 8 | 8 | João Batista da Silva | Brazil |
20.80 |