1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

None Men's 100 metres 1983 World Championships Helsinki Olympic Stadium 7 August (heats and quarter-finals)8 August (semi-finals and final) 67 10.07 CR Carl Lewis USA Calvin Smith USA Emmit King USA 1987 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 RecordCalvin Smith USA9.93Colorado Springs, USAJuly 3, 1983Championship RecordNew 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 GBR 10.64 Q, CR World Championships in Athletics 2 Valentin Atanasov BUL 10.66 Q 3 Lester Benjamin ATG 10.76 Q 4 Mohamed Purnomo INA 10.76 5 Thurston Ross TRI 11.08 6 Peni Bati FIJ 11.11 – Şükrü Çaprazlı TUR DNS Wind: –1.0 m/s Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Juan Núñez DOM 10.38 Q, CR World Championships in Athletics 2 Innocent Egbunike NGR 10.44 Q 3 Ben Johnson CAN 10.45 Q 4 Everard Samuels JAM 10.57 q 5 Sheikh Omar Faye GAM 10.76 6 Hwang Chian-Shin TPE 10.82 7 John Albertie LCA 10.90 8 Joske Teabuge NRU 12.20 Wind: +1.8 m/s Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl Lewis USA 10.34 Q, CR World Championships in Athletics 2 Cameron Sharp GBR 10.44 Q 3 Osvaldo Lara CUB 10.47 Q 4 Earl Haley GUY 10.77 5 Earle Laing JAM 10.91 6 Pit Rapuan MAS 11.03 7 Vicente Daniel Ibrahim MOZ 11.20 Wind: +1.2 m/s Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Desai Williams CAN 10.31 Q, CR World Championships in Athletics 2 Paul Narracott AUS 10.38 Q 3 Frank Emmelmann GDR 10.40 Q 4 Jouko Hassi FIN 10.58 5 Gregory Simons BER 10.78 6 Moussa Savadogo MLI 10.88 7 Alan Zammit MLT 11.25 8 José Flores HON 11.31 Wind: –0.2 m/s Heat 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Calvin Smith USA 10.30 Q, CR World Championships in Athletics 2 Ferenc Kiss HUN 10.45 Q 3 Marian Woronin POL 10.50 Q 4 Robson da Silva BRA 10.51 q 5 Joseph Leota SAM 10.92 6 Georges Taniel VAN 11.02 7 Nguyễn Trương Hòa VIE 11.16 Wind: +0.7 m/s Heat 6 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Pierfrancesco Pavoni ITA 10.33 Q 2 Emmit King USA 10.41 Q 3 Thomas Schröder GDR 10.41 Q 4 Gerrard Keating AUS 10.57 q 5 Kosmas Stratos GRE 10.65 6 Christopher Madzokere ZIM 10.84 7 Rubén Inácio ANG 10.92 Wind: –0.5 m/s Heat 7 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Allan Wells GBR 10.37 Q 2 Christian Haas FRG 10.39 Q 3 Chidi Imoh NGR 10.55 Q 4 Nikolay Sidorov URS 10.59 5 Wilfredo Almonte DOM 10.72 6 Giorgio Mautino PER 10.85 7 Banana Jarjue GAM 11.04 8 Trevor Davis AIA 11.53 Wind: +1.8 m/s Heat 8 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Raymond Stewart JAM 10.22 Q 2 Christopher Brathwaite TRI 10.33 Q 3 Ernest Obeng GHA 10.35 Q 4 István Tatár HUN 10.45 q 5 Harouna Pale Upper Volta Upper Volta (UPV) 10.58 6 Neville Hodge ISV 10.59 7 Laoui Adnan Abou JOR 11.17 Wind: +2.3 m/s Heat 9 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Leandro Peñalver CUB 10.24 Q, CR World Championships in Athletics 2 Tony Sharpe CAN 10.31 Q 3 Viktor Bryzgin URS 10.33 Q 4 Antoine Richard FRA 10.34 q 5 Suchart Chairsuvaparb THA 10.63 6 Jean-Yves Mallat LIB 11.04 7 Mohamad Ismail Bakaki AFG 12.33 – Lee Kuo-Sheng TPE 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 USA 10.27 Q 2 Tony Sharpe CAN 10.36 Q 3 Paul Narracott AUS 10.37 Q 4 Thomas Schröder GDR 10.45 Q 5 Ernest Obeng GHA 10.51 6 Innocent Egbunike NGR 10.52 7 Luke Watson GBR 10.57 8 Everard Samuels JAM 10.65 Wind: +1.1 m/s Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl Lewis USA 10.20 Q, CR World Championships in Athletics 2 Raymond Stewart JAM 10.37 Q 3 Cameron Sharp GBR 10.41 Q 4 Frank Emmelmann GDR 10.46 Q 5 Christopher Brathwaite TRI 10.57 6 Robson da Silva BRA 10.66 7 Marian Woronin POL 10.72 8 Lester Benjamin ATG 10.86 Wind: +0.8 m/s Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Desai Williams CAN 10.31 Q 2 Allan Wells GBR 10.37 Q 3 Juan Núñez DOM 10.39 Q 4 Osvaldo Lara CUB 10.44 Q 5 Chidi Imoh NGR 10.45 6 Viktor Bryzhin URS 10.55 7 Gerrard Keating AUS 10.59 8 István Tatár HUN 10.65 Wind: –1.1 m/s Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Emmit King USA 10.30 Q 2 Christian Haas FRG 10.36 Q 3 Leandro Peñalver CUB 10.38 Q 4 Ben Johnson CAN 10.40 Q 5 Pierfrancesco Pavoni ITA 10.44 6 Antoine Richard FRA 10.44 7 Ferenc Kiss HUN 10.53 8 Valentin Atanasov BUL 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 USA 10.22 Q 2 Allan Wells GBR 10.35 Q 3 Juan Núñez DOM 10.36 Q 4 Emmit King USA 10.36 Q 5 Frank Emmelmann GDR 10.40 6 Ben Johnson CAN 10.44 7 Tony Sharpe CAN 10.44 8 Leandro Peñalver CUB 10.47 Wind: –0.8 m/s Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl Lewis USA 10.28 Q 2 Paul Narracott AUS 10.38 Q 3 Desai Williams CAN 10.39 Q 4 Christian Haas FRG 10.39 Q 5 Raymond Stewart JAM 10.40 6 Cameron Sharp GBR 10.43 7 Osvaldo Lara CUB 10.46 8 Thomas Schröder GDR 10.52 Wind: –1.0 m/s Final The final took place on August 8. Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Carl LewisUSA10.07CR World Championships in Athletics Calvin SmithUSA10.21 Emmit KingUSA10.24 4 Allan WellsGBR10.27 5 Juan NúñezDOM10.29 6 Christian HaasFRG10.32 7Paul NarracottAUS10.33 8Desai WilliamsCAN10.36 Wind: –0.3 m/s References Results Category:100 metres at the World Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1983 World Athletics Championships