1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

None These are the official results of the Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the inaugural 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 35 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on 12 August 1983. Medalists GoldFRG Patriz IlgWest Germany (FRG)SilverPOL Bogusław MamińskiPoland (POL)BronzeGBR Colin ReitzGreat Britain (GBR) Summary On a cold and rainy day, Tommy Ekblom sprinted off the line to take the early lead. Half a lap into the race he was almost 10 metres off the front absorbing the enthusiasm of the home crowd as the pack strung out behind him. Over the next two laps, Colin Reitz led the pack to pull back the lead as Ekblom's pace slowed on the second lap. Reitz was comfortable to wait on Ekblom's shoulder. Henry Marsh typically was off the back of the string, at times over 5 metres behind the last athlete. Ekblom continued to lead, the pack bunching up behind him with Marsh joining on the fifth lap but nobody moving past. Finally with a lap and a half to go, Mariano Scartezzini dared to go past, accelerating to take a couple of metres until Bogusław Mamiński went off in chase going into the bell, then the racing began. Wiggling through Reitz and Mamiński on the inside, Patriz Ilg pulled up to the challenging position with Marsh coming around the outside to join him. Before the final back stretch, Ilg went by and separated off the front. Mamiński squeezed inside of Marsh to take off in chase, only Marsh and Reitz still in contact. Picking up speed, Marsh passed Mamiński, then moving toward the outside he had room to pass Ilg on the outside going into the last barrier. Then Marsh hit the barrier. It didn't go down. Marsh did. Ilg was gone to victory. As Marsh tried to find his way to his feet, Mamiński, Reitz and Joseph Mahmoud went by to finish in that order. Records Existing records at the start of the event. World RecordHenry Rono KEN8:05.4Seattle, USAMay 13, 1978Championship RecordNew event Final RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.pngPatriz Ilg FRG8:15.06Image:Med 2.pngBogusław Mamiński POL8:17.03Image:Med 3.pngColin Reitz GBR8:17.754.Joseph Mahmoud FRA8:18.325.Roger Hackney GBR8:19.386.Graeme Fell GBR8:20.017.Julius Korir KEN8:20.118.Henry Marsh USA8:20.459.Mariano Scartezzini ITA8:21.1710.Domingo Ramón ESP8:21.3211.Hagen Melzer GDR8:21.3312.Tommy Ekblom FIN8:21.50 Semi finals Held on Wednesday 1983-08-10 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Colin Reitz GBR8:22.912.Hagen Melzer GDR8:23.103.Henry Marsh USA8:23.184.Tommy Ekblom FIN8:23.285.Mariano Scartezzini ITA8:23.306.Francisco Sánchez ESP8:23.927.Panayot Kashanov BUL 19718:31.958.Richard Tuwei KEN8:33.299.Pascal Debacker FRA8:36.1610.William Van Dijck BEL8:39.0111.Rainer Schwarz FRGDNF—Krzysztof Wesołowski POLDNS RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Bogusław Mamiński POL8:20.812.Patriz Ilg FRG8:20.833.Julius Korir KEN8:21.074.Joseph Mahmoud FRA8:21.295.Domingo Ramón ESP8:21.616.Roger Hackney GBR8:22.447.Graeme Fell GBR8:23.228.Brian Diemer USA8:23.399.Peter Renner NZL8:25.7210.Gábor Markó HUN8:32.4211.Shigeyuki Aikyo JPN8:33.2912.Kip Rono KEN8:33.97 Qualifying heats Held on Tuesday 1983-08-09 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Julius Korir KEN8:26.632.Domingo Ramón ESP8:27.193.Henry Marsh USA8:27.464.Rainer Schwarz FRG8:27.714.Graeme Fell GBR8:27.716.Gábor Markó HUN8:27.727.Mariano Scartezzini ITA8:28.278.Joseph Mahmoud FRA8:29.349.Shigeyuki Aikyo JPN8:31.2710.Peter Daenens BEL8:39.6611.Ilkka Äyräväinen FIN8:46.2312.Flemming Jensen DEN8:56.57 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Krzysztof Wesołowski POL8:27.082.Panayot Kashanov BUL 19718:29.153.Kip Rono KEN8:29.254.Tommy Ekblom FIN8:30.745.Roger Hackney GBR8:30.906.William Van Dijck BEL8:32.337.Rickey Pittman USA8:32.628.Brendan Quinn IRL8:34.029.Hamid Homada MAR8:34.5910.Juan Torres ESP8:41.8711.Mark Adam CAN9:15.1812.Girma Woldehana ETH 19759:31.81 RANKHEAT 3TIME1.Colin Reitz GBR8:22.782.Bogusław Mamiński POL8:22.793.Patriz Ilg FRG8:22.974.Richard Tuwei KEN8:23.885.Hagen Melzer GDR8:24.236.Brian Diemer USA8:24.927.Peter Renner NZL8:25.668.Francisco Sánchez ESP8:25.929.Pascal Debacker FRA8:30.7910.Carmelo Ríos PUR8:47.1911.Eshetu Tura ETH 19758:53.86 See also 1980 Men's Olympic 3.000m Steeplechase (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships 3.000m Steeplechase (Athens) 1984 Men's Olympic 3.000m Steeplechase (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships 3.000m Steeplechase (Stuttgart) 1987 Men's World Championships 3.000m Steeplechase (Rome) References Results S Category:Steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships