1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

None Men's 800 metres 1983 World Championships Helsinki Olympic Stadium 7 August (heats)8 August (semi-finals)9 August (final) 60 46 1:43.65 CR Willi Wülbeck FRG Rob Druppers NED Joaquim Cruz BRA 1987 These are the official results of the men's 800 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 60 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on 9 August 1983. From the gun, World Junior Record holder and NCAA Champion Joaquim Cruz went out fast to get the lead, with Peter Elliott in lane 1 accelerating when he saw Cruz ahead of him, passing the break point swinging wide to go around Cruz but Cruz would not let him by. Coming off the turn, Elliott accelerated and ran past Cruz to take the lead at the bell in 50.58. Hans-Peter Ferner was next behind them, followed by Willi Wülbeck and Rob Druppers. Coming off the third turn, Cruz again accelerated to try to take back the lead. Down the backstretch, Cruz and Elliott ran shoulder to shoulder. Gritting his teeth, Elliott would not concede the position, Cruz running the final turn outside of Elliott still shoulder to shoulder with now Wülbeck watching the battle from two steps behind. Off the final turn, Cruz accelerated again to pull away from Elliott but Wülbeck went around the outside to sprint past both of them, unleaded to victory. Druppers came off the final turn several metres back, passed a fading Ferner and began sprinting, picking off Elliott and then Cruz just before the finish line. Records Existing records at the start of the event. World RecordSebastian Coe GBR1:41.73Florence, ItalyJune 10, 1981Championship RecordNew event Results Qualifying heats The qualifying heats took place on 7 August, with the 60 athletes involved being split into 8 heats. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1James RobinsonUSA1:46.32Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Garry CookGBR1:46.44Q3Viktor KalinkinURS1:46.57q4Christoph UlmerSUI1:47.985Jama AdenSOM1:48.696Paul GilbertAUS1:51.397Khaled KhalifaKUW1:52.848Sekou CamaraGUI1:59.90 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Matthias AssmannFRG1:47.45Q2José Luíz BarbosaBRA1:47.47Q3Binko KolevBUL1:47.49q4Peter BourkeAUS1:48.155Petru DrăgoescuROU1:48.336Bo BreiganNOR1:49.537Mohammed DarwishIRQ1:50.68 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Willi WülbeckFRG1:46.55Q2Philippe DupontFRA1:46.62Q3David PatrickUSA1:46.76q4Babacar NiangSEN1:47.545Donato SabiaITA1:47.626Sotirios MoutsanasGRE1:48.237Vincent ConfaitSEY1:55.048Jean-Marie RudasinqwaRWA1:55.12 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Detlef WagenknechtGDR1:49.20Q2Sammy KoskeiKEN1:49.35Q3Omer KhalifaSUD1:49.674Ronny OlssonSWE1:49.725Simon HoogewerfCAN1:49.926Charlie OliverSOLDNS7Ryszard OstrowskiPOLDNS Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Agberto GuimarãesBRA1:48.30Q2Alberto JuantorenaCUB1:48.40Q3Juma NdiwaKEN1:48.404Mohamed ZahafiMAR1:49.435Gordan HindsBAR1:50.92 6Didier Le GuillouFRA1:52.497Ruthsel MartinaAHO1:55.67 Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1David MackUSA1:45.84Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Jorma HärkönenFIN1:46.39Q3Peter ElliottGBR1:46.53q4José MarajoFRA1:46.78q5Colomán TrabadoESP1:47.10q6Kim Bock-juKOR1:48.407Tisbite RakotoarisoaMAD1:50.708Antonio Cadio ParaisoSTP1:58.47 Heat 7 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Rob DruppersNED1:46.12Q2Joaquim CruzBRA1:46.12Q3Peter PearlessNZL1:47.22q4Mike SolomonTRI1:47.30q5Faouzi LahbiMAR1:47.766Gawain GuyJAM1:49.197John ChapporyGIB1:52.30 Heat 8 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Hans-Peter FernerFRG1:48.34Q2Michael HillardtAUS1:48.44Q3James Maina BoiKEN1:48.694Mark HandelsmanISR1:49.025Mohamed AlouiniTUN1:49.096William WuyckeVEN1:50.717Luis MunguíaNCA1:55.778Clive WilliamsBIZ2:03.64 Semi-finals The semifinals took place on 8 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Joaquim CruzBRA1:45.62Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2James RobinsonUSA1:46.16Q3Philippe DupontFRA1:46.364Viktor KalinkinURS1:46.835Mike SolomonTRI1:47.106Matthias AssmannFRG1:48.737Michael HillardtAUS1:49.648Alberto JuantorenaCUBDNS Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Willi WülbeckFRG1:46.21Q2Agberto GuimarãesBRA1:46.37Q3José MarajoFRA1:46.394David MackUSA1:46.395Colomán TrabadoESP1:46.856Garry CookGBR1:47.487Sammy KoskeiKEN1:48.928Binko KolevBUL1:50.23 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Hans-Peter FernerFRG1:45.24Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2David PatrickUSA1:45.30Q3Peter ElliottGBR1:45.38q4Rob DruppersNED1:45.55q5Detlef WagenknechtGDR1:45.706Peter PearlessNZL1:47.827José Luíz BarbosaBRA1:48.058Jorma HärkönenFIN1:49.39 Final The final took place on August 9. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Willi WülbeckFRG1:43.65CR World Championships in AthleticsRob DruppersNED1:44.20Joaquim CruzBRA1:44.274Peter ElliottGBR1:44.875James RobinsonUSA1:45.126Agberto GuimarãesBRA1:45.467Hans-Peter FernerFRG1:45.748David PatrickUSA1:46.56 References Results Category:800 metres at the World Athletics Championships