1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

None These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on 10 August 1983. Medalists GoldUSA Carl LewisUnited States (USA)SilverUSA Jason GrimesUnited States (USA)BronzeUSA Mike ConleyUnited States (USA) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B09.08.1983 – ??:??h09.08.1983 – ??:??hFinal Round10.08.1983 – ??:??h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships World Record Bob Beamon USA 8.90 m October 18, 1968 MEX Mexico City, Mexico Event Record New event Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 2 Jason Grimes USA 8.29 — — 8.29 m 2 3 Gary Honey AUS X 8.12 — 8.12 m 3 5 Antonio Corgos ESP 7.32 X 8.05 8.05 m 4 6 Oganes Stepanyan URS 7.82 7.88 8.01 8.01 m 5 8 Atanas Atanasov BUL 1971 7.96 — — 7.96 m 6 11 Mike Conley USA 7.88 7.89 7.90 7.90 m 7 12 Nenad Stekić YUG 7.88 7.88 7.64 7.88 m 8 13 Lee Mu-tsai TPE 7.44 7.51 7.88 7.88 m 9 15 Lester Benjamin ATG 7.81 7.78 7.41 7.81 m 10 17 Stephen Walsh NZL X X 7.75 7.75 m 11 18 Gyula Pálóczi HUN 7.42 7.70 7.40 7.70 m 12 19 Giovanni Evangelisti ITA X 7.70 X 7.70 m 13 26 Chan Ka-chiu HKG 1959 X X 7.31 7.31 m 14 27 Bilanday Bodjona TOG 7.15 6.91 6.82 7.15 m — — Steve Hanna BAH DNS — — Ian James CAN DNS — — Vlastimil Mařinec TCH DNS Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 Carl Lewis USA 8.37 — — 8.37 m 2 4 Yusuf Alli NGR 8.11 — — 8.11 m 3 7 László Szalma HUN 7.97 — — 7.97 m 4 9 Gheorghe Cojocaru ROU 1965 7.92 — — 7.92 m 5 10 Jan Leitner TCH 7.90 — — 7.90 m 6 14 Sergey Rodin URS 6.95 X 7.87 7.87 m 7 16 Liu Yuhuang CHN X X 7.77 7.77 m 8 20 Joey Wells BAH 6.44 7.69 X 7.69 m 9 21 René Gloor SUI X 7.68 X 7.68 m 10 22 Jarmo Karna FIN 7.56 7.54 X 7.56 m 11 23 Marco Piochi ITA 7.29 7.42 7.52 7.52 m 12 24 Björn Johansson SWE 5.78 7.51 6.96 7.51 m 13 25 Wilfredo Almonte DOM 7.38 X 7.21 7.38 m 14 28 Laoui Adnan Abou JOR X 7.06 7.12 7.12 m 15 29 Mohamed Abdulla Abdelaslam LBA 1977 X 6.76 6.54 6.76 m 16 30 Said Al-Marhubi OMA 1970 X 6.20 5.80 6.20 m — — Atanas Chochev BUL 1971 X X X NM Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Carl Lewis USA 8.55 — 8.42 — — —8.55 m CR Jason Grimes USA 8.29 X 8.23 8.29 X 8.178.29 m Mike Conley USA X 8.06 X 8.12 8.12 X 8.12 m 4 László Szalma HUN X 7.93 X 8.09 8.08 8.12 8.12 m 5 Nenad Stekić YUG 7.80 5.54 7.94 5.99 7.76 8.098.09 m 6 Gary Honey AUS 7.86 7.93 8.06 X 7.94 7.96 8.06 m 7 Antonio Corgos ESP7.94 7.79 7.92 7.91 8.06 X 8.06 m 8 Yusuf Alli NGR 7.89 X 7.89 7.85 7.89 7.74 7.89 m 9 Gheorghe Cojocaru ROU 1965 7.81 7.88 7.70 7.88 m 10 Jan Leitner TCH 7.64 7.84 7.80 7.84 m 11 Oganes Stepanyan URS 7.74 X 7.59 7.74 m 12 Atanas Atanasov BUL 1971 7.52 7.69 7.54 7.69 m 13 Lee Mu-Tsai TPE 7.57 6.89 7.09 7.57 m See also 1980 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Athens) 1984 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Stuttgart) 1987 Men's World Championships Long Jump (Rome) References Results L'Athletisme (September 1983, p52) L Category:Long jump at the World Athletics Championships