1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

None These are the official results of the men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1983 World Championships held on 12 August 1983 in Helsinki, Finland. Medalists GoldGDR Ronald WeigelEast Germany (GDR)SilverESP Josep MarínSpain (ESP)BronzeURS Sergey YungSoviet Union (URS) Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markWR world recordWL world leadingAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships World Record Josep Marín ESP 3:40:46 March 13, 1983 ESP Valencia, Spain Event Record New event Final ranking RankAthleteTimeNote Ronald Weigel GDR3:43:08 Josep Marín ESP3:46:32 22402 José MarínYleisurheilun MM-kisakirja Helsinki '83 Pekola, Tapio Juoksija 951-9465-05-7 1983 Finnish etalErroneously given by several sources as 3:43:42. Sergey Yung URS3:49:03 4 Reima Salonen FIN3:52:53 5 Raúl González MEX3:53:51 6 François Lapointe CAN3:53:57 7 Sandro Bellucci ITA3:55:38 8 Viktor Dorovskikh URS3:56:02 9 Marco Evoniuk USA3:56:57 10 Bengt Simonsen SWE3:57:25 11 Pavol Szikora TCH3:59:03 12 László Sator HUN3:59:27 13 Lars Ove Moen NOR4:00:50 14 Seppo Immonen FIN4:02:00 15 Manuel Alcalde ESP4:03:10 16 José Pinto POR4:03:47 17 Pavol Blažek TCH4:06:49 18 Karl Degener FRG4:06:51 19 Lennart Mether SWE4:07:46 20 Miklós Domján HUN4:08:11 21 Felix Goméz MEX4:09:22 22 Dominique Guebey FRA4:09:40 23 Dan O'Connor USA4:18:41 24 Dai Mingxi CHN4:30:28 25 Zhang Fuxin CHN4:35:46 26 Osvaldo Morejón BOL4:35:58 DID NOT FINISH (DNF)— Bohdan Bułakowski POLDNF — Bo Gustafsson SWEDNF — Jim Heiring USADNF — Gérard Lelièvre FRADNF — Jordi Llopart ESPDNF DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)— Nikolay Udovenko URSDSQ — Bogusław Duda POLDSQ — Dietmar Meisch GDRDSQ — Erling Andersen NORDSQ — Martín Bermúdez MEXDSQ See also 1978 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Prague) 1980 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Athens) 1984 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Stuttgart) 1988 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Seoul) References Notes note External links Results W Category:Race walking at the World Athletics Championships