1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

None Men's 1500 metres 1983 World Championships Helsinki Olympic Stadium 12 August (heats)13 August (semi-finals)14 August (final) 52 3:41.59 Steve Cram GBR Steve Scott USA Saïd Aouita MAR 1987 These are the official results of the men's 1500 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 14 August 1983. The winning margin was 0.28 seconds. Records Existing records at the start of the event. World RecordSteve Ovett GBR3:31.36Koblenz, West GermanyAugust 27, 1980Championship RecordNew event Results Qualifying heats The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 52 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Pierre DélèzeSUI3:42.28Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Sydney MareeUSA3:43.13 Q3Uwe BeckerFRG3:43.18 Q4Ray FlynnIRL3:43.27 Q5João CamposPOR3:43.44 6Kipkoech CheruiyotKEN3:43.58 7Nikolay KirovURS3:43.77 8Jan PerssonSWE3:43.83 9Dave ReidCAN3:45.08 10Mohamed Neji HenkiriTUN3:45.90 11Jama AdenSOM3:46.87 12Tisbite RakotoarisoaMAD3:52.91 13Luis MunguíaNCA4:02.06 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Steve CramGBR3:40.17 Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Saïd AouitaMAR3:40.39 Q3Frank O'MaraIRL3:40.53 Q4John WalkerNZL3:40.67 Q5Piotr KurekPOL3:40.96 q6Niels Kim HjorthDEN3:41.29 q7Peter WirzSUI3:41.69 8Philippe DienFRA3:43.15 9Spyros SpyrouCYP3:43.94 10Paul RugutKEN3:46.00 11Jimmy IgoheTAN3:48.58 12Charlie OliverSOL4:18.24 13Mehdi AidetALGDNS Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Andreas BusseGDR3:38.65 Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Steve OvettGBR3:39.00 Q3Dragan ZdravkovićYUG3:39.18 Q4Jan KubistaTCH3:39.20 Q5Tom ByersUSA3:39.41 q6Eddy StevensBEL3:39.77 q7Stefano MeiITA3:39.93 q8José Luis GonzálezESP3:41.29 q9Pascal ThiebautFRA3:41.51 10Amar BrahmiaALG3:42.75 11Omer KhalifaSUD3:48.23 12John ChapporyGIB3:56.92 13Jean-Marie RudasinqwaRWA3:57.49 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Steve ScottUSA3:37.87 Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2José Manuel AbascalESP3:38.06 Q3Claudio PatrignaniITA3:38.35 Q4Graham WilliamsonGBR3:38.99 Q5Abderrahmane MorceliALG3:39.77 q6Robert NemethAUT3:39.93 q7Mike BoitKEN3:40.06 q8Antti LoikkanenFIN3:44.47 9Sermet TimurlenkTUR3:46.74 10Mohammed DarwishIRQ3:50.04 11Ibrahim MalallahQAT3:52.05 12Masini Situ-KubanzaZaire Zaire (ZAI)4:06.44 13Sekou CamaraGUI4:08.46 Semi-finals The semifinals took place on 13 August, with the 25 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Steve ScottUSA3:36.43Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Saïd AouitaMAR3:36.43Q3Jan KubistaTCH3:37.12Q4Uwe BeckerFRG3:37.27Q5Andreas BusseGDR3:37.54q6José Luis GonzálezESP3:38.777Niels Kim HjorthDEN3:39.758Abderrahmane MorceliALG3:39.889Stefano MeiITA3:41.7810Graham WilliamsonGBR3:45.8411Frank O'MaraIRL3:47.1012Robert NemethAUTDNF Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Steve CramGBR3:35.77Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Steve OvettGBR3:36.26Q3José Manuel AbascalESP3:36.35Q4Pierre DélèzeSUI3:36.37Q5John WalkerNZL3:36.52q6Dragan ZdravkovićYUG3:37.31q7Mike BoitKEN3:37.75q8Claudio PatrignaniITA3:38.369Sydney MareeUSA3:38.6510Piotr KurekPOL3:39.5411Ray FlynnIRL3:40.2612Eddy StevensBEL3:42.6313Tom ByersUSA3:43.97 Final The final took place on August 14. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Steve CramGBR3:41.59Steve ScottUSA3:41.87Saïd AouitaMAR3:42.024Steve OvettGBR3:42.345José Manuel AbascalESP3:42.476Pierre DélèzeSUI3:43.697Andreas BusseGDR3:43.728Dragan ZdravkovićYUG3:43.759John WalkerNZL3:44.2410Jan KubistaTCH3:44.3011Uwe BeckerFRG3:45.0912Mike BoitKEN3:46.46 References Results Results - World Athletics Category:1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1983 World Athletics Championships