1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

None Men's 200 metres 1983 World Championships Helsinki Olympic Stadium 13 August (heats and quarter-finals)14 August (semi-finals and final) 57 20.14 CR Calvin Smith USA Elliott Quow USA Pietro Mennea ITA 1987 These are the official results of the men's 200 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 57 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats and the final held on 14 August 1983. At 22 years, 218 days old, gold medallist Smith was the youngest ever world champion for the men's 200 metres World Championship Statistics Handbook https://www.iaaf.org/ebooks/2017/WCH/index.html#page=49 IAAF 2017-08-03 until 2019, when Noah Lyles, aged 22 years and 75 days, won the 2019 title. World Championship Statistics Handbook https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/misc/Oregon22/Oregon%20stats%20book.pdf IAAF 2022-07-28 Records Existing records at the start of the event. World RecordPietro Mennea ITA19.72Mexico City, MexicoSeptember 12, 1979Championship RecordNew event Results Qualifying heats The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 57 athletes involved being split into 8 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the quarter-finals. Heat 1 (wind +1.8 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Frank EmmelmannGDR20.95Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Cameron SharpGBR21.07Q3Bruce FrayneAUS21.15Q4Christopher BrathwaiteTRI21.24q5Hector DaleyPAN21.49q6Earl HaleyGUY21.55q7Moussa SavadogoMLI22.338Awudu NuhuGHA22.93 Heat 2 (wind +1.8 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Pietro MenneaITA20.80Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Sergey SokolovURS20.94Q3Paul NarracottAUS21.08Q4Luis SchneiderCHI21.23q5Giorgio MautinoPER21.786Hoa Nguyen TruongVIE22.687Gervais KiroloCAF23.10 Heat 3 (wind +0.7 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1João Batista da SilvaBRA20.93Q2Vladimir MuravyovURS21.12Q3Desai WilliamsCAN21.36Q4Mohamed PurnomoINA21.885Joseph LeotaSAM22.336Nagib Salem AhmedYEM23.227Colin BradfordJAM24.15 Heat 4 (wind +1.1 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Carlo SimionatoITA20.76Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Elliott QuowUSA21.01Q3Atlee MahornCAN21.14Q4Angel HerasESP21.29q5Roland JoklAUT21.30q6David SawyerrSLE22.237John AlbertieLCA22.53 Heat 5 (wind –2.1 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Allan WellsGBR21.14Q2Boubacar DialloSEN21.17Q3Christopher MadzokereZIM21.68Q4Dean GreenawayIVB22.245Juan NúñezDOMDNS6Pierfrancesco PavoniITADNS7Tony SharpeCANDNS Heat 6 (wind +0.4 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Calvin SmithUSA21.10Q2Leroy ReidJAM21.13Q3Patrick BarréFRA21.34Q4Jae-Keun ChangKOR21.39q5Gustavo CapartARG21.666Rubén InácioANG22.337Trevor DavisAIA22.80 Heat 7 (wind –1.1 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Innocent EgbunikeNGR21.282István NagyHUN21.503Andreas RizziFRG21.514Oumar FyeGAM22.305Sikendar IqbalPAK22.916Peni BatiFIJDNS7Don QuarrieJAMDNS Heat 8 (wind +1.3 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Jean-Jacques BoussemartFRA20.99Q2Luke WatsonGBR21.20Q3Alfred NyambaneKEN21.21Q4Neville HodgeISV21.38q5Larry MyricksUSA21.746Georges TanielVAN22.287José FloresHON22.94 Quarterfinals The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 32 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the semifinals. Heat 1 (wind +2.1 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Calvin SmithUSA20.60wQ2João Batista da SilvaBRA20.65wQ3Allan WellsGBR20.81wQ4Jean-Jacques BoussemartFRA20.86wQ5Ángel HerasESP21.25w6Earl HaleyGUY21.39w7Luis SchneiderCHI21.39w8Jae-Keun ChangKORDNF Heat 2 (wind –1.6 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Carlo SimionatoITA20.75Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2.Desai WilliamsCAN20.87Q3.Boubacar DialloSEN20.97Q4.Cameron SharpGBR20.99Q5.Patrick BarréFRA21.126.Paul NarracottAUS21.347.Alfred NyambaneKEN21.558.Christopher MadzokereZIM21.55 Heat 3 (wind –0.4 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Frank EmmelmannGDR20.78Q2Leroy ReidJAM20.88Q3Innocent EgbunikeNGR20.91Q4Sergey SokolovURS20.93Q5Atlee MahornCAN21.136Christopher BrathwaiteTRI21.147Andreas RizziFRG21.378István NagyHUN21.52 Heat 4 (wind +1.6 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Pietro MenneaITA20.68Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Vladimir MuravyovURS20.70Q3Elliott QuowUSA20.80Q4Bruce FrayneAUS20.97Q5Luke WatsonGBR20.996Roland JoklAUT21.247Neville HodgeISV21.388Hector DaleyPANDNS Semifinals The semifinals took place on 13 August, with the 16 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final. Heat 1 (wind +3.4 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1João Batista da SilvaBRA20.56wQ2Frank EmmelmannGDR20.63wQ3Pietro MenneaITA20.68wQ4Elliott QuowUSA20.69wQ5Cameron SharpGBR20.69w6Desai WilliamsCAN20.71w7Leroy ReidJAM20.89w8Sergey SokolovURS20.89w Heat 2 (wind +1.4 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Calvin SmithUSA20.29Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Carlo SimionatoITA20.60Q3Innocent EgbunikeNGR20.63Q4Allan WellsGBR20.63Q5Vladimir MuravyovURS20.716Jean-Jacques BoussemartFRA20.767Bruce FrayneAUS20.948Boubacar DialloSEN20.96 Final The final took place on August 14. Wind: +1.2 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3Calvin SmithUSA20.14CR World Championships in Athletics6Elliott QuowUSA 20.415Pietro MenneaITA 20.51 4 4Allan WellsGBR 20.52 57Frank EmmelmannGDR 20.55 62Innocent EgbunikeNGR 20.63 71Carlo SimionatoITA 20.69 88João Batista da SilvaBRA 20.80 References Results Category:200 metres at the World Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1983 World Athletics Championships