1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

None These are the official results of the men's decathlon competition at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, including seven non-finishers. The competition was held from August 12 to August 13, 1983. Medalists GoldGBR Daley ThompsonGreat Britain (GBR)SilverFRG Jürgen HingsenWest Germany (FRG)BronzeFRG Siegfried WentzWest Germany (FRG) Schedule Friday August 12 1 100 m Long Jump Shot Put High Jump 400 m Saturday August 13 6 110 m hurdles Discus Throw Pole Vault Javelin Throw 1,500 m Records Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships World Record Jürgen Hingsen FRG 8779 June 5, 1983 FRG Filderstadt-Bernhausen, West Germany Event Record New Event Season Best Jürgen Hingsen FRG 8779 June 5, 1983 FRG Filderstadt-Bernhausen, West Germany Results #F2F5A9 The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between six competitors with the gold medallist claiming three of them. solid 1px #AAAAAA RankAthleteDecathlonPoints12345678910 Daley Thompson GBR 10.60 7.88 15.35 2.03 48.12 14.37 44.46 5.10 65.24 4:29.72 8666 Jurgen Hingsen FRG 10.95 7.75 15.66 2.00 48.08 14.36 43.30 4.90 67.42 4:21.59 8561 Siegfried Wentz FRG 10.94 7.24 15.11 2.00 48.0914.13 44.98 4.7075.08 4:28.52 8478 4 Uwe Freimuth GDR 11.05 7.43 15.25 2.00 48.23 14.89 48.64 4.80 70.48 4:28.61 8433 5 Stephan Niklaus SUI 10.96 7.06 14.88 2.03 48.12 15.06 48.74 4.20 73.94 4:49.35 8212 6 Aleksandr Nevskiy URS 11.07 7.20 14.90 2.00 49.35 14.63 49.08 4.20 64.50 4:19.90 8201 7 Torsten Voss GDR 10.69 7.48 14.12 2.03 48.02 14.49 38.10 4.60 60.08 4:31.19 8167 8 Steffen Grummt GDR 11.18 7.26 16.14 1.91 48.97 14.61 46.98 4.50 64.54 4:32.56 8149 9 Guido Kratschmer FRG 10.86 7.35 14.99 1.94 48.61 14.29 46.56 4.60 52.24 4:36.43 8096 10 Dariusz Ludwig POL 11.17 7.29 13.77 2.00 49.84 15.33 43.90 4.70 62.00 4:26.05 7982 11 Trond Skramstad NOR 11.20 6.90 13.53 2.00 49.13 14.90 38.18 4.50 59.78 4:18.18 7827 12 Robert de Wit NED 11.36 6.70 12.73 1.97 49.46 14.76 42.28 4.60 59.70 4:18.92 7769 13 Martin Machura TCH 11.17 7.27 14.45 2.00 50.24 16.23 48.08 4.40 56.28 4:56.76 7639 14 Conny Silfver SWE 11.41 6.64 14.80 1.91 51.55 15.00 41.70 4.40 60.08 4:36.94 7527 15 Thrainn Hafsteinsson ISL 11.73 6.53 13.80 1.82 50.47 15.81 48.58 4.10 56.28 4:22.72 7356 16 Joško Vlašić YUG 11.55 6.99 13.33 1.85 51.01 15.01 39.28 4.00 58.46 4:29.25 7329 17 Ángel Díaz GUA 11.65 6.37 8.98 1.91 52.01 16.15 25.70 3.50 50.90 4:29.42 6239 18 Niulolo Pelesikoti TGA 11.80 6.47 10.76 1.67 53.13 16.65 33.70 3.40 NM 5:08.32 5332 — Harri Sundell FIN 11.11 7.23 13.95 2.06 49.49 14.72 42.10 4.30 NM DNS DNF — Claudio Escauriza PAR 1954 11.41 6.77 13.23 1.85 52.98 17.77 38.74 4.00 DNS DNF — John Crist USA 11.42 6.76 12.89 1.88 51.67 DNF 42.02 DNS DNF — Konstantin Akhapkin URS 11.02 7.44 13.73 1.94 49.43 DNF DNS DNF — Grigoriy Degtyaryev URS 11.01 7.41 15.03 NM DNS DNF — Mark Anderson USA 11.39 6.83 13.61 DNS DNF — Bacha Ahmed Mahour ALG 11.64 6.69 NM DNS DNF See also 1980 Men's Olympic Decathlon (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships Decathlon (Athens) 1984 Men's Olympic Decathlon (Los Angeles) References Results D Category:Decathlon at the World Athletics Championships