1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

None The Men's Marathon at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland was held on August 14, 1983. Medalists thumb|left|Gold medallist Robert de Castella (right) shakes hands with bronze medallist Waldemar Cierpinski after the race GoldAUS Robert de CastellaAustralia (AUS)SilverETH 1975 Kebede BalchaEthiopia (ETH)BronzeGDR Waldemar CierpinskiEast Germany (GDR) 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 Robert de Castella AUS 2:08:18 December 6, 1981 JPN Fukuoka, Japan Event Record New event Season Best Robert de Castella AUS 2:08:37 April 9, 1983 NED Rotterdam, NetherlandsBroken records at the 1983 World Athletics Championships Event Record Robert de Castella AUS 2:10:03 August 14, 1983 FIN Helsinki, Finland Intermediates July 2010 Final ranking RankAthleteTimeNote Robert de Castella AUS 2:10:03 Kebede Balcha ETH 1975 2:10:27 Waldemar Cierpinski GDR 2:10:37 4 Kjell-Erik Ståhl SWE 2:10:38 NR5 Agapius Masong TAN 2:10:42 6 Armand Parmentier BEL 2:10:57 7 Gianni Poli ITA 2:11:05 NR8 Hugh Jones GBR 2:11:15 9 Karel Lismont BEL 2:11:24 10 Stig Roar Husby NOR 2:11:29 NR11 Art Boileau CAN 2:11:30 12 Juan Carlos Traspaderne ESP 2:11:34 NR13 Marco Marchei ITA 2:11:47 14 Pertti Tiainen FIN 2:12:11 15 Juma Ikangaa TAN 2:13:11 16 Ryszard Marczak POL 2:13:20 17 Svend-Erik Kristensen DEN 2:13:34 18 Ron Tabb USA 2:13:38 19 Henrik Jørgensen DEN 2:14:10 20 Hans Joachim Truppel GDR 2:14:20 21 Ricardo Ortega ESP 2:14:46 22 Tommy Persson SWE 2:14:57 23 Bruno Lafranchi SUI 2:14:58 24 Dave Edge CAN 2:15:43 25 Yuriy Pleshkov URS 2:15:50 26 Øyvind Dahl NOR 2:16:02 27 Paul Ballinger NZL 2:16:06 28 Jürgen Eberding GDR 2:16:55 29 Gerard Nijboer NED 2:16:59 30 Frederik Vandervennet BEL 2:17:11 31 Trevor Wright NZL 2:17:31 32 Mehmet Terzi TUR 2:17:56 33 Delfim Moreira POR 2:18:27 34 Li Jong-Hyong PRK 2:18:51 35 Yoshihiro Nishimura JPN 2:18:56 36 Cidálio Caetano POR 2:19:21 37 John Skøvbjerg DEN 2:19:44 38 Jeff Coole AUS 2:20:25 39 Benji Durden USA 2:20:38 40 So Chang-Sik PRK 2:20:43 41 Wilson Theleso BOT 2:21:36 NR42 Hideki Kita JPN 2:21:37 43 Baikuntha Manandhar NEP 2:21:43 44 Henrik Sandström FIN 2:21:56 45 Rudi Verriet NED 2:22:07 46 Dominique Chauvelier FRA 2:23:25 47 Djama Robleh DJI 2:24:04 48 Gerry Helme GBR 2:25:02 49 Sam Hlawe SWZ 2:26:42 50 Jan-Iwar Westlund SWE 2:27:05 51 Carlos Carvajal CHI 2:27:30 52 Don Greig NZL 2:27:37 53 Luis Tipán ECU 2:28:30 54 Palmireno Benjamin Campos BRA 1968 2:29:41 55 Jan Fjærestad NOR 2:30:58 56 Tavares Silva POR 2:31:31 57 Syrja Dalipi ALB 1946 2:31:40 58 Raymond Swan BER 2:33:20 59 Chang-Ming Chen TPE 2:34:00 60 Ágúst Þorsteinsson ISL 2:34:05 61 José Jaime Hernández ESA 2:34:26 62 Michael Lekhelsi LES 1966 2:52:01 63 Said Toumane COM 1978 3:03:10 DID NOT FINISH (DNF)— Ahmet Altun TUR DNF — Santiago de la Parte ESP DNF — Mike Gratton GBR DNF — Gerhard Hartmann AUT DNF — Yair Karni ISR DNF — Koshiro Kawaguchi JPN DNF — Louis Kenny IRL DNF — Ramón López PAR 1954 DNF — Alfredo Maravilla ARG DNF — Ed Mendoza USA DNF — Giampaolo Messina ITA DNF — Dereje Nedi ETH 1975 DNF — Peter Quance CAN DNF — Ahmed Salah DJI DNF — Carlos Victorino MEX DNF — Grenville Wood AUS DNF — Antonio Villanueva MEX DNF — Ralf Salzmann FRG DNF See also 1983 Marathon Year Ranking Men's Olympic Marathon (1984) References Results IAAF Leichatletik-Statistik-Seite M Category:Marathons at the World Athletics Championships Category:1983 marathons Category:Men's marathons Category:Marathons in Finland