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{{Short description|1st World Championships in Athletics}}
{{Infobox games
| name      = 1st World Championships in Athletics
| logo      = Helsinki IAAF 1983.jpg
| size      = 145px
| host_city = [[Helsinki]], Finland
| caption   =
| nations   = 153
| athletes  = 1,355
| events    = 41
| dates     = 7–14 August 1983
| opened_by = [[President of Finland|President]] [[Mauno Koivisto]]
| stadium   = [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]]
| previous  = [[1980 World Championships in Athletics|1980 Sittard]]
| next      = [[1987 World Championships in Athletics|1987 Rome]] 
}}

The '''1st World Championships in Athletics''' ({{langx|fi|Yleisurheilun maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 1983}}; {{langx|sv|Världsmästerskapen i friidrott 1983}}) were run under the auspices of the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] and were held at the [[Olympic Stadium (Helsinki)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Helsinki]], Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983.  Despite the existence of previously held championship events in both [[1976 World Championships in Athletics|1976]] and [[1980 World Championships in Athletics|1980]], this 1983 championship was marked as the inaugural World Championship.

==Summary==
[[File:Athletics-World-Championship-1983.jpg|thumb|The championships at [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]], August 1983]]
[[File:Carl Lewis Helsinki 1983.jpg|thumb|Carl Lewis at the championships]]
The overall medal table was a closely contested affair. [[East Germany]] took the most [[gold medal]]s (10) over the first championships and finished with a total of 22 medals. The [[United States]] had the second number of gold medals, with eight, and also had the greatest overall medal haul, having won 24 medals. The [[Soviet Union]] won one more medal than the East Germans and had six golds, although almost half of their podium finishers were [[bronze medal]]ists. Twenty-five nations reached the medal tally at the inaugural competition, with all six continents being represented. During the early 1980s this was the top venue in which Soviet Bloc athletes competed against American athletes due to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and the retaliatory Soviet Bloc boycott of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

[[Carl Lewis]] won both the [[100 metres]] and the [[long jump]], and finished the competition by anchoring the [[4×100 metres relay]] team to a [[list of world records in athletics|world record]] time, along with the [[200 metres]] champion [[Calvin Smith]], and bronze medallists [[Emmit King]] and [[Willie Gault]]. [[Jarmila Kratochvílová]] dominated the [[400 metres]] and [[800 metres]] events, setting a world record of 47.99&nbsp;seconds. [[Mary Decker]] enjoyed her best competition performance, taking the golds in the women's [[1500 metres]] and [[3000 metres]]. Other prominent athletes included [[Marita Koch]], who won the 200&nbsp;m and both relay golds, as well as the 100&nbsp;m silver medal. [[Sergey Bubka]] won the first of his six consecutive World Championship gold medals in the [[pole vault]].

==Men's results==

===Track===
[[File:Stamp of Finland - 1983 - Colnect 47017 - Running.jpeg|thumb|125px|postage stamp from Finland issued in 1983]]
1983 | [[1987 World Championships in Athletics#Track|1987]] | [[1991 World Championships in Athletics#Track|1991]] | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics#Track|1993]] | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics#Track|1995]]
{| {{MedalistTable|columns=2}}
|-
| 100 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres}}
| [[Carl Lewis]]<br />{{flag|United States}} || 10.07
| [[Calvin Smith]]<br />{{flag|United States}} || 10.21
| [[Emmit King]]<br />{{flag|United States}} || 10.24
|-
| 200 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres}}
| [[Calvin Smith]]<br />{{flag|United States}} || 20.14
| [[Elliott Quow]]<br />{{flag|United States}} || 20.41
| [[Pietro Mennea]]<br />{{flag|Italy}} || 20.51
|-
| 400 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres}}
| [[Bert Cameron]]<br />{{flag|Jamaica}} || 45.05
| [[Michael Franks (athlete)|Michael Franks]]<br />{{flag|United States}} || 45.22
| [[Sunder Nix]]<br />{{flag|United States}} || 45.24
|-
| 800 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres}}
| [[Willi Wülbeck]]<br />{{flag|West Germany}} || 1:43.65
| [[Rob Druppers]]<br />{{flag|Netherlands}} || 1:44.20
| [[Joaquim Cruz]]<br />{{flag|Brazil|1968}} || 1:44.27
|-
| 1,500 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres}}
| [[Steve Cram]]<br />{{flag|Great Britain}} || 3:41.59
| [[Steve Scott (athlete)|Steve Scott]]<br />{{flag|United States}} || 3:41.87
| [[Saïd Aouita]]<br />{{flag|Morocco}} || 3:42.02
|-
| 5,000 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres}}
| [[Eamonn Coghlan]]<br />{{flag|Ireland}} || 13:28.53
| [[Werner Schildhauer]]<br />{{flag|East Germany}} || 13:30.20
| [[Martti Vainio]]<br />{{flag|Finland}} || 13:30.34
|-
| 10,000 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres}}
| [[Alberto Cova]]<br />{{flag|Italy}} || 28:01.04
| [[Werner Schildhauer]]<br />{{flag|East Germany}} || 28:01.18
| [[Hansjörg Kunze]]<br />{{flag|East Germany}} || 28:01.26
|-
| Marathon<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon}}
| [[Rob de Castella]]<br />{{flag|Australia}} || 2:10:03
| [[Kebede Balcha]]<br />{{flag|Ethiopia|1975}} || 2:10:27
| [[Waldemar Cierpinski]]<br />{{flag|East Germany}} || 2:10:37
|-
| 110 m hurdles<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles}}
| [[Greg Foster (hurdler)|Greg Foster]]<br />{{flag|United States}} || 13.42
| [[Arto Bryggare]]<br />{{flag|Finland}} || 13.46
| [[Willie Gault]]<br />{{flag|United States}} || 13.48
|-
| 400 m hurdles<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles}}
| [[Edwin Moses]]<br />{{flag|United States}} || 47.50
| [[Harald Schmid]]<br />{{flag|West Germany}} || 48.61
| [[Aleksandr Kharlov]]<br />{{flag|Soviet Union}} || 49.03
|-
| 3,000 m st.<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase}}
| [[Patriz Ilg]]<br />{{flag|West Germany}} || 8:15.06
| [[Bogusław Mamiński]]<br />{{flag|Poland}} || 8:17.03
| [[Colin Reitz]]<br />{{flag|Great Britain}} || 8:17.75
|-
| 20&nbsp;km walk <br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk}}
| [[Ernesto Canto]]<br />{{flag|Mexico}} || 1:20:49
| [[Jozef Pribilinec]]<br />{{flag|Czechoslovakia}} || 1:20:59
| [[Yevgeniy Yevsyukov]]<br />{{flag|Soviet Union}} || 1:21:08
|-
| 50&nbsp;km walk<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk}}
| [[Ronald Weigel]]<br />{{flag|East Germany}} || 3:43:08
| [[José Marín (racewalker)|José Marín]]<br />{{flag|Spain}} || 3:46:32
| [[Sergey Yung]]<br />{{flag|Soviet Union}} || 3:49:03
|-
| 4 × 100 m relay<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay}}
| {{flagteam|USA}}<br>[[Emmit King]]<br />[[Willie Gault]]<br />[[Calvin Smith]]<br />[[Carl Lewis]] || 37.86<br /><small>('''WR''')</small>
| {{flagteam|ITA}}<br>[[Stefano Tilli]]<br />[[Carlo Simionato]]<br />[[Pierfrancesco Pavoni]]<br />[[Pietro Mennea]] || 38.37<br /><small>(NR)</small>
| {{flagteam|URS}}<br>[[Andrey Prokofyev]]<br />[[Nikolay Sidorov]]<br />[[Vladimir Muravyov (athlete)|Vladimir Muravyov]]<br />[[Viktor Bryzgin]] || 38.41
|-
| 4 × 400 m relay<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 400 metres relay}}
| {{flagteam|URS}}<br>[[Sergey Lovachov]]<br />[[Aleksandr Troshchilo]]<br />[[Nikolay Chernetskiy]]<br />[[Viktor Markin]]  || 3:00.79
| {{flagteam|FRG}}<br>[[Erwin Skamrahl]]<br />[[Jörg Vaihinger]]<br />[[Harald Schmid]]<br />[[Hartmut Weber]] <br />[[Martin Weppler]]*<br/>[[Edgar Nakladal]]* || 3:01.83
| {{flagteam|GBR}}<br>[[Ainsley Bennett]]<br />[[Garry Cook]]<br />[[Todd Bennett]]<br />[[Phil Brown (athlete)|Phil Brown]] <br />[[Kriss Akabusi]]* || 3:03.53
|-
|- bgcolor= e8e8e8
| colspan=7 | {{Sports record codes}}
|}
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

===Field===
1983 | [[1987 World Championships in Athletics#Field|1987]] | [[1991 World Championships in Athletics#Field|1991]] | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics#Field|1993]] | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics#Field|1995]]
{| {{MedalistTable|columns=2}}
|-
| High jump<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Hennadiy Avdyeyenko]] | URS}} || 2.32
| {{flagmedalist|[[Tyke Peacock]] | USA}} || 2.32
| {{flagmedalist|[[Zhu Jianhua]] | CHN}} || 2.29
|-
| Pole vault<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Sergey Bubka]] | URS}} || 5.70
| {{flagmedalist|[[Konstantin Volkov (athlete)|Konstantin Volkov]] | URS}} || 5.60
| {{flagmedalist|[[Atanas Tarev]] | BUL|1971}} || 5.60
|-
| Long jump<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Carl Lewis]] | USA}} || 8.55
| {{flagmedalist|[[Jason Grimes]] | USA}} || 8.29
| {{flagmedalist|[[Mike Conley (track athlete)|Mike Conley]] | USA}} || 8.12
|-
| Triple jump<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Zdzisław Hoffmann]] | POL}} || 17.42
| {{flagmedalist|[[Willie Banks]] | USA}} || 17.18
| {{flagmedalist|[[Ajayi Agbebaku]] | NGR}} || 17.18
|-
| Shot put<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Edward Sarul]] | POL}} || 21.39
| {{flagmedalist|[[Ulf Timmermann]] | GDR}} || 21.16
| {{flagmedalist|[[Remigius Machura]] | TCH}} || 20.98
|-
| Discus throw<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Imrich Bugár]] | TCH}} || 67.72
| {{flagmedalist|[[Luis Delís]] | CUB}} || 67.36
| {{flagmedalist|[[Géjza Valent]] | TCH}} || 66.08
|-
| Hammer throw<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)|Sergey Litvinov]] | URS}} || 82.68
| {{flagmedalist|[[Yuriy Sedykh]] | URS}} || 80.94
| {{flagmedalist|[[Zdzisław Kwaśny]] | POL}} || 79.42
|-
| Javelin throw<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Detlef Michel]] | GDR}} || 89.48
| {{flagmedalist|[[Tom Petranoff]] | USA}} || 85.60
| {{flagmedalist|[[Dainis Kūla]] | URS}} || 85.58
|-
| Decathlon<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Daley Thompson]] | GBR}} || 8666
| {{flagmedalist|[[Jürgen Hingsen]] | FRG}} || 8561
| {{flagmedalist|[[Siegfried Wentz]] | FRG}} || 8478
|-
|- bgcolor= e8e8e8
| colspan=7 | {{Sports record codes}}
|}

==Women's results==

===Track===
1983 | [[1987 World Championships in Athletics#Track 2|1987]] | [[1991 World Championships in Athletics#Track 2|1991]] | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics#Track 2|1993]] | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics#Track 2|1995]]
{| {{MedalistTable|columns=2}}
|-
| 100 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Marlies Göhr]] | GDR}} || 10.97<br /><small>('''CR''')</small>
| {{flagmedalist|[[Marita Koch]] | GDR}} || 11.02
| {{flagmedalist|[[Diane Williams (athlete)|Diane Williams]] | USA}} || 11.06
|-
| 200 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Marita Koch]] | GDR}} || 22.13
| {{flagmedalist|[[Merlene Ottey]] | JAM}} || 22.19
| {{flagmedalist|[[Kathy Smallwood-Cook|Kathy Cook]] | GBR}} || 22.37
|-
| 400 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Jarmila Kratochvílová]] | TCH}} || 47.99<br /><small>('''WR''')</small>
| {{flagmedalist|[[Taťána Kocembová]] | TCH}} || 48.59<br /><small>(PB)</small>
| {{flagmedalist|[[Mariya Pinigina]] | URS}} || 49.19
|-
| 800 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Jarmila Kratochvílová]] | TCH}} || 1:54.68
| {{flagmedalist|[[Lyubov Gurina]] | URS}} || 1:56.11
| {{flagmedalist|[[Yekaterina Podkopayeva]] | URS}} || 1:57.58
|-
| 1,500 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Mary Decker]] | USA}} || 4:00.90
| {{flagmedalist|[[Zamira Zaytseva]] | URS}} || 4:01.19
| {{flagmedalist|[[Yekaterina Podkopayeva]] | URS}} || 4:02.25
|-
| 3,000 m<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Mary Decker]] | USA}} || 8:34.62
| {{flagmedalist|[[Brigitte Kraus]] | FRG}} || 8:35.11
| {{flagmedalist|[[Tatyana Kazankina]] | URS}} || 8:35.13
|-
| Marathon<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Grete Waitz]] | NOR}} || 2:28:09
| {{flagmedalist|[[Marianne Dickerson]] | USA}} || 2:31:09
| {{flagmedalist|[[Raisa Smekhnova]] | URS}} || 2:31:13
|-
| 100 m hurdles<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Bettine Jahn]] | GDR}} || 12.35
| {{flagmedalist|[[Kerstin Knabe]] | GDR}} || 12.42
| {{flagmedalist|[[Ginka Zagorcheva]] | BUL|1971}} || 12.62
|-
| 400 m hurdles<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Yekaterina Fesenko]] | URS}} || 54.14
| {{flagmedalist|[[Ana Ambrazienė]] | URS}} || 54.15
| {{flagmedalist|[[Ellen Fiedler]] | GDR}} || 54.55
|-
| 4 × 100 m relay<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay}}
| {{flagteam|GDR}}<br>[[Silke Gladisch]]<br />[[Marita Koch]]<br />[[Ingrid Auerswald]]<br />[[Marlies Göhr]] || 41.76
| {{flagteam|GBR}}<br>[[Joan Baptiste]]<br />[[Kathy Smallwood-Cook|Kathy Cook]]<br />[[Beverley Goddard|Beverley Callender]]<br />[[Shirley Thomas (athlete)|Shirley Thomas]] || 42.71
| {{flagteam|JAM}}<br>[[Leleith Hodges]]<br />[[Jacqueline Pusey]]<br />[[Juliet Cuthbert]]<br />[[Merlene Ottey]] || 42.73
|-
| 4 × 400 m relay<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay}}
| {{flagteam|GDR}}<br>[[Kerstin Walther]]<br />[[Sabine Busch]]<br />[[Marita Koch]]<br />[[Dagmar Neubauer|Dagmar Rübsam]]<BR>[[Undine Bremer]]*<BR>[[Ellen Fiedler]]* || 3:19.73
| {{flagteam|TCH}}<br>[[Taťána Kocembová]]<br />[[Milena Strnadová|Milena Matějkovičová]]<br />[[Zuzana Moravčíková (sprinter)|Zuzana Moravčíková]]<br />[[Jarmila Kratochvílová]] || 3:20.32
| {{flagteam|URS}}<br>[[Yelena Korban]]<br />[[Marina Kharlamova|Marina Ivanova]]<br />[[Irina Baskakova]]<br />[[Mariya Pinigina]] || 3:21.16
|-
|- bgcolor= e8e8e8
| colspan=7 | {{Sports record codes}}
|}
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

===Field===
1983 | [[1987 World Championships in Athletics#Field 2|1987]] | [[1991 World Championships in Athletics#Field 2|1991]] | [[1993 World Championships in Athletics#Field 2|1993]] | [[1995 World Championships in Athletics#Field 2|1995]]
{| {{MedalistTable|columns=2}}
|-
| High jump<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Tamara Bykova]] | URS}} || 2.01
| {{flagmedalist|[[Ulrike Meyfarth]] | FRG}} || 1.99
| {{flagmedalist|[[Louise Ritter]] | USA}} || 1.95
|-
| Long jump<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Heike Daute]] | GDR}} || 7.27
| {{flagmedalist|[[Anişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu|Anişoara Cuşmir]] | ROU|1965}} || 7.15
| {{flagmedalist|[[Carol Lewis]] | USA}} || 7.04
|-
| Shot put<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Helena Fibingerová]] | TCH}} || 21.05
| {{flagmedalist|[[Helma Knorscheidt]] | GDR}} || 20.70
| {{flagmedalist|[[Ilona Slupianek]] | GDR}} || 20.56
|-
| Discus throw<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Martina Hellmann|Martina Opitz]] | GDR}} || 68.94
| {{flagmedalist|[[Galina Murasova]] | URS}} || 67.44
| {{flagmedalist|[[Mariya Petkova]] | BUL|1971}} || 66.44
|-
| Javelin throw<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Tiina Lillak]] | FIN}} || 70.82
| {{flagmedalist|[[Fatima Whitbread]] | GBR}} || 69.14
| {{flagmedalist|[[Anna Verouli]] | GRE}} || 65.72
|-
| Heptathlon<br />{{DetailsLink|1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon}}
| {{flagmedalist|[[Ramona Neubert]] | GDR}} || 6714
| {{flagmedalist|[[Sabine John|Sabine Paetz]] | GDR}} || 6662
| {{flagmedalist|[[Anke Vater]] | GDR}} || 6532
|-
|- bgcolor= e8e8e8
| colspan=7 | {{Sports record codes}}
|}

==Medal table==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1983-0814-017, Helsinki, 1. Leichtathletik-WM, Cierpinski, De Castella.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Marathon bronze medallist and reigning Olympic champion [[Waldemar Cierpinski]] (DDR) celebrates with gold medal winner [[Robert de Castella]] (AUS).]]
{{Medals table
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 | gold_GDR = 10 | silver_GDR = 7 | bronze_GDR = 5
 | gold_USA = 8 | silver_USA = 9 | bronze_USA = 7
 | gold_URS = 6 | silver_URS = 6 | bronze_URS = 11
 | gold_TCH = 4 | silver_TCH = 3 | bronze_TCH = 2
 | gold_FRG = 2 | silver_FRG = 5 | bronze_FRG = 1
 | gold_GBR = 2 | silver_GBR = 2 | bronze_GBR = 3
 | gold_POL = 2 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 1
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 1 | host_FIN = yes
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 1
 | gold_JAM = 1 | silver_JAM = 1 | bronze_JAM = 1
 | gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 0
 | gold_IRL = 1 | silver_IRL = 0 | bronze_IRL = 0
 | gold_MEX = 1 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 0
 | gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 0
 | gold_CUB = 0 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 0
 | gold_ETH = 0 | silver_ETH = 1 | bronze_ETH = 0 | name_ETH = {{flagteam|ETH|1975}}
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 0
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 0 | name_ROU = {{flagteam|ROU|1965}}
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 0
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 3 | name_BUL = {{flagteam|BUL|1971}}
 | gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 1 | name_BRA = {{flagteam|BRA|1968}}
 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 1
 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 0 | bronze_GRE = 1
 | gold_MAR = 0 | silver_MAR = 0 | bronze_MAR = 1
 | gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 0 | bronze_NGR = 1
}}

==See also==
* [[1983 in athletics (track and field)]]

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041212065303/http://www2.iaaf.org/results/past/WCH83/index.html IAAF]

==External links==
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* [http://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/1395450/friidrott-vm-i-helsingfors-1983 Summary at SVT's open archive]

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