1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
May 02, 2024
These are the official results of the men's 800 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 60 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on 9 August 1983.
From the gun, World Junior Record holder and NCAA Champion Joaquim Cruz went out fast to get the lead, with Peter Elliott in lane 1 accelerating when he saw Cruz ahead of him, passing the break point swinging wide to go around Cruz but Cruz would not let him by. Coming off the turn, Elliott accelerated and ran past Cruz to take the lead at the bell in 50.58. Hans-Peter Ferner was next behind them, followed by Willi Wülbeck and Rob Druppers. Coming off the third turn, Cruz again accelerated to try to take back the lead. Down the backstretch, Cruz and Elliott ran shoulder to shoulder. Gritting his teeth, Elliott would not concede the position, Cruz running the final turn outside of Elliott still shoulder to shoulder with now Wülbeck watching the battle from two steps behind. Off the final turn, Cruz accelerated again to pull away from Elliott but Wülbeck went around the outside to sprint past both of them, unleaded to victory. Druppers came off the final turn several metres back, passed a fading Ferner and began sprinting, picking off Elliott and then Cruz just before the finish line.
The qualifying heats took place on 7 August, with the 60 athletes involved being split into 8 heats. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals.
The semifinals took place on 8 August, with the 24 athletes involved being splitted into 3 heats. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.
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These are the official results of the men s 800 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki Finland There were a total of 60 participating athletes with eight qualifying heats three semi finals and the final held on 9 August 1983 Men s 800 metres at the 1983 World ChampionshipsVenueHelsinki Olympic StadiumDates7 August heats 8 August semi finals 9 August final Competitors60 from 46 nationsWinning time1 43 65 CRMedalists Willi Wulbeck West Germany Rob Druppers Netherlands Joaquim Cruz Brazil1987 From the gun World Junior Record holder and NCAA Champion Joaquim Cruz went out fast to get the lead with Peter Elliott in lane 1 accelerating when he saw Cruz ahead of him passing the break point swinging wide to go around Cruz but Cruz would not let him by Coming off the turn Elliott accelerated and ran past Cruz to take the lead at the bell in 50 58 Hans Peter Ferner was next behind them followed by Willi Wulbeck and Rob Druppers Coming off the third turn Cruz again accelerated to try to take back the lead Down the backstretch Cruz and Elliott ran shoulder to shoulder Gritting his teeth Elliott would not concede the position Cruz running the final turn outside of Elliott still shoulder to shoulder with now Wulbeck watching the battle from two steps behind Off the final turn Cruz accelerated again to pull away from Elliott but Wulbeck went around the outside to sprint past both of them unleaded to victory Druppers came off the final turn several metres back passed a fading Ferner and began sprinting picking off Elliott and then Cruz just before the finish line Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Qualifying heats 2 2 Semi finals 2 3 Final 3 ReferencesRecords editExisting records at the start of the event World Record nbsp Sebastian Coe GBR 1 41 73 Florence Italy June 10 1981 Championship Record New eventResults editQualifying heats edit The qualifying heats took place on 7 August with the 60 athletes involved being split into 8 heats The first 2 athletes in each heat Q and the next 8 fastest q qualified for the semifinals Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 James Robinson nbsp United States USA 1 46 32 Q CR 2 Garry Cook nbsp Great Britain amp N I GBR 1 46 44 Q 3 Viktor Kalinkin nbsp Soviet Union URS 1 46 57 q 4 Christoph Ulmer nbsp Switzerland SUI 1 47 98 5 Jama Aden nbsp Somalia SOM 1 48 69 6 Paul Gilbert nbsp Australia AUS 1 51 39 7 Khaled Khalifa nbsp Kuwait KUW 1 52 84 8 Sekou Camara nbsp Guinea GUI 1 59 90 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Matthias Assmann nbsp West Germany FRG 1 47 45 Q 2 Jose Luiz Barbosa nbsp Brazil BRA 1 47 47 Q 3 Binko Kolev nbsp Bulgaria BUL 1 47 49 q 4 Peter Bourke nbsp Australia AUS 1 48 15 5 Petru Drăgoescu nbsp Romania ROM 1 48 33 6 Bo Breigan nbsp Norway NOR 1 49 53 7 Mohammed Darwish nbsp Iraq IRQ 1 50 68 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Willi Wulbeck nbsp West Germany FRG 1 46 55 Q 2 Philippe Dupont nbsp France FRA 1 46 62 Q 3 David Patrick nbsp United States USA 1 46 76 q 4 Babacar Niang nbsp Senegal SEN 1 47 54 5 Donato Sabia nbsp Italy ITA 1 47 62 6 Sotirios Moutsanas nbsp Greece GRE 1 48 23 7 Vincent Confait nbsp Seychelles SEY 1 55 04 8 Jean Marie Rudasinqwa nbsp Rwanda RWA 1 55 12 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Detlef Wagenknecht nbsp East Germany GDR 1 49 20 Q 2 Sammy Koskei nbsp Kenya KEN 1 49 35 Q 3 Omer Khalifa nbsp Sudan SUD 1 49 67 4 Ronny Olsson nbsp Sweden SWE 1 49 72 5 Simon Hoogewerf nbsp Canada CAN 1 49 92 Charlie Oliver nbsp Solomon Islands SOL DNS Ryszard Ostrowski nbsp Poland POL DNS Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Agberto Guimaraes nbsp Brazil BRA 1 48 30 Q 2 Alberto Juantorena nbsp Cuba CUB 1 48 40 Q 3 Juma Ndiwa nbsp Kenya KEN 1 48 40 4 Mohamed Zahafi nbsp Morocco MAR 1 49 43 5 Gordan Hinds nbsp Barbados BAR 1 50 92 6 Didier Le Guillou nbsp France FRA 1 52 49 7 Ruthsel Martina nbsp Netherlands Antilles AHO 1 55 67 Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Mack nbsp United States USA 1 45 84 Q CR 2 Jorma Harkonen nbsp Finland FIN 1 46 39 Q 3 Peter Elliott nbsp Great Britain amp N I GBR 1 46 53 q 4 Jose Marajo nbsp France FRA 1 46 78 q 5 Coloman Trabado nbsp Spain ESP 1 47 10 q 6 Bock Ju Kim nbsp South Korea KOR 1 48 40 7 Tisbite Rakotoarisoa nbsp Madagascar MAD 1 50 70 8 Antonio Cadio Paraiso nbsp Sao Tome and Principe STP 1 58 47 Heat 7 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rob Druppers nbsp Netherlands NED 1 46 12 Q 2 Joaquim Cruz nbsp Brazil BRA 1 46 12 Q 3 Peter Pearless nbsp New Zealand NZL 1 47 22 q 4 Mike Solomon nbsp Trinidad and Tobago TRI 1 47 30 q 5 Faouzi Lahbi nbsp Morocco MAR 1 47 76 6 Gawain Guy nbsp Jamaica JAM 1 49 19 7 John Chappory nbsp Gibraltar GIB 1 52 30 Heat 8 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hans Peter Ferner nbsp West Germany FRG 1 48 34 Q 2 Michael Hillardt nbsp Australia AUS 1 48 44 Q 3 James Maina Boi nbsp Kenya KEN 1 48 69 4 Mark Handelsman nbsp Israel ISR 1 49 02 5 Mohamed Alouini nbsp Tunisia TUN 1 49 09 6 William Wuycke nbsp Venezuela VEN 1 50 71 7 Luis Ramirez nbsp Nicaragua NCA 1 55 77 8 Clive Williams nbsp Belize BIZ 2 03 64 Semi finals edit The semifinals took place on 8 August with the 24 athletes involved being splitted into 3 heats The first 2 athletes in each heat Q and the next 2 fastest q qualified for the final Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Joaquim Cruz nbsp Brazil BRA 1 45 62 Q CR 2 James Robinson nbsp United States USA 1 46 16 Q 3 Philippe Dupont nbsp France FRA 1 46 36 4 Viktor Kalinkin nbsp Soviet Union URS 1 46 83 5 Mike Solomon nbsp Trinidad and Tobago TRI 1 47 10 6 Matthias Assmann nbsp West Germany FRG 1 48 73 7 Michael Hillardt nbsp Australia AUS 1 49 64 Alberto Juantorena nbsp Cuba CUB DNS Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Willi Wulbeck nbsp West Germany FRG 1 46 21 Q 2 Agberto Guimaraes nbsp Brazil BRA 1 46 37 Q 3 Jose Marajo nbsp France FRA 1 46 39 4 David Mack nbsp United States USA 1 46 39 5 Coloman Trabado nbsp Spain ESP 1 46 85 6 Garry Cook nbsp Great Britain amp N I GBR 1 47 48 7 Sammy Koskei nbsp Kenya KEN 1 48 92 8 Binko Kolev nbsp Bulgaria BUL 1 50 23 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hans Peter Ferner nbsp West Germany FRG 1 45 24 Q CR 2 David Patrick nbsp United States USA 1 45 30 Q 3 Peter Elliott nbsp Great Britain amp N I GBR 1 45 38 q 4 Rob Druppers nbsp Netherlands NED 1 45 55 q 5 Detlef Wagenknecht nbsp East Germany GDR 1 45 70 6 Peter Pearless nbsp New Zealand NZL 1 47 82 7 Jose Luiz Barbosa nbsp Brazil BRA 1 48 05 8 Jorma Harkonen nbsp Finland FIN 1 49 39 Final edit The final took place on August 9 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp Willi Wulbeck nbsp West Germany FRG 1 43 65 CR nbsp Rob Druppers nbsp Netherlands NED 1 44 20 nbsp Joaquim Cruz nbsp Brazil BRA 1 44 27 4 Peter Elliott nbsp Great Britain amp N I GBR 1 44 87 5 James Robinson nbsp United States USA 1 45 12 6 Agberto Guimaraes nbsp Brazil BRA 1 45 46 7 Hans Peter Ferner nbsp West Germany FRG 1 45 74 8 David Patrick nbsp United States USA 1 46 56References editResults Retrieved 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