1983 World Championships in Athletics
Host city | Helsinki, Finland |
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Nations | 153 |
Athletes | 1,355 |
Events | 41 |
Dates | 7–14 August 1983 |
Opened by | President Mauno Koivisto |
Main venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium |
The 1st World Championships in Athletics (
Summary
The overall medal table was a closely contested affair. East Germany took the most gold medals (10) over the first championships and finished with a total of 22 medals. The United States had the next largest number of golds, with eight, and also had the greatest overall medal haul, having won 24 medals altogether. The Soviet Union won one more medal than the East Germans and had six golds, although almost half of their podium finishers were bronze medalists. 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.
Men's results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
Women's results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Tamara Bykova Soviet Union |
2.01 | Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany |
1.99 | Louise Ritter United States |
1.95 |
Long jump |
7.27 | 7.15 | Carol Lewis United States |
7.04 | ||
Shot put |
Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia |
21.05 | Helma Knorscheidt East Germany |
20.70 | Ilona Slupianek East Germany |
20.56 |
Discus throw |
Martina Opitz East Germany |
68.94 | 67.44 | Mariya Petkova Bulgaria |
66.44 | |
Javelin throw |
Tiina Lillak Finland |
70.82 | Fatima Whitbread Great Britain |
69.14 | Anna Verouli Greece |
65.72 |
Heptathlon |
Ramona Neubert East Germany |
6714 | Sabine Paetz East Germany |
6662 | 6532 | |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
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Medal table
* Host nation (Finland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | East Germany (GDR) | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
2 | United States (USA) | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
5 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
7 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Finland (FIN)* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
11 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
20 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
21 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (25 entries) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |
See also
- 1983 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links
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