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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

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Field	Value
event	Men's 100 metres
competition	1983 World Championships
venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
dates	7 August (heats and quarter-finals)
8 August (semi-finals and final)
competitors	67
win_value	10.07
gold	Carl Lewis
goldNOC	USA
silver	Calvin Smith
silverNOC	USA
bronze	Emmit King
bronzeNOC	USA
next	1987

8 August (semi-finals and final) The men's 100 metres at the 1983 IAAF World Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland on 7 and 8 August 1983. 67 athletes from 49 nations entered to the competition

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

Championship Record	New event

Results

Qualifying heats

The qualifying heats took place on 7 August, with the 67 athletes involved being split into 9 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 5 fastest ( q ) qualified for the quarter-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Luke Watson	GBR	10.64	,
2	Valentin Atanasov	BUL	10.66
3	Lester Benjamin	ATG	10.76
4	Mohamed Purnomo	INA	10.76
5	Thurston Ross	TRI	11.08
6	Peni Bati	FIJ	11.11
–	Şükrü Çaprazlı	TUR
	Wind: –1.0 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Juan Núñez	DOM	10.38	,
2	Innocent Egbunike	NGR	10.44
3	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.45
4	Everard Samuels	JAM	10.57
5	Sheikh Omar Faye	GAM	10.76
6	Hwang Chian-Shin	TPE	10.82
7	John Albertie	LCA	10.90
8	Joske Teabuge	NRU	12.20
	Wind: +1.8 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Carl Lewis	USA	10.34	,
2	Cameron Sharp	GBR	10.44
3	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	10.47
4	Earl Haley	GUY	10.77
5	Earle Laing	JAM	10.91
6	Pit Rapuan	MAS	11.03
7	Vicente Daniel Ibrahim	MOZ	11.20
	Wind: +1.2 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Desai Williams	CAN	10.31	,
2	Paul Narracott	AUS	10.38
3	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	10.40
4	Jouko Hassi	FIN	10.58
5	Gregory Simons	BER	10.78
6	Moussa Savadogo	MLI	10.88
7	Alan Zammit	MLT	11.25
8	José Flores	HON	11.31
	Wind: –0.2 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Calvin Smith	USA	10.30	,
2	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	10.45
3	Marian Woronin	POL	10.50
4	Robson da Silva	BRA	10.51
5	Joseph Leota	SAM	10.92
6	Georges Taniel	VAN	11.02
7	Nguyễn Trương Hòa	VIE	11.16
	Wind: +0.7 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	ITA	10.33
2	Emmit King	USA	10.41
3	Thomas Schröder	GDR	10.41
4	Gerrard Keating	AUS	10.57
5	Kosmas Stratos	GRE	10.65
6	Christopher Madzokere	ZIM	10.84
7	Rubén Inácio	ANG	10.92
	Wind: –0.5 m/s

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Allan Wells	GBR	10.37
2	Christian Haas	FRG	10.39
3	Chidi Imoh	NGR	10.55
4	Nikolay Sidorov	URS	10.59
5	Wilfredo Almonte	DOM	10.72
6	Giorgio Mautino	PER	10.85
7	Banana Jarjue	GAM	11.04
8	Trevor Davis	AIA	11.53
	Wind: +1.8 m/s

Heat 8

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Raymond Stewart	JAM	10.22
2	Christopher Brathwaite	TRI	10.33
3	Ernest Obeng	GHA	10.35
4	István Tatár	HUN	10.45
5	Harouna Pale	Upper Volta Upper Volta (UPV)	10.58
6	Neville Hodge	ISV	10.59
7	Laoui Adnan Abou	JOR	11.17
	Wind: +2.3 m/s

Heat 9

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Leandro Peñalver	CUB	10.24	,
2	Tony Sharpe	CAN	10.31
3	Viktor Bryzgin	URS	10.33
4	Antoine Richard	FRA	10.34
5	Suchart Chairsuvaparb	THA	10.63
6	Jean-Yves Mallat	LIB	11.04
7	Mohamad Ismail Bakaki	AFG	12.33
–	Lee Kuo-Sheng	TPE
	Wind: +1.3 m/s

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals took place on 7 August, with the 32 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Calvin Smith	USA	10.27
2	Tony Sharpe	CAN	10.36
3	Paul Narracott	AUS	10.37
4	Thomas Schröder	GDR	10.45
5	Ernest Obeng	GHA	10.51
6	Innocent Egbunike	NGR	10.52
7	Luke Watson	GBR	10.57
8	Everard Samuels	JAM	10.65
	Wind: +1.1 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Carl Lewis	USA	10.20	,
2	Raymond Stewart	JAM	10.37
3	Cameron Sharp	GBR	10.41
4	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	10.46
5	Christopher Brathwaite	TRI	10.57
6	Robson da Silva	BRA	10.66
7	Marian Woronin	POL	10.72
8	Lester Benjamin	ATG	10.86
	Wind: +0.8 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Desai Williams	CAN	10.31
2	Allan Wells	GBR	10.37
3	Juan Núñez	DOM	10.39
4	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	10.44
5	Chidi Imoh	NGR	10.45
6	Viktor Bryzhin	URS	10.55
7	Gerrard Keating	AUS	10.59
8	István Tatár	HUN	10.65
	Wind: –1.1 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Emmit King	USA	10.30
2	Christian Haas	FRG	10.36
3	Leandro Peñalver	CUB	10.38
4	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.40
5	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	ITA	10.44
6	Antoine Richard	FRA	10.44
7	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	10.53
8	Valentin Atanasov	BUL	10.63
	Wind: –1.2 m/s

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on 8 August, with the 16 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Calvin Smith	USA	10.22
2	Allan Wells	GBR	10.35
3	Juan Núñez	DOM	10.36
4	Emmit King	USA	10.36
5	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	10.40
6	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.44
7	Tony Sharpe	CAN	10.44
8	Leandro Peñalver	CUB	10.47
	Wind: –0.8 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Carl Lewis	USA	10.28
2	Paul Narracott	AUS	10.38
3	Desai Williams	CAN	10.39
4	Christian Haas	FRG	10.39
5	Raymond Stewart	JAM	10.40
6	Cameron Sharp	GBR	10.43
7	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	10.46
8	Thomas Schröder	GDR	10.52
	Wind: –1.0 m/s

Final

The final took place on August 8.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Carl Lewis	USA	10.07
	Calvin Smith	USA	10.21
	Emmit King	USA	10.24
4	Allan Wells	GBR	10.27
5	Juan Núñez	DOM	10.29
6	Christian Haas	FRG	10.32
7	Paul Narracott	AUS	10.33
8	Desai Williams	CAN	10.36
	Wind: –0.3 m/s

References

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