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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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Field	Value
event	Men's 1500 metres
competition	1983 World Championships
venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
dates	12 August (heats)
13 August (semi-finals)
14 August (final)
competitors	52
win_value	3:41.59
gold	Steve Cram
goldNOC	GBR
silver	Steve Scott
silverNOC	USA
bronze	Saïd Aouita
bronzeNOC	MAR
next	1987

13 August (semi-finals) 14 August (final)

These are the official results of the men's 1500 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 14 August 1983. The winning margin was 0.28 seconds.

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

Championship Record	New event

Results

Qualifying heats

The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 52 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals.

;Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Délèze	SUI	3:42.28	Q,
2	Sydney Maree	USA	3:43.13	Q
3	Uwe Becker	FRG	3:43.18	Q
4	Ray Flynn	IRL	3:43.27	Q
5	João Campos	POR	3:43.44
6	Kipkoech Cheruiyot	KEN	3:43.58
7	Nikolay Kirov	URS	3:43.77
8	Jan Persson	SWE	3:43.83
9	Dave Reid	CAN	3:45.08
10	Mohamed Neji Henkiri	TUN	3:45.90
11	Jama Aden	SOM	3:46.87
12	Tisbite Rakotoarisoa	MAD	3:52.91
13	Luis Munguía	NCA	4:02.06

;Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Steve Cram	GBR	3:40.17	Q,
2	Saïd Aouita	MAR	3:40.39	Q
3	Frank O'Mara	IRL	3:40.53	Q
4	John Walker	NZL	3:40.67	Q
5	Piotr Kurek	POL	3:40.96	q
6	Niels Kim Hjorth	DEN	3:41.29	q
7	Peter Wirz	SUI	3:41.69
8	Philippe Dien	FRA	3:43.15
9	Spyros Spyrou	CYP	3:43.94
10	Paul Rugut	KEN	3:46.00
11	Jimmy Igohe	TAN	3:48.58
12	Charlie Oliver	SOL	4:18.24
	Mehdi Aidet	ALG

;Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andreas Busse	GDR	3:38.65	Q,
2	Steve Ovett	GBR	3:39.00	Q
3	Dragan Zdravković	YUG	3:39.18	Q
4	Jan Kubista	TCH	3:39.20	Q
5	Tom Byers	USA	3:39.41	q
6	Eddy Stevens	BEL	3:39.77	q
7	Stefano Mei	ITA	3:39.93	q
8	José Luis González	ESP	3:41.29	q
9	Pascal Thiebaut	FRA	3:41.51
10	Amar Brahmia	ALG	3:42.75
11	Omer Khalifa	SUD	3:48.23
12	John Chappory	GIB	3:56.92
13	Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa	RWA	3:57.49

;Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Steve Scott	USA	3:37.87	Q,
2	José Manuel Abascal	ESP	3:38.06	Q
3	Claudio Patrignani	ITA	3:38.35	Q
4	Graham Williamson	GBR	3:38.99	Q
5	Abderrahmane Morceli	ALG	3:39.77	q
6	Robert Nemeth	AUT	3:39.93	q
7	Mike Boit	KEN	3:40.06	q
8	Antti Loikkanen	FIN	3:44.47
9	Sermet Timurlenk	TUR	3:46.74
10	Mohammed Darwish	IRQ	3:50.04
11	Ibrahim Malallah	QAT	3:52.05
12	Masini Situ-Kubanza	Zaire Zaire (ZAI)	4:06.44
13	Sekou Camara	GUI	4:08.46

Semi-finals

The semifinals took place on 13 August, with the 25 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.

;Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Steve Scott	USA	3:36.43	Q,
2	Saïd Aouita	MAR	3:36.43	Q
3	Jan Kubista	TCH	3:37.12	Q
4	Uwe Becker	FRG	3:37.27	Q
5	Andreas Busse	GDR	3:37.54	q
6	José Luis González	ESP	3:38.77
7	Niels Kim Hjorth	DEN	3:39.75
8	Abderrahmane Morceli	ALG	3:39.88
9	Stefano Mei	ITA	3:41.78
10	Graham Williamson	GBR	3:45.84
11	Frank O'Mara	IRL	3:47.10
	Robert Nemeth	AUT

;Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Steve Cram	GBR	3:35.77	Q,
2	Steve Ovett	GBR	3:36.26	Q
3	José Manuel Abascal	ESP	3:36.35	Q
4	Pierre Délèze	SUI	3:36.37	Q
5	John Walker	NZL	3:36.52	q
6	Dragan Zdravković	YUG	3:37.31	q
7	Mike Boit	KEN	3:37.75	q
8	Claudio Patrignani	ITA	3:38.36
9	Sydney Maree	USA	3:38.65
10	Piotr Kurek	POL	3:39.54
11	Ray Flynn	IRL	3:40.26
12	Eddy Stevens	BEL	3:42.63
13	Tom Byers	USA	3:43.97

Final

The final took place on August 14.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Steve Cram	GBR	3:41.59
	Steve Scott	USA	3:41.87
	Saïd Aouita	MAR	3:42.02
4	Steve Ovett	GBR	3:42.34
5	José Manuel Abascal	ESP	3:42.47
6	Pierre Délèze	SUI	3:43.69
7	Andreas Busse	GDR	3:43.72
8	Dragan Zdravković	YUG	3:43.75
9	John Walker	NZL	3:44.24
10	Jan Kubista	TCH	3:44.30
11	Uwe Becker	FRG	3:45.09
12	Mike Boit	KEN	3:46.46

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