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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

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Field	Value
event	Men's 200 metres
competition	1983 World Championships
venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
dates	13 August (heats and quarter-finals)
14 August (semi-finals and final)
competitors	57
win_value	20.14
gold	Calvin Smith
goldNOC	USA
silver	Elliott Quow
silverNOC	USA
bronze	Pietro Mennea
bronzeNOC	ITA
next	1987

14 August (semi-finals and final) These are the official results of the men's 200 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 57 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats and the final held on 14 August 1983.

At 22 years, 218 days old, gold medallist Smith was the youngest ever world champion for the men's 200 metres until 2019, when Noah Lyles, aged 22 years and 75 days, won the 2019 title.

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 57 athletes involved being split into 8 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the quarter-finals.

;Heat 1 (wind +1.8 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	20.95	Q,
2	Cameron Sharp	GBR	21.07	Q
3	Bruce Frayne	AUS	21.15	Q
4	Christopher Brathwaite	TRI	21.24	q
5	Hector Daley	PAN	21.49	q
6	Earl Haley	GUY	21.55	q
7	Moussa Savadogo	MLI	22.33
8	Awudu Nuhu	GHA	22.93

;Heat 2 (wind +1.8 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.80	Q,
2	Sergey Sokolov	URS	20.94	Q
3	Paul Narracott	AUS	21.08	Q
4	Luis Schneider	CHI	21.23	q
5	Giorgio Mautino	PER	21.78
6	Hoa Nguyen Truong	VIE	22.68
7	Gervais Kirolo	CAF	23.10

;Heat 3 (wind +0.7 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	João Batista da Silva	BRA	20.93	Q
2	Vladimir Muravyov	URS	21.12	Q
3	Desai Williams	CAN	21.36	Q
4	Mohamed Purnomo	INA	21.88
5	Joseph Leota	SAM	22.33
6	Nagib Salem Ahmed	YEM	23.22
7	Colin Bradford	JAM	24.15

;Heat 4 (wind +1.1 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Carlo Simionato	ITA	20.76	Q,
2	Elliott Quow	USA	21.01	Q
3	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	21.14	Q
4	Angel Heras	ESP	21.29	q
5	Roland Jokl	AUT	21.30	q
6	David Sawyerr	SLE	22.23
7	John Albertie	LCA	22.53

;Heat 5 (wind –2.1 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Allan Wells	GBR	21.14	Q
2	Boubacar Diallo	SEN	21.17	Q
3	Christopher Madzokere	ZIM	21.68	Q
4	Dean Greenaway	IVB	22.24
	Juan Núñez	DOM
	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	ITA
	Tony Sharpe	CAN

;Heat 6 (wind +0.4 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Calvin Smith	USA	21.10	Q
2	Leroy Reid	JAM	21.13	Q
3	Patrick Barré	FRA	21.34	Q
4	Jae-Keun Chang	KOR	21.39	q
5	Gustavo Capart	ARG	21.66
6	Rubén Inácio	ANG	22.33
7	Trevor Davis	AIA	22.80

;Heat 7 (wind –1.1 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Innocent Egbunike	NGR	21.28
2	István Nagy	HUN	21.50
3	Andreas Rizzi	FRG	21.51
4	Oumar Fye	GAM	22.30
5	Sikendar Iqbal	PAK	22.91
	Peni Bati	FIJ
	Don Quarrie	JAM

;Heat 8 (wind +1.3 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jean-Jacques Boussemart	FRA	20.99	Q
2	Luke Watson	GBR	21.20	Q
3	Alfred Nyambane	KEN	21.21	Q
4	Neville Hodge	ISV	21.38	q
5	Larry Myricks	USA	21.74
6	Georges Taniel	VAN	22.28
7	José Flores	HON	22.94

Quarterfinals

The qualifying heats took place on 12 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 (wind +2.1 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Calvin Smith	USA	20.60	Q
2	João Batista da Silva	BRA	20.65	Q
3	Allan Wells	GBR	20.81	Q
4	Jean-Jacques Boussemart	FRA	20.86	Q
5	Ángel Heras	ESP	21.25
6	Earl Haley	GUY	21.39
7	Luis Schneider	CHI	21.39
	Jae-Keun Chang	KOR

;Heat 2 (wind –1.6 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Carlo Simionato	ITA	20.75	Q,
2.	Desai Williams	CAN	20.87	Q
3.	Boubacar Diallo	SEN	20.97	Q
4.	Cameron Sharp	GBR	20.99	Q
5.	Patrick Barré	FRA	21.12
6.	Paul Narracott	AUS	21.34
7.	Alfred Nyambane	KEN	21.55
8.	Christopher Madzokere	ZIM	21.55

;Heat 3 (wind –0.4 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	20.78	Q
2	Leroy Reid	JAM	20.88	Q
3	Innocent Egbunike	NGR	20.91	Q
4	Sergey Sokolov	URS	20.93	Q
5	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	21.13
6	Christopher Brathwaite	TRI	21.14
7	Andreas Rizzi	FRG	21.37
8	István Nagy	HUN	21.52

;Heat 4 (wind +1.6 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.68	Q,
2	Vladimir Muravyov	URS	20.70	Q
3	Elliott Quow	USA	20.80	Q
4	Bruce Frayne	AUS	20.97	Q
5	Luke Watson	GBR	20.99
6	Roland Jokl	AUT	21.24
7	Neville Hodge	ISV	21.38
	Hector Daley	PAN

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 13 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 (wind +3.4 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	João Batista da Silva	BRA	20.56	Q
2	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	20.63	Q
3	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.68	Q
4	Elliott Quow	USA	20.69	Q
5	Cameron Sharp	GBR	20.69
6	Desai Williams	CAN	20.71
7	Leroy Reid	JAM	20.89
8	Sergey Sokolov	URS	20.89

;Heat 2 (wind +1.4 m/s)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Calvin Smith	USA	20.29	Q,
2	Carlo Simionato	ITA	20.60	Q
3	Innocent Egbunike	NGR	20.63	Q
4	Allan Wells	GBR	20.63	Q
5	Vladimir Muravyov	URS	20.71
6	Jean-Jacques Boussemart	FRA	20.76
7	Bruce Frayne	AUS	20.94
8	Boubacar Diallo	SEN	20.96

Final

The final took place on August 14. Wind: +1.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	3	Calvin Smith	USA	20.14
	6	Elliott Quow	USA	20.41
	5	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.51
4	4	Allan Wells	GBR	20.52
5	7	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	20.55
6	2	Innocent Egbunike	NGR	20.63
7	1	Carlo Simionato	ITA	20.69
8	8	João Batista da Silva	BRA	20.80

References

Results

References

. ["World Championship Statistics Handbook"](https://www.iaaf.org/ebooks/2017/WCH/index.html#page=49). *[[IAAF]]*.
. ["World Championship Statistics Handbook"](https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/misc/Oregon22/Oregon%20stats%20book.pdf). *[[IAAF]]*.

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