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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 9 August 1983.

Medalists

Bronze	URS Yekaterina Podkopayeva
Soviet Union (URS)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

Championship record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Jarmila Kratochvílová	1:54.68
	Lyubov Gurina	1:56.11
	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	1:57.58
4.	Margrit Klinger	1:58.11
5.	Robin Campbell	2:00.03
6.	Doina Melinte	2:00.13
7.	Milena Matejkovičová	2:01.72
8.	Antje Schröder	2:02.13

Semi-finals

Held on Monday 8 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	1:59.55
2.	Jarmila Kratochvílová	1:59.58
3.	Milena Matejkovičová	2:00.02
4.	Robin Campbell	2:00.22
5.	Jolanta Januchta	2:02.23
6.	Jill McCabe	2:02.92
7.	Elena Lina	2:03.59
8.	Célestine N'Drin	2:08.14

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Lyubov Gurina	1:59.33
2.	Antje Schröder	1:59.46
3.	Margrit Klinger	1:59.49
4.	Doina Melinte	1:59.60
5.	Zuzana Moravčíková	1:59.96
6.	Totka Petrova	2:01.32
7.	Tina Krebs	2:02.19
8.	Jennifer Bean	2:12.93

Qualifying heats

Held on Sunday 7 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Margrit Klinger	2:02.08
2.	Jolanta Januchta	2:02.58
3.	Milena Matejkovičová	2:02.60
4.	Elena Lina	2:04.50
5.	Attina Sawtell	2:18.25
6.	Kungu Bakombo	2:19.68

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	2:06.42
2.	Totka Petrova	2:06.60
3.	Zuzana Moravčíková	2:06.76
4.	Jill McCabe	2:07.23
5.	Maria Lomba	2:21.90
—	Fatalmoudou Touré	DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Antje Schröder	2:10.61
2.	Jarmila Kratochvílová	2:12.35
3.	Célestine N'Drin	2:12.52
4.	Hala El-Moughrabi	2:15.37
5.	Eucaris Caicedo	2:17.06
6.	Sofiya Mohamed	2:55.64
—	Irina Podyalovskaya	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Lyubov Gurina	2:04.17
2.	Doina Melinte	2:04.30
3.	Robin Campbell	2:04.83
4.	Tina Krebs	2:05.49
5.	Jennifer Bean	2:13.80
6.	Trịnh Thị Bé	2:17.54
7.	Khadija Al Matari	2:28.72

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