1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on 12 August 1983.[1]

Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the 1983 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates11 August (heats)
11 August (semi-finals)
12 August (final)
Competitors28
Winning time13.42
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Finland
bronze medal    United States
1987 →

Records

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Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record   Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) 12.93 Zürich, Switzerland August 19, 1981
Championship Record New event

Results

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Qualifying heats

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The qualifying heats took place on 11 August, with the 28 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind: Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.9 m/s, Heat 3: +1.9 m/s, Heat 4: +2.1 m/s

Heat 1
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mark McKoy   Canada (CAN) 13.53 Q, CR
2 Thomas Munkelt   East Germany (GDR) 13.61 Q
3 Ventsislav Radev   Bulgaria (BUL) 13.78 Q
4 Mark Holtom   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13.85 q
5 Béla Bodó   Hungary (HUN) 13.91 q
6 Modesto Castillo   Dominican Republic (DOM) 13.93 q
7 Tim Soper   New Zealand (NZL) 14.28
Heat 2
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Arto Bryggare   Finland (FIN) 13.44 Q, CR
2 Willie Gault   United States (USA) 13.66 Q
3 Alejandro Casañas   Cuba (CUB) 13.70 Q
4 Liviu Giurgian   Romania (ROM) 13.98
5 Stéphane Caristan   France (FRA) 14.10
6 Julius Ivan   Czechoslovakia (TCH) 14.28
7 Gary Bullard   Bahamas (BAH) 14.31
Heat 3
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Greg Foster   United States (USA) 13.41 Q, CR
2 György Bakos   Hungary (HUN) 13.61 Q
3 Javier Moracho   Spain (ESP) 13.62 Q
4 Andreas Oschkenat   East Germany (GDR) 13.80 q
5 Ion Oltean   Romania (ROM) 13.97
6 Yu Zhicheng   China (CHN) 14.43
7 San Chai Kim   Cambodia (CAM) 16.26
Heat 4
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sam Turner   United States (USA) 13.62w Q
2 Don Wright   Australia (AUS) 13.70w Q
3 Andrey Prokofyev   Soviet Union (URS) 13.90w Q
4 Daniele Fontecchio   Italy (ITA) 14.05w
5 Wu Chin-jing   Chinese Taipei (TPE) 14.24w
6 Axel Schaumann   West Germany (FRG) 14.40w
7 Daniel Ololo   Gabon (GAB) 14.93 w

Semifinals

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The semifinals took place on 12 August, with the 16 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.

Wind: Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: –0.7 m/s

Heat 1
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Greg Foster   United States (USA) 13.22 Q, CR
2 Willie Gault   United States (USA) 13.48 Q
3 Thomas Munkelt   East Germany (GDR) 13.62 Q
4 György Bakos   Hungary (HUN) 13.66 Q
5 Andrey Prokofyev   Soviet Union (URS) 13.76
6 Mark Holtom   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13.79
7 Modesto Castillo   Dominican Republic (DOM) 14.23
Alejandro Casañas   Cuba (CUB) DNS
Heat 2
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Arto Bryggare   Finland (FIN) 13.50 Q
2 Sam Turner   United States (USA) 13.65 Q
3 Mark McKoy   Canada (CAN) 13.73 Q
4 Ventsislav Radev   Bulgaria (BUL) 13.82 Q
5 Javier Moracho   Spain (ESP) 13.92
6 Andreas Oschkenat   East Germany (GDR) 13.93
7 Don Wright   Australia (AUS) 14.28
Béla Bodó   Hungary (HUN) DNS

Final

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The final took place on August 12.

Wind: +1.3 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Greg Foster   United States (USA) 13.42
  Arto Bryggare   Finland (FIN) 13.46
  Willie Gault   United States (USA) 13.48
4 Mark McKoy   Canada (CAN) 13.56
5 Thomas Munkelt   East Germany (GDR) 13.66
6 György Bakos   Hungary (HUN) 13.68
7 Ventsislav Radev   Bulgaria (BUL) 13.73
8 Sam Turner   United States (USA) 13.82

References

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  1. ^ World Athletics Statistics HandBook Oregon 2022. World Athletics (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2022-07-09.