1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the 1983 World Championships
Venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates	12 August (heats) 13 August (semi-finals) 14 August (final)
Competitors	52
Winning time	3:41.59
Medalists
Steve Cram    Great Britain   Steve Scott    United States   Saïd Aouita    Morocco
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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.

World Record	Steve Ovett  (GBR)	3:31.36	Koblenz, West Germany	August 27, 1980
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	Switzerland	3:42.28	Q, CR
2	Sydney Maree	United States	3:43.13	Q
3	Uwe Becker	West Germany	3:43.18	Q
4	Ray Flynn	Ireland	3:43.27	Q
5	João Campos	Portugal	3:43.44
6	Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	3:43.58
7	Nikolay Kirov	Soviet Union	3:43.77
8	Jan Persson	Sweden	3:43.83
9	Dave Reid	Canada	3:45.08
10	Mohamed Neji Henkiri	Tunisia	3:45.90
11	Jama Aden	Somalia	3:46.87
12	Tisbite Rakotoarisoa	Madagascar	3:52.91
13	Luis Munguía	Nicaragua	4:02.06

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Steve Cram	Great Britain & N.I.	3:40.17	Q, CR
2	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	3:40.39	Q
3	Frank O'Mara	Ireland	3:40.53	Q
4	John Walker	New Zealand	3:40.67	Q
5	Piotr Kurek	Poland	3:40.96	q
6	Niels Kim Hjorth	Denmark	3:41.29	q
7	Peter Wirz	Switzerland	3:41.69
8	Philippe Dien	France	3:43.15
9	Spyros Spyrou	Cyprus	3:43.94
10	Paul Rugut	Kenya	3:46.00
11	Jimmy Igohe	Tanzania	3:48.58
12	Charlie Oliver	Solomon Islands	4:18.24
	Mehdi Aidet	Algeria		DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andreas Busse	East Germany	3:38.65	Q, CR
2	Steve Ovett	Great Britain & N.I.	3:39.00	Q
3	Dragan Zdravković	Yugoslavia	3:39.18	Q
4	Jan Kubista	Czechoslovakia	3:39.20	Q
5	Tom Byers	United States	3:39.41	q
6	Eddy Stevens	Belgium	3:39.77	q
7	Stefano Mei	Italy	3:39.93	q
8	José Luis González	Spain	3:41.29	q
9	Pascal Thiebaut	France	3:41.51
10	Amar Brahmia	Algeria	3:42.75
11	Omer Khalifa	Sudan	3:48.23
12	John Chappory	Gibraltar	3:56.92
13	Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa	Rwanda	3:57.49

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Steve Scott	United States	3:37.87	Q, CR
2	José Manuel Abascal	Spain	3:38.06	Q
3	Claudio Patrignani	Italy	3:38.35	Q
4	Graham Williamson	Great Britain & N.I.	3:38.99	Q
5	Abderrahmane Morceli	Algeria	3:39.77	q
6	Robert Nemeth	Austria	3:39.93	q
7	Mike Boit	Kenya	3:40.06	q
8	Antti Loikkanen	Finland	3:44.47
9	Sermet Timurlenk	Turkey	3:46.74
10	Mohammed Darwish	Iraq	3:50.04
11	Ibrahim Malallah	Qatar	3:52.05
12	Masini Situ-Kubanza	Zaire (ZAI)	4:06.44
13	Sekou Camara	Guinea	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	United States	3:36.43	Q, CR
2	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	3:36.43	Q
3	Jan Kubista	Czechoslovakia	3:37.12	Q
4	Uwe Becker	West Germany	3:37.27	Q
5	Andreas Busse	East Germany	3:37.54	q
6	José Luis González	Spain	3:38.77
7	Niels Kim Hjorth	Denmark	3:39.75
8	Abderrahmane Morceli	Algeria	3:39.88
9	Stefano Mei	Italy	3:41.78
10	Graham Williamson	Great Britain & N.I.	3:45.84
11	Frank O'Mara	Ireland	3:47.10
	Robert Nemeth	Austria		DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Steve Cram	Great Britain & N.I.	3:35.77	Q, CR
2	Steve Ovett	Great Britain & N.I.	3:36.26	Q
3	José Manuel Abascal	Spain	3:36.35	Q
4	Pierre Délèze	Switzerland	3:36.37	Q
5	John Walker	New Zealand	3:36.52	q
6	Dragan Zdravković	Yugoslavia	3:37.31	q
7	Mike Boit	Kenya	3:37.75	q
8	Claudio Patrignani	Italy	3:38.36
9	Sydney Maree	United States	3:38.65
10	Piotr Kurek	Poland	3:39.54
11	Ray Flynn	Ireland	3:40.26
12	Eddy Stevens	Belgium	3:42.63
13	Tom Byers	United States	3:43.97

Final

The final took place on August 14.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Steve Cram	Great Britain & N.I.	3:41.59
	Steve Scott	United States	3:41.87
	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	3:42.02
4	Steve Ovett	Great Britain & N.I.	3:42.34
5	José Manuel Abascal	Spain	3:42.47
6	Pierre Délèze	Switzerland	3:43.69
7	Andreas Busse	East Germany	3:43.72
8	Dragan Zdravković	Yugoslavia	3:43.75
9	John Walker	New Zealand	3:44.24
10	Jan Kubista	Czechoslovakia	3:44.30
11	Uwe Becker	West Germany	3:45.09
12	Mike Boit	Kenya	3:46.46

References

• Results
• Results - World Athletics