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

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Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the 1983 World Championships
Venue Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates11 August (heats)
11 August (semi-finals)
12 August (final)
Competitors28
Winning time13.42
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1987  

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]

Contents

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World RecordFlag of the United States.svg  Renaldo Nehemiah  (USA)12.93 Zürich, Switzerland August 19, 1981
Championship RecordNew event

Results

Qualifying heats

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
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Mark McKoy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13.53Q, CR
2 Thomas Munkelt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 13.61Q
3 Ventsislav Radev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 13.78Q
4 Mark Holtom Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 13.85q
5 Béla Bodó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 13.91q
6 Modesto Castillo Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 13.93q
7 Tim Soper Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 14.28
Heat 2
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Arto Bryggare Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13.44Q, CR
2 Willie Gault Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.66Q
3 Alejandro Casañas Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 13.70Q
4 Liviu Giurgian Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 13.98
5 Stéphane Caristan Flag of France.svg  France 14.10
6 Julius Ivan Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 14.28
7 Gary Bullard Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 14.31
Heat 3
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Greg Foster Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.41Q, CR
2 György Bakos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 13.61Q
3 Javier Moracho Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13.62Q
4 Andreas Oschkenat Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 13.80q
5 Ion Oltean Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 13.97
6 Yu Zhicheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 14.43
7 San Chai Kim Flag of the People's Republic of Kampuchea.svg  Cambodia 16.26
Heat 4
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Sam Turner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.62w Q
2 Don Wright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 13.70w Q
3 Andrey Prokofyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 13.90w Q
4 Daniele Fontecchio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14.05w
5 Wu Chin-jing Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 14.24w
6 Axel Schaumann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 14.40w
7 Daniel Ololo Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 14.93 w

Semifinals

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
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Greg Foster Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.22Q, CR
2 Willie Gault Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.48Q
3 Thomas Munkelt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 13.62Q
4 György Bakos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 13.66Q
5 Andrey Prokofyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 13.76
6 Mark Holtom Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 13.79
7 Modesto Castillo Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 14.23
Alejandro Casañas Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba DNS
Heat 2
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Arto Bryggare Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13.50Q
2 Sam Turner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.65Q
3 Mark McKoy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13.73Q
4 Ventsislav Radev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 13.82Q
5 Javier Moracho Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13.92
6 Andreas Oschkenat Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 13.93
7 Don Wright Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.28
Béla Bodó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNS

Final

The final took place on August 12.

Wind: +1.3 m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Greg Foster Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.42
Silver medal icon.svg Arto Bryggare Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13.46
Bronze medal icon.svg Willie Gault Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.48
4 Mark McKoy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13.56
5 Thomas Munkelt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 13.66
6 György Bakos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 13.68
7 Ventsislav Radev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 13.73
8 Sam Turner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.82

References

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