| Events at the 1983 World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
These are the official results of the men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1983 World Championships held on 12 August 1983 in Helsinki, Finland.
| Gold | East Germany (GDR) |
| Silver | Spain (ESP) |
| Bronze | Soviet Union (URS) |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| WL | world leading |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record | 3:40:46 | March 13, 1983 | | |
| Event Record | New event | |||
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| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
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| 3:43:08 | |||
| 3:46:32 | [1] [2] [note 1] | ||
| 3:49:03 | |||
| 4 | 3:52:53 | ||
| 5 | 3:53:51 | ||
| 6 | 3:53:57 | ||
| 7 | 3:55:38 | ||
| 8 | 3:56:02 | ||
| 9 | 3:56:57 | ||
| 10 | 3:57:25 | ||
| 11 | 3:59:03 | ||
| 12 | 3:59:27 | ||
| 13 | 4:00:50 | ||
| 14 | 4:02:00 | ||
| 15 | 4:03:10 | ||
| 16 | 4:03:47 | ||
| 17 | 4:06:49 | ||
| 18 | 4:06:51 | ||
| 19 | 4:07:46 | ||
| 20 | 4:08:11 | ||
| 21 | 4:09:22 | ||
| 22 | 4:09:40 | ||
| 23 | 4:18:41 | ||
| 24 | 4:30:28 | ||
| 25 | 4:35:46 | ||
| 26 | 4:35:58 | ||
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
| — | DNF | ||
| — | DNF | ||
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| — | DNF | ||
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | |||
| — | DSQ | ||
| — | DSQ | ||
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| — | DSQ | ||
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