1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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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.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of East Germany.svg Ronald Weigel
East Germany (GDR)
Silver Flag of Spain.svg Josep Marín
Spain (ESP)
Bronze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergey Yung
Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
WLworld leading
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of Spain.svg  Josep Marín  (ESP)3:40:46March 13, 1983 Flag of Spain.svg Valencia, Spain
Event Record New event

Intermediates

Final ranking

RankAthleteTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GDR)3:43:08
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Josep Marín  (ESP)3:46:32 [1] [2] [note 1]
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Yung  (URS)3:49:03
4Flag of Finland.svg  Reima Salonen  (FIN)3:52:53
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Raúl González  (MEX)3:53:51
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  François Lapointe  (CAN)3:53:57
7Flag of Italy.svg  Sandro Bellucci  (ITA)3:55:38
8Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Viktor Dorovskikh  (URS)3:56:02
9Flag of the United States.svg  Marco Evoniuk  (USA)3:56:57
10Flag of Sweden.svg  Bengt Simonsen  (SWE)3:57:25
11Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavol Szikora  (TCH)3:59:03
12Flag of Hungary.svg  László Sator  (HUN)3:59:27
13Flag of Norway.svg  Lars Ove Moen  (NOR)4:00:50
14Flag of Finland.svg  Seppo Immonen  (FIN)4:02:00
15Flag of Spain.svg  Manuel Alcalde  (ESP)4:03:10
16Flag of Portugal (official).svg  José Pinto  (POR)4:03:47
17Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavol Blažek  (TCH)4:06:49
18Flag of Germany.svg  Karl Degener  (FRG)4:06:51
19Flag of Sweden.svg  Lennart Mether  (SWE)4:07:46
20Flag of Hungary.svg  Miklós Domján  (HUN)4:08:11
21Flag of Mexico.svg  Felix Goméz  (MEX)4:09:22
22Flag of France.svg  Dominique Guebey  (FRA)4:09:40
23Flag of the United States.svg  Dan O'Connor  (USA)4:18:41
24Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Dai Mingxi  (CHN)4:30:28
25Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Fuxin  (CHN)4:35:46
26Flag of Bolivia.svg  Osvaldo Morejón  (BOL)4:35:58
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
Flag of Poland.svg  Bohdan Bułakowski  (POL)DNF
Flag of Sweden.svg  Bo Gustafsson  (SWE)DNF
Flag of the United States.svg  Jim Heiring  (USA)DNF
Flag of France.svg  Gérard Lelièvre  (FRA)DNF
Flag of Spain.svg  Jordi Llopart  (ESP)DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nikolay Udovenko  (URS)DSQ
Flag of Poland.svg  Bogusław Duda  (POL)DSQ
Flag of East Germany.svg  Dietmar Meisch  (GDR)DSQ
Flag of Norway.svg  Erling Andersen  (NOR)DSQ
Flag of Mexico.svg  Martín Bermúdez  (MEX)DSQ

See also

References

  1. José Marín at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
  2. Pekola, Tapio; et al. (1983). Yleisurheilun MM-kisakirja Helsinki '83 (in Finnish). Juoksija. ISBN   951-9465-05-7.

Notes

  1. Erroneously given by several sources as 3:43:42.