1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres at the 1983 World Championships
Venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates	7 August (heats and quarter-finals) 8 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors	67
Winning time	10.07 CR
Medalists
Carl Lewis    United States   Calvin Smith    United States   Emmit King    United States
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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
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The men's 100 metres at the 1983 IAAF World Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland on 7 and 8 August 2022. 67 athletes from 49 nations entered to the competition

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Calvin Smith (USA)	9.93	Colorado Springs, USA	July 3, 1983
Championship Record	New event

Results

Qualifying heats

The qualifying heats took place on 7 August, with the 67 athletes involved being split into 9 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 5 fastest ( q ) qualified for the quarter-finals.

Wind: Heat 1: –1.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.8 m/s, Heat 3: +1.2 m/s, Heat 4: –0.2 m/s, Heat 5: +0.7m/s, Heat 6: –0.5 m/s, Heat 7: +1.8 m/s, Heat 8: +2.3 m/s, Heat 9: +1.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	Raymond Stewart	Jamaica (JAM)	10.22w	Q
2	9	Leandro Peñalver	Cuba (CUB)	10.24	Q, CR
3	5	Calvin Smith	United States (USA)	10.30	Q, CR
4	9	Tony Sharpe	Canada (CAN)	10.31	Q
	4	Desai Williams	Canada (CAN)	10.31	Q, CR
6	8	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.33w	Q
	9	Viktor Bryzgin	Soviet Union (URS)	10.33	Q
	6	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	Italy (ITA)	10.33	Q
9	3	Carl Lewis	United States (USA)	10.34	Q, CR
10	9	Antoine Richard	France (FRA)	10.34	q
11	8	Ernest Obeng	Ghana (GHA)	10.35w	Q
12	7	Allan Wells	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.37	Q
13	4	Paul Narracott	Australia (AUS)	10.38	Q
	2	Juan Núñez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	10.38	Q, CR
15	7	Christian Haas	West Germany (FRG)	10.39	Q
16	4	Frank Emmelmann	East Germany (GDR)	10.40	Q
17	6	Emmit King	United States (USA)	10.41	Q
	6	Thomas Schröder	East Germany (GDR)	10.41	Q
19	2	Innocent Egbunike	Nigeria (NGR)	10.44	Q
	3	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.44	Q
21	2	Ben Johnson	Canada (CAN)	10.45	Q
	5	Ferenc Kiss	Hungary (HUN)	10.45	Q
	8	István Tatár	Hungary (HUN)	10.45w	q
24	3	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba (CUB)	10.47	Q
25	5	Marian Woronin	Poland (POL)	10.50	Q
26	5	Robson da Silva	Brazil (BRA)	10.51	q
27	7	Chidi Imoh	Nigeria (NGR)	10.55	Q
28	6	Gerrard Keating	Australia (AUS)	10.57	q
	2	Everard Samuels	Jamaica (JAM)	10.57	q
30	4	Jouko Hassi	Finland (FIN)	10.58
	8	Harouna Pale	Upper Volta (UPV)	10.58w
32	8	Neville Hodge	U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)	10.59w
	7	Nikolay Sidorov	Soviet Union (URS)	10.59
34	9	Suchart Chairsuvaparb	Thailand (THA)	10.63
35	1	Luke Watson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.64	Q, CR
36	6	Kosmas Stratos	Greece (GRE)	10.65
37	1	Valentin Atanasov	Bulgaria (BUL)	10.66	Q
38	7	Wilfredo Almonte	Dominican Republic (DOM)	10.72
39	1	Lester Benjamin	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	10.76	Q
39	2	Sheikh Omar Faye	Gambia (GAM)	10.76
	1	Mohamed Purnomo	Indonesia (INA)	10.76
42	3	Earl Haley	Guyana (GUY)	10.77
43	4	Gregory Simons	Bermuda (BER)	10.78
44	2	Hwang Chian-Shin	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	10.82
45	6	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	10.84
46	7	Giorgio Mautiño Batuello	Peru (PER)	10.85
47	4	Moussa Savadogo	Mali (MLI)	10.88
48	2	John Albertie	Saint Lucia (LCA)	10.90
49	3	Earle Laing	Jamaica (JAM)	10.91
50	6	Rubén Inácio	Angola (ANG)	10.92
	5	Joseph Leota	Samoa (SAM)	10.92
52	5	Georges Taniel	Vanuatu (VAN)	11.02
53	3	Pit Rapuan	Malaysia (MAS)	11.03
54	7	Banana Jarjue	Gambia (GAM)	11.04
	9	Jean-Yves Mallat	Lebanon (LIB)	11.04
56	1	Thurston Ross	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	11.08
57	1	Peni Bati	Fiji (FIJ)	11.11
58	5	Nguyễn Trương Hòa	Vietnam (VIE)	11.16
59	8	Laoui Adnan Abou	Jordan (JOR)	11.17w
60	3	Vicente Daniel Ibrahim	Mozambique (MOZ)	11.20
61	4	Alan Zammit	Malta (MLT)	11.25
62	4	José Flores	Honduras (HON)	11.31
63	7	Trevor Davis	Anguilla (AIA)	11.53
64	2	Joske Teabuge	Nauru (NRU)	12.20
65	9	Mohamad Ismail Bakaki	Afghanistan (AFG)	12.33
	9	Lee Kuo-Sheng	Chinese Taipei (TPE)		DNS
	1	Şükrü Çaprazlı	Turkey (TUR)		DNS

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals took place on 7 August, with the 32 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind: Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: –1.1 m/s, Heat 4: –1.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Carl Lewis	United States (USA)	10.20	Q, CR
2	1	Calvin Smith	United States (USA)	10.27	Q
3	4	Emmit King	United States (USA)	10.30	Q
4	3	Desai Williams	Canada (CAN)	10.31	Q
5	1	Tony Sharpe	Canada (CAN)	10.36	Q
	4	Christian Haas	West Germany (FRG)	10.36	Q
7	1	Paul Narracott	Australia (AUS)	10.37	Q
	2	Raymond Stewart	Jamaica (JAM)	10.37	Q
	3	Allan Wells	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.37	Q
10	4	Leandro Peñalver	Cuba (CUB)	10.38	Q
11	3	Juan Núñez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	10.39	Q
12	4	Ben Johnson	Canada (CAN)	10.40	Q
13	2	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.41	Q
14	3	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba (CUB)	10.44	Q
14	4	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	Italy (ITA)	10.44
	4	Antoine Richard	France (FRA)	10.44
17	1	Thomas Schröder	East Germany (GDR)	10.45	Q
17	3	Chidi Imoh	Nigeria (NGR)	10.45
19	2	Frank Emmelmann	East Germany (GDR)	10.46	Q
20	1	Ernest Obeng	Ghana (GHA)	10.51
21	1	Innocent Egbunike	Nigeria (NGR)	10.52
22	4	Ferenc Kiss	Hungary (HUN)	10.53
23	3	Viktor Bryzhin	Soviet Union (URS)	10.55
24	1	Luke Watson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.57
	2	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.57
26	3	Gerrard Keating	Australia (AUS)	10.59
27	4	Valentin Atanasov	Bulgaria (BUL)	10.63
28	1	Everard Samuels	Jamaica (JAM)	10.65
	3	István Tatár	Hungary (HUN)	10.65
30	2	Robson da Silva	Brazil (BRA)	10.66
31	2	Marian Woronin	Poland (POL)	10.72
32	2	Lester Benjamin	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	10.86

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 8 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: –0.8 m/s, Heat 2: –1.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Calvin Smith	United States (USA)	10.22	Q
2	2	Carl Lewis	United States (USA)	10.28	Q
3	1	Allan Wells	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.35	Q
4	1	Juan Núñez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	10.36	Q
5	1	Emmit King	United States (USA)	10.36	Q
6	2	Paul Narracott	Australia (AUS)	10.38	Q
7	2	Desai Williams	Canada (CAN)	10.39	Q
8	2	Christian Haas	West Germany (FRG)	10.39	Q
9	1	Frank Emmelmann	East Germany (GDR)	10.40
	2	Raymond Stewart	Jamaica (JAM)	10.40
11	2	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.43
12	1	Ben Johnson	Canada (CAN)	10.44
	1	Tony Sharpe	Canada (CAN)	10.44
14	2	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba (CUB)	10.46
15	1	Leandro Peñalver	Cuba (CUB)	10.47
16	2	Thomas Schröder	East Germany (GDR)	10.52

Final

The final took place on August 8.

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Carl Lewis	United States (USA)	10.07	CR
	Calvin Smith	United States (USA)	10.21
	Emmit King	United States (USA)	10.24
4	Allan Wells	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.27
5	Juan Núñez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	10.29
6	Christian Haas	West Germany (FRG)	10.32
7	Paul Narracott	Australia (AUS)	10.33
8	Desai Williams	Canada (CAN)	10.36

References

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