Men's 100 metres
at the 1983 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates7 August (heats and quarter-finals)
8 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors67
Winning time10.07 CR
Medalists
gold medal Carl Lewis   United States
silver medal Calvin Smith   United States
bronze medal Emmit King   United States

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
18Raymond Stewart Jamaica (JAM)10.22wQ
29Leandro Peñalver Cuba (CUB)10.24Q, CR
35Calvin Smith United States (USA)10.30Q, CR
49Tony Sharpe Canada (CAN)10.31Q
4Desai Williams Canada (CAN)10.31Q, CR
68Christopher Brathwaite Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)10.33wQ
9Viktor Bryzgin Soviet Union (URS)10.33Q
6Pierfrancesco Pavoni Italy (ITA)10.33Q
93Carl Lewis United States (USA)10.34Q, CR
109Antoine Richard France (FRA)10.34q
118Ernest Obeng Ghana (GHA)10.35wQ
127Allan Wells Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.37Q
134Paul Narracott Australia (AUS)10.38Q
2Juan Núñez Dominican Republic (DOM)10.38Q, CR
157Christian Haas West Germany (FRG)10.39Q
164Frank Emmelmann East Germany (GDR)10.40Q
176Emmit King United States (USA)10.41Q
6Thomas Schröder East Germany (GDR)10.41Q
192Innocent Egbunike Nigeria (NGR)10.44Q
3Cameron Sharp Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.44Q
212Ben Johnson Canada (CAN)10.45Q
5Ferenc Kiss Hungary (HUN)10.45Q
8István Tatár Hungary (HUN)10.45wq
243Osvaldo Lara Cuba (CUB)10.47Q
255Marian Woronin Poland (POL)10.50Q
265Robson da Silva Brazil (BRA)10.51q
277Chidi Imoh Nigeria (NGR)10.55Q
286Gerrard Keating Australia (AUS)10.57q
2Everard Samuels Jamaica (JAM)10.57q
304Jouko Hassi Finland (FIN)10.58
8Harouna PaleRepublic of Upper Volta Upper Volta (UPV)10.58w
328Neville Hodge U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)10.59w
7Nikolay Sidorov Soviet Union (URS)10.59
349Suchart Chairsuvaparb Thailand (THA)10.63
351Luke Watson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.64Q, CR
366Kosmas Stratos Greece (GRE)10.65
371Valentin Atanasov Bulgaria (BUL)10.66Q
387Wilfredo Almonte Dominican Republic (DOM)10.72
391Lester Benjamin Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)10.76Q
392Sheikh Omar Faye Gambia (GAM)10.76
1Mohamed Purnomo Indonesia (INA)10.76
423Earl Haley Guyana (GUY)10.77
434Gregory Simons Bermuda (BER)10.78
442Hwang Chian-Shin Chinese Taipei (TPE)10.82
456Christopher Madzokere Zimbabwe (ZIM)10.84
467Giorgio Mautiño Batuello Peru (PER)10.85
474Moussa Savadogo Mali (MLI)10.88
482John Albertie Saint Lucia (LCA)10.90
493Earle Laing Jamaica (JAM)10.91
506Rubén Inácio Angola (ANG)10.92
5Joseph Leota Samoa (SAM)10.92
525Georges Taniel Vanuatu (VAN)11.02
533Pit Rapuan Malaysia (MAS)11.03
547Banana Jarjue Gambia (GAM)11.04
9Jean-Yves Mallat Lebanon (LIB)11.04
561Thurston Ross Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)11.08
571Peni Bati Fiji (FIJ)11.11
585Nguyễn Trương Hòa Vietnam (VIE)11.16
598Laoui Adnan Abou Jordan (JOR)11.17w
603Vicente Daniel Ibrahim Mozambique (MOZ)11.20
614Alan Zammit Malta (MLT)11.25
624José Flores Honduras (HON)11.31
637Trevor Davis Anguilla (AIA)11.53
642Joske Teabuge Nauru (NRU)12.20
659Mohamad Ismail Bakaki Afghanistan (AFG)12.33
9Lee Kuo-Sheng Chinese Taipei (TPE)DNS
1Şükrü 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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Carl Lewis United States (USA)10.20Q, CR
21Calvin Smith United States (USA)10.27Q
34Emmit King United States (USA)10.30Q
43Desai Williams Canada (CAN)10.31Q
51Tony Sharpe Canada (CAN)10.36Q
4Christian Haas West Germany (FRG)10.36Q
71Paul Narracott Australia (AUS)10.37Q
2Raymond Stewart Jamaica (JAM)10.37Q
3Allan Wells Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.37Q
104Leandro Peñalver Cuba (CUB)10.38Q
113Juan Núñez Dominican Republic (DOM)10.39Q
124Ben Johnson Canada (CAN)10.40Q
132Cameron Sharp Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.41Q
143Osvaldo Lara Cuba (CUB)10.44Q
144Pierfrancesco Pavoni Italy (ITA)10.44
4Antoine Richard France (FRA)10.44
171Thomas Schröder East Germany (GDR)10.45Q
173Chidi Imoh Nigeria (NGR)10.45
192Frank Emmelmann East Germany (GDR)10.46Q
201Ernest Obeng Ghana (GHA)10.51
211Innocent Egbunike Nigeria (NGR)10.52
224Ferenc Kiss Hungary (HUN)10.53
233Viktor Bryzhin Soviet Union (URS)10.55
241Luke Watson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.57
2Christopher Brathwaite Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)10.57
263Gerrard Keating Australia (AUS)10.59
274Valentin Atanasov Bulgaria (BUL)10.63
281Everard Samuels Jamaica (JAM)10.65
3István Tatár Hungary (HUN)10.65
302Robson da Silva Brazil (BRA)10.66
312Marian Woronin Poland (POL)10.72
322Lester 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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Calvin Smith United States (USA)10.22Q
22Carl Lewis United States (USA)10.28Q
31Allan Wells Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.35Q
41Juan Núñez Dominican Republic (DOM)10.36Q
51Emmit King United States (USA)10.36Q
62Paul Narracott Australia (AUS)10.38Q
72Desai Williams Canada (CAN)10.39Q
82Christian Haas West Germany (FRG)10.39Q
91Frank Emmelmann East Germany (GDR)10.40
2Raymond Stewart Jamaica (JAM)10.40
112Cameron Sharp Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.43
121Ben Johnson Canada (CAN)10.44
1Tony Sharpe Canada (CAN)10.44
142Osvaldo Lara Cuba (CUB)10.46
151Leandro Peñalver Cuba (CUB)10.47
162Thomas Schröder East Germany (GDR)10.52

Final

The final took place on August 8.

Wind: -0.3 m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Carl Lewis United States (USA)10.07CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Calvin Smith United States (USA)10.21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Emmit King United States (USA)10.24
4Allan Wells Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.27
5Juan Núñez Dominican Republic (DOM)10.29
6Christian Haas West Germany (FRG)10.32
7Paul Narracott Australia (AUS)10.33
8Desai Williams Canada (CAN)10.36

References

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