1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

Events at the
1983 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The Men's Marathon at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland was held on August 14, 1983.

Medalists

Gold medallist Robert de Castella (right) shakes hands with bronze medallist Waldemar Cierpinski after the race
Gold Australia Robert de Castella
Australia (AUS)
Silver Ethiopia Kebede Balcha
Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze East Germany Waldemar Cierpinski
East Germany (GDR)

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:08:18 December 6, 1981 Japan Fukuoka, Japan
Event Record New event
Season Best  Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:08:37 April 9, 1983 Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
Broken records at the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Event Record  Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:10:03 August 14, 1983 Finland Helsinki, Finland

Intermediates

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:10:03
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kebede Balcha (ETH) 2:10:27
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR) 2:10:37
4  Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE) 2:10:38 NR
5  Agapius Masong (TAN) 2:10:42
6  Armand Parmentier (BEL) 2:10:57
7  Gianni Poli (ITA) 2:11:05 NR
8  Hugh Jones (GBR) 2:11:15
9  Karel Lismont (BEL) 2:11:24
10  Stig Roar Husby (NOR) 2:11:29 NR
11  Art Boileau (CAN) 2:11:30
12  Juan Carlos Traspaderne (ESP) 2:11:34 NR
13  Marco Marchei (ITA) 2:11:47
14  Pertti Tiainen (FIN) 2:12:11
15  Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 2:13:11
16  Ryszard Marczak (POL) 2:13:20
17  Svend-Erik Kristensen (DEN) 2:13:34
18  Ron Tabb (USA) 2:13:38
19  Henrik Jørgensen (DEN) 2:14:10
20  Hans Joachim Truppel (GDR) 2:14:20
21  Ricardo Ortega (ESP) 2:14:46
22  Tommy Persson (SWE) 2:14:57
23  Bruno Lafranchi (SUI) 2:14:58
24  Dave Edge (CAN) 2:15:43
25  Yuriy Pleshkov (URS) 2:15:50
26  Øyvind Dahl (NOR) 2:16:02
27  Paul Ballinger (NZL) 2:16:06
28  Jürgen Eberding (GDR) 2:16:55
29  Gerard Nijboer (NED) 2:16:59
30  Frederik Vandervennet (BEL) 2:17:11
31  Trevor Wright (NZL) 2:17:31
32  Mehmet Terzi (TUR) 2:17:56
33  Delfim Moreira (POR) 2:18:27
34  Li Jong-Hyong (PRK) 2:18:51
35  Yoshihiro Nishimura (JPN) 2:18:56
36  Cidálio Caetano (POR) 2:19:21
37  John Skøvbjerg (DEN) 2:19:44
38  Jeff Coole (AUS) 2:20:25
39  Benji Durden (USA) 2:20:38
40  So Chang-Sik (PRK) 2:20:43
41  Wilson Theleso (BOT) 2:21:36 NR
42  Hideki Kita (JPN) 2:21:37
43  Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP) 2:21:43
44  Henrik Sandström (FIN) 2:21:56
45  Rudi Verriet (NED) 2:22:07
46  Dominique Chauvelier (FRA) 2:23:25
47  Djama Robleh (DJI) 2:24:04
48  Gerry Helme (GBR) 2:25:02
49  Sam Hlawe (SWZ) 2:26:42
50  Jan-Iwar Westlund (SWE) 2:27:05
51  Carlos Carvajal (CHI) 2:27:30
52  Don Greig (NZL) 2:27:37
53  Luis Tipán (ECU) 2:28:30
54  Palmireno Benjamin Campos (BRA) 2:29:41
55  Jan Fjærestad (NOR) 2:30:58
56  Tavares Silva (POR) 2:31:31
57  Syrja Dalipi (ALB) 2:31:40
58  Raymond Swan (BER) 2:33:20
59  Chang-Ming Chen (TPE) 2:34:00
60  Ágúst Þorsteinsson (ISL) 2:34:05
61  José Jaime Hernández (ESA) 2:34:26
62  Michael Lekhelsi (LES) 2:52:01
63  Said Toumane (COM) 3:03:10
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—  Ahmet Altun (TUR) DNF
—  Santiago de la Parte (ESP) DNF
—  Mike Gratton (GBR) DNF
—  Gerhard Hartmann (AUT) DNF
—  Yair Karni (ISR) DNF
—  Koshiro Kawaguchi (JPN) DNF
—  Louis Kenny (IRL) DNF
—  Ramón López (PAR) DNF
—  Alfredo Maravilla (ARG) DNF
—  Ed Mendoza (USA) DNF
—  Giampaolo Messina (ITA) DNF
—  Dereje Nedi (ETH) DNF
—  Peter Quance (CAN) DNF
—  Ahmed Salah (DJI) DNF
—  Carlos Victorino (MEX) DNF
—  Grenville Wood (AUS) DNF
—  Antonio Villanueva (MEX) DNF
—  Ralf Salzmann (FRG) DNF

See also

References