1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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

Medalists

Gold Robert de CastellaAustralia (AUS)Silver Kebede BalchaEthiopia (ETH)Bronze Waldemar CierpinskiEast Germany (GDR)

Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markWR world recordWL world leadingAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships World Record 2:08:18 December 6, 1981 Fukuoka, Japan Event Record New event Season Best 2:08:37 April 9, 1983 Rotterdam, NetherlandsBroken records at the 1983 World Athletics Championships Event Record 2:10:03 August 14, 1983 Helsinki, Finland

Intermediates

Final ranking RankAthleteTimeNote 2:10:03 2:10:27 2:10:37 4 2:10:38 NR5 2:10:42 6 2:10:57 7 2:11:05 NR8 2:11:15 9 2:11:24 10 2:11:29 NR11 2:11:30 12 2:11:34 NR13 2:11:47 14 2:12:11 15 2:13:11 16 2:13:20 17 2:13:34 18 2:13:38 19 2:14:10 20 2:14:20 21 2:14:46 22 2:14:57 23 2:14:58 24 2:15:43 25 2:15:50 26 2:16:02 27 2:16:06 28 2:16:55 29 2:16:59 30 2:17:11 31 2:17:31 32 2:17:56 33 2:18:27 34 2:18:51 35 2:18:56 36 2:19:21 37 2:19:44 38 2:20:25 39 2:20:38 40 2:20:43 41 2:21:36 NR42 2:21:37 43 2:21:43 44 2:21:56 45 2:22:07 46 2:23:25 47 2:24:04 48 2:25:02 49 2:26:42 50 2:27:05 51 2:27:30 52 2:27:37 53 2:28:30 54 2:29:41 55 2:30:58 56 2:31:31 57 2:31:40 58 2:33:20 59 2:34:00 60 2:34:05 61 2:34:26 62 2:52:01 63 3:03:10 DID NOT FINISH (DNF)— DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF

See also 1983 Marathon Year Ranking Men's Olympic Marathon (1984)

References Results IAAF Leichatletik-Statistik-Seite