1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on 10 August 1983.

Medalists Gold Carl LewisUnited States (USA)Silver Jason GrimesUnited States (USA)Bronze Mike ConleyUnited States (USA)

Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B09.08.1983 – ??:??h09.08.1983 – ??:??hFinal Round10.08.1983 – ??:??h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships World Record 8.90 m October 18, 1968 Mexico City, Mexico Event Record New event

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 2 8.29 — — 8.29 m 2 3 X 8.12 — 8.12 m 3 5 7.32 X 8.05 8.05 m 4 6 7.82 7.88 8.01 8.01 m 5 8 7.96 — — 7.96 m 6 11 7.88 7.89 7.90 7.90 m 7 12 7.88 7.88 7.64 7.88 m 8 13 7.44 7.51 7.88 7.88 m 9 15 7.81 7.78 7.41 7.81 m 10 17 X X 7.75 7.75 m 11 18 7.42 7.70 7.40 7.70 m 12 19 X 7.70 X 7.70 m 13 26 X X 7.31 7.31 m 14 27 7.15 6.91 6.82 7.15 m — — DNS — — DNS — — DNS

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 8.37 — — 8.37 m 2 4 8.11 — — 8.11 m 3 7 7.97 — — 7.97 m 4 9 7.92 — — 7.92 m 5 10 7.90 — — 7.90 m 6 14 6.95 X 7.87 7.87 m 7 16 X X 7.77 7.77 m 8 20 6.44 7.69 X 7.69 m 9 21 X 7.68 X 7.68 m 10 22 7.56 7.54 X 7.56 m 11 23 7.29 7.42 7.52 7.52 m 12 24 5.78 7.51 6.96 7.51 m 13 25 7.38 X 7.21 7.38 m 14 28 X 7.06 7.12 7.12 m 15 29 X 6.76 6.54 6.76 m 16 30 X 6.20 5.80 6.20 m — — X X X NM

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 8.55 — 8.42 — — —8.55 m CR 8.29 X 8.23 8.29 X 8.178.29 m X 8.06 X 8.12 8.12 X 8.12 m 4 X 7.93 X 8.09 8.08 8.12 8.12 m 5 7.80 5.54 7.94 5.99 7.76 8.098.09 m 6 7.86 7.93 8.06 X 7.94 7.96 8.06 m 7 7.94 7.79 7.92 7.91 8.06 X 8.06 m 8 7.89 X 7.89 7.85 7.89 7.74 7.89 m 9 7.81 7.88 7.70 7.88 m 10 7.64 7.84 7.80 7.84 m 11 7.74 X 7.59 7.74 m 12 7.52 7.69 7.54 7.69 m 13 7.57 6.89 7.09 7.57 m

See also 1980 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Athens) 1984 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Stuttgart) 1987 Men's World Championships Long Jump (Rome)

References Results L'Athletisme (September 1983, p52)