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 1983. 67 athletes from 49 nations entered to the competition

Records Existing records at the start of the event. World Record9.93Colorado Springs, USAJuly 3, 1983Championship RecordNew 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.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Luke Watson 10.64 , 2 Valentin Atanasov 10.66 3 Lester Benjamin 10.76 4 Mohamed Purnomo 10.76 5 Thurston Ross 11.08 6 Peni Bati 11.11 – Şükrü Çaprazlı Wind: –1.0 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Juan Núñez 10.38 , 2 Innocent Egbunike 10.44 3 Ben Johnson 10.45 4 Everard Samuels 10.57 5 Sheikh Omar Faye 10.76 6 Hwang Chian-Shin 10.82 7 John Albertie 10.90 8 Joske Teabuge 12.20 Wind: +1.8 m/s

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl Lewis 10.34 , 2 Cameron Sharp 10.44 3 Osvaldo Lara 10.47 4 Earl Haley 10.77 5 Earle Laing 10.91 6 Pit Rapuan 11.03 7 Vicente Daniel Ibrahim 11.20 Wind: +1.2 m/s

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Desai Williams 10.31 , 2 Paul Narracott 10.38 3 Frank Emmelmann 10.40 4 Jouko Hassi 10.58 5 Gregory Simons 10.78 6 Moussa Savadogo 10.88 7 Alan Zammit 11.25 8 José Flores 11.31 Wind: –0.2 m/s

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Calvin Smith 10.30 , 2 Ferenc Kiss 10.45 3 Marian Woronin 10.50 4 Robson da Silva 10.51 5 Joseph Leota 10.92 6 Georges Taniel 11.02 7 Nguyễn Trương Hòa 11.16 Wind: +0.7 m/s

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Pierfrancesco Pavoni 10.33 2 Emmit King 10.41 3 Thomas Schröder 10.41 4 Gerrard Keating 10.57 5 Kosmas Stratos 10.65 6 Christopher Madzokere 10.84 7 Rubén Inácio 10.92 Wind: –0.5 m/s

Heat 7 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Allan Wells 10.37 2 Christian Haas 10.39 3 Chidi Imoh 10.55 4 Nikolay Sidorov 10.59 5 Wilfredo Almonte 10.72 6 Giorgio Mautino 10.85 7 Banana Jarjue 11.04 8 Trevor Davis 11.53 Wind: +1.8 m/s

Heat 8 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Raymond Stewart 10.22 2 Christopher Brathwaite 10.33 3 Ernest Obeng 10.35 4 István Tatár 10.45 5 Harouna Pale Upper Volta (UPV) 10.58 6 Neville Hodge 10.59 7 Laoui Adnan Abou 11.17 Wind: +2.3 m/s

Heat 9 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Leandro Peñalver 10.24 , 2 Tony Sharpe 10.31 3 Viktor Bryzgin 10.33 4 Antoine Richard 10.34 5 Suchart Chairsuvaparb 10.63 6 Jean-Yves Mallat 11.04 7 Mohamad Ismail Bakaki 12.33 – Lee Kuo-Sheng Wind: +1.3 m/s

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.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Calvin Smith 10.27 2 Tony Sharpe 10.36 3 Paul Narracott 10.37 4 Thomas Schröder 10.45 5 Ernest Obeng 10.51 6 Innocent Egbunike 10.52 7 Luke Watson 10.57 8 Everard Samuels 10.65 Wind: +1.1 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl Lewis 10.20 , 2 Raymond Stewart 10.37 3 Cameron Sharp 10.41 4 Frank Emmelmann 10.46 5 Christopher Brathwaite 10.57 6 Robson da Silva 10.66 7 Marian Woronin 10.72 8 Lester Benjamin 10.86 Wind: +0.8 m/s

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Desai Williams 10.31 2 Allan Wells 10.37 3 Juan Núñez 10.39 4 Osvaldo Lara 10.44 5 Chidi Imoh 10.45 6 Viktor Bryzhin 10.55 7 Gerrard Keating 10.59 8 István Tatár 10.65 Wind: –1.1 m/s

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Emmit King 10.30 2 Christian Haas 10.36 3 Leandro Peñalver 10.38 4 Ben Johnson 10.40 5 Pierfrancesco Pavoni 10.44 6 Antoine Richard 10.44 7 Ferenc Kiss 10.53 8 Valentin Atanasov 10.63 Wind: –1.2 m/s

Semi-finals The semi-finals 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.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Calvin Smith 10.22 2 Allan Wells 10.35 3 Juan Núñez 10.36 4 Emmit King 10.36 5 Frank Emmelmann 10.40 6 Ben Johnson 10.44 7 Tony Sharpe 10.44 8 Leandro Peñalver 10.47 Wind: –0.8 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl Lewis 10.28 2 Paul Narracott 10.38 3 Desai Williams 10.39 4 Christian Haas 10.39 5 Raymond Stewart 10.40 6 Cameron Sharp 10.43 7 Osvaldo Lara 10.46 8 Thomas Schröder 10.52 Wind: –1.0 m/s

Final The final took place on August 8.

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Carl Lewis10.07 Calvin Smith10.21 Emmit King10.24 4 Allan Wells10.27 5 Juan Núñez10.29 6 Christian Haas10.32 7Paul Narracott10.33 8Desai Williams10.36 Wind: –0.3 m/s

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