This is the official results page for the men's 800m race at the 1983 World Athletics Championships . The competition was attended by 60 athletes. There were 8 preliminary runs, 4 quarter finals, 3 semi-finals and, finally, the final race, held on August 9, 1983 .
Content
Medalists
| Gold | Willy Woolbeck ( Germany ) |
| Silver | Rob Drappers ( Netherlands ) |
| Bronze | Joaquim Cruz ( Brazil ) |
Records
The current world record at the start of the competition - 1.41.73 seconds - belonged to Sebastian Coe and was set on June 10, 1981 in Florence , Italy .
Final
| A place | The final | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Willy Woolbeck ( Germany ) | 1: 43.65 | |
| Rob Drappers ( Netherlands ) | 1: 44.20 | |
| Joaquim Cruz ( Brazil ) | 1: 44.27 | |
| four. | Peter Elliott ( UK ) | 1: 44.87 |
| five. | James Robinson ( USA ) | 1: 45.12 |
| 6. | Agberto Guimaraes ( Brazil ) | 1: 45.46 |
| 7. | Hans-Peter Ferner ( Germany ) | 1: 45.74 |
| eight. | David Patrick ( USA ) | 1: 46.56 |
Semifinals
- Held on August 8, 1983
| A place | Semifinal 1 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Joaquim Cruz ( Brazil ) | 1: 45.62 |
| 2. | James Robinson ( USA ) | 1: 46.16 |
| 3. | Philippe Dupont ( France ) | 1: 46.36 |
| four. | Victor Kalinkin ( USSR ) | 1: 46.83 |
| five. | Mike Solomon ( Trinidad and Tobago ) | 1: 47.10 |
| 6. | Matthias Assman ( Germany ) | 1: 48.73 |
| 7. | Michael Hillard ( Australia ) | 1: 49.64 |
| - | Alberto Juantorena ( Cuba ) | DNS |
| A place | Semifinal 2 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Willy Woolbeck ( Germany ) | 1: 46.21 |
| 2. | Agberto Guimaraes ( Brazil ) | 1: 46.37 |
| 3. | Jose Marajo ( France ) | 1: 46.39 |
| four. | David Mack ( USA ) | 1: 46.39 |
| five. | Coloman Trabado ( Spain ) | 1: 46.85 |
| 6. | Gary Cook ( UK ) | 1: 47.48 |
| 7. | Sammy Coskey ( Kenya ) | 1: 48.92 |
| eight. | Binko Kolev ( Bulgaria ) | 1: 50.23 |
| A place | Semifinal 3 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Hans-Peter Ferner ( Germany ) | 1: 45.24 |
| 2. | David Patrick ( USA ) | 1: 45.30 |
| 3. | Peter Elliott ( UK ) | 1: 45.38 |
| four. | Rob Drappers ( Netherlands ) | 1: 45.55 |
| five. | Detlef Wagenknecht ( GDR ) | 1: 45.70 |
| 6. | Peter Pierce ( New Zealand ) | 1: 47.82 |
| 7. | Jose Luis Barbosa ( Brazil ) | 1: 48.05 |
| eight. | Jorma HΓ€rkΓΆnen ( Finland ) | 1: 49.39 |
Preliminaries
- Held on August 7, 1983
| A place | Run 1 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one. | James Robinson ( USA ) | 1: 46.32 |
| 2. | Gary Cook ( UK ) | 1: 46.44 |
| 3. | Victor Kalinkin ( USSR ) | 1: 46.57 |
| four. | Christopher Ulmer ( Switzerland ) | 1: 47.98 |
| five. | Jama Aden ( Somalia ) | 1: 48.69 |
| 6. | Paul Gilbert ( Australia ) | 1: 51.39 |
| 7. | Khaled Khalifa ( Kuwait ) | 1: 52.84 |
| eight. | Sekou Camara ( Guinea ) | 1: 59.90 |
| A place | Run 2 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Matthias Assman ( Germany ) | 1: 47.45 |
| 2. | Jose Luis Barbosa ( Brazil ) | 1: 47.47 |
| 3. | Binko Kolev ( Bulgaria ) | 1: 47.49 |
| four. | Peter Bourke ( Australia ) | 1: 48.15 |
| five. | Petru Dragoescu ( Romania ) | 1: 48.33 |
| 6. | Bo Breigan ( Norway ) | 1: 49.53 |
| 7. | Mohammed Darvish ( Iraq ) | 1: 50.68 |
| A place | Run 3 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Willy Woolbeck ( Germany ) | 1: 46.55 |
| 2. | Philippe Dupont ( France ) | 1: 46.62 |
| 3. | David Patrick ( USA ) | 1: 46.76 |
| four. | Babakar Nyang ( Senegal ) | 1: 47.54 |
| five. | Donato Sabia ( Italy ) | 1: 47.62 |
| 6. | Sotirios Mutsanas ( Greece ) | 1: 48.23 |
| 7. | Vincent Confit ( Seychelles ) | 1: 55.04 |
| eight. | Jean-Marie Rudasinqua ( Rwanda ) | 1: 55.12 |
| A place | Run 4 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Detlef Wagenknecht ( GDR ) | 1: 49.20 |
| 2. | Sammy Coskey ( Kenya ) | 1: 49.35 |
| 3. | Omar Khalifa ( Sudan ) | 1: 49.67 |
| four. | Ronnie Olsson ( Sweden ) | 1: 49.72 |
| five. | Simon Hugeverf ( Canada ) | 1: 49.92 |
| - | Charlie Oliver ( Solomon Islands ) | DNS |
| - | Ryszard Ostrowski ( Poland ) | DNS |
| A place | Run 5 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Agberto Guimaraes ( Brazil ) | 1: 48.30 |
| 2. | Alberto Juantorena ( Cuba ) | 1: 48.40 |
| 3. | Juma Ndiva ( Kenya ) | 1: 48.40 |
| four. | Mohamed Zahafi ( Morocco ) | 1: 49.43 |
| five. | Gordan Hinds ( Barbados ) | 1: 50.92 |
| 6. | Didier Le Guilloux ( France ) | 1: 52.49 |
| 7. | Ratsel Martina ( Netherlands Antilles ) | 1: 55.67 |
| A place | Run 6 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one. | David Mack ( USA ) | 1: 45.84 |
| 2. | Jorma HΓ€rkΓΆnen ( Finland ) | 1: 46.39 |
| 3. | Peter Elliott ( UK ) | 1: 46.53 |
| four. | Jose Marajo ( France ) | 1: 46.78 |
| five. | Coloman Trabado ( Spain ) | 1: 47.10 |
| 6. | Bok Hu Kim ( Republic of Korea ) | 1: 48.40 |
| 7. | Tisbyte Rakotoriso ( Madagascar ) | 1: 50.70 |
| eight. | Antonio Cadio Paraiso ( Sao Tome and Principe ) | 1: 58.47 |
| A place | Run 7 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Rob Drappers ( Netherlands ) | 1: 46.12 |
| 2. | Joaquim Cruz ( Brazil ) | 1: 46.12 |
| 3. | Peter Pierce ( New Zealand ) | 1: 47.22 |
| four. | Mike Solomon ( Trinidad and Tobago ) | 1: 47.30 |
| five. | Faoci Lahbi ( Morocco ) | 1: 47.76 |
| 6. | Gawaine Guy ( Jamaica ) | 1: 49.19 |
| 7. | John Chappory ( Gibraltar ) | 1: 52.30 |
| A place | Run 8 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Hans-Peter Ferner ( Germany ) | 1: 48.34 |
| 2. | Michael Hillard ( Australia ) | 1: 48.44 |
| 3. | James Mine Boy ( Kenya ) | 1: 48.69 |
| four. | Mark Hendelsman ( Israel ) | 1: 49.02 |
| five. | Mohamed Aluyni ( Tunisia ) | 1: 49.09 |
| 6. | William Vueque ( Venezuela ) | 1: 50.71 |
| 7. | Luis Ramirez ( Nicaragua ) | 1: 55.77 |
| eight. | Clive Williams ( Belize ) | 2: 03.64 |