1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

Events at the 1983 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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	Robert de Castella Australia (AUS)
Silver	Kebede Balcha Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze	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	Fukuoka, Japan
Event Record	New event
Season Best	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:08:37	April 9, 1983	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Broken records at the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:10:03	August 14, 1983	Helsinki, Finland

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
01 !	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:10:03
02 !	Kebede Balcha (ETH)	2:10:27
03 !	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	Cidalio 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 Fjaerestad (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	Agust Thorsteinsson (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

References

Marathon at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Complete event overview

Men	1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Women	1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

World Champions in men's marathon

1983: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA) 1995: Martín Fiz (ESP) 1997–1999: Abel Antón (ESP) 2001: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) 2003–2005 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2007: Luke Kibet (KEN) 2009–2011: Abel Kirui (KEN) 2013: Stephen Kiprotich (UGA) 2015: Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (ERI)

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