1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

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

These are the official results of the men's 10,000 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday 9 August 1983.

Medalists

GoldItaly Alberto Cova
Italy (ITA)
SilverEast Germany Werner Schildhauer
East Germany (GDR)
BronzeEast Germany Hansjörg Kunze
East Germany (GDR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Henry Rono (KEN) 27:22.4 Vienna, Austria June 11, 1978
Championship Record New event

Final ranking

RANK FINAL TIME
 Alberto Cova (ITA) 28:01.04
 Werner Schildhauer (GDR) 28:01.18
 Hansjörg Kunze (GDR) 28:01.26
4.  Martti Vainio (FIN) 28:01.37
5.  Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) 28:01.93
6.  Carlos Lopes (POR) 28:06.78
7.  Nick Rose (GBR) 28:07.53
8.  Christoph Herle (FRG) 28:09.05
9.  Mohamed Kedir (ETH) 28:09.92
10.  Bekele Debele (ETH) 28:11.13
11.  Antonio Prieto (ESP) 28:11.57
12.  Steve Jones (GBR) 28:15.03
13.  Mark Nenow (USA) 28:17.28
14.  Fernando Mamede (POR) 28:18.39
15.  Bill McChesney (USA) 28:34.46
16.  José Gómez (MEX) 28:42.61
17.  Alberto Salazar (USA) 28:48.42
 Henrik Jørgensen (DEN) DNS

Non-qualifiers

RANK FINAL TIME
 Steve Binns (GBR) 28:12.79
 Peter Butler (CAN) 28:13.16
 Zakariah Barie (TAN) 28:22.06
 Rodolfo Gómez (MEX) 28:25.38
 John Treacy (IRL) 28:35.58
 Ahmed Musa Jouda (SUD) 28:38.03
 Roy Andersen (NOR) 29:03.45
 Boualem Rahoui (ALG) 29:10.95
 Domingo Tibaduiza (COL) 29:23.86
 Kunimitsu Ito (JPN) 29:49.04
 Ronald Lanzoni (CRC) 30:18.60
 Antoine Nivyobizi (BDI) 30:45.10
 Ramón López (PAR) 31:27.10
 Said Toumane (COM) 34:24.62
 Markus Ryffel (SUI) DNF
 Stanislav Rozman (YUG) DNF
 Mehmet Yurdadon (TUR) DNS
 Girma Berhanu (ETH) DNS

See also

References

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