1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 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 Women's 800 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 9 August 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Silver	Lyubov Gurina Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Yekaterina Podkopayeva Soviet Union (URS)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, West Germany	July 26, 1983
Championship record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:54.68
	Lyubov Gurina (URS)	1:56.11
	Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS)	1:57.58
4.	Margrit Klinger (FRG)	1:58.11
5.	Robin Campbell (USA)	2:00.03
6.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	2:00.13
7.	Milena Matejkovičová-Strnadová (TCH)	2:01.72
8.	Antje Schröder (GDR)	2:02.13

Semi-Finals

• Held on Monday 8 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS)	1:59.55
2.	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:59.58
3.	Milena Matejkovičová-Strnadová (TCH)	2:00.02
4.	Robin Campbell (USA)	2:00.22
5.	Jolanta Januchta (POL)	2:02.23
6.	Jill McCabe (SWE)	2:02.92
7.	Elena Lina (ROU)	2:03.59
8.	Célestine N'Drin (CIV)	2:08.14

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Lyubov Gurina (URS)	1:59.33
2.	Antje Schröder (GDR)	1:59.46
3.	Margrit Klinger (FRG)	1:59.49
4.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	1:59.60
5.	Zuzana Moravčíková (TCH)	1:59.96
6.	Totka Petrova (BUL)	2:01.32
7.	Tina Krebs (DEN)	2:02.19
8.	Jennifer Bean (BER)	2:12.93

Qualifying heats

• Held on Sunday 7 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Margrit Klinger (FRG)	2:02.08
2.	Jolanta Januchta (POL)	2:02.58
3.	Milena Matejkovičová-Strnadová (TCH)	2:02.60
4.	Elena Lina (ROU)	2:04.50
5.	Attina Sawtell (COK)	2:18.25
6.	Kungu Bakombo (ZAI)	2:19.68

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS)	2:06.42
2.	Totka Petrova (BUL)	2:06.60
3.	Zuzana Moravčíková (TCH)	2:06.76
4.	Jill McCabe (SWE)	2:07.23
5.	Maria Lomba (STP)	2:21.90
—	Fatalmoudou Touré (MLI)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Antje Schröder (GDR)	2:10.61
2.	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	2:12.35
3.	Célestine N'Drin (CIV)	2:12.52
4.	Hala El-Moughrabi (SYR)	2:15.37
5.	Eucaris Caicedo (COL)	2:17.06
6.	Sofiya Mohamed (COM)	2:55.64
—	Irina Podyalovskaya (URS)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Lyubov Gurina (URS)	2:04.17
2.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	2:04.30
3.	Robin Campbell (USA)	2:04.83
4.	Tina Krebs (DEN)	2:05.49
5.	Jennifer Bean (BER)	2:13.80
6.	Be Trinh Thi (VIE)	2:17.54
7.	Khadija Al Matari (JOR)	2:28.72

References

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