1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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
	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:10:03
	Kebede Balcha (ETH)	2:10:27
	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

See also

• 1983 Marathon Year Ranking
• Men's Olympic Marathon (1984)

References

• Results
• IAAF
• Leichatletik-Statistik-Seite