1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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 (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 (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 (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.	Trịnh Thị Bé (VIE)	2:17.54
7.	Khadija Al Matari (JOR)	2:28.72

References

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