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
GoldAustralia Robert de Castella
Australia (AUS)
SilverEthiopia Kebede Balcha
Ethiopia (ETH)
BronzeEast Germany Waldemar Cierpinski
East Germany (GDR)

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
WLworld leading
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record Robert de Castella (AUS)2:08:18 December 6, 1981Japan Fukuoka, Japan
Event RecordNew event
Season Best Robert de Castella (AUS)2:08:37 April 9, 1983Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
Broken records at the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Event Record Robert de Castella (AUS)2:10:03 August 14, 1983Finland Helsinki, Finland

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st, gold medalist(s) Robert de Castella (AUS)2:10:03
2nd, silver medalist(s) Kebede Balcha (ETH)2:10:27
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

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