1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The Women's Marathon at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland was held on Sunday August 7, 1983.

Medalists

GoldNorway Grete Waitz
Norway (NOR)
SilverUnited States Marianne Dickerson
United States (USA)
BronzeSoviet Union Raisa Smekhnova
Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record Joan Benoit (USA)2:22:43 April 18, 1983United States Boston, United States
Event RecordNew event
Season Best Joan Benoit (USA)2:22:43 April 18, 1983United States Boston, United States
Broken records at the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Event Record Grete Waitz (NOR)2:28:09 August 7, 1983Finland Helsinki, Finland

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st, gold medalist(s) Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:28:09
2nd, silver medalist(s) Marianne Dickerson (USA) 2:31:09
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Raisa Smekhnova (URS) 2:31:13NR
4  Rosa Mota (POR) 2:31:50
5  Jacqueline Gareau (CAN) 2:32:35
6  Laura Fogli (ITA) 2:33:31
7  Regina Joyce (IRL) 2:33:52
8  Tuija Toivonen (FIN) 2:34:14NR
9  Joyce Smith (GBR) 2:34:27
10  Lyutsia Belyayeva (URS) 2:34:44
11  Rita Marchisio (ITA) 2:35:08
12  Debbie Eide (USA) 2:36:17
13  Carey May (IRL) 2:36:28
14  Glenys Quick (NZL) 2:37:14
15  Monika Lövenich (FRG) 2:39:19
16  Marja Vartiainen (FIN) 2:39:22
17  Carla Beurskens (NED) 2:39:25
18  Karolina Szabó (HUN) 2:40:23
19  Christa Vahlensieck (FRG) 2:40:43
20  Magda Ilands (BEL) 2:40:52
21  Cindy Hamilton (CAN) 2:41:27
22  Kathryn Binns (GBR) 2:42:12
23  Zoya Ivanova (URS) 2:43:27
24  Ngaire Drake (NZL) 2:43:51
25  Jill Colwell (AUS) 2:45:07
26  Jackie Turney (AUS) 2:45:43
27  Sinikka Keskitalo (FIN) 2:46:10
28  Dorothy Goertzen (CAN) 2:46:38
29  Kersti Jacobsen (DEN) 2:46:48
30  Ilona Zsilak (HUN) 2:46:48
31  Mieko Tajima (JPN) 2:47:10
32  Tuulikki Raisanen (SWE) 2:47:29
33  Jarmila Urbanova (TCH) 2:48:28
34  Mary O'Connor (NZL) 2:48:44
35  Yuko Gordon (HKG) 2:48:51
36  Zehava Shmueli (ISR) 2:49:07
37  Mette Holm-Hansen (DEN) 2:49:43
37  Lone Dybdahl (DEN) 2:49:43
39  Megan Sloane (AUS) 2:51:11
40  Elizabeth Oberli-Schuh (VEN) 2:51:30
41  Evy Palm (SWE) 2:51:49
42  Heidi Jacobsen (NOR) 2:52:51
43  Midde Hamrin (SWE) 2:52:53
44  Deirdre Foreman-Nagle (IRL) 2:53:07
45  Iciar Martínez (ESP) 2:53:24
46  Rita Borralho (POR) 2:53:41
47  Oddrun Hovsengen (NOR) 2:54:04
48  Maria-Luisa Ronquillo (MEX) 2:56:33
49  Rumiko Kaneko (JPN) 2:58:53
50  Son Yong-Hi (PRK) 2:59:10
51  Kim Myong-Suk (PRK) 3:12:41
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—  Julie Brown (USA) DNF
—  Yueh-Mei Kao (TPE) DNF
—  Wu Jinmei (CHN) DNF
—  Kandasamy Jayamani (SIN) DNF
—  Chantal Langlacé (FRA) DNF
—  Yupin Lohachart (THA) DNF
—  Alba Milana (ITA) DNF
—  Charlotte Teske (FRG) DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
—  Marie-Christine Deurbroeck (BEL) DNS
—  Glynis Penny (GBR) DNS
—  Chu Winnie Ng Lai (HKG) DNS
—  Amy Cesaretti (SMR) DNS

See also

References


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