1983 World Championships in Athletics
The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14.
Men's Results
Track
Field
Women's Results
Track
Field
| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Jump | Heike Daute East Germany |
7.27 | Anişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu Template:Country data Romania 1989 |
7.15 | Carol Lewis USA |
7.04 |
| high jump | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union |
2.01 | Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany |
1.99 | Louise Ritter USA |
1.95 |
| Shot Put | Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia |
21.05 | Helma Knorscheidt East Germany |
20.70 | Ilona Slupianek East Germany |
20.56 |
| javelin throw | Tiina Lillak Finland |
70.82 | Fatima Whitbread United Kingdom |
69.14 | Anna Verouli Greece |
65.72 |
| Discus | Martina Opitz GDR |
68.94 | Galina Murashova Soviet Union |
67.44 | Maria Petkova Template:Country data Bulgaria old |
66.44 |
| Heptathlon | Ramona Neubert East Germany |
6714 | Sabine Paetz East Germany |
6662 | Anke Vater East Germany |
6532 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
| ||||||
Medal table by country
| Position | Country: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | Total: |
| 1. |  East Germany
|
11 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 2. |  USA
|
8 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 3. |  USSR
|
5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 4. | .svg?lang=en){kind=small} Czechoslovakia
|
4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 5. |  West Germany
|
2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 6. |  Great Britain
|
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7. |  Poland
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8= |  Finland
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8= |  Italy
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8= |  Jamaica
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11= |  Australia
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11= |  Ireland
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11= |  Mexico
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11= |  Norway
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15= |  Cuba
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15= | .svg?lang=en){kind=small} Ethiopia
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15= |  Netherlands
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15= | File:Romania flag 1947-1989.png Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15= |  Spain
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20. | File:Flag of Bulgaria 1971-1990.gif Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21= |  Brazil
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21= |  China
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21= |  Greece
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21= |  Morocco
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21= |  Nigeria
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
World Championships organised by World Athletics | |
|---|---|
| Outdoor | |
| Indoor | |
| Continental Cup* | |
| U20 | |
| U18 | |
| Cross Country | |
| Race Walking | |
| Women's Road Race | |
| Marathon | |
| Half Marathon | |
| Road Relay | |
| Relays | |
| Ultimate | |
| Road Running | |
