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World Championships - Results Men 1983
Finland - Helsinki - 7 August 1983 - 14 August 1983
Men's Shot put - 7 August 1983
| 1 |  Edward Sarul (POL) | 21.39 |
| 2 |  Ulf Timmermann (DDR) | 21.16 |
| 3 |  Remigius Machura (CZE) | 20.98 |
| 4 |  Dave Laut (USA) | 20.60 |
| 5 |  Janis Bojars (URS) | 20.32 |
| 6 | Udo Beyer (DDR) | 20.09 |
| 7 |  Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 20.07 |
| 8 | Aulis Akonniemi (FIN) | 19.85 |
| 9 |  Vladimir Milic (YUG) | 19.71 |
| 10 | Mike Lehmann (USA) | 19.69 |
| 11 |  Josef Kubes (CZE) | 19.67 |
| 12 | Ivan Ivancic (YUG) | 19.52 |
- Men's Shot put - Detailed results
Men's Shot put - Group A - 7 August 1983
1 Dave Laut (USA)21.08 2 Remigius Machura (CZE)20.67 3 Ulf Timmermann (DDR)20.10 4 Janis Bojars (URS)20.04 5 Vladimir Milic (YUG)19.66 6 Aulis Akonniemi (FIN)19.65 7 Alessandro Andrei (ITA)19.57 8 
Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN)18.68 9 
Ahmed Kamel Shatta (EGY)16.73 Men's Shot put - Group B - 7 August 1983
1 Edward Sarul (POL)20.82 2 Udo Beyer (DDR)20.29 3 Mike Lehmann (USA)19.88 4 Ivan Ivancic (YUG)19.74 5 Josef Kubes (CZE)19.73 6 Kevin Akins (USA)19.48 7 
Erwin Weitzl (AUT)19.23 8 
Werner Günthör (SWI)19.18 9 Bruno Pauletto (CAN)18.32 10 
Sergey Smirnov (RUS)18.03 Men's Shot put - Final - 7 August 1983
1 Edward Sarul (POL)21.39 2 Ulf Timmermann (DDR)21.16 3 Remigius Machura (CZE)20.98 4 Dave Laut (USA)20.60 5 Janis Bojars (URS)20.32 6 Udo Beyer (DDR)20.09 7 Alessandro Andrei (ITA)20.07 8 Aulis Akonniemi (FIN)19.85 9 Vladimir Milic (YUG)19.71 10 Mike Lehmann (USA)19.69 11 Josef Kubes (CZE)19.67 12 Ivan Ivancic (YUG)19.52
Men's 20 km walk - 7 August 1983
Men's 100 m - 8 August 1983
| 1 | Carl Lewis (USA) | 10.07 |
| 2 | Calvin Smith (USA) | 10.21 |
| 3 | Emmit King (USA) | 10.24 |
| 4 |  Allan Wells (GBR) | 10.27 |
| 5 |  Juan Nuñez (DOM) | 10.29 |
| 6 |  Christian Haas (FDR) | 10.32 |
| 7 |  Paul Narracott (AUS) | 10.33 |
| 8 | Desai Williams (CAN) | 10.36 |
- Men's 100 m - Detailed results
Men's 100 m - Heat 1 - 7 August 1983
1 Luke Watson (USA)10.64 2 
Valentin Atanasov (BUL)10.66 3 
Lester Benjamin (ANT)10.76 4 
Mohamed Yudi Purnomo (INO)10.76 5 
Thurston Ross (TRI)11.08 6 
Peni Bati (FID)11.11 Men's 100 m - Heat 2 - 7 August 1983
1 Juan Nuñez (DOM)10.38 2 
Innocent Egbunike (NGR)10.44 3 Ben Johnson (CAN)10.45 4 
Everard Samuels (JAM)10.57 5 
Oumar Faye (GAM)10.76 6 
Chian-Shin Hwang (TPE)10.82 7 
John Albertie (LCA)10.90 8 
Joske Teabuge (NRU)12.20 Men's 100 m - Heat 3 - 7 August 1983
1 Carl Lewis (USA)10.34 2 Cameron Sharp (GBR)10.44 3 
Osvaldo Lara (CUB)10.47 4 
Earl Haley (GUY)10.77 5 Earle Laing (JAM)10.91 6 
Pit Rapuan (MAL)11.03 7 
Vicente Daniel Ibrahim (MOZ)11.20 Men's 100 m - Heat 4 - 7 August 1983
1 Desai Williams (CAN)10.31 2 Paul Narracott (AUS)10.38 3 Frank Emmelmann (DDR)10.40 4 Jouko Hassi (FIN)10.58 5 
Gregory Simons (BER)10.78 6 
Moussa Savadogo (MAI)10.88 7 
Alan Zammit (MLT)11.25 8 
José Flores (HUN)11.31 Men's 100 m - Heat 5 - 7 August 1983
1 Calvin Smith (USA)10.30 2 Ferenc Kiss (HUN)10.45 3 Marian Woronin (POL)10.50 4 
Robson Caetano Da Silva (BRA)10.51 5 
Joseph Leota (SAM)10.92 6 
Georges Taniel (VAN)11.02 7 
Nguyen Truong Hoa (VIE)11.16 Men's 100 m - Heat 6 - 7 August 1983
1 Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA)10.33 2 Emmit King (USA)10.41 3 Thomas Schröder (DDR)10.41 4 Gerrard Keating (AUS)10.57 5 
Kosmas Stratos (GRE)10.65 6 
Christopher Madzokere (ZIM)10.84 7 
Ruben Inacio (ENG)10.92 Men's 100 m - Heat 7 - 7 August 1983
1 Allan Wells (GBR)10.37 2 Christian Haas (FDR)10.39 3 Chidi Imoh (NGR)10.55 4 Nikolay Sidorov (URS)10.59 5 Wilfredo Almonte (DOM)10.72 6 
Giorgio Mautiño Batuello (PER)10.85 7 Banana Jarjue (GAM)11.04 8 
Trevor Davis (ANI)11.53 Men's 100 m - Heat 8 - 7 August 1983
1 Raymond Stewart (JAM)10.22 2 Christopher Brathwaite (TRI)10.33 3 
Ernest Obeng (GHA)10.35 4 István Tatar (HUN)10.45 5 
Harouna Palé (BUR)10.58 6 
Neville Hodge (ISV)10.59 7 
Adnan Abu Lawi (JOR)11.17 Men's 100 m - Quarter-Final 1 - 7 August 1983
1 Calvin Smith (USA)10.27 2 Tony Sharpe (CAN)10.36 3 Paul Narracott (AUS)10.37 4 Thomas Schröder (DDR)10.45 5 Ernest Obeng (GHA)10.51 6 Innocent Egbunike (NGR)10.52 7 Luke Watson (USA)10.57 8 Everard Samuels (JAM)10.65 Men's 100 m - Quarter-Final 2 - 7 August 1983
1 Carl Lewis (USA)10.20 2 Raymond Stewart (JAM)10.37 3 Cameron Sharp (GBR)10.41 4 Frank Emmelmann (DDR)10.46 5 Christopher Brathwaite (TRI)10.57 6 Robson Caetano Da Silva (BRA)10.66 7 Marian Woronin (POL)10.72 8 Lester Benjamin (ANT)10.86 Men's 100 m - Quarter-Final 3 - 7 August 1983
1 Desai Williams (CAN)10.31 2 Allan Wells (GBR)10.37 3 Juan Nuñez (DOM)10.39 4 Osvaldo Lara (CUB)10.44 5 Chidi Imoh (NGR)10.45 6 Viktor Bryzgin (URS)10.55 7 Gerrard Keating (AUS)10.59 8 István Tatar (HUN)10.65 Men's 100 m - Quarter-Final 4 - 7 August 1983
1 Emmit King (USA)10.30 2 Christian Haas (FDR)10.36 3 Leandro Peñalver (CUB)10.38 4 Ben Johnson (CAN)10.40 5 Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA)10.44 6 
Antoine Richard (FRA)10.44 7 Ferenc Kiss (HUN)10.53 8 Valentin Atanasov (BUL)10.63 Men's 100 m - Semi-Final 1 - 8 August 1983
1 Calvin Smith (USA)10.22 2 Allan Wells (GBR)10.35 3 Juan Nuñez (DOM)10.36 4 Emmit King (USA)10.36 5 Frank Emmelmann (DDR)10.40 6 Ben Johnson (CAN)10.44 7 Tony Sharpe (CAN)10.44 8 Leandro Peñalver (CUB)10.47 Men's 100 m - Semi-Final 2 - 8 August 1983
1 Carl Lewis (USA)10.28 2 Paul Narracott (AUS)10.38 3 Desai Williams (CAN)10.39 4 Christian Haas (FDR)10.39 5 Raymond Stewart (JAM)10.40 6 Cameron Sharp (GBR)10.43 7 Osvaldo Lara (CUB)10.46 8 Thomas Schröder (DDR)10.52 Men's 100 m - Final - 8 August 1983
1 Carl Lewis (USA)10.07 2 Calvin Smith (USA)10.21 3 Emmit King (USA)10.24 4 Allan Wells (GBR)10.27 5 Juan Nuñez (DOM)10.29 6 Christian Haas (FDR)10.32 7 Paul Narracott (AUS)10.33 8 Desai Williams (CAN)10.36
Men's Triple jump - 8 August 1983
| 1 | Zdzislaw Hoffmann (POL) | 17.42 |
| 2 | William Banks (USA) | 17.18 |
| 3 | Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR) | 17.18 |
| 4 | Mike Conley (USA) | 17.13 |
| 5 | Vlastimil Marinec (CZE) | 17.13 |
| 6 | Ján Cado (CZE) | 17.06 |
| 7 | Béla Bakosi (HUN) | 16.83 |
| 8 | Al Joyner (USA) | 16.76 |
| 9 | Peter Bouschen (FDR) | 16.70 |
| 10 | Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) | 16.41 |
| 11 |  Bedros Bedrosian (ROM) | 16.18 |
| 12 |  Steve Hanna (BAH) | 14.96 |
- Men's Triple jump - Detailed results
Men's Triple jump - Group A - 7 August 1983
1 Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR)16.80 2 Zdzislaw Hoffmann (POL)16.72 3 Al Joyner (USA)16.65 4 Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS)16.64 5 William Banks (USA)16.58 6 Ján Cado (CZE)16.50 7 Bedros Bedrosian (ROM)16.43 8 Béla Bakosi (HUN)16.41 9 
Zhenxian Zou (CHN)16.17 10 John Herbert (GBR)16.12 11 Esa Viitasalo (FIN)16.03 12 Wolfgang Knabe (FDR)15.61 13 
Oswald Phillip (MNE)13.96 14 Adnan Abu Lawi (JOR)13.53 Men's Triple jump - Group B - 7 August 1983
1 Mike Conley (USA)16.90 2 Steve Hanna (BAH)16.76 3 Peter Bouschen (FDR)16.71 4 Vlastimil Marinec (CZE)16.57 5 Vasiliy Grishchenkov (URS)16.29 6 Khristo Markov (BUL)16.25 7 Keith Connor (GBR)16.18 8 
Claes Rahm (SWE)16.07 9 Dan Simion (ROM)15.96 10 
Mamadou Diallo (SEN)15.67 11 
José Quiñalisa (ECU)15.18 Men's Triple jump - Final - 8 August 1983
1 Zdzislaw Hoffmann (POL)17.42 2 William Banks (USA)17.18 3 Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR)17.18 4 Mike Conley (USA)17.13 5 Vlastimil Marinec (CZE)17.13 6 Ján Cado (CZE)17.06 7 Béla Bakosi (HUN)16.83 8 Al Joyner (USA)16.76 9 Peter Bouschen (FDR)16.70 10 Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS)16.41 11 Bedros Bedrosian (ROM)16.18 12 Steve Hanna (BAH)14.96
Men's 800 m - 9 August 1983
| 1 | Willi Wülbeck (FDR) | 1:43.65 |
| 2 |  Rob Druppers (NED) | 1:44.20 |
| 3 | Joaquim Cruz (BRA) | 1:44.27 |
| 4 | Peter Elliott (GBR) | 1:44.87 |
| 5 | James Robinson (USA) | 1:45.12 |
| 6 | Agberto Guimarães (BRA) | 1:45.46 |
| 7 | Hans-Peter Ferner (FDR) | 1:45.74 |
| 8 | David Patrick (USA) | 1:46.56 |
- Men's 800 m - Detailed results
Men's 800 m - Heat 1 - 7 August 1983
1 James Robinson (USA)1:46.32 2 Garry Cook (GBR)1:46.44 3 Viktor Kalinkin (URS)1:46.57 4 Christoph Ulmer (SWI)1:47.98 5 
Jama Aden (SOM)1:48.69 6 Paul Gilbert (AUS)1:51.39 7 
Khaled Khalifa (KUW)1:52.84 8 
Sekou Camara (GUI)1:59.90 Men's 800 m - Heat 2 - 7 August 1983
1 Matthias Assmann (FDR)1:47.45 2 José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)1:47.47 3 Binko Kolev (BUL)1:47.49 4 Peter Bourke (AUS)1:48.15 5 Petre Dragoescu (ROM)1:48.33 6 
Bo Breigan (NOR)1:49.53 7 
Mohamed Abbas Darwish (UAE)1:50.68 Men's 800 m - Heat 3 - 7 August 1983
1 Willi Wülbeck (FDR)1:46.55 2 Philippe Dupont (FRA)1:46.62 3 David Patrick (USA)1:46.76 4 Babacar Niang (SEN)1:47.54 5 Donato Sabia (ITA)1:47.62 6 Sotirios Moutsanas (GRE)1:48.23 7 
Vincent Confait (SEY)1:55.04 8 
Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa (RWA)1:55.12 Men's 800 m - Heat 4 - 7 August 1983
1 Detlef Wagenknecht (DDR)1:49.20 2 
Sammy Koskei (KEN)1:49.35 3 
Omer Khalifa (SUD)1:49.67 4 Ronny Olsson (SWE)1:49.72 5 Simon Hoogewerf (CAN)1:49.92 Men's 800 m - Heat 5 - 7 August 1983
1 Agberto Guimarães (BRA)1:48.30 2 Alberto Juantorena (CUB)1:48.40 3 Juma Ndiwa (KEN)1:48.40 4 
Mohamed Zahafi (MAR)1:49.43 5 
Gordan Hinds (BAR)1:50.92 6 Didier Le Guillou (FRA)1:52.49 7 
Ruthsel Martina (ANT)1:55.67 Men's 800 m - Heat 6 - 7 August 1983
1 David Mack (USA)1:45.84 2 Jorma Härkönen (FIN)1:46.39 3 Peter Elliott (GBR)1:46.53 4 José Marajo (FRA)1:46.78 5 
Coloman Trabado (SPA)1:47.10 6 
Bock-Ju Kim (KOR)1:48.40 7 
Tisbite Rakotoarisoa (MAD)1:50.70 8 
Antonio Cadio Paraiso (SAO)1:58.47 Men's 800 m - Heat 7 - 7 August 1983
1 Rob Druppers (NED)1:46.12 2 Joaquim Cruz (BRA)1:46.12 3 
Peter Pearless (NZL)1:47.22 4 Mike Solomon (TRI)1:47.30 5 Faouzi Lahbi (MAR)1:47.76 6 Gawain Guy (JAM)1:49.19 7 
John Chappory (GIL)1:52.30 Men's 800 m - Heat 8 - 7 August 1983
1 Hans-Peter Ferner (FDR)1:48.34 2 Michael Hillardt (AUS)1:48.44 3 James Maina Boi (KEN)1:48.69 4 
Mark Handelsman (ISR)1:49.02 5 
Mohamed Alouini (TUN)1:49.09 6 
William Wuyke (VEN)1:50.71 7 
Luis Ramirez (NIC)1:55.77 8 
Clive Williams (BLZ)2:03.64 Men's 800 m - Semi-Final 1 - 8 August 1983
1 Joaquim Cruz (BRA)1:45.62 2 James Robinson (USA)1:46.16 3 Philippe Dupont (FRA)1:46.36 4 Viktor Kalinkin (URS)1:46.83 5 Mike Solomon (TRI)1:47.10 6 Matthias Assmann (FDR)1:48.73 7 Michael Hillardt (AUS)1:49.64 Men's 800 m - Semi-Final 2 - 8 August 1983
1 Willi Wülbeck (FDR)1:46.21 2 Agberto Guimarães (BRA)1:46.37 3 José Marajo (FRA)1:46.39 4 David Mack (USA)1:46.39 5 Coloman Trabado (SPA)1:46.85 6 Garry Cook (GBR)1:47.48 7 Sammy Koskei (KEN)1:48.92 8 Binko Kolev (BUL)1:50.23 Men's 800 m - Semi-Final 3 - 8 August 1983
1 Hans-Peter Ferner (FDR)1:45.24 2 David Patrick (USA)1:45.30 3 Peter Elliott (GBR)1:45.38 4 Rob Druppers (NED)1:45.55 5 Detlef Wagenknecht (DDR)1:45.70 6 Peter Pearless (NZL)1:47.82 7 José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)1:48.05 8 Jorma Härkönen (FIN)1:49.39 Men's 800 m - Final - 9 August 1983
1 Willi Wülbeck (FDR)1:43.65 2 Rob Druppers (NED)1:44.20 3 Joaquim Cruz (BRA)1:44.27 4 Peter Elliott (GBR)1:44.87 5 James Robinson (USA)1:45.12 6 Agberto Guimarães (BRA)1:45.46 7 Hans-Peter Ferner (FDR)1:45.74 8 David Patrick (USA)1:46.56
Men's 10000 m - 9 August 1983
| 1 | Alberto Cova (ITA) | 28:01.04 |
| 2 | Werner Schildhauer (DDR) | 28:01.18 |
| 3 | Hansjörg Kunze (DDR) | 28:01.26 |
| 4 | Martti Vainio (FIN) | 28:01.37 |
| 5 |  Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) | 28:01.93 |
| 6 |  Carlos Lopes (POR) | 28:06.78 |
| 7 | Nick Rose (GBR) | 28:07.53 |
| 8 | Christoph Herle (FDR) | 28:09.05 |
| 9 |  Mohamed Kedir (ETH) | 28:09.92 |
| 10 | Bekele Debele (ETH) | 28:11.13 |
| 11 | Antonio Prieto (SPA) | 28:11.57 |
| 12 | Steve Jones (GBR) | 28:15.03 |
| 13 | Mark Nenow (USA) | 28:17.28 |
| 14 | Fernando Mamede (POR) | 28:18.39 |
| 15 | Bill Mcchesney (USA) | 28:34.46 |
| 16 |  José Gomez (MEX) | 28:42.61 |
| 17 | Alberto Salazar (USA) | 28:48.42 |
- Men's 10000 m - Detailed results
Men's 10000 m - Heat 1 - 7 August 1983
1 Fernando Mamede (POR)27:45.54 2 Alberto Cova (ITA)27:46.61 3 Gidamis Shahanga (TAN)27:46.93 4 Werner Schildhauer (DDR)27:47.03 5 Antonio Prieto (SPA)27:47.34 6 Steve Jones (GBR)27:47.57 7 Bekele Debele (ETH)27:49.30 8 Mark Nenow (USA)27:52.41 9 
Henrik Jørgensen (DEN)28:06.74 10 Rodolfo Gómez (MEX)28:25.38 11 
John Treacy (IRL)28:35.58 12 Roy Andersen (NOR)29:03.45 13 
Boualem Rahoui (ALG)29:10.95 14 
Domingo Tibaduiza (COL)29:23.86 15 
Antoine Nivyobizi (BDI)30:45.10 16 
Ramón López (PAR)31:27.10 Men's 10000 m - Heat 2 - 7 August 1983
1 Hansjörg Kunze (DDR)28:04.69 2 Carlos Lopes (POR)28:05.62 3 Nick Rose (GBR)28:06.05 4 Christoph Herle (FDR)28:06.71 5 Mohamed Kedir (ETH)28:07.16 6 Martti Vainio (FIN)28:07.47 7 José Gomez (MEX)28:07.57 8 Bill Mcchesney (USA)28:08.13 9 Alberto Salazar (USA)28:10.10 10 Steve Binns (ENG)28:12.79 11 Peter Butler (CAN)28:13.16 12 Zakariah Barie (TAN)28:22.06 13 Ahmed Musa Jouda (SUD)28:38.03 14 
Kunimitsu Ito (JPN)29:49.04 15 
Ronald Lanzoni (CRC)30:18.60 16 
Said Toumane (COM)34:24.62 Men's 10000 m - Final - 9 August 1983
1 Alberto Cova (ITA)28:01.04 2 Werner Schildhauer (DDR)28:01.18 3 Hansjörg Kunze (DDR)28:01.26 4 Martti Vainio (FIN)28:01.37 5 Gidamis Shahanga (TAN)28:01.93 6 Carlos Lopes (POR)28:06.78 7 Nick Rose (GBR)28:07.53 8 Christoph Herle (FDR)28:09.05 9 Mohamed Kedir (ETH)28:09.92 10 Bekele Debele (ETH)28:11.13 11 Antonio Prieto (SPA)28:11.57 12 Steve Jones (GBR)28:15.03 13 Mark Nenow (USA)28:17.28 14 Fernando Mamede (POR)28:18.39 15 Bill Mcchesney (USA)28:34.46 16 José Gomez (MEX)28:42.61 17 Alberto Salazar (USA)28:48.42
Men's 400 m Hurdles - 9 August 1983
| 1 | Edwin Moses (USA) | 47.50 |
| 2 | Harald Schmid (FDR) | 48.61 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Kharlov (URS) | 49.03 |
| 4 | Sven Nylander (SWE) | 49.06 |
| 5 | Andre Phillips (USA) | 49.24 |
| 6 | David Lee (USA) | 49.32 |
| 7 | Amadou Dia Ba (SEN) | 49.61 |
| 8 | Ryszard Szparak (POL) | 49.78 |
- Men's 400 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 7 August 1983
1 Andre Phillips (USA)50.44 2 
Rik Tommelein (BEL)50.99 3 Gary Oakes (GBR)51.23 4 Ian Newhouse (CAN)51.45 5 Meshak Munyoro (KEN)53.25 6 
Paiwa Bogela (PAP)54.68 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 7 August 1983
1 Aleksandr Kharlov (URS)50.12 2 Sven Nylander (SWE)50.23 3 José Alonso (SPA)50.53 4 Vladislav Pecen (CZE)50.86 5 István Takács (HUN)50.97 6 
Peter Rwamuhanda (UGA)50.99 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 7 August 1983
1 David Lee (USA)50.15 2 Toma Tomov (BUL)50.39 3 Karl Smith (JAM)50.64 4 Thomas Futterknecht (AUT)50.68 5 Antonio Diaz Ferreira (BRA)50.76 6 Stephen Sole (GBR)51.80 7 Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem (EGY)52.32 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 7 August 1983
1 Edwin Moses (USA)49.54 2 Daniel Ogidi (NGR)50.44 3 Amadou Dia Ba (SEN)50.59 4 Krasimir Demirev (BUL)50.62 5 Greg Rolle (BAH)50.92 6 Rok Kopitar (YUG)52.34 7 Carlos Azulay (SPA)49.99 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 5 - 7 August 1983
1 Harald Schmid (FDR)49.99 2 Ryszard Szparak (POL)50.09 3 Franz Meier (SWI)50.09 4 
Ahmed Hamada (BRN)50.53 5 Petter Hesselberg (NOR)51.67 6 Georgios Vamvakas (GRE)51.92 7 David Charlton (BAH)52.02 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 1 - 8 August 1983
1 Edwin Moses (USA)48.11 2 Andre Phillips (USA)48.99 3 Amadou Dia Ba (SEN)49.18 4 Aleksandr Kharlov (URS)49.75 5 Ahmed Hamada (BRN)50.04 6 Franz Meier (SWI)50.31 7 Rik Tommelein (BEL)50.54 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 2 - 8 August 1983
1 Harald Schmid (FDR)48.57 2 David Lee (USA)48.63 3 Ryszard Szparak (POL)49.17 4 Sven Nylander (SWE)49.18 5 Daniel Ogidi (NGR)49.51 6 José Alonso (SPA)49.91 7 Karl Smith (JAM)49.99 8 Krasimir Demirev (BUL)50.91 Men's 400 m Hurdles - Final - 9 August 1983
1 Edwin Moses (USA)47.50 2 Harald Schmid (FDR)48.61 3 Aleksandr Kharlov (URS)49.03 4 Sven Nylander (SWE)49.06 5 Andre Phillips (USA)49.24 6 David Lee (USA)49.32 7 Amadou Dia Ba (SEN)49.61 8 Ryszard Szparak (POL)49.78
Men's Hammer throw - 9 August 1983
| 1 | Sergej Litvinov (URS) | 82.68 |
| 2 | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 80.94 |
| 3 | Zdzislaw Kwasny (POL) | 79.42 |
| 4 | Igor Nikulin (RUS) | 79.34 |
| 5 | Günther Rodehau (DDR) | 77.08 |
| 6 | Klaus Ploghaus (FDR) | 76.96 |
| 7 | Karl-hans Riehm (FDR) | 76.92 |
| 8 | Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) | 76.64 |
| 9 | Juha Tiainen (FIN) | 75.60 |
| 10 | Harri Huhtala (FIN) | 75.46 |
| 11 | Christoph Sahner (FDR) | 72.86 |
| 12 | Roland Steuk (DDR) | 72.10 |
- Men's Hammer throw - Detailed results
Men's Hammer throw - Group A - 8 August 1983
1 Zdzislaw Kwasny (POL)75.78 2 Yuriy Sedykh (URS)75.52 3 Juha Tiainen (FIN)75.02 4 Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL)74.74 5 Klaus Ploghaus (FDR)74.46 6 Igor Nikulin (RUS)74.06 7 Roland Steuk (DDR)73.68 8 Frantisek Vrbka (CZE)71.72 9 Robert Weir (GBR)71.62 10 Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN)71.42 11 Ed Burke (USA)69.12 12 Matthew Mileham (GBR)67.12 13 Kjell Bystedt (SWE)65.86 14 Hakim Toumi (ALG)65.54 15 Yingqi Xie (CHN)65.54 16 Declan Hegarty (IRL)65.46 Men's Hammer throw - Group B - 8 August 1983
1 Sergej Litvinov (URS)78.50 2 Günther Rodehau (DDR)74.86 3 Karl-hans Riehm (FDR)74.56 4 Harri Huhtala (FIN)74.28 5 Christoph Sahner (FDR)73.44 6 Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)72.06 7 Christopher Black (GBR)71.18 8 Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL)70.62 9 Dave McKenzie (USA)69.94 10 Richard Olsen (NOR)68.58 11 John Mcardle (USA)66.18 12 Hans Lotz (AUS)66.14 13 
Fatmir Bajraktari (ALB)64.48 Men's Hammer throw - Final - 9 August 1983
1 Sergej Litvinov (URS)82.68 2 Yuriy Sedykh (URS)80.94 3 Zdzislaw Kwasny (POL)79.42 4 Igor Nikulin (RUS)79.34 5 Günther Rodehau (DDR)77.08 6 Klaus Ploghaus (FDR)76.96 7 Karl-hans Riehm (FDR)76.92 8 Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL)76.64 9 Juha Tiainen (FIN)75.60 10 Harri Huhtala (FIN)75.46 11 Christoph Sahner (FDR)72.86 12 Roland Steuk (DDR)72.10
Men's 400 m - 10 August 1983
| 1 | Bertland Cameron (JAM) | 45.05 |
| 2 | Michael Franks (USA) | 45.22 |
| 3 | Sunder Nix (USA) | 45.24 |
| 4 | Erwin Skamrahl (FDR) | 45.37 |
| 5 | Hartmut Weber (FDR) | 45.49 |
| 6 | Thomas Schönlebe (DDR) | 45.50 |
| 7 | Michael Paul (TRI) | 45.80 |
| 8 | Gerson A. Souza (BRA) | 45.91 |
- Men's 400 m - Detailed results
Men's 400 m - Heat 1 - 7 August 1983
1 Sunder Nix (USA)46.19 2 Gerson A. Souza (BRA)46.43 3 Philip Brown (GBR)46.60 4 
Isidro Del Prado (PHI)46.92 5 Aldo Canti (FRA)47.50 6 Gordan Hinds (BAR)47.55 7 
Kenrick Camerud (SKN)49.68 Men's 400 m - Heat 2 - 7 August 1983
1 Bertland Cameron (JAM)46.11 2 
Ján Tomko (SVK)46.17 3 Thomas Schönlebe (DDR)46.23 4 Sándor Vasvári (HUN)46.69 5 Abu Alhassan (GHA)48.14 6 Khalil Ibrahim Salem (UAE)48.16 7 
Ali Al Harazi (YEM)59.67 Men's 400 m - Heat 3 - 7 August 1983
1 Erwin Skamrahl (FDR)46.31 2 Todd Bennett (GBR)46.58 3 Douglas Hinds (CAN)46.64 4 Gary Minihan (AUS)46.90 5 James Atuti (KEN)46.95 6 
Dean Greenaway (BVI)48.26 Men's 400 m - Heat 4 - 7 August 1983
1 Michael Paul (TRI)46.33 2 Moses Kyeswa (UGA)46.35 3 Susumu Takano (JPN)46.66 4 Eliot Tabron (USA)46.68 5 Marcel Arnold (SWI)47.44 6 
David Sawyerr (SLE)49.29 7 
Lenford O'garro (VIN)50.25 Men's 400 m - Heat 5 - 7 August 1983
1 Martin Weppler (FDR)46.32 2 Hassan El Kashief (SUD)46.61 3 Viktor Markin (URS)46.74 4 
Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV)47.11 5 
Héctor Daley (PAN)47.19 6 Eric Josjö (SWE)47.25 7 Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa (RWA)50.52 Men's 400 m - Heat 6 - 7 August 1983
1 Michael Franks (USA)46.16 2 
Oddur Sigurdsson (ISL)47.09 3 Christopher Madzokere (ZIM)47.17 4 Dušan Malovec (CZE)47.35 5 Moussa Fall (SEN)47.72 6 
Joseph Ramotshabi (BOT)48.35 7 
Agripa Mwausegha (MAW)49.02 Men's 400 m - Heat 7 - 7 August 1983
1 Hartmut Weber (FDR)45.74 2 Darren Clark (AUS)46.26 3 Mike Okot (UGA)46.69 4 Matti Rusanen (FIN)47.37 5 Adram M'kumi (TAN)49.22 6 Clive Williams (BLZ)51.82 Men's 400 m - Quarter-Final 1 - 8 August 1983
1 Michael Franks (USA)45.57 2 Philip Brown (GBR)45.80 3 Thomas Schönlebe (DDR)45.86 4 Martin Weppler (FDR)46.12 5 Gary Minihan (AUS)46.32 6 Mike Okot (UGA)46.38 7 Christopher Madzokere (ZIM)46.74 Men's 400 m - Quarter-Final 2 - 8 August 1983
1 Bertland Cameron (JAM)45.76 2 Darren Clark (AUS)45.84 3 Erwin Skamrahl (FDR)45.90 4 Gerson A. Souza (BRA)45.94 5 Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV)46.22 6 Eliot Tabron (USA)46.54 7 Isidro Del Prado (PHI)46.71 8 Matti Rusanen (FIN)47.69 Men's 400 m - Quarter-Final 3 - 8 August 1983
1 Hartmut Weber (FDR)46.01 2 Moses Kyeswa (UGA)46.31 3 Michael Paul (TRI)46.44 4 Douglas Hinds (CAN)46.62 5 Susumu Takano (JPN)47.06 6 James Atuti (KEN)47.59 7 Oddur Sigurdsson (ISL)48.09 Men's 400 m - Quarter-Final 4 - 8 August 1983
1 Viktor Markin (URS)46.16 2 Sunder Nix (USA)46.19 3 Ján Tomko (SVK)46.24 4 Todd Bennett (GBR)46.39 5 Héctor Daley (PAN)46.42 6 Eric Josjö (SWE)46.97 7 Sándor Vasvári (HUN)47.34 Men's 400 m - Semi-Final 1 - 9 August 1983
1 Michael Franks (USA)45.44 2 Hartmut Weber (FDR)45.61 3 Thomas Schönlebe (DDR)45.67 4 Michael Paul (TRI)45.83 5 Ján Tomko (SVK)46.03 6 Todd Bennett (GBR)46.11 7 Darren Clark (AUS)46.36 8 Martin Weppler (FDR)46.55 Men's 400 m - Semi-Final 2 - 9 August 1983
1 Bertland Cameron (JAM)45.48 2 Erwin Skamrahl (FDR)45.61 3 Gerson A. Souza (BRA)45.63 4 Sunder Nix (USA)45.73 5 Viktor Markin (URS)45.73 6 Douglas Hinds (CAN)46.52 7 Moses Kyeswa (UGA)46.79 8 Philip Brown (GBR)46.81 Men's 400 m - Final - 10 August 1983
1 Bertland Cameron (JAM)45.05 2 Michael Franks (USA)45.22 3 Sunder Nix (USA)45.24 4 Erwin Skamrahl (FDR)45.37 5 Hartmut Weber (FDR)45.49 6 Thomas Schönlebe (DDR)45.50 7 Michael Paul (TRI)45.80 8 Gerson A. Souza (BRA)45.91
Men's Long jump - 10 August 1983
| 1 | Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.55 |
| 2 | Jason Grimes (USA) | 8.29 |
| 3 | Mike Conley (USA) | 8.12 |
| 4 | László Szalma (HUN) | 8.12 |
| 5 | Nenad Stekic (YUG) | 8.09 |
| 6 | Gary Honey (AUS) | 8.06 |
| 7 | Antonio Corgos (SPA) | 8.06 |
| 8 | Yusuf Alli (NGR) | 7.89 |
| 9 | Gheorghe Cojocaru (ROM) | 7.88 |
| 10 | Jan Leitner (CZE) | 7.84 |
| 11 | Oganes Stepanyan (URS) | 7.74 |
| 12 | Atanas Atanasov (BUL) | 7.69 |
| 13 | Mu-Tsai Lee (TPE) | 7.57 |
- Men's Long jump - Detailed results
Men's Long jump - Group A - 9 August 1983
1 Jason Grimes (USA)8.29 2 Gary Honey (AUS)8.12 3 Antonio Corgos (SPA)8.05 4 Oganes Stepanyan (URS)8.01 5 Atanas Atanasov (BUL)7.96 6 Mike Conley (USA)7.90 7 Nenad Stekic (YUG)7.88 8 Mu-Tsai Lee (TPE)7.88 9 Lester Benjamin (ANT)7.81 10 Stephen Walsh (NZL)7.75 11 Gyula Paloczi (HUN)7.70 12 Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)7.70 13 
Ka-Chiu Chan (HKG)7.31 14 
Bilanday Bodjona (TOG)7.15 Men's Long jump - Group B - 9 August 1983
1 Carl Lewis (USA)8.37 2 Yusuf Alli (NGR)8.11 3 László Szalma (HUN)7.97 4 Gheorghe Cojocaru (ROM)7.92 5 Jan Leitner (CZE)7.90 6 Sergey Rodin (URS)7.87 7 Yuhuang Liu (CHN)7.77 8 Joey Wells (BAH)7.69 9 René Gloor (SWI)7.68 10 Jarmo Kärnä (FIN)7.56 11 Marco Piochi (ITA)7.52 12 Björn Johansson (SWE)7.51 13 Wilfredo Almonte (DOM)7.38 14 Adnan Abu Lawi (JOR)7.12 15 
Mohamed Abdulla Abdelaslam (LIA)6.76 16 
Said Al Marhubi (OMA)6.20 Men's Long jump - Final - 10 August 1983
1 Carl Lewis (USA)8.55 2 Jason Grimes (USA)8.29 3 Mike Conley (USA)8.12 4 László Szalma (HUN)8.12 5 Nenad Stekic (YUG)8.09 6 Gary Honey (AUS)8.06 7 Antonio Corgos (SPA)8.06 8 Yusuf Alli (NGR)7.89 9 Gheorghe Cojocaru (ROM)7.88 10 Jan Leitner (CZE)7.84 11 Oganes Stepanyan (URS)7.74 12 Atanas Atanasov (BUL)7.69 13 Mu-Tsai Lee (TPE)7.57
Men's 4x100 m relay - 10 August 1983
| 1 | United States (Carl Lewis, Calvin Smith, Willie Gault, Emmit King) | |
| 2 | Italy (Pietro Mennea, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Carlo Simionato, Stefano Tilli) | |
| 3 | Soviet Union (Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Andrey Prokofyev) | |
| 4 | East Germany (Frank Emmelmann, Jens Hübler, Thomas Schröder, Andreas Knebel) | |
| 5 | West Germany (Andreas Rizzi, Jürgen Evers, Christian Haas, Werner Bastians) | |
| 6 | Poland (Marian Woronin, Czeslaw Pradzynski, Zenon Licznerski, Krzysztof Zwolinski) | |
| 7 | Jamaica (Colin Bradford, Leroy Reid, Raymond Stewart, George Walcott) | |
| 8 | France (Jean-jacques Boussemart, Antoine Richard, Marc Gasparoni, Thierry François) |
- Men's 4x100 m relay - Detailed results
Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 1 - 9 August 1983
1 East Germany (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann)39.22 Q 2 Bulgaria (Krasimir Sarbakov, Yordan Vandov, Bogomil Karadimov, Valentin Atanasov)39.55 Q 3 Great Britain (Ainsley Bennett, Donovan Reid, Mike Mcfarlane, Drew Mcmaster)39.56 Q 4 Nigeria (Innocent Egbunike, Ikpoto Eseme, Samson Oyeledun, Chidi Imoh)39.62 Q 5 Finland (Jouko Lehtinen, Jouko Hassi, Jukka Sihvonen, Kimmo Saaristo)39.65 q 6 Bahamas (Fabian Whymns, Austin Albury, Joey Wells, David Charlton)39.91 q 7 Ghana (Ernest Obeng, Sam Aidoo, Edward Pappoe, Awudu Nuhu)41.92 Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 2 - 9 August 1983
1 United States (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis)38.75 Q 2 Italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea)39.40 Q 3 Hungary (Ferenc Kiss, István Nagy, László Babály, István Tatar)39.58 Q 4 Australia (Paul Narracott, Gerrard Keating, Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan)40.02 Q 5 Ivory Coast (Otokpa Kouadio, Avognan Nogboum, Georges Kablan Degnan, Gabriel Tiacoh)40.70 Men's 4x100 m relay - Heat 3 - 9 August 1983
1 Soviet Union (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin)38.77 Q 2 France (Thierry François, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-jacques Boussemart)39.17 Q 3 West Germany (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, Andreas Rizzi)39.35 Q 4 Poland (Krzysztof Zwolinski, Zenon Licznerski, Czeslaw Pradzynski, Marian Woronin)39.41 Q 5 Jamaica (George Walcott, Raymond Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford)39.49 q 6 Greece (Angelos Angelidis, Theodoros Gatzios, Nikos Hadjinicolaou, Kosmas Stratos)39.85 q 7 
Thailand (Somsakdi Boontud, Suchart Chairsuvaparb, Prasit Boomprasert, Sumet Promna)40.17 8 Taiwan (Wu Jing-Yee, Lee Kuo-Sheng, Hwang Chian-Shin, Hwang Sheng-Tai)40.49 Men's 4x100 m relay - Semi-Final 1 - 10 August 1983
1 Soviet Union (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin)38.62 Q 2 Italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea)38.74 Q 3 Poland (Krzysztof Zwolinski, Zenon Licznerski, Czeslaw Pradzynski, Marian Woronin)39.01 Q 4 France (Thierry François, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-jacques Boussemart)39.14 Q 5 Nigeria (Innocent Egbunike, Ikpoto Eseme, Samson Oyeledun, Chidi Imoh)39.44 6 Greece (Angelos Angelidis, Theodoros Gatzios, Nikos Hadjinicolaou, Kosmas Stratos)39.71 7 Finland (Jouko Lehtinen, Jouko Hassi, Jukka Sihvonen, Kimmo Saaristo)40.02 Men's 4x100 m relay - Semi-Final 2 - 10 August 1983
1 United States (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis)38.50 Q 2 East Germany (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann)38.95 Q 3 West Germany (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, Andreas Rizzi)39.13 Q 4 Jamaica (George Walcott, Raymond Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford)39.18 Q 5 Great Britain (Ainsley Bennett, Donovan Reid, Mike Mcfarlane, Drew Mcmaster)39.39 6 Bulgaria (Krasimir Sarbakov, Yordan Vandov, Bogomil Karadimov, Valentin Atanasov)39.59 7 Bahamas (Fabian Whymns, Austin Albury, Joey Wells, David Charlton)40.52 Men's 4x100 m relay - Final A - 10 August 1983
1 United States (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis)37.86 2 Italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea)38.37 3 Soviet Union (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin)38.41 4 East Germany (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann)38.51 5 West Germany (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, Andreas Rizzi)38.56 6 Poland (Krzysztof Zwolinski, Zenon Licznerski, Czeslaw Pradzynski, Marian Woronin)38.72 7 Jamaica (George Walcott, Raymond Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford)38.75 8 France (Thierry François, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-jacques Boussemart)38.98 Men's 4x100 m relay - Final - 10 August 1983
1 United States (Carl Lewis, Calvin Smith, Willie Gault, Emmit King)2 Italy (Pietro Mennea, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Carlo Simionato, Stefano Tilli)3 Soviet Union (Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Andrey Prokofyev)4 East Germany (Frank Emmelmann, Jens Hübler, Thomas Schröder, Andreas Knebel)5 West Germany (Andreas Rizzi, Jürgen Evers, Christian Haas, Werner Bastians)6 Poland (Marian Woronin, Czeslaw Pradzynski, Zenon Licznerski, Krzysztof Zwolinski)7 Jamaica (Colin Bradford, Leroy Reid, Raymond Stewart, George Walcott)8 France (Jean-jacques Boussemart, Antoine Richard, Marc Gasparoni, Thierry François)
Men's 110 m Hurdles - 12 August 1983
| 1 | Greg Foster (USA) | 13.42 |
| 2 | Arto Bryggare (FIN) | 13.46 |
| 3 | Willie Gault (USA) | 13.48 |
| 4 | Mark Anthony McKoy (CAN) | 13.56 |
| 5 | Thomas Munkelt (DDR) | 13.66 |
| 6 | György Bakos (HUN) | 13.68 |
| 7 | Ventsislav Radev (BUL) | 13.73 |
| 8 | Sam Turner (USA) | 13.82 |
- Men's 110 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 11 August 1983
1 Mark Anthony McKoy (CAN)13.53 2 Thomas Munkelt (DDR)13.61 3 Ventsislav Radev (BUL)13.78 4 Mark Holtom (GBR)13.85 5 Béla Bodó (HUN)13.91 6 Modesto Castillo (DOM)13.93 7 Tim Soper (NZL)14.28 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 11 August 1983
1 Arto Bryggare (FIN)13.44 2 Willie Gault (USA)13.66 3 Alejandro Casañas (CUB)13.70 4 Liviu Giurgian (ROM)13.98 5 Stéphane Caristan (FRA)14.10 6 Julius Ivan (CZE)14.28 7 Gary Bullard (BAH)14.31 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 11 August 1983
1 Greg Foster (USA)13.41 2 György Bakos (HUN)13.61 3 Javier Moracho (SPA)13.62 4 Andreas Oschkenat (DDR)13.80 5 Ion Oltean (ROM)13.97 6 Zhicheng Yu (CHN)14.43 7 
Chai Kim San (CMR)16.26 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 11 August 1983
1 Sam Turner (USA)13.62 2 Don Wright (AUS)13.70 3 Andrey Prokofyev (URS)13.90 4 Daniele Fontecchio (ITA)14.05 5 Ching-Jing Wu (TPE)14.24 6 Axel Schaumann (FDR)14.40 7 
Daniel Ololo (GAB)14.93 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 1 - 12 August 1983
1 Greg Foster (USA)13.22 2 Willie Gault (USA)13.48 3 Thomas Munkelt (DDR)13.62 4 György Bakos (HUN)13.66 5 Andrey Prokofyev (URS)13.76 6 Mark Holtom (GBR)13.79 7 Modesto Castillo (DOM)14.23 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 2 - 12 August 1983
1 Arto Bryggare (FIN)13.50 2 Sam Turner (USA)13.65 3 Mark Anthony McKoy (CAN)13.73 4 Ventsislav Radev (BUL)13.82 5 Javier Moracho (SPA)13.92 6 Andreas Oschkenat (DDR)13.93 7 Don Wright (AUS)14.28 Men's 110 m Hurdles - Final - 12 August 1983
1 Greg Foster (USA)13.42 2 Arto Bryggare (FIN)13.46 3 Willie Gault (USA)13.48 4 Mark Anthony McKoy (CAN)13.56 5 Thomas Munkelt (DDR)13.66 6 György Bakos (HUN)13.68 7 Ventsislav Radev (BUL)13.73 8 Sam Turner (USA)13.82
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - 12 August 1983
| 1 | Patriz Ilg (FDR) | 8:15.06 |
| 2 | Boguslaw Maminski (POL) | 8:17.03 |
| 3 | Colin Reitz (GBR) | 8:17.75 |
| 4 | Joseph Mahmoud (FRA) | 8:18.32 |
| 5 | Roger Hackney (GBR) | 8:19.38 |
| 6 | Graeme Fell (CAN) | 8:20.01 |
| 7 | Julius Korir (KEN) | 8:20.11 |
| 8 | Henry Marsh (USA) | 8:20.45 |
| 9 | Mariano Scartezzini (ITA) | 8:21.17 |
| 10 | Domingo Ramón (SPA) | 8:21.32 |
| 11 | Hagen Melzer (DDR) | 8:21.33 |
| 12 | Tommy Ekblom (FIN) | 8:21.50 |
- Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Detailed results
Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 1 - 9 August 1983
1 Julius Korir (KEN)8:26.63 2 Domingo Ramón (SPA)8:27.19 3 Henry Marsh (USA)8:27.46 4 Rainer Schwarz (FDR)8:27.71 5 Graeme Fell (CAN)8:27.71 6 Gábor Markó (HUN)8:27.72 7 Mariano Scartezzini (ITA)8:28.27 8 Joseph Mahmoud (FRA)8:29.34 9 Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN)8:31.27 10 Peter Daenens (BEL)8:39.66 11 Ilkka Äyräväinen (FIN)8:46.23 12 Flemming Jensen (DEN)8:56.57 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 2 - 9 August 1983
1 Krzysztof Wesolowski (POL)8:27.08 2 Panayot Kashanov (BUL)8:29.15 3 Kiprotich Rono (KEN)8:29.25 4 Tommy Ekblom (FIN)8:30.74 5 Roger Hackney (GBR)8:30.90 6 William Van Dijck (BEL)8:32.33 7 Rickey Pittman (USA)8:32.62 8 Brendan Quinn (IRL)8:34.02 9 Hamid Homada (MAR)8:34.59 10 Juan José Torres (SPA)8:41.87 11 Mark Adam (CAN)9:15.18 12 Hana Girma (ETH)9:31.81 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Heat 3 - 9 August 1983
1 Colin Reitz (GBR)8:22.78 2 Boguslaw Maminski (POL)8:22.79 3 Patriz Ilg (FDR)8:22.97 4 Richard Tuwei (KEN)8:23.88 5 Hagen Melzer (DDR)8:24.23 6 Brian Diemer (USA)8:24.92 7 Peter Renner (NZL)8:25.66 8 Francisco Sánchez (SPA)8:25.92 9 Pascal Debacker (FRA)8:30.79 10 
Carmelo Ríos (PUR)8:47.19 11 Eshetu Tura (ETH)8:53.86 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Semi-Final 1 - 10 August 1983
1 Colin Reitz (GBR)8:22.91 2 Hagen Melzer (DDR)8:23.10 3 Henry Marsh (USA)8:23.18 4 Tommy Ekblom (FIN)8:23.28 5 Mariano Scartezzini (ITA)8:23.30 6 Francisco Sánchez (SPA)8:23.92 7 Panayot Kashanov (BUL)8:31.95 8 Richard Tuwei (KEN)8:33.29 9 Pascal Debacker (FRA)8:36.16 10 William Van Dijck (BEL)8:39.01 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Semi-Final 2 - 10 August 1983
1 Boguslaw Maminski (POL)8:20.81 2 Patriz Ilg (FDR)8:20.83 3 Julius Korir (KEN)8:21.07 4 Joseph Mahmoud (FRA)8:21.29 5 Domingo Ramón (SPA)8:21.61 6 Roger Hackney (GBR)8:22.44 7 Graeme Fell (CAN)8:23.22 8 Brian Diemer (USA)8:23.39 9 Peter Renner (NZL)8:25.72 10 Gábor Markó (HUN)8:32.42 11 Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN)8:33.29 12 Kiprotich Rono (KEN)8:33.97 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - Final - 12 August 1983
1 Patriz Ilg (FDR)8:15.06 2 Boguslaw Maminski (POL)8:17.03 3 Colin Reitz (GBR)8:17.75 4 Joseph Mahmoud (FRA)8:18.32 5 Roger Hackney (GBR)8:19.38 6 Graeme Fell (CAN)8:20.01 7 Julius Korir (KEN)8:20.11 8 Henry Marsh (USA)8:20.45 9 Mariano Scartezzini (ITA)8:21.17 10 Domingo Ramón (SPA)8:21.32 11 Hagen Melzer (DDR)8:21.33 12 Tommy Ekblom (FIN)8:21.50
Men's Javelin throw - 12 August 1983
| 1 | Detlef Michel (DDR) | 89.48 |
| 2 | Tom Petranoff (USA) | 85.60 |
| 3 |  Dainis Kula (LAT) | 85.58 |
| 4 | Heino Puuste (URS) | 84.56 |
| 5 | Per Erling Olsen (NOR) | 83.54 |
| 6 | Kenth Eldebrink (SWE) | 83.28 |
| 7 | Zdenek Adamec (CZE) | 81.30 |
| 8 | Klaus Tafelmeier (FDR) | 80.42 |
| 9 | Bob Roggy (USA) | 79.84 |
| 10 | Aimo Aho (FIN) | 79.34 |
| 11 | Rod Ewaliko (USA) | 77.74 |
| 12 | Esa Utriainen (FIN) | 76.66 |
- Men's Javelin throw - Detailed results
Men's Javelin throw - Group A - 10 August 1983
1 Klaus Tafelmeier (FDR)88.86 2 Tom Petranoff (USA)85.68 3 Esa Utriainen (FIN)84.22 4 Dainis Kula (LAT)83.16 5 Rod Ewaliko (USA)82.68 6 Aimo Aho (FIN)81.92 7 Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)81.72 8 Zakayo Malekwa (TAN)72.92 9 
Trevor Modeste (GRN)51.84 Men's Javelin throw - Group B - 10 August 1983
1 Detlef Michel (DDR)90.40 2 Bob Roggy (USA)86.16 3 Heino Puuste (URS)85.86 4 Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)85.64 5 Zdenek Adamec (CZE)84.54 6 Per Erling Olsen (NOR)83.10 7 Arto Härkönen (FIN)81.42 8 Mike O'rourke (NZL)75.32 9 Laslo Babits (CAN)74.16 Men's Javelin throw - Final - 12 August 1983
1 Detlef Michel (DDR)89.48 2 Tom Petranoff (USA)85.60 3 Dainis Kula (LAT)85.58 4 Heino Puuste (URS)84.56 5 Per Erling Olsen (NOR)83.54 6 Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)83.28 7 Zdenek Adamec (CZE)81.30 8 Klaus Tafelmeier (FDR)80.42 9 Bob Roggy (USA)79.84 10 Aimo Aho (FIN)79.34 11 Rod Ewaliko (USA)77.74 12 Esa Utriainen (FIN)76.66
Men's 50km Walk - 12 August 1983
| 1 | Ronald Weigel (DDR) | 3:43:08 |
| 2 | José Marín (SPA) | 3:46:32 |
| 3 | Sergey Yung (URS) | 3:49:03 |
| 4 | Reima Salonen (FIN) | 3:52:53 |
| 5 | Raúl González (MEX) | 3:53:51 |
| 6 | François Lapointe (CAN) | 3:53:57 |
| 7 | Sandro Bellucci (ITA) | 3:55:38 |
| 8 | Viktor Dorovskikh (URS) | 3:56:02 |
| 9 | Marco Evoniuk (USA) | 3:56:57 |
| 10 | Bengt Simonsen (SWE) | 3:57:25 |
| 11 | Pavol Szikora (CZE) | 3:59:03 |
| 12 | László Sator (HUN) | 3:59:27 |
| 13 | Lars Ove Moen (NOR) | 4:00:50 |
| 14 | Seppo Immonen (FIN) | 4:02:00 |
| 15 | Manuel Alcalde (SPA) | 4:03:10 |
| 16 | José Pinto (POR) | 4:03:47 |
| 17 | Pavol Blazek (SVK) | 4:06:49 |
| 18 | Karl Degener (FDR) | 4:06:51 |
| 19 | Lennart Mether (SWE) | 4:07:46 |
| 20 | Miklós Domján (HUN) | 4:08:11 |
| 21 | Félix Gómez (MEX) | 4:09:22 |
| 22 | Dominique Guébey (FRA) | 4:09:40 |
| 23 | Dan O'connor (USA) | 4:18:41 |
| 24 | Mingxi Dai (CHN) | 4:30:28 |
| 25 | Fuxin Zhang (CHN) | 4:35:46 |
| 26 |  Osvaldo Morejon (BOL) | 4:35:58 |
Men's High jump - 13 August 1983
| 1 |  Gennadiy Avdeyenko (UKR) | 2.32 |
| 2 | Tyke Peacock (USA) | 2.32 |
| 3 | Jianhua Zhu (CHN) | 2.29 |
| 4 | Dietmar Mögenburg (FDR) | 2.29 |
| 4 |  Igor Paklin (KGZ) | 2.29 |
| 6 | Dwight Stones (USA) | 2.29 |
| 7 | Carlo Thränhardt (FDR) | 2.26 |
| 8 | Valeriy Sereda (URS) | 2.26 |
| 9 | Milton Ottey (CAN) | 2.26 |
| 10 | Luca Toso (ITA) | 2.26 |
| 11 | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.23 |
| 12 | Leo Williams (USA) | 2.23 |
| 13 | Jacek Wszola (POL) | 2.23 |
| 14 | Eddy Annys (BEL) | 2.19 |
| 15 | Francisco Centelles (CUB) | 2.19 |
| 16 | Paul Frommeyer (FDR) | 2.19 |
| 17 | Sorin Matei (ROM) | 2.15 |
- Men's High jump - Detailed results
Men's High jump - Group A - 12 August 1983
1 Leo Williams (USA)2.21 2 Francisco Centelles (CUB)2.21 3 Takao Sakamoto (JPN)2.18 4 Takashi Katamine (JPN)2.18 5 Othmane Belfaa (ALG)2.15 5 Moussa Sagna Fall (SEN)2.15 7 Eugen-Cristian Popescu (ROM)2.15 8 Wolfgang Tschirk (AUT)2.15 8 Clarence Saunders (BER)2.15 8 Roberto Cabrejas (SPA)2.15 11 Jouko Kilpi (FIN)2.10 11 Constantin Militaru (ROM)2.10 13 Gianni Davito (ITA)2.10 14 Alain Metellus (CAN)2.10 15 Chin-Chiang Liu (TPE)2.00 16 
Alphonse Gaglozoun (BEN)1.95 16 
France-Henry Lisette (MRI)1.95 Men's High jump - Group B - 12 August 1983
1 Milton Ottey (CAN)2.24 1 Jianhua Zhu (CHN)2.24 1 Igor Paklin (KGZ)2.24 4 Dwight Stones (USA)2.21 4 Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)2.21 4 Valeriy Sereda (URS)2.21 4 Sorin Matei (ROM)2.21 4 Gennadiy Avdeyenko (UKR)2.21 4 Carlo Thränhardt (FDR)2.21 10 Jacek Wszola (POL)2.21 10 Luca Toso (ITA)2.21 12 Paul Frommeyer (FDR)2.21 13 Eddy Annys (BEL)2.21 13 Dietmar Mögenburg (FDR)2.21 15 Tyke Peacock (USA)2.21 16 Roland Dalhauser (SWI)2.15 17 Dariusz Biczysko (POL)2.15 18 Franck Verzy (FRA)2.10 18 Stephen Wray (BAH)2.10 Men's High jump - Final - 13 August 1983
1 Gennadiy Avdeyenko (UKR)2.32 2 Tyke Peacock (USA)2.32 3 Jianhua Zhu (CHN)2.29 4 Dietmar Mögenburg (FDR)2.29 4 Igor Paklin (KGZ)2.29 6 Dwight Stones (USA)2.29 7 Carlo Thränhardt (FDR)2.26 8 Valeriy Sereda (URS)2.26 9 Milton Ottey (CAN)2.26 10 Luca Toso (ITA)2.26 11 Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)2.23 12 Leo Williams (USA)2.23 13 Jacek Wszola (POL)2.23 14 Eddy Annys (BEL)2.19 15 Francisco Centelles (CUB)2.19 16 Paul Frommeyer (FDR)2.19 17 Sorin Matei (ROM)2.15
Men's Decathlon - 13 August 1983
| 1 | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8666 |
| 2 | Jürgen Hingsen (FDR) | 8561 |
| 3 | Siegfried Wentz (FDR) | 8478 |
| 4 | Uwe Freimuth (DDR) | 8433 |
| 5 | Stephan Niklaus (SWI) | 8212 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Nevskiy (URS) | 8201 |
| 7 | Torsten Voss (DDR) | 8167 |
| 8 | Steffen Grummt (DDR) | 8149 |
| 9 | Guido Kratschmer (FDR) | 8096 |
| 10 | Dariusz Ludwig (POL) | 7982 |
| 11 | Trond Skramstad (NOR) | 7827 |
| 12 | Robert De Wit (NED) | 7769 |
| 13 | Martin Machura (CZE) | 7639 |
| 14 | Conny Silfver (SWE) | 7527 |
| 15 | Thrainn Hafsteinsson (ISL) | 7356 |
| 16 | Josko Vlasic (YUG) | 7329 |
| 17 |  Angel Diaz (GUA) | 6239 |
| 18 |  Niulolo Pelesikoti (TGA) | 5332 |
Men's 200 m - 14 August 1983
| 1 | Calvin Smith (USA) | 20.14 |
| 2 | Elliott Quow (USA) | 20.41 |
| 3 | Pietro Mennea (ITA) | 20.51 |
| 4 | Allan Wells (GBR) | 20.52 |
| 5 | Frank Emmelmann (DDR) | 20.55 |
| 6 | Innocent Egbunike (NGR) | 20.63 |
| 7 | Carlo Simionato (ITA) | 20.69 |
| 8 | João Batista Da Silva (BRA) | 20.80 |
- Men's 200 m - Detailed results
Men's 200 m - Heat 1 - 12 August 1983
1 Frank Emmelmann (DDR)20.95 2 Cameron Sharp (GBR)21.07 3 Bruce Frayne (AUS)21.15 4 Christopher Brathwaite (TRI)21.24 5 Héctor Daley (PAN)21.49 6 Earl Haley (GUY)21.55 7 Moussa Savadogo (MAI)22.33 8 Awudu Nuhu (GHA)22.93 Men's 200 m - Heat 2 - 12 August 1983
1 Pietro Mennea (ITA)20.80 2 Sergey Sokolov (URS)20.94 3 Paul Narracott (AUS)21.08 4 
Luis Schneider (CHI)21.23 5 Giorgio Mautiño Batuello (PER)21.78 6 Nguyen Truong Hoa (VIE)22.68 7 
Gervais Kirolo (CAF)23.10 Men's 200 m - Heat 3 - 12 August 1983
1 João Batista Da Silva (BRA)20.93 2 Vladimir Muravyov (URS)21.12 3 Desai Williams (CAN)21.36 4 Mohamed Yudi Purnomo (INO)21.88 5 Joseph Leota (SAM)22.33 6 Nagib Salem Ahmed (YEM)23.22 7 Colin Bradford (JAM)24.15 Men's 200 m - Heat 4 - 12 August 1983
1 Carlo Simionato (ITA)20.76 2 Elliott Quow (USA)21.01 3 Atlee Mahorn (CAN)21.14 4 Angel Heras (SPA)21.29 5 Roland Jokl (AUT)21.30 6 David Sawyerr (SLE)22.23 7 John Albertie (LCA)22.53 Men's 200 m - Heat 5 - 12 August 1983
1 Allan Wells (GBR)21.14 2 Boubacar Diallo (SEN)21.17 3 Christopher Madzokere (ZIM)21.68 4 Dean Greenaway (BVI)22.24 Men's 200 m - Heat 6 - 12 August 1983
1 Calvin Smith (USA)21.10 2 Leroy Reid (JAM)21.13 3 Patrick Barre (FRA)21.34 4 Jae-Keun Chang (KOR)21.39 5 
Gustavo Capart (ARG)21.66 6 Ruben Inacio (ENG)22.33 7 Trevor Davis (ANI)22.80 Men's 200 m - Heat 7 - 12 August 1983
1 Innocent Egbunike (NGR)21.28 2 István Nagy (HUN)21.50 3 Andreas Rizzi (FDR)21.51 4 Oumar Faye (GAM)22.30 5 
Sikendar Iqbal (PAK)22.91 Men's 200 m - Heat 8 - 12 August 1983
1 Jean-jacques Boussemart (FRA)20.99 2 Luke Watson (USA)21.20 3 Alfred Nyambane (KEN)21.21 4 Neville Hodge (ISV)21.38 5 Larry Myricks (USA)21.74 6 Georges Taniel (VAN)22.28 7 José Flores (HUN)22.94 Men's 200 m - Quarter-Final 1 - 12 August 1983
1 Calvin Smith (USA)20.60 2 João Batista Da Silva (BRA)20.65 3 Allan Wells (GBR)20.81 4 Jean-jacques Boussemart (FRA)20.86 5 Angel Heras (SPA)21.25 6 Earl Haley (GUY)21.39 7 Luis Schneider (CHI)21.39 Men's 200 m - Quarter-Final 2 - 12 August 1983
1 Carlo Simionato (ITA)20.75 2 Desai Williams (CAN)20.87 3 Boubacar Diallo (SEN)20.97 4 Cameron Sharp (GBR)20.99 5 Patrick Barre (FRA)21.12 6 Paul Narracott (AUS)21.34 7 Alfred Nyambane (KEN)21.55 8 Christopher Madzokere (ZIM)21.55 Men's 200 m - Quarter-Final 3 - 12 August 1983
1 Frank Emmelmann (DDR)20.78 2 Leroy Reid (JAM)20.88 3 Innocent Egbunike (NGR)20.91 4 Sergey Sokolov (URS)20.93 5 Atlee Mahorn (CAN)21.13 6 Christopher Brathwaite (TRI)21.14 7 Andreas Rizzi (FDR)21.37 8 István Nagy (HUN)21.52 Men's 200 m - Quarter-Final 4 - 12 August 1983
1 Pietro Mennea (ITA)20.68 2 Vladimir Muravyov (URS)20.70 3 Elliott Quow (USA)20.80 4 Bruce Frayne (AUS)20.97 5 Luke Watson (USA)20.99 6 Roland Jokl (AUT)21.24 7 Neville Hodge (ISV)21.38 Men's 200 m - Semi-Final 1 - 13 August 1983
1 João Batista Da Silva (BRA)20.56 2 Frank Emmelmann (DDR)20.63 3 Pietro Mennea (ITA)20.68 4 Elliott Quow (USA)20.69 5 Cameron Sharp (GBR)20.69 6 Desai Williams (CAN)20.71 7 Leroy Reid (JAM)20.89 8 Sergey Sokolov (URS)20.89 Men's 200 m - Semi-Final 2 - 13 August 1983
1 Calvin Smith (USA)20.29 2 Carlo Simionato (ITA)20.60 3 Innocent Egbunike (NGR)20.63 4 Allan Wells (GBR)20.63 5 Vladimir Muravyov (URS)20.71 6 Jean-jacques Boussemart (FRA)20.76 7 Bruce Frayne (AUS)20.94 8 Boubacar Diallo (SEN)20.96 Men's 200 m - Final - 14 August 1983
1 Calvin Smith (USA)20.14 2 Elliott Quow (USA)20.41 3 Pietro Mennea (ITA)20.51 4 Allan Wells (GBR)20.52 5 Frank Emmelmann (DDR)20.55 6 Innocent Egbunike (NGR)20.63 7 Carlo Simionato (ITA)20.69 8 João Batista Da Silva (BRA)20.80
Men's 1500 m - 14 August 1983
| 1 | Steve Cram (GBR) | 3:41.59 |
| 2 | Steve Scott (USA) | 3:41.87 |
| 3 | Said Aouita (MAR) | 3:42.02 |
| 4 | Steve Ovett (GBR) | 3:42.34 |
| 5 | José Manuel Abascal (SPA) | 3:42.47 |
| 6 | Pierre Délèze (SWI) | 3:43.69 |
| 7 | Andreas Busse (DDR) | 3:43.72 |
| 8 | Dragan Zdravkovic (YUG) | 3:43.75 |
| 9 | John Walker (NZL) | 3:44.24 |
| 10 | Jan Kubista (CZE) | 3:44.30 |
| 11 | Uwe Becker (FDR) | 3:45.09 |
| 12 | Mike Boit (KEN) | 3:46.46 |
- Men's 1500 m - Detailed results
Men's 1500 m - Heat 1 - 12 August 1983
1 Pierre Délèze (SWI)3:42.28 2 Sydney Maree (USA)3:43.13 3 Uwe Becker (FDR)3:43.18 4 Ray Flynn (IRL)3:43.27 5 Joao Campos (POR)3:43.44 6 Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN)3:43.58 7 Nikolay Kirov (URS)3:43.77 8 Jan Persson (SWE)3:43.83 9 Dave Reid (CAN)3:45.08 10 Mohamed Neji Henkiri (TUN)3:45.90 11 Jama Aden (SOM)3:46.87 12 Tisbite Rakotoarisoa (MAD)3:52.91 13 Luis Munguia (NIC)4:02.06 Men's 1500 m - Heat 2 - 12 August 1983
1 Steve Cram (GBR)3:40.17 2 Said Aouita (MAR)3:40.39 3 Frank O'Mara (IRL)3:40.53 4 John Walker (NZL)3:40.67 5 Piotr Kurek (POL)3:40.96 6 Niels Kim Hjorth (DEN)3:41.29 7 Peter Wirz (SWI)3:41.69 8 Philippe Dien (FRA)3:43.15 9 Spyros Spyrou (GRE)3:43.94 10 Paul Rugut (KEN)3:46.00 11 Jimmy Igohe (TAN)3:48.58 12 
Charlie Oliver (SOL)4:18.24 Men's 1500 m - Heat 3 - 12 August 1983
1 Andreas Busse (DDR)3:38.65 2 Steve Ovett (GBR)3:39.00 3 Dragan Zdravkovic (YUG)3:39.18 4 Jan Kubista (CZE)3:39.20 5 Tom Byers (USA)3:39.41 6 Eddy Stevens (BEL)3:39.77 7 Stefano Mei (ITA)3:39.93 8 José Luis González (SPA)3:41.29 9 Pascal Thiébaut (FRA)3:41.51 10 Amar Brahmia (ALG)3:42.75 11 Omer Khalifa (SUD)3:48.23 12 John Chappory (GIL)3:56.92 13 Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa (RWA)3:57.49 Men's 1500 m - Heat 4 - 12 August 1983
1 Steve Scott (USA)3:37.87 2 José Manuel Abascal (SPA)3:38.06 3 Claudio Patrignani (ITA)3:38.35 4 Graham Williamson (GBR)3:38.99 5 Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG)3:39.77 6 Robert Nemeth (AUT)3:39.93 7 Mike Boit (KEN)3:40.06 8 Antti Loikkanen (FIN)3:44.47 9 
Sermet Timurlenk (TÜR)3:46.74 10 Mohamed Abbas Darwish (UAE)3:50.04 11 
Ibrahim Malallah (QAT)3:52.05 12 
Masini Situ-Kubanza (COD)4:06.44 13 Sekou Camara (GUI)4:08.46 Men's 1500 m - Semi-Final 1 - 13 August 1983
1 Steve Scott (USA)3:36.43 2 Said Aouita (MAR)3:36.43 3 Jan Kubista (CZE)3:37.12 4 Uwe Becker (FDR)3:37.27 5 Andreas Busse (DDR)3:37.54 6 José Luis González (SPA)3:38.77 7 Niels Kim Hjorth (DEN)3:39.75 8 Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG)3:39.88 9 Stefano Mei (ITA)3:41.78 10 Graham Williamson (GBR)3:45.84 11 Frank O'Mara (IRL)3:47.10 Men's 1500 m - Semi-Final 2 - 13 August 1983
1 Steve Cram (GBR)3:35.77 2 Steve Ovett (GBR)3:36.26 3 José Manuel Abascal (SPA)3:36.35 4 Pierre Délèze (SWI)3:36.37 5 John Walker (NZL)3:36.52 6 Dragan Zdravkovic (YUG)3:37.31 7 Mike Boit (KEN)3:37.75 8 Claudio Patrignani (ITA)3:38.36 9 Sydney Maree (USA)3:38.65 10 Piotr Kurek (POL)3:39.54 11 Ray Flynn (IRL)3:40.26 12 Eddy Stevens (BEL)3:42.63 13 Tom Byers (USA)3:43.97 Men's 1500 m - Final - 14 August 1983
1 Steve Cram (GBR)3:41.59 2 Steve Scott (USA)3:41.87 3 Said Aouita (MAR)3:42.02 4 Steve Ovett (GBR)3:42.34 5 José Manuel Abascal (SPA)3:42.47 6 Pierre Délèze (SWI)3:43.69 7 Andreas Busse (DDR)3:43.72 8 Dragan Zdravkovic (YUG)3:43.75 9 John Walker (NZL)3:44.24 10 Jan Kubista (CZE)3:44.30 11 Uwe Becker (FDR)3:45.09 12 Mike Boit (KEN)3:46.46
Men's 5000 m - 14 August 1983
| 1 | Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) | 13:28.53 |
| 2 | Werner Schildhauer (DDR) | 13:30.20 |
| 3 | Martti Vainio (FIN) | 13:30.34 |
| 4 | Dmitriy Dmitriyev (URS) | 13:30.38 |
| 5 | Doug Padilla (USA) | 13:32.08 |
| 6 | Thomas Wessinghage (FDR) | 13:32.46 |
| 7 | Wodajo Bulti (ETH) | 13:34.03 |
| 8 | Dietmar Millonig (AUT) | 13:36.08 |
| 9 | Paul Kipkoech (KEN) | 13:37.44 |
| 10 | Antonio Leitão (POR) | 13:38.55 |
| 11 | Valeriy Abramov (URS) | 13:39.80 |
| 12 | Markus Ryffel (SWI) | 13:39.98 |
| 13 | Salvatore Antibo (ITA) | 13:40.76 |
| 14 | Julian Goater (GBR) | 13:48.13 |
| 15 | Anatoliy Krokhmalyuk (URS) | 14:00.27 |
- Men's 5000 m - Detailed results
Men's 5000 m - Heat 1 - 10 August 1983
1 Markus Ryffel (SWI)13:43.36 2 Wodajo Bulti (ETH)13:43.53 3 Eamonn Martin (GBR)13:43.57 4 Thomas Wessinghage (FDR)13:43.66 5 Anatoliy Krokhmalyuk (URS)13:43.78 6 Salvatore Antibo (ITA)13:44.05 7 Charles Cheruiyot (KEN)13:44.43 8 Doug Padilla (USA)13:44.71 9 Philippos Philippou (GRE)13:45.24 10 Abderrazak Bounour (ALG)13:57.93 11 
Justin Gloden (LUX)14:26.02 12 
Mohamed Bakheet (PAL)14:52.26 13 Ramón López (PAR)15:10.29 Men's 5000 m - Heat 2 - 10 August 1983
1 Paul Kipkoech (KEN)14:18.73 2 Fethi Baccouche (TUN)14:23.79 3 Julian Goater (GBR)14:23.93 4 Antonio Leitão (POR)14:28.63 5 Dmitriy Dmitriyev (URS)14:37.75 6 Ronald Lanzoni (CRC)14:49.20 7 Werner Schildhauer (DDR)14:49.22 8 Jim Hill (USA)14:58.21 9 Antoine Nivyobizi (BDI)15:14.60 10 
José Jaime Hernandez (SAL)15:29.86 11 
Alden Morris (TCA)18:06.35 Men's 5000 m - Heat 3 - 10 August 1983
1 Valeriy Abramov (URS)14:12.61 2 Seyoum Nigatu (ETH)14:13.22 3 Dietmar Millonig (AUT)14:13.65 4 Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)14:13.80 5 David Clarke (GBR)14:13.97 6 Jorge Garcia (SPA)14:14.57 7 Paul Williams (GBR)14:15.10 8 Jim Spivey (USA)14:15.70 9 
Ricardo Vera (URU)14:17.26 10 Kenji Ide (JPN)14:18.34 11 Martti Vainio (FIN)14:18.74 12 Masini Situ-Kubanza (COD)15:02.26 Men's 5000 m - Final - 14 August 1983
1 Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)13:28.53 2 Werner Schildhauer (DDR)13:30.20 3 Martti Vainio (FIN)13:30.34 4 Dmitriy Dmitriyev (URS)13:30.38 5 Doug Padilla (USA)13:32.08 6 Thomas Wessinghage (FDR)13:32.46 7 Wodajo Bulti (ETH)13:34.03 8 Dietmar Millonig (AUT)13:36.08 9 Paul Kipkoech (KEN)13:37.44 10 Antonio Leitão (POR)13:38.55 11 Valeriy Abramov (URS)13:39.80 12 Markus Ryffel (SWI)13:39.98 13 Salvatore Antibo (ITA)13:40.76 14 Julian Goater (GBR)13:48.13 15 Anatoliy Krokhmalyuk (URS)14:00.27
Men's Pole vault - 14 August 1983
| 1 | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 5.70 |
| 2 | Konstantin Volkov (URS) | 5.60 |
| 3 | Atanas Tarev (BUL) | 5.60 |
| 4 | Tadeusz Slusarski (POL) | 5.55 |
| 5 | Tomas Valdemar Hintnaus (BRA) | 5.50 |
| 6 | Patrick Abada (FRA) | 5.50 |
| 7 | Miro Zalar (SWE) | 5.50 |
| 8 | Thierry Vigneron (FRA) | 5.40 |
| 8 | Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz (POL) | 5.40 |
| 10 | Frantisek Jansa (CZE) | 5.40 |
| 10 | Felix Böhni (SWI) | 5.40 |
| 10 | Vladimir Polyakov (URS) | 5.40 |
| 13 | Jeff Buckingham (USA) | 5.40 |
| 14 | Veijo Vannesluoma (FIN) | 5.40 |
| 15 | Günther Lohre (FDR) | 5.25 |
| 15 | Weiqiang Liang (CHN) | 5.25 |
| 17 | Jürgen Winkler (FDR) | 5.25 |
| 18 | Timo Kuusisto (FIN) | 5.25 |
| 19 | Tomomi Takahashi (JPN) | 5.25 |
| 20 | Alberto Ruiz (SPA) | 5.10 |
Men's Discus throw - 14 August 1983
| 1 | Imrich Bugár (CZE) | 67.72 |
| 2 | Luis Delis (CUB) | 67.36 |
| 3 | Gejza Valent (CZE) | 66.08 |
| 4 | Ari Huumonen (FIN) | 65.44 |
| 5 | Jürgen Schult (DDR) | 64.92 |
| 6 | Georgiy Kolnootchenko (URS) | 64.74 |
| 7 | Juan Martínez (CUB) | 64.26 |
| 8 | Arthur Art Burns (USA) | 63.22 |
| 9 | Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) | 62.26 |
| 10 | Mac Wilkins (USA) | 61.46 |
| 11 | Igor Duginyets (URS) | 60.44 |
| 12 | Bradley Cooper (BAH) | 58.70 |
- Men's Discus throw - Detailed results
Men's Discus throw - Group A - 13 August 1983
1 Luis Delis (CUB)64.20 2 Gejza Valent (CZE)63.98 3 Georgiy Kolnootchenko (URS)63.46 4 Mac Wilkins (USA)62.58 5 Igor Duginyets (URS)62.42 6 Rickard Bruch (SWE)59.28 7 John Powell (USA)58.96 8 Alwin Wagner (FDR)58.96 9 Robert Gray (CAN)57.92 10 Ion Zamfirache (ROM)57.54 11 øystein Bjørbaek (NOR)55.40 12 Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL)55.20 13 Weinan Li (CHN)51.72 Men's Discus throw - Group B - 13 August 1983
1 Imrich Bugár (CZE)65.00 2 Ari Huumonen (FIN)63.76 3 Jürgen Schult (DDR)62.80 4 Bradley Cooper (BAH)62.72 5 Arthur Art Burns (USA)61.88 6 Juan Martínez (CUB)60.92 7 Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)60.10 8 Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (GRE)59.54 9 Yuriy Dumchev (URS)58.84 10 Werner Hartmann (FDR)58.48 11 Iosif Nagy (ROM)58.34 12 Mohamed Naguib Hamed (EGY)56.62 13 
Adnan Houry (SYR)48.34 Men's Discus throw - Final - 14 August 1983
1 Imrich Bugár (CZE)67.72 2 Luis Delis (CUB)67.36 3 Gejza Valent (CZE)66.08 4 Ari Huumonen (FIN)65.44 5 Jürgen Schult (DDR)64.92 6 Georgiy Kolnootchenko (URS)64.74 7 Juan Martínez (CUB)64.26 8 Arthur Art Burns (USA)63.22 9 Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)62.26 10 Mac Wilkins (USA)61.46 11 Igor Duginyets (URS)60.44 12 Bradley Cooper (BAH)58.70
Men's 4x400 m relay - 14 August 1983
| 1 | Soviet Union (Viktor Markin, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Aleksandr Troshchilo, Sergey Lovachov) | |
| 2 | West Germany (Martin Weppler, Edgar Nakladal, Hartmut Weber, Harald Schmid, Jörg Vaihinger, Erwin Skamrahl) | |
| 3 | Great Britain (Kriss Akabusi, Philip Brown, Todd Bennett, Garry Cook, Ainsley Bennett) | |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia (Ján Tomko, Dušan Malovec, Petr Brecka, Miroslav Zahorak) | |
| 5 | Italy (Roberto Ribaud, Mauro Zuliani, Donato Sabia, Stefano Malinverni) | |
| 6 | United States (Andre Phillips, Edwin Moses, Willie Smith, Sunder Nix, Alonzo Babers, Michael Franks) | |
| 7 | Sweden (Tommy Johansson, Eric Josjö, Per-Erik Olsson, Ulf Sedlacek, Sven Nylander) |
- Men's 4x400 m relay - Detailed results
Men's 4x400 m relay - Heat 1 - 13 August 1983
1 United States (Alonzo Babers, Willie Smith, Andre Phillips, Michael Franks)3:06.62 Q 2 West Germany (Martin Weppler, Jörg Vaihinger, Harald Schmid, Hartmut Weber)3:07.50 Q 3 Italy (Stefano Malinverni, Donato Sabia, Mauro Zuliani, Roberto Ribaud)3:07.90 Q 4 Brazil (Antonio Diaz Ferreira, Agberto Guimarães, José Luíz Barbosa, Gerson A. Souza)3:08.25 Q 5 Sweden (Tommy Johansson, Eric Josjö, Sven Nylander, Per-Erik Olsson)3:08.33 q 6 Canada (Mark Guthrie, Douglas Hinds, Tim Bethune, Brian Saunders)3:08.37 q 7 Jamaica (Steve Griffiths, George Walcott, Devon Morris, Karl Smith)3:09.06 8 Finland (Jari Niemelä, Mauri Siekkinen, Matti Rusanen, Hannu Mykrä)3:09.23 Men's 4x400 m relay - Heat 2 - 13 August 1983
1 Hungary (Gusztav Menczer, Sándor Ujhelyi, István Takács, Sándor Vasvári)3:09.95 Q 2 Soviet Union (Viktor Markin, Sergey Lovachov, Aleksandr Troshchilo, Nikolay Chernetskiy)3:10.16 Q 3 Great Britain (Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown)3:10.19 Q 4 Senegal (Amadou Dia Ba, Moussa Fall, Babacar Niang, Boubacar Diallo)3:10.90 Q 5 Australia (Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan, Paul Gilbert, Darren Clark)3:11.62 Men's 4x400 m relay - Heat 3 - 13 August 1983
1 France (Jacques Fellice, Yann Quentrec, Hector Llaster, Aldo Canti)3:06.99 Q 2 Czechoslovakia (Miroslav Zahorak, Petr Brecka, Dušan Malovec, Ján Tomko)3:07.03 Q 3 Poland (Ryszard Wichrowski, Ryszard Szparak, Andrzej Stepien, Ryszard Podlas)3:07.18 Q 4 Japan (Kazunori Asaba, Tomoharu Isobe, Hirofumi Koike, Susumu Takano)3:07.23 Q 5 Spain (Juan José Prado, Antonio Sánchez, Carlos Azulay, Angel Heras)3:07.42 q 6 Kenya (Elijah Bitok, John Anzrah, James Atuti, Juma Ndiwa)3:07.48 q 7 Ivory Coast (Georges Kablan Degnan, Rene Djedjemel Meledje, Avognan Nogboum, Gabriel Tiacoh)3:09.23 Men's 4x400 m relay - Semi-Final 1 - 13 August 1983
1 United States (Edwin Moses, Willie Smith, Sunder Nix, Alonzo Babers)3:02.13 Q 2 West Germany (Harald Schmid, Edgar Nakladal, Jörg Vaihinger, Erwin Skamrahl)3:04.96 Q 3 Poland (Ryszard Podlas, Andrzej Stepien, Ryszard Szparak, Ryszard Wichrowski)3:05.51 Q 4 Italy (Roberto Ribaud, Mauro Zuliani, Donato Sabia, Stefano Malinverni)3:05.70 Q 5 Canada (Tim Bethune, Ian Newhouse, Douglas Hinds, Brian Saunders)3:06.42 6 Japan (Tomoharu Isobe, Kazunori Asaba, Hirofumi Koike, Susumu Takano)3:07.11 7 Senegal (Moussa Fall, Babacar Niang, Mathurin Barry, Amadou Dia Ba)3:09.63 8 Hungary (Gusztav Menczer, Sándor Ujhelyi, István Takács, Sándor Vasvári)3:11.08 Men's 4x400 m relay - Semi-Final 2 - 13 August 1983
1 Soviet Union (Sergey Lovachov, Aleksandr Troshchilo, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Viktor Markin)3:03.75 Q 2 Great Britain (Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown)3:04.03 Q 3 Czechoslovakia (Miroslav Zahorak, Petr Brecka, Dušan Malovec, Ján Tomko)3:04.32 Q 4 Sweden (Tommy Johansson, Eric Josjö, Sven Nylander, Per-Erik Olsson)3:04.32 Q 5 Brazil (Antonio Diaz Ferreira, Agberto Guimarães, José Luíz Barbosa, Gerson A. Souza)3:04.46 6 France (Jacques Fellice, Yann Quentrec, Hector Llaster, Aldo Canti)3:05.09 7 Kenya (David Kitur, John Anzrah, James Atuti, James Maina Boi)3:05.30 8 Spain (Juan José Prado, Antonio Sánchez, Carlos Azulay, Angel Heras)3:09.68 Men's 4x400 m relay - Final A - 14 August 1983
1 Soviet Union (Sergey Lovachov, Aleksandr Troshchilo, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Viktor Markin)3:00.79 2 West Germany (Erwin Skamrahl, Jörg Vaihinger, Harald Schmid, Hartmut Weber)3:01.83 3 Great Britain (Ainsley Bennett, Garry Cook, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown)3:03.53 4 Czechoslovakia (Miroslav Zahorak, Petr Brecka, Dušan Malovec, Ján Tomko)3:03.90 5 Italy (Stefano Malinverni, Donato Sabia, Mauro Zuliani, Roberto Ribaud)3:05.10 6 United States (Alonzo Babers, Sunder Nix, Willie Smith, Edwin Moses)3:05.29 7 Sweden (Tommy Johansson, Eric Josjö, Per-Erik Olsson, Ulf Sedlacek)3:08.57 Men's 4x400 m relay - Final - 14 August 1983
1 Soviet Union (Viktor Markin, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Aleksandr Troshchilo, Sergey Lovachov)2 West Germany (Martin Weppler, Edgar Nakladal, Hartmut Weber, Harald Schmid, Jörg Vaihinger, Erwin Skamrahl)3 Great Britain (Kriss Akabusi, Philip Brown, Todd Bennett, Garry Cook, Ainsley Bennett)4 Czechoslovakia (Ján Tomko, Dušan Malovec, Petr Brecka, Miroslav Zahorak)5 Italy (Roberto Ribaud, Mauro Zuliani, Donato Sabia, Stefano Malinverni)6 United States (Andre Phillips, Edwin Moses, Willie Smith, Sunder Nix, Alonzo Babers, Michael Franks)7 Sweden (Tommy Johansson, Eric Josjö, Per-Erik Olsson, Ulf Sedlacek, Sven Nylander)
