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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

These are the official results of the men's 1500 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 14 August 1983. The winning margin was 0.28 seconds.

Men's 1500 metres
at the 1983 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates12 August (heats)
13 August (semi-finals)
14 August (final)
Competitors52
Winning time3:41.59
Medalists
gold medal Steve Cram   Great Britain
silver medal Steve Scott   United States
bronze medal Saïd Aouita   Morocco
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Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Steve Ovett (GBR)3:31.36Koblenz, West GermanyAugust 27, 1980
Championship RecordNew event

Results

Qualifying heats

The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 52 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Pierre Délèze  Switzerland (SUI)3:42.28Q, CR
2Sydney Maree  United States (USA)3:43.13Q
3Uwe Becker  West Germany (FRG)3:43.18Q
4Ray Flynn  Ireland (IRL)3:43.27Q
5João Campos  Portugal (POR)3:43.44
6Kipkoech Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN)3:43.58
7Nikolay Kirov  Soviet Union (URS)3:43.77
8Jan Persson  Sweden (SWE)3:43.83
9Dave Reid  Canada (CAN)3:45.08
10Mohamed Neji Henkiri  Tunisia (TUN)3:45.90
11Jama Aden  Somalia (SOM)3:46.87
12Tisbite Rakotoarisoa  Madagascar (MAD)3:52.91
13Luis Munguia  Nicaragua (NCA)4:02.06
Heat 2
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Steve Cram  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:40.17Q, CR
2Saïd Aouita  Morocco (MAR)3:40.39Q
3Frank O'Mara  Ireland (IRL)3:40.53Q
4John Walker  New Zealand (NZL)3:40.67Q
5Piotr Kurek  Poland (POL)3:40.96q
6Niels Kim Hjorth  Denmark (DEN)3:41.29q
7Peter Wirz  Switzerland (SUI)3:41.69
8Philippe Dien  France (FRA)3:43.15
9Spyros Spyrou  Cyprus (CYP)3:43.94
10Paul Rugut  Kenya (KEN)3:46.00
11Jimmy Igohe  Tanzania (TAN)3:48.58
12Charlie Oliver  Solomon Islands (SOL)4:18.24
Mehdi Aidet  Algeria (ALG)DNS
Heat 3
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Andreas Busse  East Germany (GDR)3:38.65Q, CR
2Steve Ovett  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:39.00Q
3Dragan Zdravković  Yugoslavia (YUG)3:39.18Q
4Jan Kubista  Czechoslovakia (TCH)3:39.20Q
5Tom Byers  United States (USA)3:39.41q
6Eddy Stevens  Belgium (BEL)3:39.77q
7Stefano Mei  Italy (ITA)3:39.93q
8José Luis González  Spain (ESP)3:41.29q
9Pascal Thiebaut  France (FRA)3:41.51
10Amar Brahmia  Algeria (ALG)3:42.75
11Omer Khalifa  Sudan (SUD)3:48.23
12John Chappory  Gibraltar (GIB)3:56.92
13Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa  Rwanda (RWA)3:57.49
Heat 4
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Steve Scott  United States (USA)3:37.87Q, CR
2José Manuel Abascal  Spain (ESP)3:38.06Q
3Claudio Patrignani  Italy (ITA)3:38.35Q
4Graham Williamson  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:38.99Q
5Abderrahmane Morceli  Algeria (ALG)3:39.77q
6Robert Nemeth  Austria (AUT)3:39.93q
7Mike Boit  Kenya (KEN)3:40.06q
8Antti Loikkanen  Finland (FIN)3:44.47
9Sermet Timurlenk  Turkey (TUR)3:46.74
10Mohammed Darwish  Iraq (IRQ)3:50.04
11Ibrahim Malallah  Qatar (QAT)3:52.05
12Masini Situ-Kubanza Zaire (ZAI)4:06.44
13Sekou Camara  Guinea (GUI)4:08.46

Semi-finals

The semifinals took place on 13 August, with the 25 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.

Heat 1
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Steve Scott  United States (USA)3:36.43Q, CR
2Saïd Aouita  Morocco (MAR)3:36.43Q
3Jan Kubista  Czechoslovakia (TCH)3:37.12Q
4Uwe Becker  West Germany (FRG)3:37.27Q
5Andreas Busse  East Germany (GDR)3:37.54q
6José Luis González  Spain (ESP)3:38.77
7Niels Kim Hjorth  Denmark (DEN)3:39.75
8Abderrahmane Morceli  Algeria (ALG)3:39.88
9Stefano Mei  Italy (ITA)3:41.78
10Graham Williamson  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:45.84
11Frank O'Mara  Ireland (IRL)3:47.10
Robert Nemeth  Austria (AUT)DNF
Heat 2
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Steve Cram  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:35.77Q, CR
2Steve Ovett  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:36.26Q
3José Manuel Abascal  Spain (ESP)3:36.35Q
4Pierre Délèze  Switzerland (SUI)3:36.37Q
5John Walker  New Zealand (NZL)3:36.52q
6Dragan Zdravković  Yugoslavia (YUG)3:37.31q
7Mike Boit  Kenya (KEN)3:37.75q
8Claudio Patrignani  Italy (ITA)3:38.36
9Sydney Maree  United States (USA)3:38.65
10Piotr Kurek  Poland (POL)3:39.54
11Ray Flynn  Ireland (IRL)3:40.26
12Eddy Stevens  Belgium (BEL)3:42.63
13Tom Byers  United States (USA)3:43.97

Final

The final took place on August 14.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Steve Cram  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:41.59
Steve Scott  United States (USA)3:41.87
Saïd Aouita  Morocco (MAR)3:42.02
4Steve Ovett  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)3:42.34
5José Manuel Abascal  Spain (ESP)3:42.47
6Pierre Délèze  Switzerland (SUI)3:43.69
7Andreas Busse  East Germany (GDR)3:43.72
8Dragan Zdravković  Yugoslavia (YUG)3:43.75
9John Walker  New Zealand (NZL)3:44.24
10Jan Kubista  Czechoslovakia (TCH)3:44.30
11Uwe Becker  West Germany (FRG)3:45.09
12Mike Boit  Kenya (KEN)3:46.46

References

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