1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

Events at the 1983 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the men's 100 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 66 participating athletes, with nine qualifying heats and the final held on Monday 8 August 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Carl Lewis United States (USA)
Silver	Calvin Smith United States (USA)
Bronze	Emmit King United States (USA)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Calvin Smith (USA)	9.93	Colorado Springs, USA	July 3, 1983
Championship Record	New event

Final

Rank	Final	Time
	Carl Lewis (USA)	10.07
	Calvin Smith (USA)	10.21
	Emmit King (USA)	10.24
4.	Allan Wells (GBR)	10.27
5.	Juan Núñez (DOM)	10.29
6.	Christian Haas (FRG)	10.32
7.	Paul Narracott (AUS)	10.33
8.	Desai Williams (CAN)	10.36

Semifinals

Held on Monday 1983-08-08

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Calvin Smith (USA)	10.22
2.	Allan Wells (GBR)	10.35
3.	Juan Núñez (DOM)	10.36
4.	Emmit King (USA)	10.36
5.	Frank Emmelmann (GDR)	10.40
6.	Ben Johnson (CAN)	10.44
7.	Tony Sharpe (CAN)	10.44
8.	Leandro Peñalver (CUB)	10.47

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Carl Lewis (USA)	10.28
2.	Paul Narracott (AUS)	10.38
3.	Desai Williams (CAN)	10.39
4.	Christian Haas (FRG)	10.39
5.	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	10.40
6.	Cameron Sharp (GBR)	10.43
7.	Osvaldo Lara (CUB)	10.46
8.	Thomas Schröder (GDR)	10.52

Quarterfinals

Held on Sunday 1983-08-07

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Calvin Smith (USA)	10.27
2.	Tony Sharpe (CAN)	10.36
3.	Paul Narracott (AUS)	10.37
4.	Thomas Schröder (GDR)	10.45
5.	Ernest Obeng (GHA)	10.51
6.	Innocent Egbunike (NGR)	10.52
7.	Luke Watson (GBR)	10.57
8.	Everard Samuels (JAM)	10.65

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Carl Lewis (USA)	10.20
2.	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	10.37
3.	Cameron Sharp (GBR)	10.41
4.	Frank Emmelmann (GDR)	10.46
5.	Christopher Brathwaite (TRI)	10.57
6.	Robson da Silva (BRA)	10.66
7.	Marian Woronin (POL)	10.72
8.	Lester Benjamin (ATG)	10.86

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Desai Williams (CAN)	10.31
2.	Allan Wells (GBR)	10.37
3.	Juan Núñez (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 Tatár (HUN)	10.65

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Emmit King (USA)	10.30
2.	Christian Haas (FRG)	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

Qualifying heats

Held on Sunday 1983-08-07

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Luke Watson (GBR)	10.64
2.	Valentin Atanasov (BUL)	10.66
3.	Lester Benjamin (ATG)	10.76
4.	Mohamed Yudi Purnomo (INA)	10.76
5.	Thurston Ross (TRI)	11.08
6.	Peni Bati (FIJ)	11.11
	Şükrü Çaprazlı (TUR)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Juan Núñez (DOM)	10.38
2.	Innocent Egbunike (NGR)	10.44
3.	Ben Johnson (CAN)	10.45
4.	Everard Samuels (JAM)	10.57
5.	Oumar Fye (GAM)	10.76
6.	Hwang Chian-Shin (TPE)	10.82
7.	John Albertie (LCA)	10.90
8.	Joske Teabuge (NRU)	12.20

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
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 (MAS)	11.03
7.	Vicente Daniel Ibrahim (MOZ)	11.20

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Desai Williams (CAN)	10.31
2.	Paul Narracott (AUS)	10.38
3.	Frank Emmelmann (GDR)	10.40
4.	Jouko Hassi (FIN)	10.58
5.	Gregory Simons (BER)	10.78
6.	Moussa Savadogo (MLI)	10.88
7.	Alan Zammit (MLT)	11.25
8.	José Flores (HON)	11.31

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Calvin Smith (USA)	10.30
2.	Ferenc Kiss (HUN)	10.45
3.	Marian Woronin (POL)	10.50
4.	Robson da Silva (BRA)	10.51
5.	Joseph Leota (WSM)	10.92
6.	Georges Taniel (VAN)	11.02
7.	Nguyen Truong Hoa (VIE)	11.16

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA)	10.33
2.	Emmit King (USA)	10.41
3.	Thomas Schröder (GDR)	10.41
4.	Gerrard Keating (AUS)	10.57
5.	Kosmas Stratos (GRE)	10.65
6.	Christopher Madzokere (ZIM)	10.84
7.	Rubén Inácio (ANG)	10.92

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Allan Wells (GBR)	10.37
2.	Christian Haas (FRG)	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 (AIA)	11.53

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	10.22w
2.	Christopher Brathwaite (TRI)	10.33w
3.	Ernest Obeng (GHA)	10.35w
4.	István Tatár (HUN)	10.45w
5.	Harouna Pale (UPV)	10.58w
6.	Neville Hodge (ISV)	10.59w
7.	Laoui Adnan Abou (JOR)	11.17w

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.	Leandro Peñalver (CUB)	10.24
2.	Tony Sharpe (CAN)	10.31
3.	Viktor Bryzgin (URS)	10.33
4.	Antoine Richard (FRA)	10.34
5.	Suchart Chairsuvaparb (THA)	10.63
6.	Jean-Yves Mallat (LIB)	11.04
7.	Mohamad Ismail Bakaki (AFG)	12.33
	Lee Kuo-Sheng (TPE)	DNS

References

Results

100 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics

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