1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

Medalists[]

Gold	Steve Cram Great Britain (GBR)
Silver	Steve Scott United States (USA)
Bronze	Saïd Aouita Morocco (MAR)

Records[]

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Steve Ovett (GBR)	3:31.36	Koblenz, West Germany	August 27, 1980
Championship Record	New event

Final[]

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:41.59
	Steve Scott (USA)	3:41.87
	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	3:42.02
4.	Steve Ovett (GBR)	3:42.34
5.	José Manuel Abascal (ESP)	3:42.47
6.	Pierre Délèze (SUI)	3:43.69
7.	Andreas Busse (GDR)	3:43.72
8.	Dragan Zdravković (YUG)	3:43.75
9.	John Walker (NZL)	3:44.24
10.	Jan Kubista (TCH)	3:44.30
11.	Uwe Becker (FRG)	3:45.09
12.	Mike Boit (KEN)	3:46.46

Semi-Finals[]

• Held on Saturday 13 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Steve Scott (USA)	3:36.43
2.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	3:36.43
3.	Jan Kubista (TCH)	3:37.12
4.	Uwe Becker (FRG)	3:37.27
5.	Andreas Busse (GDR)	3:37.54
6.	José Luis González (ESP)	3:38.77
7.	(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
—	Robert Nemeth (AUT)	DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:35.77
2.	Steve Ovett (GBR)	3:36.26
3.	José Manuel Abascal (ESP)	3:36.35
4.	Pierre Délèze (SUI)	3:36.37
5.	John Walker (NZL)	3:36.52
6.	Dragan Zdravković (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.	(POL)	3:39.54
11.	Ray Flynn (IRL)	3:40.26
12.	(BEL)	3:42.63
13.	Tom Byers (USA)	3:43.97

Qualifying heats[]

• Held on Friday 12 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Pierre Délèze (SUI)	3:42.28
2.	Sydney Maree (USA)	3:43.13
3.	Uwe Becker (FRG)	3:43.18
4.	Ray Flynn (IRL)	3:43.27
5.	João 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.	(CAN)	3:45.08
10.	(TUN)	3:45.90
11.	Jama Aden (SOM)	3:46.87
12.	Tisbite Rakotoarisoa (MAD)	3:52.91
13.	(NCA)	4:02.06

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:40.17
2.	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	3:40.39
3.	Frank O'Mara (IRL)	3:40.53
4.	John Walker (NZL)	3:40.67
5.	(POL)	3:40.96
6.	(DEN)	3:41.29
7.	Peter Wirz (SUI)	3:41.69
8.	(FRA)	3:43.15
9.	Spyros Spyrou (GRE)	3:43.94
10.	(KEN)	3:46.00
11.	(TAN)	3:48.58
12.	Charlie Oliver (SOL)	4:18.24
—	Mehdi Aidet (ALG)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Andreas Busse (GDR)	3:38.65
2.	Steve Ovett (GBR)	3:39.00
3.	Dragan Zdravković (YUG)	3:39.18
4.	Jan Kubista (TCH)	3:39.20
5.	Tom Byers (USA)	3:39.41
6.	(BEL)	3:39.77
7.	Stefano Mei (ITA)	3:39.93
8.	José Luis González (ESP)	3:41.29
9.	Pascal Thiebaut (FRA)	3:41.51
10.	Amar Brahmia (ALG)	3:42.75
11.	Omer Khalifa (SUD)	3:48.23
12.	(GIB)	3:56.92
13.	(RWA)	3:57.49

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Steve Scott (USA)	3:37.87
2.	José Manuel Abascal (ESP)	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.	(TUR)	3:46.74
10.	(IRQ)	3:50.04
11.	(QAT)	3:52.05
12.	(ZAI)	4:06.44
13.	Sekou Camara (GUI)	4:08.46

See also[]

• 1980 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Athens)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Split)

References[]

• Results
• Results - World Athletics