1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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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The Men's Marathon at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland was held on August 14, 1983.

Medalists[]

Gold medallist Robert de Castella (right) shakes hands with bronze medallist Waldemar Cierpinski after the race

Gold	Robert de Castella Australia (AUS)
Silver	Kebede Balcha Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze	Waldemar Cierpinski East Germany (GDR)

Abbreviations[]

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:08:18	December 6, 1981	Fukuoka, Japan
Event Record	New event
	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:08:37	April 9, 1983	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Broken records at the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:10:03	August 14, 1983	Helsinki, Finland

Intermediates[]

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Final ranking[]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:10:03
	Kebede Balcha (ETH)	2:10:27
	Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR)	2:10:37
4	Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)	2:10:38	NR
5	Agapius Masong (TAN)	2:10:42
6	Armand Parmentier (BEL)	2:10:57
7	Gianni Poli (ITA)	2:11:05	NR
8	Hugh Jones (GBR)	2:11:15
9	Karel Lismont (BEL)	2:11:24
10	Stig Roar Husby (NOR)	2:11:29	NR
11	Art Boileau (CAN)	2:11:30
12	Juan Carlos Traspaderne (ESP)	2:11:34	NR
13	Marco Marchei (ITA)	2:11:47
14	Pertti Tiainen (FIN)	2:12:11
15	Juma Ikangaa (TAN)	2:13:11
16	Ryszard Marczak (POL)	2:13:20
17	Svend-Erik Kristensen (DEN)	2:13:34
18	Ron Tabb (USA)	2:13:38
19	Henrik Jørgensen (DEN)	2:14:10
20	Hans Joachim Truppel (GDR)	2:14:20
21	(ESP)	2:14:46
22	Tommy Persson (SWE)	2:14:57
23	Bruno Lafranchi (SUI)	2:14:58
24	Dave Edge (CAN)	2:15:43
25	(URS)	2:15:50
26	Øyvind Dahl (NOR)	2:16:02
27	Paul Ballinger (NZL)	2:16:06
28	Jürgen Eberding (GDR)	2:16:55
29	Gerard Nijboer (NED)	2:16:59
30	(BEL)	2:17:11
31	(NZL)	2:17:31
32	Mehmet Terzi (TUR)	2:17:56
33	Delfim Moreira (POR)	2:18:27
34	Li Jong-Hyong (PRK)	2:18:51
35	(JPN)	2:18:56
36	Cidálio Caetano (POR)	2:19:21
37	(DEN)	2:19:44
38	(AUS)	2:20:25
39	Benji Durden (USA)	2:20:38
40	(PRK)	2:20:43
41	Wilson Theleso (BOT)	2:21:36	NR
42	Hideki Kita (JPN)	2:21:37
43	Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP)	2:21:43
44	(FIN)	2:21:56
45	(NED)	2:22:07
46	Dominique Chauvelier (FRA)	2:23:25
47	Djama Robleh (DJI)	2:24:04
48	Gerry Helme (GBR)	2:25:02
49	Sam Hlawe (SWZ)	2:26:42
50	(SWE)	2:27:05
51	(CHI)	2:27:30
52	(NZL)	2:27:37
53	Luis Tipán (ECU)	2:28:30
54	(BRA)	2:29:41
55	Jan Fjærestad (NOR)	2:30:58
56	(POR)	2:31:31
57	(ALB)	2:31:40
58	Raymond Swan (BER)	2:33:20
59	Chang-Ming Chen (TPE)	2:34:00
60	(ISL)	2:34:05
61	(ESA)	2:34:26
62	(LES)	2:52:01
63	(COM)	3:03:10
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Ahmet Altun (TUR)	DNF
—	Santiago de la Parte (ESP)	DNF
—	Mike Gratton (GBR)	DNF
—	Gerhard Hartmann (AUT)	DNF
—	(ISR)	DNF
—	(JPN)	DNF
—	(IRL)	DNF
—	Ramón López (PAR)	DNF
—	(ARG)	DNF
—	Ed Mendoza (USA)	DNF
—	Giampaolo Messina (ITA)	DNF
—	Dereje Nedi (ETH)	DNF
—	(CAN)	DNF
—	Ahmed Salah (DJI)	DNF
—	(MEX)	DNF
—	(AUS)	DNF
—	(MEX)	DNF
—	Ralf Salzmann (FRG)	DNF

See also[]

• Men's Olympic Marathon (1984)

References[]

• Results
• IAAF
• Leichatletik-Statistik-Seite