1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres Hurdles event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Saturday 1983-08-13.
Medalists[]
Gold | Bettine Jahn East Germany (GDR) |
Silver | Kerstin Knabe East Germany (GDR) |
Bronze | Ginka Zagorcheva Bulgaria (BUL) |
Records[]
Existing records at the start of the event.
World Record | Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) | 12.36 | Warsaw, Poland | June 12, 1980 |
Championship Record | New event |
Final[]
RANK | FINAL wind +2.4 m/s | TIME |
---|---|---|
Bettine Jahn (GDR) | 12.35w | |
Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | 12.42w | |
Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.62w | |
4. | Natalya Petrova (URS) | 12.67w |
5. | Shirley Strong (GBR) | 12.78w |
6. | Yelena Biserova (URS) | 12.80w |
7. | Cornelia Riefstahl (GDR) | 12.94w |
8. | Benita Fitzgerald (USA) | 12.99w |
Semi-Finals[]
- Held on Saturday 1983-08-13
RANK | HEAT 1 wind +0.7 | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.75 |
2. | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | 12.83 |
3. | Yelena Biserova (URS) | 12.92 |
4. | Shirley Strong (GBR) | 12.99 |
5. | Michèle Chardonnet (FRA) | 13.13 |
6. | Pam Page (USA) | 13.24 |
7. | (FRG) | 13.42 |
8. | Xénia Siska (HUN) | 13.68 |
RANK | HEAT 2 wind +1.6 | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | Bettine Jahn (GDR) | 12.76 |
2. | Natalya Petrova (URS) | 12.83 |
3. | Benita Fitzgerald (USA) | 12.96 |
4. | Cornelia Riefstahl (GDR) | 13.00 |
5. | Laurence Elloy (FRA) | 13.08 |
6. | Ulrike Denk (FRG) | 13.16 |
7. | Judy Livermore (GBR) | 13.30 |
8. | Glynis Nunn (AUS) | 13.39 |
Quarter-Finals[]
- Held on Friday 1983-08-12
RANK | HEAT 1 wind +1.4 | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | 12.83 |
2. | Judy Livermore (GBR) | 13.22 |
3. | Glynis Nunn (AUS) | 13.23 |
4. | (FRG) | 13.31 |
5. | Sue Kameli (CAN) | 13.33 |
6. | Beatriz Capotosto (ARG) | 13.60 |
7. | Elisavet Pantazi (GRE) | 13.95 |
8. | (CHN) | 14.07 |
RANK | HEAT 2 wind +2.3 | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.66w |
2. | Natalya Petrova (URS) | 12.70w |
3. | Pam Page (USA) | 13.12w |
4. | Michèle Chardonnet (FRA) | 13.13w |
5. | Lorna Boothe (GBR) | 13.29w |
6. | (NOR) | 13.60w |
7. | (DEN) | 13.73w |
(TPE) | DNS |
RANK | HEAT 3 wind +1.9 | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | Bettine Jahn (GDR) | 12.75 |
2. | Laurence Elloy (FRA) | 12.95 |
3. | Benita Fitzgerald (USA) | 13.15 |
4. | Xénia Siska (HUN) | 13.16 |
5. | Mihaela Stoica (ROU) | 13.21 |
6. | Marjan Olyslager (NED) | 13.30 |
7. | Sylvia Forgrave (CAN) | 13.38 |
8. | Emi Sasaki (JPN) | 13.73 |
RANK | HEAT 4 wind +1.6 | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | Shirley Strong (GBR) | 12.91 |
2. | Yelena Biserova (URS) | 12.94 |
3. | Cornelia Riefstahl (GDR) | 12.96 |
4. | Ulrike Denk (FRG) | 13.14 |
5. | Marie-Noëlle Savigny (FRA) | 13.21 |
6. | Karen Nelson (CAN) | 13.61 |
7. | María José Martínez Guerrero (ESP) | 13.80 |
8. | (FIN) | 13.90 |
Qualifying heats[]
- Held on Friday 1983-08-12
RANK | HEAT 1 wind +0.8 | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | 13.03 |
2. | Laurence Elloy (FRA) | 13.15 |
3. | Ulrike Denk (FRG) | 13.26 |
4. | Sue Kameli (CAN) | 13.61 |
5. | (NOR) | 13.71 |
6. | Elisavet Pantazi (GRE) | 13.90 |
7. | (CHN) | 13.97 |
RANK | HEAT 2 wind +2.1 | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.78w |
2. | Yelena Biserova (URS) | 12.91w |
3. | Marie-Noëlle Savigny (FRA) | 13.21w |
4. | Mihaela Stoica (ROU) | 13.24w |
5. | Lorna Boothe (GBR) | 13.46w |
6. | Beatriz Capotosto (ARG) | 13.63w |
7. | (TPE) | 14.25w |
RANK | HEAT 3 wind -3.1 | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | Shirley Strong (GBR) | 13.26 |
2. | Natalya Petrova (URS) | 13.43 |
3. | Xénia Siska (HUN) | 13.60 |
4. | Benita Fitzgerald (USA) | 13.67 |
5. | Sylvia Forgrave (CAN) | 13.83 |
6. | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 14.85 |
7. | (BAR) | 14.89 |
RANK | HEAT 4 wind +0.5 | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | (FRG) | 13.04 |
2. | Cornelia Riefstahl (GDR) | 13.07 |
3. | Glynis Nunn (AUS) | 13.26 |
4. | Karen Nelson (CAN) | 13.66 |
5. | (DEN) | 13.76 |
6. | Maria José Martínez-Patiño (ESP) | 13.78 |
Candy Young (USA) | DNF |
RANK | HEAT 5 wind +0.6 | TIME |
---|---|---|
1. | Bettine Jahn (GDR) | 12.81 |
2. | Michèle Chardonnet (FRA) | 13.17 |
3. | Pam Page (USA) | 13.18 |
4. | Judy Livermore (GBR) | 13.25 |
5. | Marjan Olyslager (NED) | 13.26 |
6. | Emi Sasaki (JPN) | 13.78 |
7. | (FIN) | 13.90 |
References[]
Categories:
- Events at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics
- Sprint hurdles at the World Athletics Championships
- 1983 in women's athletics