1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres


These are the official results of the men's 200 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 57 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats and the final held on 14 August 1983.
At 22 years, 218 days old, gold medallist Smith is the youngest ever world champion for the men's 200 m.

Medalists

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

Final

Semifinals

RankHeat 1 wind 3.4Time
1.20.56
2.20.63
3.20.68
4.20.69
5.20.69
6.20.71
7.20.89
8.20.89

RankHeat 2 wind 1.4Time
1.20.29
2.20.60
3.20.63
4.20.63
5.20.71
6.20.76
7.20.94
8.20.96

Quarterfinals

RankHeat 1 wind 2.1Time
1.20.60
2.20.65
3.20.81
4.20.86
5.21.25
6.21.39
7.21.39
DNF

RankHeat 2 wind -1.6Time
1.20.75
2.20.87
3.20.97
4.20.99
5.21.12
6.21.34
7.21.55
8.21.55

RankHeat 3 wind -0.4Time
1.20.78
2.20.88
3.20.91
4.20.93
5.21.13
6.21.14
7.21.37
8.21.52

RankHeat 4 wind 1.6Time
1.20.68
2.20.70
3.20.80
4.20.97
5.20.99
6.21.24
7.21.38
DNS

Qualifying heats

RankHeat 1 Wind +1.8 hTime
1.20.95
2.21.07
3.21.15
4.21.24
5.21.49
6.21.55
7.22.33
8.22.93

RankHeat 2 wind +1.8Time
1.20.80
2.20.94
3.21.08
4.21.23
5.21.78
6.22.68
7.23.10

RankHeat 3 wind +0.7Time
1.20.93
2.21.12
3.21.36
4.21.88
5.22.33
6.23.22
7.24.15

RankHeat 4 wind +1.1Time
1.20.76
2.21.01
3.21.14
4.21.29
5.21.30
6.22.23
7.22.53

RankHeat 5 Wind -2.1Time
1.21.14
2.21.17
3.21.68
4.22.24
DNS
DNS
DNS

RankHeat 6 Wind +0.4Time
1.21.10
2.21.13
3.21.34
4.21.39
5.21.66
6.22.33
7.22.80

RankHeat 7 Wind -1.1Time
1.21.28
2.21.50
3.21.51
4.22.30
5.22.91
DNS
DNS

RankHeat 8 wind +1.3Time
1.20.99
2.21.20
3.21.21
4.21.38
5.21.74
6.22.28
7.22.94