The inaugural World Championships in Athletics

IAAF World Championships in Athletics

The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations . Originally, it was organised every four years, but this changed in 1991, and it has since been organised biennially.-History:...

were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations

International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded in 1912 at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation...

 and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 between August 7 and August 14, 1983.

The overall medal table was a closely contested affair. East Germany took the most gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

s (10) over the first championships and finished with a total of 22 medals. The United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 had the next largest number of golds, with eight, and also had the greatest overall medal haul, having won 24 medals altogether. The Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 won one more medal than the East Germans and had six golds, although almost half of their podium finishers were bronze medal

Bronze medal

A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

ists. Twenty-five nations reached the medal tally at the inaugural competition, with all six continents being represented.

Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis

Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and...

 won both the 100 metres

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

 and the long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

, and finished the competition by anchoring the 4×100 metres relay team to a world record time, along with the 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

 champion Calvin Smith

Calvin Smith

Calvin Smith is a former sprint track and field athlete from the United States. He is a former World Record holder in the 100 metre sprint, and was twice World Champion over 200 metres...

, and bronze medallists Emmit King

Emmit King

Emmit King is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States, who twice was a member of the American Relay Team for the Summer Olympics but he didn't compete. He is best known for winning the bronze medal at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in the men's 100 metres...

 and Willie Gault

Willie Gault

Willie James Gault is a former American football wide receiver and Olympic athlete. Gault played in the National Football League for 11 seasons for the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Raiders. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX, and was also a member of the U.S. Olympic team...

. Jarmila Kratochvílová

Jarmila Kratochvílová

Jarmila Kratochvílová is a Czech former sprinter and middle distance runner. In 1983, she set world record times for both the 400 metres and 800 metres, and won gold medals in both distances at the World Championships....

 dominated the 400 metres

400 metres

The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

 and 800 metres

800 metres

The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

 events, setting a world record of 47.99 seconds. Mary Decker

Mary Decker

Mary Slaney is an American former track athlete. During her career, she won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships, and set 17 official and unofficial world records and 36 US national records.-Biography:Mary Decker was born in Bunnvale, Hunterdon County, New...

 enjoyed her best competition performance, taking the golds in the women's 1500 metres

1500 metres

The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

 and 3000 metres

3000 metres

The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...

. Other prominent athletes included Marita Koch

Marita Koch

Marita Koch , is a former sprint track and field athlete...

, who won the 200 m and both relay golds, as well as the 100 m silver medal. Sergey Bubka won the first of his six consecutive World Championship gold medals in the pole vault

Pole vault

Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

.

Track

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

100 m	Carl Lewis Carl Lewis Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and...  United States	10.07	Calvin Smith Calvin Smith Calvin Smith is a former sprint track and field athlete from the United States. He is a former World Record holder in the 100 metre sprint, and was twice World Champion over 200 metres...  United States	10.21	Emmit King Emmit King Emmit King is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States, who twice was a member of the American Relay Team for the Summer Olympics but he didn't compete. He is best known for winning the bronze medal at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in the men's 100 metres...  United States	10.24
200 m	Calvin Smith Calvin Smith Calvin Smith is a former sprint track and field athlete from the United States. He is a former World Record holder in the 100 metre sprint, and was twice World Champion over 200 metres...  United States	20.14	Elliott Quow Elliott Quow Elliott Quow is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States, who was the 4th-ranked 200 meter runner in the world in 1983, only behind Carl Lewis, Calvin Smith and then world record holder Pietro Mennea...  United States	20.41	Pietro Mennea Pietro Mennea Pietro Paolo Mennea is an Italian former sprinter and politician, who was the 1980 Moscow Olympic 200 meter Champion, and also held the 200 m world record for 17 years.-Biography:...  Italy	20.51
400 m	Bert Cameron Bert Cameron Bertland Cameron is a retired Jamaican sprinter who mainly competed over 400 metres. He represented Jamaica at three consecutive editions of the Summer Olympics. Cameron won the 400 m title at the first World Championships in Athletics...  Jamaica	45.05	Michael Franks Michael Franks (athlete) Michael "Mike" Franks is a former American track and field athlete who competed in the 400-meter dash.He was the silver medalist in the event at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics. He was given the Harrison Dillard Award in 1984 for his achievements...  United States	45.22	Sunder Nix Sunder Nix Sunder L. Nix was a 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States.-References:*...  United States	45.24
800 m	Willi Wülbeck Willi Wülbeck Willi Wülbeck is a retired German 800 metres runner.At the 1976 Montreal Olympics Wülbeck came fourth. He missed the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to the West German boycott and could not participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics because of an injury...  West Germany	1:43.65	Rob Druppers Rob Druppers Robertus Johannes Druppers is a former Dutch middle distance runner, who won the silver medal over 800m at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. He set a Dutch 800 m record of 1:43.56 in Cologne in 1985, and a 1000m record of 2:15.23 in his home town Utrecht in the same year...  Netherlands	1:44.20	Joaquim Cruz Joaquim Cruz Joaquim Carvalho Cruz is a former Brazilian athlete, winner of the 800 m at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is one of only four men to run the 800 m in less than 1:42....  Brazil	1:44.27
1,500 m	Steve Cram Steve Cram Stephen "Steve" Cram MBE is a British retired athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arrow", Cram set world records in the 1500 metres, 2000 metres and the mile during a...  United Kingdom	3:41.59	Steve Scott  United States	3:41.87	Saïd Aouita Said Aouita Saïd Aouita is a former Moroccan athlete, winner of 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 5000 meters at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, 3000 meters at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and former world record holder at 1500m , 2000m , 3000m , and twice at 5000m [ and ]...  Morocco	3:42.02
5,000 m	Eamonn Coghlan Eamonn Coghlan Eamonn Christopher Coghlan is an Irish Senator and former athlete, who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5000 metres...  Republic of Ireland	13:28.53	Werner Schildhauer Werner Schildhauer Werner Schildhauer is a retired German track and field athlete, who represented the former East Germany at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in the 10,000 meter run and placed 7th behind his team mate Jörg Peter .-Career:At the...  German Democratic Republic	13:30.20	Martti Vainio Martti Vainio Martti Sakari Vainio is a former Finnish long distance runner. In Finland he is recognized as the last of the great runners of famous "V-line", the previous ones being Juha Väätäinen, Lasse Virén, and Pekka Vasala...  Finland	13:30.34
10,000 m	Alberto Cova Alberto Cova Alberto Cova is a retired Italian athlete, winner of the 10,000 m at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-Career:Born in Inverigo, province of Como, Italy, Alberto Cova was characterized by his superiority in the sprint finish, and the only way to nullify this was to set a very fast pace from the start to...  Italy	28:01.04	Werner Schildhauer Werner Schildhauer Werner Schildhauer is a retired German track and field athlete, who represented the former East Germany at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in the 10,000 meter run and placed 7th behind his team mate Jörg Peter .-Career:At the...  German Democratic Republic	28:01.18	Hansjörg Kunze Hansjörg Kunze Hansjörg Kunze is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany as a long distance runner.His biggest success was the bronze medal in the 5,000 meter run at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea...  German Democratic Republic	28:01.26
Marathon	Rob de Castella  Australia	2:10:03	Kebede Balcha  Ethiopia	2:10:27	Waldemar Cierpinski Waldemar Cierpinski Waldemar Cierpinski is a former East German athlete and two time Olympic Champion in the marathon. He is living in Halle an der Saale.-Career:...  German Democratic Republic	2:10:37
110 m hurdles	Greg Foster Greg Foster (hurdler) Gregory Foster was an American hurdling athlete. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is the only person in the history of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics to win three consecutive 110 meter hurdling titles . He was the 1981 World Cup and the 1991 World Indoor hurdling champion...  United States	13.42	Arto Bryggare Arto Bryggare Arto Kalervo Bryggare is a former Finnish hurdling athlete. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1995 to 1999 and 2003 to 2007. His personal best time 13,35, made during trials in 1984 Los Angeles Games, is still the record time in...  Finland	13.46	Willie Gault Willie Gault Willie James Gault is a former American football wide receiver and Olympic athlete. Gault played in the National Football League for 11 seasons for the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Raiders. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX, and was also a member of the U.S. Olympic team...  United States	13.48
400 m hurdles	Edwin Moses Edwin Moses Edwin Corley Moses is an American track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals and set the world record in his event four times...  United States	47.50	Harald Schmid Harald Schmid Harald Schmid is a former German track-and-field athlete.Schmid was one of the best 400 m hurdles runners in the world. His duels with Edwin Moses during the late 1970s and early 1980s are unforgettable. His race against Moses in Rome, 1987, is ranked as one of the races of the century...  West Germany	48.61	Aleksandr Kharlov Aleksandr Kharlov Aleksandr Kharlov is a retired track and field hurdler from the Soviet Union, best known for winning the bronze medal at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in the men's 400 m hurdles. He set his personal best in the same event on June 20, 1983 at a meet in Moscow...  Soviet Union	49.03
3,000 m st.	Patriz Ilg Patriz Ilg Patriz Ilg is a retired 3000 m steeplechaser from West Germany.He won a silver medal at the 1978 European Championships and gold medals at the 1982 European Championships in Athens and the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki...  West Germany	8:15.06	Bogusław Mamiński  Poland	8:17.03	Colin Reitz Colin Reitz Colin Reitz is a retired long-distance runner from Great Britain, who represented his native country in the Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase at the 1984 Summer Olympics. There he finished in fifth place....  United Kingdom	8:17.75
20 km walk	Ernesto Canto Ernesto Canto Ernesto Canto Gudiño is a former Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometre walk.He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-Achievements:-External links:*...  Mexico	1:20:49	Jozef Pribilinec Jozef Pribilinec Jozef Pribilinec is a Slovak athlete who mainly competed in racewalking.He was born in Kopernica.Pribilinec competed for the former Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-References:...  Czechoslovakia	1:20:59	Yevgeniy Yevsyukov  Soviet Union	1:21:08
50 km walk	Ronald Weigel Ronald Weigel Ronald Weigel is a German athlete and Olympic medal winner. In the 1980s through the middle of the 1990s he represented East Germany as one of world's best in race walking.His first big win came in 1983 when he won the World title in the 50 km walk...  German Democratic Republic	3:43:08	José Marín José Marín José Marín is a retired Spanish race walker.-Achievements:-External links:*...  Spain	3:43:42	Sergey Yung  Soviet Union	3:49:03
4x100 m relay	Emmit King Emmit King Emmit King is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States, who twice was a member of the American Relay Team for the Summer Olympics but he didn't compete. He is best known for winning the bronze medal at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in the men's 100 metres... Willie Gault Willie Gault Willie James Gault is a former American football wide receiver and Olympic athlete. Gault played in the National Football League for 11 seasons for the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Raiders. He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX, and was also a member of the U.S. Olympic team... Calvin Smith Calvin Smith Calvin Smith is a former sprint track and field athlete from the United States. He is a former World Record holder in the 100 metre sprint, and was twice World Champion over 200 metres... Carl Lewis Carl Lewis Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and...    United States	37.86 (WR)	Stefano Tilli Stefano Tilli Stefano Tilli is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.His personal best 100 metres time is 10.16 seconds, achieved in August 1984 in Zurich. His personal best 200 metres time is 20.40 seconds, achieved in September 1984 in Cagliari.-Achievements:-References:... Carlo Simionato Carlo Simionato Carlo Simionato is a retired Italian sprinter who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres.At the World Championships in Helsinki in 1983 he finished seventh in the 200 metres final and won a silver medal with the relay team... Pierfrancesco Pavoni Pierfrancesco Pavoni Pierfrancesco Pavoni is a retired sprinter from Italy. His greatest achievements were the 1982 European Championships silver medal as well as two World Indoor bronze medals. His personal times were both achieved in 1987: 10.22 seconds over 100 metres and 20.38 seconds over 200 metres... Pietro Mennea Pietro Mennea Pietro Paolo Mennea is an Italian former sprinter and politician, who was the 1980 Moscow Olympic 200 meter Champion, and also held the 200 m world record for 17 years.-Biography:...    Italy	38.37 (NR)	Andrey Prokofyev Andrey Prokofyev Andrey Vassilyevich Prokofyev is a former Soviet athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.At the Moscow Olympics, Prokofyev was fourth in the 110 m hurdles and won the gold medal running the anchoring leg of the Soviet 4x100 m relay team... Nikolay Sidorov Nikolay Sidorov Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sidorov is a former Soviet track and field athlete where he won the soviet 100 metre championships on 2 occasions, he was then the winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.... Vladimir Muravyov Viktor Bryzgin Viktor Bryzgin Viktor Arkadyevich Bryzhin is a former Soviet athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics.Viktor Bryzhin trained at Dynamo in Voroshilovgrad. He made his debut in the international championships at the first World Championships, where he reached to the quarterfinal...    Soviet Union	38.41
4x400 m relay	Sergey Lovachov Sergey Lovachov Sergey Lovachov is a retired track and field sprinter from Uzbekistan, known for winning the gold medal for the Soviet Union in the men's 4x400 metres relay at the inaugural 1983 World Championships. He did so alongside Aleksandr Troshchilo, Nikolay Chernetskiy, and Viktor Markin, clocking a total... Aleksandr Troshchilo Aleksandr Troshchilo Aleksandr Troshchilo is a retired track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union, known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 4x400 metres relay at the 1982 European Championships... Nikolay Chernetskiy Nikolay Chernetskiy Nikolay Chernetskiy is a retired track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union, known for winning the gold medal in the men's 4x400 metres relay at the inaugural 1983 World Championships. He did so alongside Aleksandr Troshchilo, Sergey Lovachov, and Viktor Markin, clocking a total time of 3:00.79... Viktor Markin Viktor Markin Viktor Fyodorovich Markin is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics....    Soviet Union	3:00.79	Erwin Skamrahl Erwin Skamrahl Erwin Skamrahl is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.At the 1982 European Championships he finished fourth in the 200 metres, won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay and a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay... Jörg Vaihinger Jörg Vaihinger Jörg Vaihinger was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Norbert Dobeleit, Edgar Itt and Ralf Lübke.-References:... Harald Schmid Harald Schmid Harald Schmid is a former German track-and-field athlete.Schmid was one of the best 400 m hurdles runners in the world. His duels with Edwin Moses during the late 1970s and early 1980s are unforgettable. His race against Moses in Rome, 1987, is ranked as one of the races of the century... Hartmut Weber Hartmut Weber Hartmut Weber is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1982 European Championships he won the gold medal with a lifetime best of 44.72 seconds. He also helped win the 4 x 400 metres relay with teammates Erwin Skamrahl, Harald Schmid and Thomas Giessing...    West Germany	3:01.83	Ainsley Bennett Ainsley Bennett Ainsley Bennett is a British former Olympic and World Championship sprinter from Birmingham, UK.-Early life:Brought up in Birmingham, West Midlands, in the UK, Bennett attended Naseby Secondary Modern School , in the area known as Alum Rock, Birmingham... Garry Cook Garry Cook Garry Cook is a former British athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres with a best time of 1:44.55.He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Kriss Akabusi, Todd... Todd Bennett Todd Bennett Todd Anthony Bennett was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook and Philip... Phil Brown Phil Brown (athlete) Philip Andrew Brown was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. In the individual 400m his results were not outstanding; however, he was an exceptional anchor leg relay runner, anchoring the British team to a number of medals.Brown competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer...    United Kingdom	3:03.53

Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Long jump	|8.55	|8.29	|8.12
Triple jump	|17.42	|17.18	|17.18
High jump	|2.32	|2.32	|2.29
Pole vault	|5.70	|5.60	|5.60
Shot put	|21.39	|21.16	|20.98
Discus throw	|67.72	|67.36	|66.08
Hammer throw	|82.68	|80.94	|79.42
Javelin throw	|89.48	|85.60	|85.58
Decathlon	|8666	|8561	|8478

Track

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

100 m	|10.97 (CR)	|11.02	|11.06
200 m	|22.13	|22.19	|22.37
400 m	|47.99 (WR)	|48.59 (PB)	|49.19
800 m	|1:54.68	|1:56.11	|1:57.58
1,500 m	|4:00.90	|4:01.19	|4:02.25
3,000 m	|8:34.62	|8:35.11	|8:35.13
Marathon	|2:28:09	|2:31:09	|2:31:13
100 m hurdles	|12.35	|12.42	|12.62
400 m hurdles	|54.14	|54.15	|54.55
4x100 m relay	Silke Gladisch Marita Koch Marita Koch Marita Koch , is a former sprint track and field athlete... Ingrid Brestrich-Auerswald Ingrid Auerswald Ingrid Lange, née Brestrich, divorced Auerswald is a retired German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres.... Marlies Oelsner-Gohr Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr is a former East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years...  German Democratic Republic	41.76	Joan Baptiste Joan Baptiste Joan Jeanetta Baptiste is a retired British sprinter who competed mainly in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. Her best result was a silver medal in the very first World Championship sprint relay final, she ran the first leg on a team that included Kathy Cook, Beverley Callendar and Shirley Thomas... Kathy Smallwood-Cook Beverley Callender Beverley Goddard Beverley Lanita Callender is a British athlete who competed for Great Britain and Reading Athletic Club mainly in the 100 metres 200 metres and 4x100m Relay.... Shirley Thomas Shirley Thomas (athlete) Shirley Thomas is a retired British sprinter who competed mainly in the 100m and 4x100m relay. Her best result was a silver medal in the very first World Championship sprint relay final, anchoring the team that also included Joan Baptiste, Kathy Cook, and Beverley Callender...    United Kingdom	42.71	Leleith Hodges Jacqueline Pusey Juliet Cuthbert Juliet Cuthbert Juliet Cuthbert is a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the sprints .... Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey , is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides...    Jamaica	42.73
4x400 m relay	Gesine Walther Gesine Walther Gesine Walther is a retired East German sprinter who competed mainly in the 200 metres.-Biography:In 1982 she became the first European indoor champion in the 200 metres event... Sabine Busch Sabine Busch Sabine Busch is a retired East German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. She was born in Erfurt.At the 1982 European Championships she finished fourth in the 400 metres hurdles, but won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay together with teammates Kirsten... Marita Koch Marita Koch Marita Koch , is a former sprint track and field athlete... Dagmar Rübsam  German Democratic Republic	3:19.73	Taťána Kocembová Tatána Kocembová Taťána Kocembová is a retired 400 metres runner who represented Czechoslovakia. Her greatest achievement was the 1983 World Championship silver medal in a personal best time of 48.59s. That time still ranks as the number 10 time and number 5 individual ever... Milena Matejkovičová-Strnadová Zuzana Moravčíková Jarmila Kratochvílová Jarmila Kratochvílová Jarmila Kratochvílová is a Czech former sprinter and middle distance runner. In 1983, she set world record times for both the 400 metres and 800 metres, and won gold medals in both distances at the World Championships....  Czechoslovakia	3:20.32	Yelena Korban Yelena Korban Yelena Korban is a retired track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union, known for winning the bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 1982 European Championships... Marina Kharlamova Irina Baskakova Irina Baskakova Irina Baskakova is a retired track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union, known for winning the bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 1982 European Championships... Mariya Pingina  Soviet Union	3:21.16

Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Long jump	|7.27	|7.15	|7.04
High jump	|2.01	|1.99	|1.95
Shot put	|21.05	|20.70	|20.56
Discus throw	|68.94	|67.44	|66.44
Javelin throw	|70.82	|69.14	|65.72
Heptathlon	|6714	|6662	|6532

Medal table by country

1	German Democratic Republic	10	7	5	22
2	United States	8	9	7	24
3	Soviet Union	6	6	11	23
4	Czechoslovakia	4	3	2	9
5	West Germany	2	5	1	8
6	United Kingdom	2	2	3	7
7	Poland	2	1	1	4
8=	Finland	1	1	1	3
8=	Italy	1	1	1	3
8=	Jamaica	1	1	1	3
11=	Australia	1	0	0	1
11=	Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	1
11=	Mexico	1	0	0	1
11=	Norway	1	0	0	1
15=	Cuba	0	1	0	1
15=	Ethiopia	0	1	0	1
15=	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
15=	Romania	0	1	0	1
15=	Spain	0	1	0	1
20	Bulgaria	0	0	3	3
21=	Brazil	0	0	1	1
21=	Mainland China	0	0	1	1
21=	Greece	0	0	1	1
21=	Morocco	0	0	1	1
21=	Nigeria	0	0	1	1

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