These are the official results of the men's 800 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships

1983 World Championships in Athletics

The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....

 in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 60 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on 9 August 1983.

Medalists

Gold	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 West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....  (FRG)
Silver	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 Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...  (NED)
Bronze	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 Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...  (BRA)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record		1:41.73	Florence Florence Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area.... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	June 10, 1981
Championship Record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		1:43.65
		1:44.20
		1:44.27
4.		1:44.87
5.		1:45.12
6.		1:45.46
7.		1:45.74
8.		1:46.56

Semi-Finals

• Held on Monday 1983-08-08

  RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
  1.		1:45.62
  2.		1:46.16
  3.		1:46.36
  4.		1:46.83
  5.		1:47.10
  6.		1:48.73
  7.		1:49.64
  —		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		1:46.21
2.		1:46.37
3.		1:46.39
4.		1:46.39
5.		1:46.85
6.		1:47.48
7.		1:48.92
8.		1:50.23

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		1:45.24
2.		1:45.30
3.		1:45.38
4.		1:45.55
5.		1:45.70
6.		1:47.82
7.		1:48.05
8.		1:49.39

Qualifying heats

• Held on Sunday 1983-08-07

  RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
  1.		1:46.32
  2.		1:46.44
  3.		1:46.57
  4.		1:47.98
  5.		1:48.69
  6.		1:51.39
  7.		1:52.84
  8.		1:59.90

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		1:47.45
2.		1:47.47
3.		1:47.49
4.		1:48.15
5.		1:48.33
6.		1:49.53
7.		1:50.68

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		1:46.55
2.		1:46.62
3.		1:46.76
4.		1:47.54
5.		1:47.62
6.		1:48.23
7.		1:55.04
8.		1:55.12

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		1:49.20
2.		1:49.35
3.		1:49.67
4.		1:49.72
5.		1:49.92
—		DNS
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		1:48.30
2.		1:48.40
3.		1:48.40
4.		1:49.43
5.		1:50.92
6.		1:52.49
7.		1:55.67

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		1:45.84
2.		1:46.39
3.		1:46.53
4.		1:46.78
5.		1:47.10
6.		1:48.40
7.		1:50.70
8.		1:58.47

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		1:46.12
2.		1:46.12
3.		1:47.22
4.		1:47.30
5.		1:47.76
6.		1:49.19
7.		1:52.30

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.		1:48.34
2.		1:48.44
3.		1:48.69
4.		1:49.02
5.		1:49.09
6.		1:50.71
7.		1:55.77
8.		2:03.64

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