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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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These are the official results of the men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1983 World Championships held on 12 August 1983 in Helsinki, Finland.

Medalists

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Gold East Germany Ronald Weigel
East Germany (GDR)
Silver Spain Josep Marín
Spain (ESP)
Bronze Soviet Union Sergey Yung
Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

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  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
WL world leading
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Josep Marín (ESP) 3:40:46 March 13, 1983 Spain Valencia, Spain
Event Record New event

Intermediates

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Final ranking

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Rank Athlete Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ronald Weigel (GDR) 3:43:08
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Josep Marín (ESP) 3:46:32 [1][2][note 1]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sergey Yung (URS) 3:49:03
4  Reima Salonen (FIN) 3:52:53
5  Raúl González (MEX) 3:53:51
6  François Lapointe (CAN) 3:53:57
7  Sandro Bellucci (ITA) 3:55:38
8  Viktor Dorovskikh (URS) 3:56:02
9  Marco Evoniuk (USA) 3:56:57
10  Bengt Simonsen (SWE) 3:57:25
11  Pavol Szikora (TCH) 3:59:03
12  László Sator (HUN) 3:59:27
13  Lars Ove Moen (NOR) 4:00:50
14  Seppo Immonen (FIN) 4:02:00
15  Manuel Alcalde (ESP) 4:03:10
16  José Pinto (POR) 4:03:47
17  Pavol Blažek (TCH) 4:06:49
18  Karl Degener (FRG) 4:06:51
19  Lennart Mether (SWE) 4:07:46
20  Miklós Domján (HUN) 4:08:11
21  Felix Goméz (MEX) 4:09:22
22  Dominique Guebey (FRA) 4:09:40
23  Dan O'Connor (USA) 4:18:41
24  Dai Mingxi (CHN) 4:30:28
25  Zhang Fuxin (CHN) 4:35:46
26  Osvaldo Morejón (BOL) 4:35:58
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
 Bohdan Bułakowski (POL) DNF
 Bo Gustafsson (SWE) DNF
 Jim Heiring (USA) DNF
 Gérard Lelièvre (FRA) DNF
 Jordi Llopart (ESP) DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
 Nikolay Udovenko (URS) DSQ
 Bogusław Duda (POL) DSQ
 Dietmar Meisch (GDR) DSQ
 Erling Andersen (NOR) DSQ
 Martín Bermúdez (MEX) DSQ

See also

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References

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  1. ^ José Marín at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. ^ Pekola, Tapio; et al. (1983). Yleisurheilun MM-kisakirja Helsinki '83 (in Finnish). Juoksija. ISBN 951-9465-05-7.

Notes

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  1. ^ Erroneously given by several sources as 3:43:42.
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