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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

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These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on 10 August 1983.

Medalists

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Gold United States Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
Silver United States Jason Grimes
United States (USA)
Bronze United States Mike Conley
United States (USA)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
09.08.1983 – ??:??h 09.08.1983 – ??:??h
Final Round
10.08.1983 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

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  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
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  Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 m October 18, 1968 Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
Event Record New event

Qualification

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Group A

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 2  Jason Grimes (USA) 8.29 8.29 m
2 3  Gary Honey (AUS) X 8.12 8.12 m
3 5  Antonio Corgos (ESP) 7.32 X 8.05 8.05 m
4 6  Oganes Stepanyan (URS) 7.82 7.88 8.01 8.01 m
5 8  Atanas Atanasov (BUL) 7.96 7.96 m
6 11  Mike Conley (USA) 7.88 7.89 7.90 7.90 m
7 12  Nenad Stekić (YUG) 7.88 7.88 7.64 7.88 m
8 13  Lee Mu-tsai (TPE) 7.44 7.51 7.88 7.88 m
9 15  Lester Benjamin (ATG) 7.81 7.78 7.41 7.81 m
10 17  Stephen Walsh (NZL) X X 7.75 7.75 m
11 18  Gyula Pálóczi (HUN) 7.42 7.70 7.40 7.70 m
12 19  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) X 7.70 X 7.70 m
13 26  Chan Ka-chiu (HKG) X X 7.31 7.31 m
14 27  Bilanday Bodjona (TOG) 7.15 6.91 6.82 7.15 m
 Steve Hanna (BAH) DNS
 Ian James (CAN) DNS
 Vlastimil Mařinec (TCH) DNS

Group B

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.37 8.37 m
2 4  Yusuf Alli (NGR) 8.11 8.11 m
3 7  László Szalma (HUN) 7.97 7.97 m
4 9  Gheorghe Cojocaru (ROU) 7.92 7.92 m
5 10  Jan Leitner (TCH) 7.90 7.90 m
6 14  Sergey Rodin (URS) 6.95 X 7.87 7.87 m
7 16  Liu Yuhuang (CHN) X X 7.77 7.77 m
8 20  Joey Wells (BAH) 6.44 7.69 X 7.69 m
9 21  René Gloor (SUI) X 7.68 X 7.68 m
10 22  Jarmo Karna (FIN) 7.56 7.54 X 7.56 m
11 23  Marco Piochi (ITA) 7.29 7.42 7.52 7.52 m
12 24  Björn Johansson (SWE) 5.78 7.51 6.96 7.51 m
13 25  Wilfredo Almonte (DOM) 7.38 X 7.21 7.38 m
14 28  Laoui Adnan Abou (JOR) X 7.06 7.12 7.12 m
15 29  Mohamed Abdulla Abdelaslam (LBA) X 6.76 6.54 6.76 m
16 30  Said Al-Marhubi (OMA) X 6.20 5.80 6.20 m
 Atanas Chochev (BUL) X X X NM

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.55 8.42 8.55 m CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jason Grimes (USA) 8.29 X 8.23 8.29 X 8.17 8.29 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mike Conley (USA) X 8.06 X 8.12 8.12 X 8.12 m
4  László Szalma (HUN) X 7.93 X 8.09 8.08 8.12 8.12 m
5  Nenad Stekić (YUG) 7.80 5.54 7.94 5.99 7.76 8.09 8.09 m
6  Gary Honey (AUS) 7.86 7.93 8.06 X 7.94 7.96 8.06 m
7  Antonio Corgos (ESP) 7.94 7.79 7.92 7.91 8.06 X 8.06 m
8  Yusuf Alli (NGR) 7.89 X 7.89 7.85 7.89 7.74 7.89 m
9  Gheorghe Cojocaru (ROU) 7.81 7.88 7.70 7.88 m
10  Jan Leitner (TCH) 7.64 7.84 7.80 7.84 m
11  Oganes Stepanyan (URS) 7.74 X 7.59 7.74 m
12  Atanas Atanasov (BUL) 7.52 7.69 7.54 7.69 m
13  Lee Mu-Tsai (TPE) 7.57 6.89 7.09 7.57 m

See also

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References

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