1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on 12 August 1983.World Athletics Statistics HandBook Oregon 2022. World Athletics (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2022-07-09.

Records Existing records at the start of the event. World Record12.93Zürich, SwitzerlandAugust 19, 1981Championship RecordNew event

Results Qualifying heats The qualifying heats took place on 11 August, with the 28 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind: Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.9 m/s, Heat 3: +1.9 m/s, Heat 4: +2.1 m/s

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Mark McKoy13.53Q, 2Thomas Munkelt13.61 Q3Ventsislav Radev13.78Q4Mark Holtom13.85q5Béla Bodó13.91q6Modesto Castillo13.93q7Tim Soper14.28

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Arto Bryggare13.44Q, 2Willie Gault13.66Q3Alejandro Casañas13.70Q4Liviu Giurgian13.985Stéphane Caristan14.106Julius Ivan14.287Gary Bullard14.31

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Greg Foster13.41Q, 2György Bakos13.61Q3Javier Moracho13.62Q4Andreas Oschkenat13.80q5Ion Oltean13.976Yu Zhicheng14.437San Chai Kim16.26

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Sam Turner13.62Q2Don Wright13.70Q3Andrey Prokofyev13.90Q4Daniele Fontecchio14.055Wu Chin-jing14.246Axel Schaumann14.407Daniel Ololo14.93

Semifinals The semifinals took place on 12 August, with the 16 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.

Wind: Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: –0.7 m/s

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Greg Foster13.22Q, 2Willie Gault13.48Q3Thomas Munkelt13.62Q4György Bakos13.66Q5Andrey Prokofyev13.766Mark Holtom13.797Modesto Castillo14.23Alejandro Casañas

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Arto Bryggare13.50Q2Sam Turner13.65Q3Mark McKoy13.73Q4Ventsislav Radev13.82Q5Javier Moracho13.926Andreas Oschkenat13.937Don Wright14.28Béla Bodó

Final The final took place on August 12.

Wind: +1.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Greg Foster13.42Arto Bryggare13.46Willie Gault13.484Mark McKoy13.565Thomas Munkelt13.666György Bakos13.687Ventsislav Radev13.738Sam Turner13.82

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