These are the official results of the men's 200 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 57 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats and the final held on 14 August 1983.
At 22 years, 218 days old, gold medallist Smith was the youngest ever world champion for the men's 200 metres until 2019, when Noah Lyles, aged 22 years and 75 days, won the 2019 title.
Records Existing records at the start of the event. World Record19.72Mexico City, MexicoSeptember 12, 1979Championship RecordNew event
Results Qualifying heats The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 57 athletes involved being split into 8 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the quarter-finals.
Heat 1 (wind +1.8 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Frank Emmelmann20.95Q, 2Cameron Sharp21.07Q3Bruce Frayne21.15Q4Christopher Brathwaite21.24q5Hector Daley21.49q6Earl Haley21.55q7Moussa Savadogo22.338Awudu Nuhu22.93
Heat 2 (wind +1.8 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Pietro Mennea20.80Q, 2Sergey Sokolov20.94Q3Paul Narracott21.08Q4Luis Schneider21.23q5Giorgio Mautino21.786Hoa Nguyen Truong22.687Gervais Kirolo23.10
Heat 3 (wind +0.7 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1João Batista da Silva20.93Q2Vladimir Muravyov21.12Q3Desai Williams21.36Q4Mohamed Purnomo21.885Joseph Leota22.336Nagib Salem Ahmed23.227Colin Bradford24.15
Heat 4 (wind +1.1 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Carlo Simionato20.76Q, 2Elliott Quow21.01Q3Atlee Mahorn21.14Q4Angel Heras21.29q5Roland Jokl21.30q6David Sawyerr22.237John Albertie22.53
Heat 5 (wind –2.1 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Allan Wells21.14Q2Boubacar Diallo21.17Q3Christopher Madzokere21.68Q4Dean Greenaway22.24Juan NúñezPierfrancesco PavoniTony Sharpe
Heat 6 (wind +0.4 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Calvin Smith21.10Q2Leroy Reid21.13Q3Patrick Barré21.34Q4Jae-Keun Chang21.39q5Gustavo Capart21.666Rubén Inácio22.337Trevor Davis22.80
Heat 7 (wind –1.1 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Innocent Egbunike21.282István Nagy21.503Andreas Rizzi21.514Oumar Fye22.305Sikendar Iqbal22.91Peni BatiDon Quarrie
Heat 8 (wind +1.3 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Jean-Jacques Boussemart20.99Q2Luke Watson21.20Q3Alfred Nyambane21.21Q4Neville Hodge21.38q5Larry Myricks21.746Georges Taniel22.287José Flores22.94
Quarterfinals The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 32 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the semifinals.
Heat 1 (wind +2.1 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Calvin Smith20.60Q2João Batista da Silva20.65Q3Allan Wells20.81Q4Jean-Jacques Boussemart20.86Q5Ángel Heras21.256Earl Haley21.397Luis Schneider21.39Jae-Keun Chang
Heat 2 (wind –1.6 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Carlo Simionato20.75Q, 2.Desai Williams20.87Q3.Boubacar Diallo20.97Q4.Cameron Sharp20.99Q5.Patrick Barré21.126.Paul Narracott21.347.Alfred Nyambane21.558.Christopher Madzokere21.55
Heat 3 (wind –0.4 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Frank Emmelmann20.78Q2Leroy Reid20.88Q3Innocent Egbunike20.91Q4Sergey Sokolov20.93Q5Atlee Mahorn21.136Christopher Brathwaite21.147Andreas Rizzi21.378István Nagy21.52
Heat 4 (wind +1.6 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Pietro Mennea20.68Q, 2Vladimir Muravyov20.70Q3Elliott Quow20.80Q4Bruce Frayne20.97Q5Luke Watson20.996Roland Jokl21.247Neville Hodge21.38Hector Daley
Semifinals The semifinals took place on 13 August, with the 16 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.
Heat 1 (wind +3.4 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1João Batista da Silva20.56Q2Frank Emmelmann20.63Q3Pietro Mennea20.68Q4Elliott Quow20.69Q5Cameron Sharp20.696Desai Williams20.717Leroy Reid20.898Sergey Sokolov20.89
Heat 2 (wind +1.4 m/s) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Calvin Smith20.29Q, 2Carlo Simionato20.60Q3Innocent Egbunike20.63Q4Allan Wells20.63Q5Vladimir Muravyov20.716Jean-Jacques Boussemart20.767Bruce Frayne20.948Boubacar Diallo20.96
Final The final took place on August 14. Wind: +1.2 m/s
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3Calvin Smith20.146Elliott Quow 20.415Pietro Mennea 20.51 4 4Allan Wells 20.52 57Frank Emmelmann 20.55 62Innocent Egbunike 20.63 71Carlo Simionato 20.69 88João Batista da Silva 20.80
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