These are the official results of the men's 1500 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 14 August 1983. The winning margin was 0.28 seconds.
Records Existing records at the start of the event. World Record3:31.36Koblenz, West GermanyAugust 27, 1980Championship RecordNew event
Results
Qualifying heats The qualifying heats took place on 12 August, with the 52 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals.
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Pierre Délèze3:42.28Q, 2Sydney Maree3:43.13 Q3Uwe Becker3:43.18 Q4Ray Flynn3:43.27 Q5João Campos3:43.44 6Kipkoech Cheruiyot3:43.58 7Nikolay Kirov3:43.77 8Jan Persson3:43.83 9Dave Reid3:45.08 10Mohamed Neji Henkiri3:45.90 11Jama Aden3:46.87 12Tisbite Rakotoarisoa3:52.91 13Luis Munguía4:02.06
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Steve Cram3:40.17 Q, 2Saïd Aouita3:40.39 Q3Frank O'Mara3:40.53 Q4John Walker3:40.67 Q5Piotr Kurek3:40.96 q6Niels Kim Hjorth3:41.29 q7Peter Wirz3:41.69 8Philippe Dien3:43.15 9Spyros Spyrou3:43.94 10Paul Rugut3:46.00 11Jimmy Igohe3:48.58 12Charlie Oliver4:18.24 Mehdi Aidet
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Andreas Busse3:38.65 Q, 2Steve Ovett3:39.00 Q3Dragan Zdravković3:39.18 Q4Jan Kubista3:39.20 Q5Tom Byers3:39.41 q6Eddy Stevens3:39.77 q7Stefano Mei3:39.93 q8José Luis González3:41.29 q9Pascal Thiebaut3:41.51 10Amar Brahmia3:42.75 11Omer Khalifa3:48.23 12John Chappory3:56.92 13Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa3:57.49
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Steve Scott3:37.87 Q, 2José Manuel Abascal3:38.06 Q3Claudio Patrignani3:38.35 Q4Graham Williamson3:38.99 Q5Abderrahmane Morceli3:39.77 q6Robert Nemeth3:39.93 q7Mike Boit3:40.06 q8Antti Loikkanen3:44.47 9Sermet Timurlenk3:46.74 10Mohammed Darwish3:50.04 11Ibrahim Malallah3:52.05 12Masini Situ-Kubanza Zaire (ZAI)4:06.44 13Sekou Camara4:08.46
Semi-finals The semifinals took place on 13 August, with the 25 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Steve Scott3:36.43Q, 2Saïd Aouita3:36.43Q3Jan Kubista3:37.12Q4Uwe Becker3:37.27Q5Andreas Busse3:37.54q6José Luis González3:38.777Niels Kim Hjorth3:39.758Abderrahmane Morceli3:39.889Stefano Mei3:41.7810Graham Williamson3:45.8411Frank O'Mara3:47.10Robert Nemeth
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Steve Cram3:35.77Q, 2Steve Ovett3:36.26Q3José Manuel Abascal3:36.35Q4Pierre Délèze3:36.37Q5John Walker3:36.52q6Dragan Zdravković3:37.31q7Mike Boit3:37.75q8Claudio Patrignani3:38.369Sydney Maree3:38.6510Piotr Kurek3:39.5411Ray Flynn3:40.2612Eddy Stevens3:42.6313Tom Byers3:43.97
Final The final took place on August 14. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Steve Cram3:41.59Steve Scott3:41.87Saïd Aouita3:42.024Steve Ovett3:42.345José Manuel Abascal3:42.476Pierre Délèze3:43.697Andreas Busse3:43.728Dragan Zdravković3:43.759John Walker3:44.2410Jan Kubista3:44.3011Uwe Becker3:45.0912Mike Boit3:46.46
References Results Results - World Athletics