1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the
1983 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
 

These are the official results of the Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase event at the inaugural 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 35 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on 12 August 1983.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Patriz Ilg
West Germany (FRG)
Silver Bogusław Mamiński
Poland (POL)
Bronze Colin Reitz
Great Britain (GBR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Henry Rono (KEN) 8:05.4 Seattle, USA May 13, 1978
Championship Record New event

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Patriz Ilg (FRG) 8:15.06
 Bogusław Mamiński (POL) 8:17.03
 Colin Reitz (GBR) 8:17.75
4.  Joseph Mahmoud (FRA) 8:18.32
5.  Roger Hackney (GBR) 8:19.38
6.  Graeme Fell (GBR) 8:20.01
7.  Julius Korir (KEN) 8:20.11
8.  Henry Marsh (USA) 8:20.45
9.  Mariano Scartezzini (ITA) 8:21.17
10.  Domingo Ramón (ESP) 8:21.32
11.  Hagen Melzer (GDR) 8:21.33
12.  Tommy Ekblom (FIN) 8:21.50

Semi finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Colin Reitz (GBR) 8:22.91
2.  Hagen Melzer (GDR) 8:23.10
3.  Henry Marsh (USA) 8:23.18
4.  Tommy Ekblom (FIN) 8:23.28
5.  Mariano Scartezzini (ITA) 8:23.30
6.  Francisco Sánchez (ESP) 8:23.92
7.  Panayot Kashanov (BUL) 8:31.95
8.  Richard Tuwei (KEN) 8:33.29
9.  Pascal Debacker (FRA) 8:36.16
10.  William Van Dijck (BEL) 8:39.01
11.  Rainer Schwarz (FRG) DNF
 Krzysztof Wesolowski (POL) DNS
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Bogusław Mamiński (POL) 8:20.81
2.  Patriz Ilg (FRG) 8:20.83
3.  Julius Korir (KEN) 8:21.07
4.  Joseph Mahmoud (FRA) 8:21.29
5.  Domingo Ramón (ESP) 8:21.61
6.  Roger Hackney (GBR) 8:22.44
7.  Graeme Fell (GBR) 8:23.22
8.  Brian Diemer (USA) 8:23.39
9.  Peter Renner (NZL) 8:25.72
10.  Gábor Markó (HUN) 8:32.42
11.  Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN) 8:33.29
12.  Kip Rono (KEN) 8:33.97

Qualifying heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Julius Korir (KEN) 8:26.63
2.  Domingo Ramón (ESP) 8:27.19
3.  Henry Marsh (USA) 8:27.46
4.  Rainer Schwarz (FRG) 8:27.71
4.  Graeme Fell (GBR) 8:27.71
6.  Gábor Markó (HUN) 8:27.72
7.  Mariano Scartezzini (ITA) 8:28.27
8.  Joseph Mahmoud (FRA) 8:29.34
9.  Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN) 8:31.27
10.  Peter Daenens (BEL) 8:39.66
11.  Ilkka Äyräväinen (FIN) 8:46.23
12.  Flemming Jensen (DEN) 8:56.57
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Krzysztof Wesolowski (POL) 8:27.08
2.  Panayot Kashanov (BUL) 8:29.15
3.  Kip Rono (KEN) 8:29.25
4.  Tommy Ekblom (FIN) 8:30.74
5.  Roger Hackney (GBR) 8:30.90
6.  William Van Dijck (BEL) 8:32.33
7.  Rickey Pittman (USA) 8:32.62
8.  Brendan Quinn (IRL) 8:34.02
9.  Hamid Homada (MAR) 8:34.59
10.  Juan Torres (ESP) 8:41.87
11.  Mark Adam (CAN) 9:15.18
12.  Hana Girma (ETH) 9:31.81
RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Colin Reitz (GBR) 8:22.78
2.  Bogusław Mamiński (POL) 8:22.79
3.  Patriz Ilg (FRG) 8:22.97
4.  Richard Tuwei (KEN) 8:23.88
5.  Hagen Melzer (GDR) 8:24.23
6.  Brian Diemer (USA) 8:24.92
7.  Peter Renner (NZL) 8:25.66
8.  Francisco Sánchez (ESP) 8:25.92
9.  Pascal Debacker (FRA) 8:30.79
10.  Carmelo Ríos (PUR) 8:47.19
11.  Eshetu Tura (ETH) 8:53.86

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