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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bgcolor="gold"|Gold{{flagicon|USA}} Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
bgcolor="silver"|Silver{{flagicon|USA}} Jason Grimes
United States (USA)
bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Conley
United States (USA)

Schedule

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colspan="2"|Qualification Round
Group A

!Group B

09.08.1983 – ??:??h

|09.08.1983 – ??:??h

colspan="2"|Final Round
colspan="2"|10.08.1983 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres

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bgcolor="ccffcc"| Qautomatic qualification
bgcolor="ddffdd"| qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

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colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record{{flagathlete|Bob Beamon|USA}}8.90 m October 18, 1968{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico City, Mexico
Event Recordcolspan="4"|New event

Qualification

=Group A=

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rowspan="2"|Rank

!rowspan="2"|Overall

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!colspan="3"|Attempts

!rowspan="2"|Distance

!rowspan="2"|Note

1

!2

!3

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| 1

2align=left| {{flagathlete|Jason Grimes|USA}}8.298.29 m
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| 2

3align=left| {{flagathlete|Gary Honey|AUS}}X8.128.12 m
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| 3

5align=left| {{flagathlete|Antonio Corgos|ESP}}7.32X8.058.05 m
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| 4

6align=left| {{flagathlete|Oganes Stepanyan|URS}}7.827.888.018.01 m
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| 5

8align=left| {{flagathlete|Atanas Atanasov|BUL|1971}}7.967.96 m
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| 6

11align=left| {{flagathlete|Mike Conley|USA}}7.887.897.907.90 m
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| 7

12align=left| {{flagathlete|Nenad Stekić|YUG}}7.887.887.647.88 m
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| 8

13align=left| {{flagathlete|Lee Mu-tsai|TPE}}7.447.517.887.88 m
915align=left| {{flagathlete|Lester Benjamin|ATG}}7.817.787.417.81 m
1017align=left| {{flagathlete|Stephen Walsh|NZL}}XX7.757.75 m
1118align=left| {{flagathlete|Gyula Pálóczi|HUN}}7.427.707.407.70 m
1219align=left| {{flagathlete|Giovanni Evangelisti|ITA}}X7.70X7.70 m
1326align=left| {{flagathlete|Chan Ka-chiu|HKG|1959}}XX7.317.31 m
1427align=left| {{flagathlete|Bilanday Bodjona|TOG}}7.156.916.827.15 m
align=left| {{flagathlete|Steve Hanna|BAH}}DNS
align=left| {{flagathlete|Ian James|CAN}}DNS
align=left| {{flagathlete|Vlastimil Mařinec|TCH}}DNS

=Group B=

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rowspan="2"|Rank

!rowspan="2"|Overall

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!colspan="3"|Attempts

!rowspan="2"|Distance

!rowspan="2"|Note

1

!2

!3

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| 1

1align=left| {{flagathlete|Carl Lewis|USA}}8.378.37 m
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| 2

4align=left| {{flagathlete|Yusuf Alli|NGR}}8.118.11 m
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| 3

7align=left| {{flagathlete|László Szalma|HUN}}7.977.97 m
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| 4

9align=left| {{flagathlete|Gheorghe Cojocaru|ROU|1965}}7.927.92 m
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| 5

10align=left| {{flagathlete|Jan Leitner|TCH}}7.907.90 m
614align=left| {{flagathlete|Sergey Rodin|URS}}6.95X7.877.87 m
716align=left| {{flagathlete|Liu Yuhuang|CHN}}XX7.777.77 m
820align=left| {{flagathlete|Joey Wells|BAH}}6.447.69X7.69 m
921align=left| {{flagathlete|René Gloor|SUI}}X7.68X7.68 m
1022align=left| {{flagathlete|Jarmo Karna|FIN}}7.567.54X7.56 m
1123align=left| {{flagathlete|Marco Piochi|ITA}}7.297.427.527.52 m
1224align=left| {{flagathlete|Björn Johansson|SWE}}5.787.516.967.51 m
1325align=left| {{flagathlete|Wilfredo Almonte|DOM}}7.38X7.217.38 m
1428align=left| {{flagathlete|Laoui Adnan Abou|JOR}}X7.067.127.12 m
1529align=left| {{flagathlete|Mohamed Abdulla Abdelaslam|LBA|1977}}X6.766.546.76 m
1630align=left| {{flagathlete|Said Al-Marhubi|OMA|1970}}X6.205.806.20 m
align=left| {{flagathlete|Atanas Chochev|BUL|1971}}XXXNM

Final

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rowspan="2"|Rank

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!colspan="6"|Attempts

!rowspan="2"|Distance

!rowspan="2"|Note

1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

{{gold1}}align=left| {{flagathlete|Carl Lewis|USA}}8.558.428.55 mCR
{{silver2}}align=left| {{flagathlete|Jason Grimes|USA}}8.29X8.238.29X8.178.29 m
{{bronze3}}align=left| {{flagathlete|Mike Conley|USA}}X8.06X8.128.12X8.12 m
4align=left| {{flagathlete|László Szalma|HUN}}X7.93X8.098.088.128.12 m
5align=left| {{flagathlete|Nenad Stekić|YUG}}7.805.547.945.997.768.098.09 m
6align=left| {{flagathlete|Gary Honey|AUS}}7.867.938.06X7.947.968.06 m
7align=left| {{flagathlete|Antonio Corgos|ESP}}7.947.797.927.918.06X8.06 m
8align=left| {{flagathlete|Yusuf Alli|NGR}}7.89X7.897.857.897.747.89 m
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9align=left| {{flagathlete|Gheorghe Cojocaru|ROU|1965}}7.817.887.70colspan=3|7.88 m
10align=left| {{flagathlete|Jan Leitner|TCH}}7.647.847.80colspan=3|7.84 m
11align=left| {{flagathlete|Oganes Stepanyan|URS}}7.74X7.59colspan=3|7.74 m
12align=left| {{flagathlete|Atanas Atanasov|BUL|1971}}7.527.697.54colspan=3|7.69 m
13align=left| {{flagathlete|Lee Mu-Tsai|TPE}}7.576.897.09colspan=3|7.57 m

See also

References

  • [http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1983/Men_Long_Jump.html Results]
  • [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64595855/f52.item.zoom L'Athletisme] (September 1983, p52)

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