title: 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
text: # 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
  
  The men's 100 metres at the 1983 IAAF World Championships was held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland on 7 and 8 August 2022. 67 athletes from 49 nations entered to the competition
  
  ## Records
  
  Existing records at the start of the event.
  
  | World Record | Calvin Smith (USA) | 9.93 | Colorado Springs, USA | July 3, 1983 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualifying heats
  
  The qualifying heats took place on 7 August, with the 67 athletes involved being split into 9 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 5 fastest ( q ) qualified for the quarter-finals.
  
  Wind: Heat 1: –1.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.8 m/s, Heat 3: +1.2 m/s, Heat 4: –0.2 m/s, Heat 5: +0.7m/s, Heat 6: –0.5 m/s, Heat 7: +1.8 m/s, Heat 8: +2.3 m/s, Heat 9: +1.3 m/s
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 8 | Raymond Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.22w | Q |
  | 2 | 9 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba (CUB) | 10.24 | Q, CR |
  | 3 | 5 | Calvin Smith | United States (USA) | 10.30 | Q, CR |
  | 4 | 9 | Tony Sharpe | Canada (CAN) | 10.31 | Q |
  | 4 | 4 | Desai Williams | Canada (CAN) | 10.31 | Q, CR |
  | 6 | 8 | Christopher Brathwaite | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 10.33w | Q |
  | 6 | 9 | Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union (URS) | 10.33 | Q |
  | 6 | 6 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy (ITA) | 10.33 | Q |
  | 9 | 3 | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 10.34 | Q, CR |
  | 10 | 9 | Antoine Richard | France (FRA) | 10.34 | q |
  | 11 | 8 | Ernest Obeng | Ghana (GHA) | 10.35w | Q |
  | 12 | 7 | Allan Wells | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.37 | Q |
  | 13 | 4 | Paul Narracott | Australia (AUS) | 10.38 | Q |
  | 13 | 2 | Juan Núñez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 10.38 | Q, CR |
  | 15 | 7 | Christian Haas | West Germany (FRG) | 10.39 | Q |
  | 16 | 4 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany (GDR) | 10.40 | Q |
  | 17 | 6 | Emmit King | United States (USA) | 10.41 | Q |
  | 17 | 6 | Thomas Schröder | East Germany (GDR) | 10.41 | Q |
  | 19 | 2 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.44 | Q |
  | 19 | 3 | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.44 | Q |
  | 21 | 2 | Ben Johnson | Canada (CAN) | 10.45 | Q |
  | 21 | 5 | Ferenc Kiss | Hungary (HUN) | 10.45 | Q |
  | 21 | 8 | István Tatár | Hungary (HUN) | 10.45w | q |
  | 24 | 3 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba (CUB) | 10.47 | Q |
  | 25 | 5 | Marian Woronin | Poland (POL) | 10.50 | Q |
  | 26 | 5 | Robson da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | 10.51 | q |
  | 27 | 7 | Chidi Imoh | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.55 | Q |
  | 28 | 6 | Gerrard Keating | Australia (AUS) | 10.57 | q |
  | 28 | 2 | Everard Samuels | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.57 | q |
  | 30 | 4 | Jouko Hassi | Finland (FIN) | 10.58 | |
  | 30 | 8 | Harouna Pale | Upper Volta (UPV) | 10.58w | |
  | 32 | 8 | Neville Hodge | U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) | 10.59w | |
  | 32 | 7 | Nikolay Sidorov | Soviet Union (URS) | 10.59 | |
  | 34 | 9 | Suchart Chairsuvaparb | Thailand (THA) | 10.63 | |
  | 35 | 1 | Luke Watson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.64 | Q, CR |
  | 36 | 6 | Kosmas Stratos | Greece (GRE) | 10.65 | |
  | 37 | 1 | Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 10.66 | Q |
  | 38 | 7 | Wilfredo Almonte | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 10.72 | |
  | 39 | 1 | Lester Benjamin | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 10.76 | Q |
  | 39 | 2 | Sheikh Omar Faye | Gambia (GAM) | 10.76 | |
  | 39 | 1 | Mohamed Purnomo | Indonesia (INA) | 10.76 | |
  | 42 | 3 | Earl Haley | Guyana (GUY) | 10.77 | |
  | 43 | 4 | Gregory Simons | Bermuda (BER) | 10.78 | |
  | 44 | 2 | Hwang Chian-Shin | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 10.82 | |
  | 45 | 6 | Christopher Madzokere | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 10.84 | |
  | 46 | 7 | Giorgio Mautiño Batuello | Peru (PER) | 10.85 | |
  | 47 | 4 | Moussa Savadogo | Mali (MLI) | 10.88 | |
  | 48 | 2 | John Albertie | Saint Lucia (LCA) | 10.90 | |
  | 49 | 3 | Earle Laing | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.91 | |
  | 50 | 6 | Rubén Inácio | Angola (ANG) | 10.92 | |
  | 50 | 5 | Joseph Leota | Samoa (SAM) | 10.92 | |
  | 52 | 5 | Georges Taniel | Vanuatu (VAN) | 11.02 | |
  | 53 | 3 | Pit Rapuan | Malaysia (MAS) | 11.03 | |
  | 54 | 7 | Banana Jarjue | Gambia (GAM) | 11.04 | |
  | 54 | 9 | Jean-Yves Mallat | Lebanon (LIB) | 11.04 | |
  | 56 | 1 | Thurston Ross | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 11.08 | |
  | 57 | 1 | Peni Bati | Fiji (FIJ) | 11.11 | |
  | 58 | 5 | Nguyễn Trương Hòa | Vietnam (VIE) | 11.16 | |
  | 59 | 8 | Laoui Adnan Abou | Jordan (JOR) | 11.17w | |
  | 60 | 3 | Vicente Daniel Ibrahim | Mozambique (MOZ) | 11.20 | |
  | 61 | 4 | Alan Zammit | Malta (MLT) | 11.25 | |
  | 62 | 4 | José Flores | Honduras (HON) | 11.31 | |
  | 63 | 7 | Trevor Davis | Anguilla (AIA) | 11.53 | |
  | 64 | 2 | Joske Teabuge | Nauru (NRU) | 12.20 | |
  | 65 | 9 | Mohamad Ismail Bakaki | Afghanistan (AFG) | 12.33 | |
  | | 9 | Lee Kuo-Sheng | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | | DNS |
  | | 1 | Şükrü Çaprazlı | Turkey (TUR) | | DNS |
  
  ### Quarter-finals
  
  The quarter-finals took place on 7 August, with the 32 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the semifinals.
  
  Wind: Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: –1.1 m/s, Heat 4: –1.2 m/s
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 10.20 | Q, CR |
  | 2 | 1 | Calvin Smith | United States (USA) | 10.27 | Q |
  | 3 | 4 | Emmit King | United States (USA) | 10.30 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | Desai Williams | Canada (CAN) | 10.31 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | Tony Sharpe | Canada (CAN) | 10.36 | Q |
  | 5 | 4 | Christian Haas | West Germany (FRG) | 10.36 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Paul Narracott | Australia (AUS) | 10.37 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Raymond Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.37 | Q |
  | 7 | 3 | Allan Wells | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.37 | Q |
  | 10 | 4 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba (CUB) | 10.38 | Q |
  | 11 | 3 | Juan Núñez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 10.39 | Q |
  | 12 | 4 | Ben Johnson | Canada (CAN) | 10.40 | Q |
  | 13 | 2 | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.41 | Q |
  | 14 | 3 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba (CUB) | 10.44 | Q |
  | 14 | 4 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy (ITA) | 10.44 | |
  | 14 | 4 | Antoine Richard | France (FRA) | 10.44 | |
  | 17 | 1 | Thomas Schröder | East Germany (GDR) | 10.45 | Q |
  | 17 | 3 | Chidi Imoh | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.45 | |
  | 19 | 2 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany (GDR) | 10.46 | Q |
  | 20 | 1 | Ernest Obeng | Ghana (GHA) | 10.51 | |
  | 21 | 1 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.52 | |
  | 22 | 4 | Ferenc Kiss | Hungary (HUN) | 10.53 | |
  | 23 | 3 | Viktor Bryzhin | Soviet Union (URS) | 10.55 | |
  | 24 | 1 | Luke Watson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.57 | |
  | 24 | 2 | Christopher Brathwaite | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 10.57 | |
  | 26 | 3 | Gerrard Keating | Australia (AUS) | 10.59 | |
  | 27 | 4 | Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 10.63 | |
  | 28 | 1 | Everard Samuels | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.65 | |
  | 28 | 3 | István Tatár | Hungary (HUN) | 10.65 | |
  | 30 | 2 | Robson da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | 10.66 | |
  | 31 | 2 | Marian Woronin | Poland (POL) | 10.72 | |
  | 32 | 2 | Lester Benjamin | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 10.86 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  The semifinals took place on 8 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: –0.8 m/s, Heat 2: –1.0 m/s
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Calvin Smith | United States (USA) | 10.22 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 10.28 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Allan Wells | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.35 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Juan Núñez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 10.36 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | Emmit King | United States (USA) | 10.36 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Paul Narracott | Australia (AUS) | 10.38 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Desai Williams | Canada (CAN) | 10.39 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | Christian Haas | West Germany (FRG) | 10.39 | Q |
  | 9 | 1 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany (GDR) | 10.40 | |
  | 9 | 2 | Raymond Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.40 | |
  | 11 | 2 | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.43 | |
  | 12 | 1 | Ben Johnson | Canada (CAN) | 10.44 | |
  | 12 | 1 | Tony Sharpe | Canada (CAN) | 10.44 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba (CUB) | 10.46 | |
  | 15 | 1 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba (CUB) | 10.47 | |
  | 16 | 2 | Thomas Schröder | East Germany (GDR) | 10.52 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final took place on August 8.
  
  Wind: -0.3 m/s
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 10.07 | CR |
  | | Calvin Smith | United States (USA) | 10.21 | |
  | | Emmit King | United States (USA) | 10.24 | |
  | 4 | Allan Wells | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.27 | |
  | 5 | Juan Núñez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 10.29 | |
  | 6 | Christian Haas | West Germany (FRG) | 10.32 | |
  | 7 | Paul Narracott | Australia (AUS) | 10.33 | |
  | 8 | Desai Williams | Canada (CAN) | 10.36 | |
  