title: 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
text: # 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
  
  These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres Hurdles event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Saturday 1983-08-13.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Bettine Jahn East Germany (GDR) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Kerstin Knabe East Germany (GDR) |
  | Bronze | Ginka Zagorcheva Bulgaria (BUL) |
  
  ## Records
  
  Existing records at the start of the event.
  
  | World Record | Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) | 12.36 | Warsaw, Poland | June 12, 1980 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |
  
  ## Final
  
  | RANK | FINAL wind +2.4 m/s | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Bettine Jahn (GDR) | 12.35w |
  | | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | 12.42w |
  | | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.62w |
  | 4. | Natalya Petrova (URS) | 12.67w |
  | 5. | Shirley Strong (GBR) | 12.78w |
  | 6. | Yelena Biserova (URS) | 12.80w |
  | 7. | Cornelia Riefstahl (GDR) | 12.94w |
  | 8. | Benita Fitzgerald (USA) | 12.99w |
  
  ## Semi-finals
  
  * Held on Saturday 1983-08-13
  
  | RANK | HEAT 1 wind +0.7 | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.75 |
  | 2. | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | 12.83 |
  | 3. | Yelena Biserova (URS) | 12.92 |
  | 4. | Shirley Strong (GBR) | 12.99 |
  | 5. | Michèle Chardonnet (FRA) | 13.13 |
  | 6. | Pam Page (USA) | 13.24 |
  | 7. | Heike Filsinger (FRG) | 13.42 |
  | 8. | Xénia Siska (HUN) | 13.68 |
  | RANK | HEAT 2 wind +1.6 | TIME |
  | 1. | Bettine Jahn (GDR) | 12.76 |
  | 2. | Natalya Petrova (URS) | 12.83 |
  | 3. | Benita Fitzgerald (USA) | 12.96 |
  | 4. | Cornelia Riefstahl (GDR) | 13.00 |
  | 5. | Laurence Elloy (FRA) | 13.08 |
  | 6. | Ulrike Denk (FRG) | 13.16 |
  | 7. | Judy Livermore (GBR) | 13.30 |
  | 8. | Glynis Nunn (AUS) | 13.39 |
  
  ## Quarter-finals
  
  * Held on Friday 1983-08-12
  
  | RANK | HEAT 1 wind +1.4 | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | 12.83 |
  | 2. | Judy Livermore (GBR) | 13.22 |
  | 3. | Glynis Nunn (AUS) | 13.23 |
  | 4. | Heike Filsinger (FRG) | 13.31 |
  | 5. | Sue Kameli (CAN) | 13.33 |
  | 6. | Beatriz Capotosto (ARG) | 13.60 |
  | 7. | Elisavet Pantazi (GRE) | 13.95 |
  | 8. | Dai Jianhua (CHN) | 14.07 |
  | RANK | HEAT 2 wind +2.3 | TIME |
  | 1. | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.66w |
  | 2. | Natalya Petrova (URS) | 12.70w |
  | 3. | Pam Page (USA) | 13.12w |
  | 4. | Michèle Chardonnet (FRA) | 13.13w |
  | 5. | Lorna Boothe (GBR) | 13.29w |
  | 6. | Heidi Benserud (NOR) | 13.60w |
  | 7. | Helle Sichlau (DEN) | 13.73w |
  | | Lin Yueh-hsiang (TPE) | DNS |
  | RANK | HEAT 3 wind +1.9 | TIME |
  | 1. | Bettine Jahn (GDR) | 12.75 |
  | 2. | Laurence Elloy (FRA) | 12.95 |
  | 3. | Benita Fitzgerald (USA) | 13.15 |
  | 4. | Xénia Siska (HUN) | 13.16 |
  | 5. | Mihaela Stoica (ROU) | 13.21 |
  | 6. | Marjan Olyslager (NED) | 13.30 |
  | 7. | Sylvia Forgrave (CAN) | 13.38 |
  | 8. | Emi Sasaki (JPN) | 13.73 |
  | RANK | HEAT 4 wind +1.6 | TIME |
  | 1. | Shirley Strong (GBR) | 12.91 |
  | 2. | Yelena Biserova (URS) | 12.94 |
  | 3. | Cornelia Riefstahl (GDR) | 12.96 |
  | 4. | Ulrike Denk (FRG) | 13.14 |
  | 5. | Marie-Noëlle Savigny (FRA) | 13.21 |
  | 6. | Karen Nelson (CAN) | 13.61 |
  | 7. | María José Martínez Guerrero (ESP) | 13.80 |
  | 8. | Saila Purho (FIN) | 13.90 |
  
  ## Qualifying heats
  
  * Held on Friday 1983-08-12
  
  | RANK | HEAT 1 wind +0.8 | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | 13.03 |
  | 2. | Laurence Elloy (FRA) | 13.15 |
  | 3. | Ulrike Denk (FRG) | 13.26 |
  | 4. | Sue Kameli (CAN) | 13.61 |
  | 5. | Heidi Benserud (NOR) | 13.71 |
  | 6. | Elisavet Pantazi (GRE) | 13.90 |
  | 7. | Dai Jianhua (CHN) | 13.97 |
  | RANK | HEAT 2 wind +2.1 | TIME |
  | 1. | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.78w |
  | 2. | Yelena Biserova (URS) | 12.91w |
  | 3. | Marie-Noëlle Savigny (FRA) | 13.21w |
  | 4. | Mihaela Stoica (ROU) | 13.24w |
  | 5. | Lorna Boothe (GBR) | 13.46w |
  | 6. | Beatriz Capotosto (ARG) | 13.63w |
  | 7. | Lin Yueh-hsiang (TPE) | 14.25w |
  | RANK | HEAT 3 wind -3.1 | TIME |
  | 1. | Shirley Strong (GBR) | 13.26 |
  | 2. | Natalya Petrova (URS) | 13.43 |
  | 3. | Xénia Siska (HUN) | 13.60 |
  | 4. | Benita Fitzgerald (USA) | 13.67 |
  | 5. | Sylvia Forgrave (CAN) | 13.83 |
  | 6. | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 14.85 |
  | 7. | June Caddle (BAR) | 14.89 |
  | RANK | HEAT 4 wind +0.5 | TIME |
  | 1. | Heike Filsinger (FRG) | 13.04 |
  | 2. | Cornelia Riefstahl (GDR) | 13.07 |
  | 3. | Glynis Nunn (AUS) | 13.26 |
  | 4. | Karen Nelson (CAN) | 13.66 |
  | 5. | Helle Sichlau (DEN) | 13.76 |
  | 6. | Maria José Martínez-Patiño (ESP) | 13.78 |
  | | Candy Young (USA) | DNF |
  | RANK | HEAT 5 wind +0.6 | TIME |
  | 1. | Bettine Jahn (GDR) | 12.81 |
  | 2. | Michèle Chardonnet (FRA) | 13.17 |
  | 3. | Pam Page (USA) | 13.18 |
  | 4. | Judy Livermore (GBR) | 13.25 |
  | 5. | Marjan Olyslager (NED) | 13.26 |
  | 6. | Emi Sasaki (JPN) | 13.78 |
  | 7. | Saila Purho (FIN) | 13.90 |
  