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The United States competed at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland, from August 7 to 14, 1983. The championships were the first to feature both men and women's events and a full complement of events. The USA entered sixty-six men and thirty five women. The USA took home eight gold, nine silver and seven bronze medals. Ranking second in the medal table.

United States at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics
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WA code	USA
National federation	USA Track & Field
Website	usatf.org
in Helsinki, Finland August 7–14, 1983
Competitors	101 (66 men and 35 women) in 41 events
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 8 Silver 9 Bronze 7 Total 24
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Medalists

The following competitors from the United States won medals at the Championships

Medal	Athlete	Event
Gold	Carl Lewis	100 metres
Gold	Calvin Smith	400 metres
Gold	Greg Foster	110 metres hurdles
Gold	Edwin Moses	400 metres hurdles
Gold	Carl Lewis	Long jump
Gold	Mary Decker	1500 metres
Gold	Mary Decker	3000 metres
Gold	Willie Gault Emmit King Carl Lewis Calvin Smith	4 × 100 metres relay
Silver	Calvin Smith	100 metres
Silver	Elliott Quow	200 metres
Silver	Michael Franks	400 metres
Silver	Steve Scott	1500 metres
Silver	Tyke Peacock	High jump
Silver	Jason Grimes	Long jump
Silver	Willie Banks	Triple jump
Silver	Tom Petranoff	Javelin
Silver	Marianne Dickerson	Marathon
Bronze	Emmit King	100 metres
Bronze	Sunder Nix	400 metres
Bronze	Willie Gault	110 metres hurdles
Bronze	Mike Conley	Long jump
Bronze	Diane Williams	100 metres
Bronze	Louise Ritter	High jump
Bronze	Carol Lewis	Long jump

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Emmit King	100 metres	10.41	17 Q	10.30	3 Q	10.36	5Q	10.24
Carl Lewis		10.34	10= Q	10.20	2 Q	10.28	2 Q	10.07
Calvin Smith		10.30	3 Q	10.27	2 Q	10.22	1 Q	10.21
Larry Myricks	200 metres	21.74	33	Did not advance
Elliott Quow		21.01	5 Q	20.80	7 Q	20.69	8 Q	20.41
Calvin Smith		21.10	10 Q	20.60	1 Q	20.29	1 Q	20.14
Michael Franks	400 metres	46.16	2 Q	45.57	1 Q	45.44	1 Q	45.22
Sunder Nix		46.19	4 Q	46.19	11 Q	45.73	7 Q	45.24
Eliot Tabron		46.68	18 Q	46.54	20	Did not advance
David Mack	800 metres	1:45.84	1 Q	—		1:46.39	12	Did not advance
David Patrick		1:46.76	9 q			1:46.66	17	1:46.56	8
James Robinson		1:46.32	4 Q			1:46.16	7 Q	1:45.12	5
Tom Byers	1500 metres	3:39.41	9 q	—		3:43.97	22	Did not advance
Sydney Maree		3:43.13	25 Q			3:38.65	14	Did not advance
Steve Scott		3:37.87	1 Q			3:36.43	5 Q	3:41.87
Jim Hill	5000 metres	14:58.21	31 Q	—		13:38.56	16	Did not advance
Doug Padilla		13:44.71	24 Q			13:32.90	8 Q	13:32.08	5
Jim Spivey		14:15.70	8 Q			13:43.17	18	Did not advance
Bill McChesney	10,000 metres	28:08.13	16 q	—				28:34.46	15
Mark Nenow		28:17.28	8 q					28:17.28	13
Alberto Salazar		28:10.10	18 q					28:48.42	17
Benji Durden	Marathon	—						2:20:38	39
Ed Mendoza								DNF
Ron Tabb								2:13:38	18
Greg Foster	110 metres hurdles	13.41	1 Q	—		13.22	1 Q	13.42
Willie Gault		13.66	7 Q			13.48	2 Q	13.48
Sam Turner		13.62	6= Q			13.65	5 Q	13.82	8
David Lee	400 metres hurdles	50.15	5 Q	—		48.63	3 Q	49.32	6
Edwin Moses		49.54	9= Q			48.11	1 Q	47.50
Andre Phillips		50.44	4 Q			48.99	4 Q	49.24	5
Brian Diemer	3000 metres steeplechase	8:24.92	6 Q	—		8:23.39	13	Did not advance
Henry Marsh		8:27.46	12 Q			8:23.18	9 Q	8:20.45	8
Rickey Pittman		8:32.62	25			Did not advance
Willie Gault Emmit King Carl Lewis Calvin Smith	4 × 100 metres relay	37.75	1 Q	—		38.50	1 Q	37.86
Alonzo Babers Michael Franks* Edwin Moses Sunder Nix Andre Phillips* Willie Smith	4 × 400 metres relay	3:06.62	1 Q	—		3:02.13	1 Q	3:05.29	5
Marco Evoniuk	20 kilometres walk	—						DNF
Jim Heiring								1:25:55	19
Tim Lewis								1:30:10	36
Marco Evoniuk	50 kilometres walk	—						3:56:57	9
Jim Heiring								DNF
Daniel O'Connor								4:18:41	23

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tyke Peacock	High jump	2.21	=3 q	2.32
Dwight Stones		2.21	=3 q	2.29	6
Leo Williams		2.21	=3 q	2.23	12
Jeff Buckingham	Pole vault	Cancelled		5.40	13
Billy Olson				NM
Mike Tully				NM
Mike Conley	Long jump	7.90	11 Q	8.12
Jason Grimes		8.29	11 Q	8.29
Carl Lewis		8.37	1 Q	8.55 CR
Willie Banks	Triple jump	16.58	9 Q	17.18
Mike Conley		16.90	1 Q	17.13	4
Al Joyner		16.65	6 Q	16.76	8
Kevin Akins	Shot put	19.48	13	Did not advance
Dave Laut		21.08	1 Q	20.60	4
Mike Lehmann		19.88	7 q	19.69	10
Art Burns	Discus throw	61.88	10 q	63.22	8
Mac Wilkins		62.58	8 q	61.46	10
John Powell		58.96	15	Did not advance
Rod Ewaliko	Javelin	82.68	11 q	77.74	11
Tom Petranoff		85.68	5 Q	85.60
Bob Roggy		86.16	3 Q	79.84	9
Ed Burke	Hammer throw	69.12	20	Did not advance
John McArdle		66.18	23	Did not advance
Dave McKenzie		69.94	19	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Evelyn Ashford	100 metres	11.15	1 Q	11.11	1Q	10.99	1 Q	DNF
Alice Brown		11.26	=5 Q	11.30	7 Q	11.33	12	Did not advance
Diane Williams		11.23	2 Q	11.25	=5 Q	11.21	5 Q	11.06
Randy Givens	200 metres	23.01	1 Q	23.43	15 Q	23.34	14	Did not advance
Florence Griffith		22.74	5 Q	22.73	5 Q	22.59	1 Q	22.46	4
Roberta Belle	400 metres	53.01	6 Q	53.43	18	Did not advance
Rosalyn Bryant		53.64	12 Q	51.44	3 Q	51.04	4 Q	50.66	8
Denean Howard		52.78	5 Q	52.34	15 Q	52.06	13	Did not advance
Robin Campbell	800 metres	2:04.83	6 Q	—		1:59.35	4 q	1:58.73	7
Cindy Bremser	1500 metres	4:14.10	15	—				Did not advance
Mary Decker		4:07.47	1 Q					4:00.90
Mary Decker	3000 metres	8:44.72	2 Q	—				8:34.62
Maggie Keyes-Kraft		9:01.97	18					Did not advance
Brenda Webb		9:24.38	24					Did not advance
Julie Brown	Marathon	—						DNF
Marianne Dickerson								2:31:09
Debbie Eide								2:36:17	12
Benita Fitzgerald	100 metres hurdles	13.67	23 Q	13.15	9 Q'	12.96	6 Q	12.99	8
Pam Page		13.18	9 Q	13.12	10 Q	13.24	12	Did not advance
Candy Young		DNF		Did not advance
Sharrieffa Barksdale	400 metres hurdles	56.60	9= Q	—		56.81	11	Did not advance
Judi Brown		57.14	15 Q			57.98	15	Did not advance
Tonja Brown		58.00	17			Did not advance
Alice Brown Chandra Cheeseborough Randy Givens Diane Williams	4 × 100 metres relay	44.20	9	—				Did not advance
Roberta Belle Rosalyn Bryant Easter Gabriel Denean Howard	4 × 400 metres relay	3:26.82	1 Q	—				3:27.57	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Louise Ritter	High jump	1.90	5 Q	1.95
Coleen Sommer		1.90	1= Q	1.95	4
Carol Lewis	Long jump	6.78	1 Q	7.04
Gwen Loud		6.37	13	Did not advance
Jackie Joyner-Kersee		DNS
Lorna Griffin	Shot put	16.50	15	Did not advance
Carol Cady	Discus throw	57.34	15	Did not advance
Karin Smith	Javelin	54.52	9 q	59.76	10

Combined events – Heptathlon

References

1. "Archive of Past Events". IAAF. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
2. IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (pg. 20). IAAF/AFTS (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2013-09-09.
3. Matthews, Peter (2012). Historical Dictionary of Track and Field (pg. 217). Scarecrow Press (eBook). Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
4. IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (pg. 179). IAAF/AFTS (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2013-09-09.
5. "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. p. 153. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

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