1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
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| Events at the 1983 World Championships  |
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| 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 10,000 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday 9 August 1983.
Medalists
| Gold |  Alberto CovaItaly (ITA) |
| Silver |  Werner SchildhauerEast Germany (GDR) |
| Bronze | Hansjörg Kunze East Germany (GDR) |
Records
Existing records at the start of the event.
| World Record |  Henry Rono (KEN) |
27:22.4 | Vienna, Austria | June 11, 1978 |
| Championship Record | New event | |||
Final ranking
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
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Alberto Cova (ITA) |
28:01.04 |
 |
Werner Schildhauer (GDR) |
28:01.18 |
 |
Hansjörg Kunze (GDR) |
28:01.26 |
| 4. |  Martti Vainio (FIN) |
28:01.37 |
| 5. |  Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) |
28:01.93 |
| 6. |  Carlos Lopes (POR) |
28:06.78 |
| 7. |  Nick Rose (GBR) |
28:07.53 |
| 8. |  Christoph Herle (FRG) |
28:09.05 |
| 9. |  Mohamed Kedir (ETH) |
28:09.92 |
| 10. | Bekele Debele (ETH) |
28:11.13 |
| 11. |  Antonio Prieto (ESP) |
28:11.57 |
| 12. | Steve Jones (GBR) |
28:15.03 |
| 13. |  Mark Nenow (USA) |
28:17.28 |
| 14. | Fernando Mamede (POR) |
28:18.39 |
| 15. | Bill McChesney (USA) |
28:34.46 |
| 16. |  José Gómez (MEX) |
28:42.61 |
| 17. | Alberto Salazar (USA) |
28:48.42 |
| — |  Henrik Jørgensen (DEN) |
DNS |
Non-qualifiers
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| — | Steve Binns (GBR) |
28:12.79 |
| — |  Peter Butler (CAN) |
28:13.16 |
| — | Zakariah Barie (TAN) |
28:22.06 |
| — | Rodolfo Gómez (MEX) |
28:25.38 |
| — |  John Treacy (IRL) |
28:35.58 |
| — |  Ahmed Musa Jouda (SUD) |
28:38.03 |
| — |  Roy Andersen (NOR) |
29:03.45 |
| — |  Boualem Rahoui (ALG) |
29:10.95 |
| — |  Domingo Tibaduiza (COL) |
29:23.86 |
| — |  Kunimitsu Ito (JPN) |
29:49.04 |
| — |  Ronald Lanzoni (CRC) |
30:18.60 |
| — |  Antoine Nivyobizi (BDI) |
30:45.10 |
| — |  Ramón López (PAR) |
31:27.10 |
| — |  Said Toumane (COM) |
34:24.62 |
| — |  Markus Ryffel (SUI) |
DNF |
| — |  Stanislav Rozman (YUG) |
DNF |
| — |  Mehmet Yurdadon (TUR) |
DNS |
| — | Girma Berhanu (ETH) |
DNS |
See also
- 1980 Men's Olympic 10,000 metres (Moscow)
- 1982 Men's European Championships 10,000 metres (Athens)
- 1984 Men's Olympic 10,000 metres (Los Angeles)
- 1986 Men's European Championships 10,000 metres (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Men's World Championships 10,000 metres (Rome)
