# 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.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Luke Watson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.64 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 10.66 | Q |
| 3 | Lester Benjamin | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 10.76 | Q |
| 4 | Mohamed Purnomo | Indonesia (INA) | 10.76 | |
| 5 | Thurston Ross | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 11.08 | |
| 6 | Peni Bati | Fiji (FIJ) | 11.11 | |
| – | Şükrü Çaprazlı | Turkey (TUR) | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: –1.0 m/s | Wind: –1.0 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Juan Núñez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 10.38 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.44 | Q |
| 3 | Ben Johnson | Canada (CAN) | 10.45 | Q |
| 4 | Everard Samuels | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.57 | q |
| 5 | Sheikh Omar Faye | Gambia (GAM) | 10.76 | |
| 6 | Hwang Chian-Shin | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 10.82 | |
| 7 | John Albertie | Saint Lucia (LCA) | 10.90 | |
| 8 | Joske Teabuge | Nauru (NRU) | 12.20 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.8 m/s | Wind: +1.8 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 10.34 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.44 | Q |
| 3 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba (CUB) | 10.47 | Q |
| 4 | Earl Haley | Guyana (GUY) | 10.77 | |
| 5 | Earle Laing | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.91 | |
| 6 | Pit Rapuan | Malaysia (MAS) | 11.03 | |
| 7 | Vicente Daniel Ibrahim | Mozambique (MOZ) | 11.20 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.2 m/s | Wind: +1.2 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Desai Williams | Canada (CAN) | 10.31 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Paul Narracott | Australia (AUS) | 10.38 | Q |
| 3 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany (GDR) | 10.40 | Q |
| 4 | Jouko Hassi | Finland (FIN) | 10.58 | |
| 5 | Gregory Simons | Bermuda (BER) | 10.78 | |
| 6 | Moussa Savadogo | Mali (MLI) | 10.88 | |
| 7 | Alan Zammit | Malta (MLT) | 11.25 | |
| 8 | José Flores | Honduras (HON) | 11.31 | |
| | | | Wind: –0.2 m/s | Wind: –0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Calvin Smith | United States (USA) | 10.30 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Ferenc Kiss | Hungary (HUN) | 10.45 | Q |
| 3 | Marian Woronin | Poland (POL) | 10.50 | Q |
| 4 | Robson da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | 10.51 | q |
| 5 | Joseph Leota | Samoa (SAM) | 10.92 | |
| 6 | Georges Taniel | Vanuatu (VAN) | 11.02 | |
| 7 | Nguyễn Trương Hòa | Vietnam (VIE) | 11.16 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.7 m/s | Wind: +0.7 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy (ITA) | 10.33 | Q |
| 2 | Emmit King | United States (USA) | 10.41 | Q |
| 3 | Thomas Schröder | East Germany (GDR) | 10.41 | Q |
| 4 | Gerrard Keating | Australia (AUS) | 10.57 | q |
| 5 | Kosmas Stratos | Greece (GRE) | 10.65 | |
| 6 | Christopher Madzokere | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 10.84 | |
| 7 | Rubén Inácio | Angola (ANG) | 10.92 | |
| | | | Wind: –0.5 m/s | Wind: –0.5 m/s |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Allan Wells | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.37 | Q |
| 2 | Christian Haas | West Germany (FRG) | 10.39 | Q |
| 3 | Chidi Imoh | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.55 | Q |
| 4 | Nikolay Sidorov | Soviet Union (URS) | 10.59 | |
| 5 | Wilfredo Almonte | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 10.72 | |
| 6 | Giorgio Mautino | Peru (PER) | 10.85 | |
| 7 | Banana Jarjue | Gambia (GAM) | 11.04 | |
| 8 | Trevor Davis | Anguilla (AIA) | 11.53 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.8 m/s | Wind: +1.8 m/s |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Raymond Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.22 | Q |
| 2 | Christopher Brathwaite | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 10.33 | Q |
| 3 | Ernest Obeng | Ghana (GHA) | 10.35 | Q |
| 4 | István Tatár | Hungary (HUN) | 10.45 | q |
| 5 | Harouna Pale | Upper Volta (UPV) | 10.58 | |
| 6 | Neville Hodge | U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) | 10.59 | |
| 7 | Laoui Adnan Abou | Jordan (JOR) | 11.17 | |
| | | | Wind: +2.3 m/s | Wind: +2.3 m/s |

#### Heat 9

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba (CUB) | 10.24 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Tony Sharpe | Canada (CAN) | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union (URS) | 10.33 | Q |
| 4 | Antoine Richard | France (FRA) | 10.34 | q |
| 5 | Suchart Chairsuvaparb | Thailand (THA) | 10.63 | |
| 6 | Jean-Yves Mallat | Lebanon (LIB) | 11.04 | |
| 7 | Mohamad Ismail Bakaki | Afghanistan (AFG) | 12.33 | |
| – | Lee Kuo-Sheng | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: +1.3 m/s | Wind: +1.3 m/s |

### 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.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Calvin Smith | United States (USA) | 10.27 | Q |
| 2 | Tony Sharpe | Canada (CAN) | 10.36 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Narracott | Australia (AUS) | 10.37 | Q |
| 4 | Thomas Schröder | East Germany (GDR) | 10.45 | Q |
| 5 | Ernest Obeng | Ghana (GHA) | 10.51 | |
| 6 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.52 | |
| 7 | Luke Watson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.57 | |
| 8 | Everard Samuels | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.65 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.1 m/s | Wind: +1.1 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 10.20 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Raymond Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.37 | Q |
| 3 | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.41 | Q |
| 4 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany (GDR) | 10.46 | Q |
| 5 | Christopher Brathwaite | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 10.57 | |
| 6 | Robson da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | 10.66 | |
| 7 | Marian Woronin | Poland (POL) | 10.72 | |
| 8 | Lester Benjamin | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 10.86 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.8 m/s | Wind: +0.8 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Desai Williams | Canada (CAN) | 10.31 | Q |
| 2 | Allan Wells | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.37 | Q |
| 3 | Juan Núñez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 10.39 | Q |
| 4 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba (CUB) | 10.44 | Q |
| 5 | Chidi Imoh | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.45 | |
| 6 | Viktor Bryzhin | Soviet Union (URS) | 10.55 | |
| 7 | Gerrard Keating | Australia (AUS) | 10.59 | |
| 8 | István Tatár | Hungary (HUN) | 10.65 | |
| | | | Wind: –1.1 m/s | Wind: –1.1 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Emmit King | United States (USA) | 10.30 | Q |
| 2 | Christian Haas | West Germany (FRG) | 10.36 | Q |
| 3 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba (CUB) | 10.38 | Q |
| 4 | Ben Johnson | Canada (CAN) | 10.40 | Q |
| 5 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy (ITA) | 10.44 | |
| 6 | Antoine Richard | France (FRA) | 10.44 | |
| 7 | Ferenc Kiss | Hungary (HUN) | 10.53 | |
| 8 | Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 10.63 | |
| | | | Wind: –1.2 m/s | Wind: –1.2 m/s |

### Semi-finals

The semi-finals 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.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Calvin Smith | United States (USA) | 10.22 | Q |
| 2 | Allan Wells | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.35 | Q |
| 3 | Juan Núñez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 10.36 | Q |
| 4 | Emmit King | United States (USA) | 10.36 | Q |
| 5 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany (GDR) | 10.40 | |
| 6 | Ben Johnson | Canada (CAN) | 10.44 | |
| 7 | Tony Sharpe | Canada (CAN) | 10.44 | |
| 8 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba (CUB) | 10.47 | |
| | | | Wind: –0.8 m/s | Wind: –0.8 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Carl Lewis | United States (USA) | 10.28 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Narracott | Australia (AUS) | 10.38 | Q |
| 3 | Desai Williams | Canada (CAN) | 10.39 | Q |
| 4 | Christian Haas | West Germany (FRG) | 10.39 | Q |
| 5 | Raymond Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.40 | |
| 6 | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.43 | |
| 7 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba (CUB) | 10.46 | |
| 8 | Thomas Schröder | East Germany (GDR) | 10.52 | |
| | | | Wind: –1.0 m/s | Wind: –1.0 m/s |

### Final

The final took place on August 8.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 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 | |
| | | | Wind: –0.3 m/s | Wind: –0.3 m/s |