# 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on 12 August 1983.

## Records

Existing records at the start of the event.
| World Record | Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) | 12.93 | Zürich, Switzerland | August 19, 1981 |
| Championship Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |

## Results
### Qualifying heats

The qualifying heats took place on 11 August, with the 28 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.9 m/s, Heat 3: +1.9 m/s, Heat 4: +2.1 m/s

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mark McKoy | Canada (CAN) | 13.53 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Thomas Munkelt | East Germany (GDR) | 13.61 | Q |
| 3 | Ventsislav Radev | Bulgaria (BUL) | 13.78 | Q |
| 4 | Mark Holtom | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.85 | q |
| 5 | Béla Bodó | Hungary (HUN) | 13.91 | q |
| 6 | Modesto Castillo | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 13.93 | q |
| 7 | Tim Soper | New Zealand (NZL) | 14.28 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Arto Bryggare | Finland (FIN) | 13.44 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Willie Gault | United States (USA) | 13.66 | Q |
| 3 | Alejandro Casañas | Cuba (CUB) | 13.70 | Q |
| 4 | Liviu Giurgian | Romania (ROM) | 13.98 | |
| 5 | Stéphane Caristan | France (FRA) | 14.10 | |
| 6 | Julius Ivan | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 14.28 | |
| 7 | Gary Bullard | Bahamas (BAH) | 14.31 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Greg Foster | United States (USA) | 13.41 | Q, CR |
| 2 | György Bakos | Hungary (HUN) | 13.61 | Q |
| 3 | Javier Moracho | Spain (ESP) | 13.62 | Q |
| 4 | Andreas Oschkenat | East Germany (GDR) | 13.80 | q |
| 5 | Ion Oltean | Romania (ROM) | 13.97 | |
| 6 | Yu Zhicheng | China (CHN) | 14.43 | |
| 7 | San Chai Kim | Cambodia (CAM) | 16.26 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sam Turner | United States (USA) | 13.62w | Q |
| 2 | Don Wright | Australia (AUS) | 13.70w | Q |
| 3 | Andrey Prokofyev | Soviet Union (URS) | 13.90w | Q |
| 4 | Daniele Fontecchio | Italy (ITA) | 14.05w | |
| 5 | Wu Chin-jing | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 14.24w | |
| 6 | Axel Schaumann | West Germany (FRG) | 14.40w | |
| 7 | Daniel Ololo | Gabon (GAB) | 14.93 w | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 12 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: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: –0.7 m/s

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Greg Foster | United States (USA) | 13.22 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Willie Gault | United States (USA) | 13.48 | Q |
| 3 | Thomas Munkelt | East Germany (GDR) | 13.62 | Q |
| 4 | György Bakos | Hungary (HUN) | 13.66 | Q |
| 5 | Andrey Prokofyev | Soviet Union (URS) | 13.76 | |
| 6 | Mark Holtom | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.79 | |
| 7 | Modesto Castillo | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 14.23 | |
| | Alejandro Casañas | Cuba (CUB) | | DNS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Arto Bryggare | Finland (FIN) | 13.50 | Q |
| 2 | Sam Turner | United States (USA) | 13.65 | Q |
| 3 | Mark McKoy | Canada (CAN) | 13.73 | Q |
| 4 | Ventsislav Radev | Bulgaria (BUL) | 13.82 | Q |
| 5 | Javier Moracho | Spain (ESP) | 13.92 | |
| 6 | Andreas Oschkenat | East Germany (GDR) | 13.93 | |
| 7 | Don Wright | Australia (AUS) | 14.28 | |
| | Béla Bodó | Hungary (HUN) | | DNS |

### Final

The final took place on August 12.
Wind: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Greg Foster | United States (USA) | 13.42 |
| | Arto Bryggare | Finland (FIN) | 13.46 |
| | Willie Gault | United States (USA) | 13.48 |
| 4 | Mark McKoy | Canada (CAN) | 13.56 |
| 5 | Thomas Munkelt | East Germany (GDR) | 13.66 |
| 6 | György Bakos | Hungary (HUN) | 13.68 |
| 7 | Ventsislav Radev | Bulgaria (BUL) | 13.73 |
| 8 | Sam Turner | United States (USA) | 13.82 |