1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

Events at the 1983 World Championships
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 high jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on 13 August 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Tyke Peacock United States (USA)
Bronze	Jianhua Zhu China (CHN)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jianhua Zhu (CHN)	2.37 m	June 11, 1983	Beijing, PR China
Event Record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)	2.32 m
	Tyke Peacock (USA)	2.32 m
	Jianhua Zhu (CHN)	2.29 m
4.	Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)	2.29 m
	Igor Paklin (URS)	2.29 m
6.	Dwight Stones (USA)	2.29 m
7.	Carlo Thränhardt (FRG)	2.26 m
8.	Valeriy Sereda (URS)	2.26 m
9.	Milton Ottey (CAN)	2.26 m
10.	Luca Toso (ITA)	2.26 m
11.	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	2.23 m
12.	Leo Williams (USA)	2.23 m
13.	Jacek Wszoła (POL)	2.23 m
14.	Eddy Annys (BEL)	2.19 m
15.	Francisco Centelles (CUB)	2.19 m
16.	Paul Frommeyer (FRG)	2.19 m
17.	Sorin Matei (ROU)	2.15 m

Qualifying round

• Held on Friday 1983-08-12

RANK	GROUP A	HEIGHT
1.	Leo Williams (USA)	2.21 m
2.	Francisco Centelles (CUB)	2.21 m
3.	Takao Sakamoto (JPN)	2.18 m
4.	Takashi Katamine (JPN)	2.18 m
5.	Othmane Belfaa (ALG)	2.15 m
5.	Moussa Sagna Fall (SEN)	2.15 m
7.	Eugen-Cristian Popescu (ROU)	2.15 m
8.	Roberto Cabrejas (ESP)	2.15 m
8.	Clarence Saunders (BER)	2.15 m
8.	Wolfgang Tschirk (AUT)	2.15 m
11.	Jouko Kilpi (FIN)	2.10 m
11.	Constantin Militaru (ROU)	2.10 m
13.	Gianni Davito (ITA)	2.10 m
14.	Alain Metellus (CAN)	2.10 m
15.	Chin-Chiang Liu (TPE)	2.00 m
16.	Alphonse Gaglozoun (BEN)	1.95 m
16.	France-Henry Lisette (MRI)	1.95 m
—	Ardeshir Ghandoomi (IRI)	NM
—	Joseph Rajo (SUD)	DNS

RANK	GROUP B	HEIGHT
1.	Igor Paklin (URS)	2.24 m
1.	Milton Ottey (CAN)	2.24 m
1.	Jianhua Zhu (CHN)	2.24 m
4.	Carlo Thränhardt (FRG)	2.21 m
4.	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)	2.21 m
4.	Sorin Matei (ROU)	2.21 m
4.	Valeriy Sereda (URS)	2.21 m
4.	Dwight Stones (USA)	2.21 m
4.	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	2.21 m
10.	Jacek Wszoła (POL)	2.21 m
10.	Luca Toso (ITA)	2.21 m
12.	Paul Frommeyer (FRG)	2.21 m
13.	Eddy Annys (BEL)	2.21 m
14.	Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)	2.21 m
15.	Tyke Peacock (USA)	2.21 m
16.	Roland Dalhäuser (SUI)	2.15 m
17.	Dariusz Biczysko (POL)	2.15 m
18.	Franck Verzy (FRA)	2.10 m
18.	Stephen Wray (BAH)	2.10 m

See also

• 1980 Men's Olympic High Jump (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships High Jump (Athens)
• 1984 Men's Olympic High Jump (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships High Jump (Rome)

References

• Results