1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
Introduction These are the official results of the '''Women's 800 metres''' event at the '''1983 IAAF World Championships''' in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 9 August 1983.
Medalists '''Gold''' Jarmila Kratochvílová''Czechoslovakia (TCH)'''''Silver''' Lyubov Gurina''Soviet Union (URS)'''''Bronze''' Yekaterina Podkopayeva''Soviet Union (URS)''
Records Existing records at the start of the event. '''World record''''''1:53.28'''Munich, West GermanyJuly 26, 1983'''Championship record'''''New event''
Final RANKFINALTIME'''1:54.68''''''1:56.11''''''1:57.58'''4.'''1:58.11'''5.'''2:00.03'''6.'''2:00.13'''7.'''2:01.72'''8. '''2:02.13'''
Semi-finals *Held on Monday 8 August 1983RANKHEAT 1TIME1.'''1:59.55'''2.'''1:59.58'''3.'''2:00.02'''4.'''2:00.22'''5.'''2:02.23'''6.'''2:02.92'''7.'''2:03.59'''8. '''2:08.14'''RANKHEAT 2TIME1.'''1:59.33'''2.'''1:59.46'''3.'''1:59.49'''4.'''1:59.60'''5.'''1:59.96'''6.'''2:01.32'''7.'''2:02.19'''8. '''2:12.93'''
Qualifying heats *Held on Sunday 7 August 1983RANKHEAT 1TIME1.'''2:02.08'''2.'''2:02.58'''3.'''2:02.60'''4.'''2:04.50'''5.'''2:18.25'''6. '''2:19.68'''RANKHEAT 2TIME1.'''2:06.42'''2.'''2:06.60'''3.'''2:06.76'''4.'''2:07.23'''5. '''2:21.90'''—'''DQ'''RANKHEAT 3TIME1.'''2:10.61'''2.'''2:12.35'''3.'''2:12.52'''4.'''2:15.37'''5.'''2:17.06'''6. '''2:55.64'''—'''DNS'''RANKHEAT 4TIME1.'''2:04.17'''2.'''2:04.30'''3.'''2:04.83'''4.'''2:05.49'''5.'''2:13.80'''6.'''2:17.54'''7. '''2:28.72'''
References *  Results