The 1983 Women’s World Outdoor Championship Medalists

Highlights from the initial women's World Outdoor Track and Field Championships included double-victories for American Mary Decker-Slaney (in the 1500 and 3000) and Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czechoslovakia (400 and 800).

1st IAAF World Championships in Athletics
Helsinki, Finland
Aug. 7-14, 1983

• 100 meters
  GOLD Marlies Oelsner-Gohr, GDR 10.97
  SILVER Marita Koch, GDR 11.02
  BRONZE Diane Williams, USA 11.06

• 200 meters
  GOLD Marita Koch, GDR 22.13
  SILVER Merlene Ottey, JAM 22.19
  BRONZE Kathy Smallwood-Cook, GBR 22.37

• 400 meters
  GOLD Jarmila Kratochvilova, TCH 47.99
  SILVER Tatana Kocembova, TCH 48.59
  BRONZE Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina, URS 49.19

• 800 meters
  GOLD Jarmila Kratochvilova, TCH 1:54.68
  SILVER Lyubov Gurina, URS 1:56.11
  BRONZE Yekaterina Podkopayeva, URS 1:57.58

• 1500 meters
  GOLD Mary Decker-Slaney, USA 4:00.90
  SILVER Zamira Zaitseva, URS 4:01.19
  BRONZE Yekaterina Podkopayeva, URS 4:02.25

• 3000 meters
  GOLD Mary Decker-Slaney, USA 8:34.62
  SILVER Brigitte Kraus, FRG 8:35.11
  BRONZE Tatyana Kazankina, URS 8:35.13

• Marathon
  GOLD Grete Waitz, NOR 2:28:09
  SILVER Marianne Dickerson, USA 2:31:09
  BRONZE Raisa Katyukova-Smekhnova, URS 2:13:13

• 100-meter Hurdles
  GOLD Bettine Jahn, GDR 12.35
  SILVER Kerstin Knabe, GDR 12.42
  BRONZE Ginka Zagorcheva, BUL 12.62

• 400-meter Hurdles
  GOLD Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun, URS 54.14
  SILVER Anna Ambraziene, URS 54.15
  BRONZE Ellen Neumann-Fiedler, GDR 54.55

• Discus Throw
  GOLD Martina Opitz-Hellmann, GDR 68.94
  SILVER Galina Murashova, URS 67.44
  BRONZE Maria Vergova-Petkova, BUL 66.44

• Shot Put
  GOLD Helena Fibingerova, TCH 21.05
  SILVER Helma Knorscheidt, GDR 20.70
  BRONZE Ilona Slupianek-Briesenick, GDR 20.56

• Javelin Throw
  GOLD Tiina Lillak, FIN 70.82
  SILVER Fatima Whitbread, GBR 69.14
  BRONZE Anna Verouli, GRE 65.72

• Long Jump
  GOLD Heike Daute-Drechsler, GDR 7.27
  SILVER Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu, ROM 7.15
  BRONZE Carol Lewis, USA 7.04

• High Jump
  GOLD Tamara Bykova, URS 2.01
  SILVER Ulrike Meyfarth, FRG 1.99
  BRONZE Louise Ritter, USA 1.95

• Heptathlon
  GOLD Ramona Neubert, GDR 6714
  SILVER Sabine Paetz-John, GDR 6662
  BRONZE Anke Vater-Behmer, GDR 6532

• 4 x 100-meter Relay
  GOLD East Germany (Silke Gladisch-Moller, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Oelsner-Gohr), 41.76
  SILVER Great Britain, 42.71
  BRONZE Jamaica, 42.73

• 4 x 400-meter Relay
  GOLD East Germany (Gesine Walther, Sabine Busch, Marita Koch, Dagmar Rubsam-Neubauer), 3:19.73
  SILVER Czechoslovakia, 3:20.32
  BRONZE Soviet Union, 3:21.16

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