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Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	GBR
Website	www.britishathletics.org.uk
in Helsinki
Competitors	65 in 31 events
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 7
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland, from 7–14 August 1983. It was the first World Championships to be held.

Medalists

Note that the table below takes account of reassignment of medals following retrospective action by the IAAF.

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Daley Thompson	Decathlon	13 August 1983
Gold	Steve Cram	Men's 1500 metres	14 August 1983
Silver	Joan Baptiste Kathy Cook Beverley Callender Shirley Thomas	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	10 August 1983
Silver	Fatima Whitbread	Women's Javelin	13 August 1983
Bronze	Colin Reitz	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase	12 August 1983
Bronze	Kriss Akabusi* Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown Ainsley Bennett	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	14 August 1983
Bronze	Kathy Cook	Women's 200 metres	14 August 1983

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Results

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• AR = Area/Continental record
• PB = Personal best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cameron Sharp	100 metres	10.44	2 Q	10.41	3 Q	10.43	6	Did not advance
Luke Watson		10.64	1 Q	10.57	7	Did not advance
Allan Wells		10.37	1 Q	10.37	2 Q	10.35	2 Q	10.27	4
Cameron Sharp	200 metres	21.07	2 Q	20.99	4 Q	20.69	5	Did not advance
Luke Watson		21.20	2 Q	20.99	5	Did not advance
Allan Wells		21.14	1 Q	20.81	2 Q	20.63	4 Q	20.52	4
Todd Bennett	400 metres	46.58	2 Q	46.39	4 Q	46.11	6	Did not advance
Phil Brown		46.60	3 Q	45.80	2 Q	46.81	8
Garry Cook	800 metres	1:46.44	2 Q	—		1:47.48	6	Did not advance
Peter Elliott		1:46.53	3 q			1:45.38	3 q	1:44.87	4
Steve Cram	1500 metres	3:40.17	1 Q	—		3:35.77	1 Q	3:41.59
Steve Ovett		3:39.00	2 Q			3:36.26	2 Q	3:42.34	4
Graham Williamson		3:38.99	4 Q			3:45.84	10	Did not advance
Dave Clarke	5000 metres	14:13.97	5 Q	—		13:58.37	11	Did not advance
Julian Goater		14:23.93	3 Q			13:36.21	7 q	13:48.13	14
Eamonn Martin		13:43.57	3 Q			13:48.60	11	Did not advance
Steve Binns	10,000 metres	28:12.17	19	—				Did not advance
Steve Jones		x	x					28:15.03	12
Nick Rose		x	x					28:07.53	7
Mike Gratton	Marathon	—						DNF	—
Gerry Helme								2:25.02	48
Hugh Jones								2:11.15	8
Mark Holtom	110 metres hurdles	13.85	4 q	—		13.79	6	Did not advance
Gary Oakes	400 metres hurdles	51.23	3	—		Did not advance
Stephen Sole		51.80	6
Graeme Fell	3000 metres st.	8:27.71	4 Q	—		8:23.22	7 q	8:20.01	6
Roger Hackney		8:30.90	5 Q			8:22.44	6 q	8:19.38	5
Colin Reitz		8:22.78	1 Q			8:22.91	1 Q	8:17.75
Ian McCombie	20 km walk	—						1:31.14	41
Roger Mills								1:30.25	37
Phil Vesty								1:27.20	25
Ainsley Bennett Donovan Reid Mike McFarlane Drew McMaster	4 x 100 metres relay	39.56	3 Q	—		39.39	5	Did not advance
Kriss Akabusi* Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown Ainsley Bennett	4 x 400 metres relay	3:10.19	3 Q	—		3:04.03	2 Q	3:03.53

* Kriss Akabusi ran in the heat and semi-final but not in the final.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Keith Connor	Triple jump	16.18	15	Did not advance
John Herbert		16.12	17
Chris Black	Hammer throw	71.18	17	Did not advance
Matthew Mileham		67.12	22
Robert Weir		71.62	15

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Daley Thompson	Result	10.60	7.88	15.35	2.03	48.12	14.37	44.46	5.10	65.24	4:29.72	8666
	Points	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Beverley Callender	100 metres	11.65	3 Q	11.48	5	Did not advance
Heather Oakes		11.60	3 Q	11.57	4 Q	11.50	7	Did not advance
Shirley Thomas		11.54	2 Q	11.48	4 Q	11.53	8
Joan Baptiste	200 metres	23.34	1 Q	23.39	2 Q	23.24	5	Did not advance
Kathy Cook		23.20	1 Q	22.78	1 Q	22.57	2 Q	22.37
Sandra Whittaker		23.63	5 q	23.58	5	Did not advance
Michelle Scutt	400 metres	53.30	4 Q	52.70	4 Q	51.88	6	Did not advance
Christina Boxer	1500 metres	4:09.88	4 q	—				4:06.74	9
Wendy Sly		4:08.16	3 Q					4:04.14	5
Christine Benning	3000 metres	8:49.71	5 Q	—				8:58.01	13
Jane Furniss		8:48.59	4 Q					8:45.69	7
Wendy Sly		8:47.39	4 Q					8:37.06	5
Kathryn Binns	Marathon	—						2:42.12	22
Glynis Penny								DNS	—
Joyce Smith								2:34.27	9
Lorna Boothe	100 metres hurdles	13.46	5 Q	13.29	5	Did not advance
Judy Livermore		13.25	4 Q	13.22	2 Q	13.30	7	Did not advance
Shirley Strong		13.26	1 Q	12.91	1 Q	12.99	4 Q	12.78	5
Joan Baptiste Kathy Cook Beverley Callender Shirley Thomas	4 x 100 metres relay	43.06	1 Q	—				42.71

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Beverly Kinch	Long jump	6.43	11 Q	6.93	5
Gillian Evans	High jump	1.84	18	Did not advance
Venissa Head	Shot put	18.41	9 Q	18.05	10
Judy Oakes		17.61	12 Q	17.52	12
Meg Ritchie		16.14	16	Did not advance
Venissa Head	Discus throw	53.78	17	Did not advance
Meg Ritchie		59.28	11 q	62.50	8
Tessa Sanderson	Javelin throw	64.80	3 Q	64.76	4
Fatima Whitbread		60.96	12 q	69.14

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Judy Livermore	Result	13.23	1.92	13.85	24.93	6.16	NM	DNS	DNF	-
	Points	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

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