1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

These are the official results of the men's triple jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 27 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on 8 August 1983.

Medalists

Gold Poland Zdzisław Hoffmann
Poland (POL)
Silver United States Willie Banks
United States (USA)
Bronze Nigeria Ajayi Agbebaku
Nigeria (NGR)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
07.08.1983 – ??:??h 07.08.1983 – ??:??h
Final Round
08.08.1983 – ??:??h

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record  João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) 17.89 m October 15, 1975 Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
Event Record New event

Final

RANK FINAL DISTANCE
 Zdzisław Hoffmann (POL) 17.42 m
 Willie Banks (USA) 17.18 m
 Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR) 17.18 m
4.  Mike Conley (USA) 17.13 m
5.  Vlastimil Mařinec (TCH) 17.13 m
6.  Ján Čado (TCH) 17.06 m
7.  Béla Bakosi (HUN) 16.83 m
8.  Al Joyner (USA) 16.76 m
9.  Peter Bouschen (FRG) 16.70 m
10.  Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) 16.41 m
11.  Bedros Bedrosian (ROU) 16.18 m
12.  Steve Hanna (BAH) 14.96 m

Qualifying round

  • Held on Sunday 1983-08-07 with the mark set at 16.50 metres
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR) 16.80 m
2.  Zdzisław Hoffmann (POL) 16.72 m
3.  Al Joyner (USA) 16.65 m
4.  Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS) 16.64 m
5.  Willie Banks (USA) 16.58 m
6.  Ján Čado (TCH) 16.50 m
7.  Bedros Bedrosian (ROU) 16.43 m
8.  Béla Bakosi (HUN) 16.41 m
9.  Zou Zhenxian (CHN) 16.17 m
10.  John Herbert (GBR) 16.12 m
11.  Esa Viitasalo (FIN) 16.03 m
11.  Wolfgang Knabe (FRG) 15.61 m
13.  Oswald Phillip (MSR) 13.96 m
14.  Laoui Adnan Abou (JOR) 13.53 m


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Mike Conley (USA) 16.90 m
2.  Steve Hanna (BAH) 16.76 m
3.  Peter Bouschen (FRG) 16.71 m
4.  Vlastimil Mařinec (TCH) 16.57 m
5.  Vasiliy Grishchenkov (URS) 16.29 m
6.  Khristo Markov (BUL) 16.25 m
7.  Keith Connor (GBR) 16.18 m
8.  Claes Rahm (SWE) 16.07 m
9.  Dan Simion (ROU) 15.96 m
10.  Mamadou Diallo (SEN) 15.67 m
11.  José Quiñaliza (ECU) 15.18 m
 Dimitrios Mihas (GRE) NM
 José Salazar (VEN) DNS

See also

References