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World Championships - Results Women 1983
Finland - Helsinki - 7 August 1983 - 14 August 1983
Women's Marathon - 7 August 1983
Women's 100 m - 8 August 1983
| 1 |  Marlies Göhr (DDR) | 10.97 |
| 2 | Marita Koch (DDR) | 11.02 |
| 3 |  Diane Williams (USA) | 11.06 |
| 4 |  Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 11.19 |
| 5 |  Angela Bailey (CAN) | 11.20 |
| 6 | Helinä Marjamaa (FIN) | 11.24 |
| 7 | Angella Taylor-Issajenko (CAN) | 11.30 |
- Women's 100 m - Detailed results
Women's 100 m - Heat 1 - 7 August 1983
1 
Olga Antonova (URS)11.26 2 Marlies Göhr (DDR)11.34 3 
Esmeralda De Jesús Garcia (BRA)11.57 4 Leleith Hodges (JAM)11.58 5 
Radislava Soborová (CZE)11.80 6 
Mary Mensah (GHA)12.26 7 
Rose Phillips-King (BVI)12.87 Women's 100 m - Heat 2 - 7 August 1983
1 Marita Koch (DDR)11.24 2 Angela Bailey (CAN)11.31 3 
Rose-aimée Bacoul (FRA)11.38 4 
Dorthe A. Rasmussen (DEN)11.42 5 
Monika Hirsch (FDR)11.73 6 
Felicite Bada (BEN)13.15 Women's 100 m - Heat 3 - 7 August 1983
1 Diane Williams (USA)11.23 2 Helinä Marjamaa (FIN)11.47 3 
Beverley Goddard-Callender (GBR)11.65 4 
Rufina Ubah (NGR)11.67 5 
Esther Hope-Washington (TRI)12.19 6 
June Caddle (BAR)12.56 7 
Judith Nimpaye (BDI)14.65 Women's 100 m - Heat 4 - 7 August 1983
1 Evelyn Ashford (USA)11.15 2 Marina Romanova (URS)11.54 3 
Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)11.56 4 
Els Scharn-Vader (NED)11.58 5 
Lena Möller (SWE)11.62 6 
Amie Ndow (GAM)12.63 Women's 100 m - Heat 5 - 7 August 1983
1 Merlene Ottey (JAM)11.30 2 
Anelia Nuneva (BUL)11.43 3 Heather Hunte-Oakes (GBR)11.60 4 Marie-France Loval (FRA)11.71 5 
Walapa Tangjitnusorn (THA)12.26 6 
Myung-Hee Mo (KOR)12.26 7 
Marisol Garcia (NIC)12.99 Women's 100 m - Heat 6 - 7 August 1983
1 Angella Taylor-Issajenko (CAN)11.45 2 Shirley Thomas (GBR)11.54 3 Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)11.58 4 
Ruperta Charles (ANT)12.18 5 
Evelyn Farrell (ANT)12.19 6 
Carmela Bolivar (PER)12.31 7 
Pushpa Bhatta (NEP)13.89 Women's 100 m - Heat 7 - 7 August 1983
1 Alice Brown (USA)11.26 2 Silke Gladisch-Möller (DDR)11.28 3 Laurence Bily (FRA)11.53 4 Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)11.58 5 
Lydia De Vega-Mercado (PHI)11.74 6 
Shu-Foog Shen (TPE)11.85 7 
Koumba Kante (GUI)13.37 Women's 100 m - Quarter-Final 1 - 7 August 1983
1 Anelia Nuneva (BUL)11.20 2 Angella Taylor-Issajenko (CAN)11.24 3 Alice Brown (USA)11.30 4 Olga Antonova (URS)11.32 5 Els Scharn-Vader (NED)11.56 6 Leleith Hodges (JAM)11.63 7 Marie-France Loval (FRA)11.79 8 Monika Hirsch (FDR)11.91 Women's 100 m - Quarter-Final 2 - 7 August 1983
1 Marita Koch (DDR)11.25 2 Merlene Ottey (JAM)11.33 3 Helinä Marjamaa (FIN)11.34 4 Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)11.43 5 Beverley Goddard-Callender (GBR)11.48 6 Esmeralda De Jesús Garcia (BRA)11.64 7 Dorthe A. Rasmussen (DEN)11.67 8 Lydia De Vega-Mercado (PHI)11.90 Women's 100 m - Quarter-Final 3 - 7 August 1983
1 Diane Williams (USA)11.25 2 Silke Gladisch-Möller (DDR)11.36 3 Rose-aimée Bacoul (FRA)11.42 4 Shirley Thomas (GBR)11.48 5 Rufina Ubah (NGR)11.60 6 Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)11.62 7 Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)11.67 8 Radislava Soborová (CZE)11.90 Women's 100 m - Quarter-Final 4 - 7 August 1983
1 Evelyn Ashford (USA)11.11 2 Marlies Göhr (DDR)11.16 3 Angela Bailey (CAN)11.36 4 Heather Hunte-Oakes (GBR)11.57 5 Marina Romanova (URS)11.61 6 Lena Möller (SWE)11.75 7 Laurence Bily (FRA)11.76 8 Shu-Foog Shen (TPE)12.17 Women's 100 m - Semi-Final 1 - 8 August 1983
1 Marlies Göhr (DDR)11.05 2 Angela Bailey (CAN)11.18 3 Diane Williams (USA)11.21 4 Helinä Marjamaa (FIN)11.29 5 Silke Gladisch-Möller (DDR)11.30 6 Anelia Nuneva (BUL)11.31 7 Alice Brown (USA)11.33 8 Shirley Thomas (GBR)11.53 Women's 100 m - Semi-Final 2 - 8 August 1983
1 Evelyn Ashford (USA)10.99 2 Marita Koch (DDR)11.08 3 Angella Taylor-Issajenko (CAN)11.22 4 Merlene Ottey (JAM)11.26 5 Olga Antonova (URS)11.30 6 Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)11.36 7 Heather Hunte-Oakes (GBR)11.50 8 Rose-aimée Bacoul (FRA)11.59 Women's 100 m - Final - 8 August 1983
1 Marlies Göhr (DDR)10.97 2 Marita Koch (DDR)11.02 3 Diane Williams (USA)11.06 4 Merlene Ottey (JAM)11.19 5 Angela Bailey (CAN)11.20 6 Helinä Marjamaa (FIN)11.24 7 Angella Taylor-Issajenko (CAN)11.30
Women's 800 m - 9 August 1983
| 1 | Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE) | 1:54.68 |
| 2 |  Lyubov Gurina (RUS) | 1:56.11 |
| 3 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS) | 1:57.58 |
| 4 | Margrit Klinger (FDR) | 1:58.11 |
| 5 | Robin Campbell (USA) | 2:00.03 |
| 6 |  Doina Melinte (ROM) | 2:00.13 |
| 7 | Milena Matejkovicová-Strnadová (CZE) | 2:01.72 |
| 8 | Antje Schröder (DDR) | 2:02.13 |
- Women's 800 m - Detailed results
Women's 800 m - Heat 1 - 7 August 1983
1 Margrit Klinger (FDR)2:02.08 2 
Jolanta Januchta (POL)2:02.58 3 Milena Matejkovicová-Strnadová (CZE)2:02.60 4 Elena Lina (ROM)2:04.50 5 
Attina Sawtell (COK)2:18.25 6 
Kungu Bakombo (COD)2:19.68 Women's 800 m - Heat 2 - 7 August 1983
1 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)2:06.42 2 Totka Petrova (BUL)2:06.60 3 Zuzana Moravciková (CZE)2:06.76 4 Jill Mccabe (SWE)2:07.23 5 
Maria Lomba (SAO)2:21.90 Women's 800 m - Heat 3 - 7 August 1983
1 Antje Schröder (DDR)2:10.61 2 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)2:12.35 3 
Célestine N'drin (CIV)2:12.52 4 
Hala El Moughrabi (SYR)2:15.37 5 
Eucaris Caicedo (COL)2:17.06 6 
Sofiya Mohamed (COM)2:55.64 Women's 800 m - Heat 4 - 7 August 1983
1 Lyubov Gurina (RUS)2:04.17 2 Doina Melinte (ROM)2:04.30 3 Robin Campbell (USA)2:04.83 4 Tina Krebs (DEN)2:05.49 5 
Jennifer Bean (BER)2:13.80 6 
Trinh Thi Be (VIE)2:17.54 7 
Khadija Al Matari (JOR)2:28.72 Women's 800 m - Semi-Final 1 - 8 August 1983
1 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)1:59.55 2 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)1:59.58 3 Milena Matejkovicová-Strnadová (CZE)2:00.02 4 Robin Campbell (USA)2:00.22 5 Jolanta Januchta (POL)2:01.23 6 Jill Mccabe (SWE)2:01.92 7 Elena Lina (ROM)2:03.59 8 Célestine N'drin (CIV)2:08.14 Women's 800 m - Semi-Final 2 - 8 August 1983
1 Lyubov Gurina (RUS)1:59.33 2 Antje Schröder (DDR)1:59.46 3 Margrit Klinger (FDR)1:59.49 4 Doina Melinte (ROM)1:59.60 5 Zuzana Moravciková (CZE)1:59.96 6 Totka Petrova (BUL)2:01.32 7 Tina Krebs (DEN)2:02.19 8 Jennifer Bean (BER)2:12.93 Women's 800 m - Final - 9 August 1983
1 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)1:54.68 2 Lyubov Gurina (RUS)1:56.11 3 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)1:57.58 4 Margrit Klinger (FDR)1:58.11 5 Robin Campbell (USA)2:00.03 6 Doina Melinte (ROM)2:00.13 7 Milena Matejkovicová-Strnadová (CZE)2:01.72 8 Antje Schröder (DDR)2:02.13
Women's High jump - 9 August 1983
| 1 | Tamara Bykova (URS) | 2.01 |
| 2 | Ulrike Meyfarth (FDR) | 1.99 |
| 3 | Louise Ritter (USA) | 1.95 |
| 4 | Coleen Sommer (USA) | 1.95 |
| 5 | Kerstin Brandt (DDR) | 1.92 |
| 6 | Debbie Brill (CAN) | 1.88 |
| 7 | Susanne Helm-Beyer (DDR) | 1.88 |
| 8 |  Olga Juha (HUN) | 1.88 |
| 9 |  Vanessa Browne-Ward (AUS) | 1.88 |
| 10 | Andrea Bienias (DDR) | 1.84 |
| 10 |  Silvia Costa (CUB) | 1.84 |
| 12 | Maryse Éwanjé-Épée (FRA) | 1.84 |
| 12 | Katalin Sterk (HUN) | 1.84 |
| 12 | Minna Vehmasto (FIN) | 1.84 |
| 15 |  Christine Soetewey (BEL) | 1.84 |
| 16 |  Wenqin Yang (CHN) | 1.84 |
| 17 | Larisa Kositsyna (URS) | 1.80 |
| 18 | Dazhen Zheng (CHN) | 1.80 |
- Women's High jump - Detailed results
Women's High jump - Group A - 7 August 1983
1 Tamara Bykova (URS)1.90 1 Coleen Sommer (USA)1.90 1 Kerstin Brandt (DDR)1.90 4 Susanne Helm-Beyer (DDR)1.90 5 Christine Soetewey (BEL)1.87 6 Minna Vehmasto (FIN)1.87 6 Katalin Sterk (HUN)1.87 8 Dazhen Zheng (CHN)1.87 9 
Sara Simeoni (ITA)1.84 10 Gillian Evans (GBR)1.84 11 
Gaby Meier-Lindenthal (SWI)1.84 11 Brigitte Reid (CAN)1.84 13 
Thordis Gisladóttir (ISL)1.80 13 
Megumi Sato (JPN)1.80 15 Christine Stanton (AUS)1.80 16 
Iona Smith (ANI)1.50 Women's High jump - Group B - 7 August 1983
1 Ulrike Meyfarth (FDR)1.90 2 Louise Ritter (USA)1.90 3 Andrea Bienias (DDR)1.90 4 Debbie Brill (CAN)1.90 5 Olga Juha (HUN)1.87 6 Larisa Kositsyna (URS)1.87 7 Maryse Éwanjé-Épée (FRA)1.87 8 Wenqin Yang (CHN)1.87 8 Silvia Costa (CUB)1.87 8 Vanessa Browne-Ward (AUS)1.87 11 Niculina Vasile (ROM)1.84 12 Emese Béla (HUN)1.80 13 Susanne Lorentzon (SWE)1.80 14 
Lidija Lapajne (YUG)1.80 15 Hisayo Fukumitsu (JPN)1.75 16 
Kawther Akremi (TUN)1.70 17 
Klodeta Gjini (ALB)1.70 Women's High jump - Final - 9 August 1983
1 Tamara Bykova (URS)2.01 2 Ulrike Meyfarth (FDR)1.99 3 Louise Ritter (USA)1.95 4 Coleen Sommer (USA)1.95 5 Kerstin Brandt (DDR)1.92 6 Debbie Brill (CAN)1.88 7 Susanne Helm-Beyer (DDR)1.88 8 Olga Juha (HUN)1.88 9 Vanessa Browne-Ward (AUS)1.88 10 Andrea Bienias (DDR)1.84 10 Silvia Costa (CUB)1.84 12 Maryse Éwanjé-Épée (FRA)1.84 12 Katalin Sterk (HUN)1.84 12 Minna Vehmasto (FIN)1.84 15 Christine Soetewey (BEL)1.84 16 Wenqin Yang (CHN)1.84 17 Larisa Kositsyna (URS)1.80 18 Dazhen Zheng (CHN)1.80
Women's Heptathlon - 9 August 1983
| 1 | Ramona Neubert (DDR) | 6714 |
| 2 | Sabine Paetz-John (DDR) | 6662 |
| 3 | Anke Vater-Behmer (DDR) | 6532 |
| 4 | Sabine Everts (FDR) | 6398 |
| 5 | Valentina Dimitrova (BUL) | 6362 |
| 6 | Yekaterina Smirnova (RUS) | 6321 |
| 7 | Glynis Nunn-Cearns (AUS) | 6195 |
| 8 | Tineke Hidding (NED) | 6155 |
| 9 | Annette Tånnander (SWE) | 5977 |
| 10 | Marcela Koblasová (CZE) | 5965 |
| 11 | Marlene Harmon (USA) | 5925 |
| 12 | Kristine Tånnander (SWE) | 5922 |
| 13 | Anne Kyllönen (FIN) | 5866 |
| 14 | Corinne Schneider (SWI) | 5851 |
| 15 | Florence Picaut (FRA) | 5766 |
| 16 |  Terry Genge (NZL) | 5739 |
| 17 | Helena Otahalová (CZE) | 5721 |
| 18 |  Melitta Aigner (AUT) | 5629 |
| 19 |  Dalila Tayebi (ALG) | 4976 |
| 20 |  Patricia Meighan (GUA) | 3955 |
Women's 400 m - 10 August 1983
| 1 | Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE) | 47.99 |
| 2 | Tatána Kocembová (CZE) | 48.59 |
| 3 | Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS) | 49.19 |
| 4 | Gaby Bussmann (FDR) | 49.75 |
| 5 | Marita Payne (CAN) | 50.06 |
| 6 | Irina Baskakova (URS) | 50.48 |
| 7 | Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer (DDR) | 50.48 |
| 8 | Rosalyn Bryant (USA) | 50.66 |
- Women's 400 m - Detailed results
Women's 400 m - Heat 1 - 7 August 1983
1 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)52.42 2 Molly Killingbeck (CAN)52.62 3 Roberta Belle (USA)53.01 4 Michelle Scutt (GBR)53.30 5 Erica Rossi (ITA)53.51 6 Hala El Moughrabi (SYR)59.58 7 
Marjorie Gentle (BLZ)1:04.00 Women's 400 m - Heat 2 - 7 August 1983
1 Rositsa Stamenova (BUL)53.81 2 Gaby Bussmann (FDR)53.93 3 
June Griffith (GUY)54.02 4 Eucaris Caicedo (COL)55.09 5 Judit Forgacs (HUN)55.15 6 
Leticia Athanas (TAN)56.54 7 
Sandra Liburd (SKN)1:02.46 Women's 400 m - Heat 3 - 7 August 1983
1 Tatána Kocembová (CZE)52.74 2 Denean Howard-Hill (USA)52.78 3 Katya Ilieva (BUL)53.21 4 Cathy Rattray-Williams (JAM)53.40 5 
Elanga Buala (PAP)57.37 6 
Fatalmoudou Toure (MAI)59.37 Women's 400 m - Heat 4 - 7 August 1983
1 Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS)52.49 2 Charmaine Crooks (CAN)53.83 3 Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer (DDR)54.47 4 Denise Robertson-Boyd (AUS)54.70 5 
Iyiechia Petrus (ISV)55.87 6 
Margarita Grun (URU)56.84 7 
Cornelia Baptiste (LCA)1:00.79 Women's 400 m - Heat 5 - 7 August 1983
1 Sabine Busch (DDR)53.16 2 Irina Baskakova (URS)53.45 3 Rosalyn Bryant (USA)53.64 4 Marita Payne (CAN)53.96 5 
Irina Ambulo (PAN)56.08 6 Patricia Meighan (GUA)58.07 Women's 400 m - Quarter-Final 1 - 8 August 1983
1 Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS)51.05 2 Rosalyn Bryant (USA)51.44 3 Sabine Busch (DDR)51.46 4 Charmaine Crooks (CAN)51.57 5 Denise Robertson-Boyd (AUS)52.03 6 Cathy Rattray-Williams (JAM)53.78 Women's 400 m - Quarter-Final 2 - 8 August 1983
1 Irina Baskakova (URS)51.07 2 Gaby Bussmann (FDR)51.15 3 Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer (DDR)51.62 4 Molly Killingbeck (CAN)52.25 5 Roberta Belle (USA)53.43 6 Elanga Buala (PAP)56.96 7 Iyiechia Petrus (ISV)57.24 Women's 400 m - Quarter-Final 3 - 8 August 1983
1 Marita Payne (CAN)52.23 2 Katya Ilieva (BUL)52.37 3 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)52.40 4 Michelle Scutt (GBR)52.70 5 June Griffith (GUY)53.47 6 Leticia Athanas (TAN)56.92 7 Irina Ambulo (PAN)58.33 Women's 400 m - Quarter-Final 4 - 8 August 1983
1 Tatána Kocembová (CZE)51.88 2 Judit Forgacs (HUN)52.18 3 Rositsa Stamenova (BUL)52.22 4 Denean Howard-Hill (USA)52.34 5 Erica Rossi (ITA)53.88 6 Patricia Meighan (GUA)59.85 Women's 400 m - Semi-Final 1 - 9 August 1983
1 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)51.08 2 Gaby Bussmann (FDR)51.22 3 Irina Baskakova (URS)51.26 4 Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer (DDR)51.52 5 Charmaine Crooks (CAN)51.96 6 Denean Howard-Hill (USA)52.06 7 Judit Forgacs (HUN)52.74 8 Rositsa Stamenova (BUL)53.09 Women's 400 m - Semi-Final 2 - 9 August 1983
1 Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS)50.07 2 Tatána Kocembová (CZE)50.45 3 Marita Payne (CAN)50.78 4 Rosalyn Bryant (USA)51.04 5 Sabine Busch (DDR)51.09 6 Michelle Scutt (GBR)51.88 7 Molly Killingbeck (CAN)51.97 8 Katya Ilieva (BUL)52.34 Women's 400 m - Final - 10 August 1983
1 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)47.99 2 Tatána Kocembová (CZE)48.59 3 Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS)49.19 4 Gaby Bussmann (FDR)49.75 5 Marita Payne (CAN)50.06 6 Irina Baskakova (URS)50.48 7 Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer (DDR)50.48 8 Rosalyn Bryant (USA)50.66
Women's 3000 m - 10 August 1983
| 1 | Mary Slaney (USA) | 8:34.62 |
| 2 | Brigitte Kraus (FDR) | 8:35.11 |
| 3 | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) | 8:35.13 |
| 4 | Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) | 8:35.55 |
| 5 | Wendy Sly (GBR) | 8:37.06 |
| 6 | Agnese Possamai (ITA) | 8:37.96 |
| 7 | Jane Furniss-Shields (GBR) | 8:45.69 |
| 8 | Natalya Artyomova (URS) | 8:47.98 |
| 9 |  Aurora Cunha (POR) | 8:50.20 |
| 10 | Lynn Kanuka-Williams (CAN) | 8:50.20 |
| 11 | Cornelia Burki (SWI) | 8:53.85 |
| 12 | Eva Ernström (SWE) | 8:57.59 |
| 13 | Christine Tranter-Benning (GBR) | 8:58.01 |
| 14 | Lorraine Moller (NZL) | 9:02.19 |
| 15 | Alison Wiley (CAN) | 9:15.35 |
- Women's 3000 m - Detailed results
Women's 3000 m - Heat 1 - 8 August 1983
1 Svetlana Ulmasova (URS)8:46.65 2 Agnese Possamai (ITA)8:46.68 3 Brigitte Kraus (FDR)8:47.25 4 Wendy Sly (GBR)8:47.39 5 Christine Tranter-Benning (GBR)8:49.71 6 Aurora Cunha (POR)8:51.66 7 Natalya Artyomova (URS)8:54.14 8 Lynn Kanuka-Williams (CAN)8:54.61 9 Geri Fitch (CAN)9:01.85 10 
Monica Joyce (IRL)9:14.83 11 Helena Hyvönen (FIN)9:19.65 12 Brenda Webb (USA)9:24.38 13 
Marcianne Mukamurenzi (RWA)9:26.59 14 
Marit Holtklimpen (NOR)9:43.40 15 Khadija Al Matari (JOR)10:49.62 Women's 3000 m - Heat 2 - 8 August 1983
1 Tatyana Kazankina (URS)8:44.72 2 Mary Slaney (USA)8:44.72 3 Cornelia Burki (SWI)8:46.94 4 Jane Furniss-Shields (GBR)8:48.59 5 Alison Wiley (CAN)8:51.27 6 Lorraine Moller (NZL)8:51.78 7 Eva Ernström (SWE)8:51.91 8 
Ivana Kubesova (CZE)8:55.54 9 Maggie Keyes-Kraft (USA)9:01.97 10 Vera Michallek (FDR)9:04.51 11 Marica Mrsic (YUG)9:05.59 12 
Pilar Fernández (SPA)9:10.86 13 María Radu (ROM)9:30.37 14 
Mónica Regonesi (CHI)9:31.95 15 
Kriscia García (SAL)10:06.14 Women's 3000 m - Final - 10 August 1983
1 Mary Slaney (USA)8:34.62 2 Brigitte Kraus (FDR)8:35.11 3 Tatyana Kazankina (URS)8:35.13 4 Svetlana Ulmasova (URS)8:35.55 5 Wendy Sly (GBR)8:37.06 6 Agnese Possamai (ITA)8:37.96 7 Jane Furniss-Shields (GBR)8:45.69 8 Natalya Artyomova (URS)8:47.98 9 Aurora Cunha (POR)8:50.20 10 Lynn Kanuka-Williams (CAN)8:50.20 11 Cornelia Burki (SWI)8:53.85 12 Eva Ernström (SWE)8:57.59 13 Christine Tranter-Benning (GBR)8:58.01 14 Lorraine Moller (NZL)9:02.19 15 Alison Wiley (CAN)9:15.35
Women's 400 m Hurdles - 10 August 1983
| 1 | Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun (URS) | 54.14 |
| 2 | Anna Ambraziene (URS) | 54.15 |
| 3 | Ellen Neumann-Fiedler (DDR) | 54.55 |
| 4 | Petra Pfaff (DDR) | 54.64 |
| 5 | Petra Krug (DDR) | 54.76 |
| 6 | Ann-louise Skoglund (SWE) | 54.80 |
| 7 | Susan Morley (GBR) | 56.04 |
| 8 | Cristieana Cojocaru-Matei (ROM) | 56.26 |
- Women's 400 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 8 August 1983
1 Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun (URS)56.43 2 Ann-louise Skoglund (SWE)56.80 3 Gwen Wall (CAN)57.14 4 Judi Brown-King (USA)57.14 5 Giuseppina Cirulli (ITA)57.43 6 
Rose Tata-Muya (KEN)58.09 7 Guihua Liu (CHN)59.39 8 
Felicia Candelario (DOM)1:00.72 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 8 August 1983
1 Anna Ambraziene (URS)56.30 2 Susan Morley (GBR)56.58 3 Petra Krug (DDR)56.87 4 Anna Filicková (CZE)57.09 5 
Ruth Kyalisima (UGA)57.58 6 Helle Sichlau (DEN)57.90 7 Tonja Brown (USA)58.00 8 Ovrill Dwyer-Brown (JAM)58.40 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 8 August 1983
1 
Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)56.52 2 Petra Pfaff (DDR)56.56 3 Hilde Fredriksen (NOR)56.66 4 Christine Slythe (CAN)57.40 5 Sandra Farmer-Patrick (JAM)57.97 6 Verona Elder (GBR)58.74 7 Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (FIN)59.43 8 Mary Wagner (FDR)56.47 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 8 August 1983
1 Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)56.47 2 Cristieana Cojocaru-Matei (ROM)56.49 3 Ellen Neumann-Fiedler (DDR)56.58 4 Sharrieffa Barksdale (USA)56.60 5 Gladys Taylor (GBR)58.25 6 Andrea Page (CAN)58.55 7 Marcela Sevciková (CZE)1:00.34 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 1 - 9 August 1983
1 Petra Pfaff (DDR)55.77 2 Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun (URS)55.99 3 Ann-louise Skoglund (SWE)56.01 4 Susan Morley (GBR)56.09 5 Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)56.63 6 Gwen Wall (CAN)56.68 7 Judi Brown-King (USA)57.98 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 2 - 9 August 1983
1 Anna Ambraziene (URS)55.18 2 Ellen Neumann-Fiedler (DDR)55.23 3 Petra Krug (DDR)55.98 4 Cristieana Cojocaru-Matei (ROM)56.71 5 Sharrieffa Barksdale (USA)56.81 6 Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)57.10 7 Anna Filicková (CZE)57.64 8 Christine Slythe (CAN)58.53 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Final - 10 August 1983
1 Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun (URS)54.14 2 Anna Ambraziene (URS)54.15 3 Ellen Neumann-Fiedler (DDR)54.55 4 Petra Pfaff (DDR)54.64 5 Petra Krug (DDR)54.76 6 Ann-louise Skoglund (SWE)54.80 7 Susan Morley (GBR)56.04 8 Cristieana Cojocaru-Matei (ROM)56.26
Women's Discus throw - 10 August 1983
| 1 | Martina Hellmann (DDR) | 68.94 |
| 2 | Galina Murashova (URS) | 67.44 |
| 3 | Mariya Vergova-Petkova (BUL) | 66.44 |
| 4 | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | 65.62 |
| 5 | Gisela Beyer (DDR) | 65.26 |
| 6 | Zdénka Silhavá (CZE) | 64.32 |
| 7 | Ria Stalman (NED) | 63.76 |
| 8 | Meg Ritchie (GBR) | 62.50 |
| 9 | Florenta Craciunescu-Tacu (ROM) | 62.14 |
| 10 | Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas (BUL) | 62.06 |
| 11 | Galina Savinkova (URS) | 59.28 |
| 12 | Maria Badea (ROM) | 58.10 |
- Women's Discus throw - Detailed results
Women's Discus throw - Group A - 9 August 1983
1 Mariya Vergova-Petkova (BUL)65.84 2 Zdénka Silhavá (CZE)64.68 3 Martina Hellmann (DDR)64.66 4 Galina Murashova (URS)64.00 5 Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas (BUL)60.58 6 Meg Ritchie (GBR)59.28 7 Maria Badea (ROM)57.82 8 Anne Paavolainen-Känsäkangas (FIN)54.92 9 Xiaohui Li (CHN)54.58 10 
Maryline Adam (VAN)33.36 Women's Discus throw - Group B - 9 August 1983
1 Gisela Beyer (DDR)64.14 2 Galina Savinkova (URS)63.58 3 Florenta Craciunescu-Tacu (ROM)61.70 4 Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)61.50 5 Ria Stalman (NED)60.16 6 Ulla Lundholm (FIN)57.64 7 Carol Cady (USA)57.34 8 Venissa Head (GBR)53.78 9 
Mariette Van Heerden (ZIM)45.22 10 
Mereoni Vibose (FID)42.36 11 
Juliet Cain (NRU)Women's Discus throw - Final - 10 August 1983
1 Martina Hellmann (DDR)68.94 2 Galina Murashova (URS)67.44 3 Mariya Vergova-Petkova (BUL)66.44 4 Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)65.62 5 Gisela Beyer (DDR)65.26 6 Zdénka Silhavá (CZE)64.32 7 Ria Stalman (NED)63.76 8 Meg Ritchie (GBR)62.50 9 Florenta Craciunescu-Tacu (ROM)62.14 10 Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas (BUL)62.06 11 Galina Savinkova (URS)59.28 12 Maria Badea (ROM)58.10
Women's 4x100 m relay - 10 August 1983
| 1 | East Germany (Marlies Göhr, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marita Koch, Silke Gladisch-Möller) | |
| 2 | Great Britain (Shirley Thomas, Beverley Goddard-Callender, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Joan Baptiste) | |
| 3 | Jamaica (Merlene Ottey, Juliet Cuthbert, Jacqueline Pusey, Leleith Hodges) | |
| 4 | Bulgaria (Pepa Pavlova, Nadezhda Georgieva, Anelia Nuneva, Ginka Zagorcheva) | |
| 5 | Canada (Molly Killingbeck, Tanya Brothers, Marita Payne, Angela Bailey) | |
| 6 | Soviet Union (Olga Antonova, Irina Olkhovnikova, Yelena Vinogradova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva) | |
| 7 | France (Liliane Gaschet, Rose-aimée Bacoul, Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo, Marie-France Loval) | |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (Eva Murková, Radislava Soborová, Stepanka Sokolová, Jarmila Nygrýnová) |
- Women's 4x100 m relay - Detailed results
Women's 4x100 m relay - Heat 1 - 10 August 1983
1 Great Britain (Joan Baptiste, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Beverley Goddard-Callender, Shirley Thomas)43.06 Q 2 Bulgaria (Ginka Zagorcheva, Anelia Nuneva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Pepa Pavlova)43.19 Q 3 Soviet Union (Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Yelena Vinogradova, Irina Olkhovnikova, Olga Antonova)43.51 Q 4 Czechoslovakia (Jarmila Nygrýnová, Stepanka Sokolová, Radislava Soborová, Eva Murková)43.89 Q 5 West Germany (Monika Hirsch, Elke Vollmer, Michaela Schabinger, Ute Thimm)44.21 6 Italy (Carla Mercurio, Erica Rossi, Daniela Ferrian, Marisa Masullo)44.46 7 Finland (Sisko Markkanen-Hanhijoki, Helinä Marjamaa, Margareete Honkaharju, Riitta Ketonen)44.77 8 Denmark (Britt Hansen, Lisbet Nissen-Petersen, Helle Theil, Dorthe A. Rasmussen)45.04 Women's 4x100 m relay - Heat 2 - 10 August 1983
1 East Germany (Silke Gladisch-Möller, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Göhr)42.59 Q 2 Jamaica (Leleith Hodges, Jacqueline Pusey, Juliet Cuthbert, Merlene Ottey)43.10 Q 3 France (Marie-France Loval, Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo, Rose-aimée Bacoul, Liliane Gaschet)43.52 Q 4 Canada (Angela Bailey, Marita Payne, Tanya Brothers, Molly Killingbeck)44.19 Q 5 United States (Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Chandra Cheeseborough, Randy Givens)44.20 6 Bahamas (Shonel Ferguson, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Whelma Colebrook, Oralee Fowler)44.76 7 Ghana (Grace Armah, Mercy Addy, Elisabeth Wilson, Mary Mensah)47.51 Women's 4x100 m relay - Final A - 10 August 1983
1 East Germany (Silke Gladisch-Möller, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Göhr)41.76 2 Great Britain (Joan Baptiste, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Beverley Goddard-Callender, Shirley Thomas)42.71 3 Jamaica (Leleith Hodges, Jacqueline Pusey, Juliet Cuthbert, Merlene Ottey)42.73 4 Bulgaria (Ginka Zagorcheva, Anelia Nuneva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Pepa Pavlova)42.93 5 Canada (Angela Bailey, Marita Payne, Tanya Brothers, Molly Killingbeck)43.05 6 Soviet Union (Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Yelena Vinogradova, Irina Olkhovnikova, Olga Antonova)43.22 7 France (Marie-France Loval, Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo, Rose-aimée Bacoul, Liliane Gaschet)43.40 8 Czechoslovakia (Jarmila Nygrýnová, Stepanka Sokolová, Radislava Soborová, Eva Murková)43.78 Women's 4x100 m relay - Final - 10 August 1983
1 East Germany (Marlies Göhr, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marita Koch, Silke Gladisch-Möller)2 Great Britain (Shirley Thomas, Beverley Goddard-Callender, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Joan Baptiste)3 Jamaica (Merlene Ottey, Juliet Cuthbert, Jacqueline Pusey, Leleith Hodges)4 Bulgaria (Pepa Pavlova, Nadezhda Georgieva, Anelia Nuneva, Ginka Zagorcheva)5 Canada (Molly Killingbeck, Tanya Brothers, Marita Payne, Angela Bailey)6 Soviet Union (Olga Antonova, Irina Olkhovnikova, Yelena Vinogradova, Lyudmila Kondratyeva)7 France (Liliane Gaschet, Rose-aimée Bacoul, Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo, Marie-France Loval)8 Czechoslovakia (Eva Murková, Radislava Soborová, Stepanka Sokolová, Jarmila Nygrýnová)
Women's Shot put - 12 August 1983
| 1 | Helena Fibingerová (CZE) | 21.05 |
| 2 | Helma Knorscheidt (DDR) | 20.70 |
| 3 | Ilona Slupianek (DDR) | 20.56 |
| 4 | Nunu Abashidze (URS) | 20.55 |
| 5 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.02 |
| 6 | Mihaela Loghin (ROM) | 19.85 |
| 7 | Claudia Losch (FDR) | 19.72 |
| 8 | María Elena Sarría (CUB) | 19.47 |
| 9 | Zdénka Silhavá (CZE) | 19.00 |
| 10 | Venissa Head (GBR) | 18.05 |
| 11 | Gael Mulhall-Martin (AUS) | 17.79 |
| 12 | Judy Oakes (GBR) | 17.52 |
- Women's Shot put - Detailed results
Women's Shot put - Group A - 10 August 1983
1 Helena Fibingerová (CZE)19.25 2 María Elena Sarría (CUB)19.24 3 Nunu Abashidze (URS)19.10 4 Helma Knorscheidt (DDR)19.09 5 Venissa Head (GBR)18.41 6 Gael Mulhall-Martin (AUS)17.79 7 Lijuan Shen (CHN)16.99 8 Lorna Griffin (USA)16.50 9 Maryline Adam (VAN)11.32 10 
Magdalene Springer (MNE)9.78 Women's Shot put - Group B - 10 August 1983
1 Ilona Slupianek (DDR)19.99 2 Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)19.68 3 Mihaela Loghin (ROM)18.97 4 Zdénka Silhavá (CZE)18.57 5 Claudia Losch (FDR)18.24 6 Judy Oakes (GBR)17.61 7 Li Meisu (CHN)16.91 8 Meg Ritchie (GBR)16.14 9 Rosemarie Hauch (CAN)15.37 10 
Odette Mistoul (GAB)14.23 Women's Shot put - Final - 12 August 1983
1 Helena Fibingerová (CZE)21.05 2 Helma Knorscheidt (DDR)20.70 3 Ilona Slupianek (DDR)20.56 4 Nunu Abashidze (URS)20.55 5 Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)20.02 6 Mihaela Loghin (ROM)19.85 7 Claudia Losch (FDR)19.72 8 María Elena Sarría (CUB)19.47 9 Zdénka Silhavá (CZE)19.00 10 Venissa Head (GBR)18.05 11 Gael Mulhall-Martin (AUS)17.79 12 Judy Oakes (GBR)17.52
Women's 100 m Hurdles - 13 August 1983
| 1 | Bettine Jahn (DDR) | 12.35 |
| 2 | Kerstin Knabe (DDR) | 12.42 |
| 3 | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.62 |
| 4 | Natalya Petrova (URS) | 12.67 |
| 5 | Shirley Strong (GBR) | 12.78 |
| 6 | Yelena Biserova (URS) | 12.80 |
| 7 | Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat (DDR) | 12.94 |
| 8 | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA) | 12.99 |
- Women's 100 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 12 August 1983
1 Kerstin Knabe (DDR)13.03 2 Laurence Elloy-Machabey (FRA)13.15 3 Ulrike Denk (FDR)13.26 4 Sue Kameli (CAN)13.61 5 Heidi Benserud (NOR)13.71 6 
Elisavet Pantazi (GRE)13.90 7 Jianhua Dai (CHN)13.97 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 12 August 1983
1 Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)12.78 2 Yelena Biserova (URS)12.91 3 Marie-Noëlle Savigny (FRA)13.21 4 Mihaela Stoica-Pogaceanu (ROM)13.24 5 Lorna Boothe (GBR)13.46 6 
Beatriz Capotosto (ARG)13.63 7 Yueh-Hsiang Lin (TPE)14.25 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 12 August 1983
1 Shirley Strong (GBR)13.26 2 Natalya Petrova (URS)13.43 3 Xenia Siska (HUN)13.60 4 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA)13.67 5 Sylvia Forgrave (CAN)13.83 6 Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)14.85 7 June Caddle (BAR)14.89 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 12 August 1983
1 Heike Filsinger (FDR)13.04 2 Cornelia Oschkenat (DDR)13.07 3 Glynis Nunn-Cearns (AUS)13.26 4 Karen Nelson (CAN)13.66 5 Helle Sichlau (DEN)13.76 6 María José Martínez Patiño (SPA)13.78 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 5 - 12 August 1983
1 Bettine Jahn (DDR)12.81 2 Michele Chardonnet (FRA)13.17 3 Pam Page (USA)13.18 4 Judy Simpson-Livermore (GBR)13.25 5 Marjan Olijslager (NED)13.26 6 Emi Sasaki (JPN)13.78 7 Saila Purho (FIN)13.90 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Quarter-Final 1 - 12 August 1983
1 Kerstin Knabe (DDR)12.83 2 Judy Simpson-Livermore (GBR)13.22 3 Glynis Nunn-Cearns (AUS)13.23 4 Heike Filsinger (FDR)13.31 5 Sue Kameli (CAN)13.33 6 Beatriz Capotosto (ARG)13.60 7 Elisavet Pantazi (GRE)13.95 8 Jianhua Dai (CHN)14.07 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Quarter-Final 2 - 12 August 1983
1 Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)12.66 2 Natalya Petrova (URS)12.70 3 Pam Page (USA)13.12 4 Michele Chardonnet (FRA)13.13 5 Lorna Boothe (GBR)13.29 6 Heidi Benserud (NOR)13.60 7 Helle Sichlau (DEN)13.73 8 Yueh-Hsiang Lin (TPE)12.75 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Quarter-Final 3 - 12 August 1983
1 Bettine Jahn (DDR)12.75 2 Laurence Elloy-Machabey (FRA)12.95 3 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA)13.15 4 Xenia Siska (HUN)13.16 5 Mihaela Stoica-Pogaceanu (ROM)13.21 6 Marjan Olijslager (NED)13.30 7 Sylvia Forgrave (CAN)13.38 8 Emi Sasaki (JPN)13.73 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Quarter-Final 4 - 12 August 1983
1 Shirley Strong (GBR)12.91 2 Yelena Biserova (URS)12.94 3 Cornelia Oschkenat (DDR)12.96 4 Ulrike Denk (FDR)13.14 5 Marie-Noëlle Savigny (FRA)13.21 6 Karen Nelson (CAN)13.61 7 María José Martínez G. (SPA)13.80 8 Saila Purho (FIN)13.90 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 1 - 13 August 1983
1 Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)12.75 2 Kerstin Knabe (DDR)12.83 3 Yelena Biserova (URS)12.92 4 Shirley Strong (GBR)12.99 5 Michele Chardonnet (FRA)13.13 6 Pam Page (USA)13.24 7 Heike Filsinger (FDR)13.42 8 Xenia Siska (HUN)13.68 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 2 - 13 August 1983
1 Bettine Jahn (DDR)12.76 2 Natalya Petrova (URS)12.83 3 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA)12.96 4 Cornelia Oschkenat (DDR)13.00 5 Laurence Elloy-Machabey (FRA)13.08 6 Ulrike Denk (FDR)13.16 7 Judy Simpson-Livermore (GBR)13.30 8 Glynis Nunn-Cearns (AUS)13.39 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Final - 13 August 1983
1 Bettine Jahn (DDR)12.35 2 Kerstin Knabe (DDR)12.42 3 Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)12.62 4 Natalya Petrova (URS)12.67 5 Shirley Strong (GBR)12.78 6 Yelena Biserova (URS)12.80 7 Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat (DDR)12.94 8 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA)12.99
Women's Javelin throw - 13 August 1983
| 1 | Tiina Lillak (FIN) | 70.82 |
| 2 | Fatima Whitbread (GBR) | 69.14 |
| 3 | Anna Verouli (GRE) | 65.72 |
| 4 | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) | 64.76 |
| 5 | Eva Raduly-Zörgö (ROM) | 63.86 |
| 6 | Tuula Laaksalo (FIN) | 62.44 |
| 7 | Beate Peters (FDR) | 62.42 |
| 8 | María Caridad Colón (CUB) | 62.04 |
| 9 | Petra Felke-Meier (DDR) | 62.02 |
| 10 | Karin Smith (USA) | 59.76 |
| 11 | Antje Kempe-Zöllkau (DDR) | 58.82 |
| 12 | Mayra Vila (CUB) | 57.80 |
- Women's Javelin throw - Detailed results
Women's Javelin throw - Group A - 12 August 1983
1 Tessa Sanderson (GBR)64.80 2 Petra Felke-Meier (DDR)64.46 3 Mayra Vila (CUB)62.78 4 Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)62.06 5 Karin Bergdahl (SWE)60.64 6 Ingrid Thyssen (FDR)59.70 7 Elena Burgarova (CZE)58.48 8 Monique Lapres (CAN)54.70 9 Xiaoli Xin (CHN)52.52 10 
Jennifer Pace (MLT)41.96 Women's Javelin throw - Group B - 12 August 1983
1 Tiina Lillak (FIN)69.16 2 Anna Verouli (GRE)68.50 3 Antje Kempe-Zöllkau (DDR)62.74 4 Eva Raduly-Zörgö (ROM)61.92 5 Karin Smith (USA)61.48 6 Beate Peters (FDR)61.18 7 María Caridad Colón (CUB)60.98 8 Fatima Whitbread (GBR)60.96 9 Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)59.34 10 Emi Matsui (JPN)55.52 11 Mereoni Vibose (FID)49.44 12 
Norsham Yoon (MAL)40.40 Women's Javelin throw - Final - 13 August 1983
1 Tiina Lillak (FIN)70.82 2 Fatima Whitbread (GBR)69.14 3 Anna Verouli (GRE)65.72 4 Tessa Sanderson (GBR)64.76 5 Eva Raduly-Zörgö (ROM)63.86 6 Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)62.44 7 Beate Peters (FDR)62.42 8 María Caridad Colón (CUB)62.04 9 Petra Felke-Meier (DDR)62.02 10 Karin Smith (USA)59.76 11 Antje Kempe-Zöllkau (DDR)58.82 12 Mayra Vila (CUB)57.80
Women's 200 m - 14 August 1983
| 1 | Marita Koch (DDR) | 22.13 |
| 2 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 22.19 |
| 3 | Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR) | 22.37 |
| 4 | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 22.46 |
| 5 | Grace Jackson (JAM) | 22.63 |
| 6 | Anelia Nuneva (BUL) | 22.68 |
| 7 | Angela Bailey (CAN) | 22.93 |
| 8 | Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) | 23.03 |
- Women's 200 m - Detailed results
Women's 200 m - Heat 1 - 12 August 1983
1 Joan Baptiste (GBR)23.34 2 Marita Koch (DDR)23.59 3 Liliane Gaschet (FRA)23.60 4 Lydia De Vega-Mercado (PHI)24.45 5 Felicite Bada (BEN)26.98 6 Marjorie Gentle (BLZ)27.90 7 
Annah Mathunjwa (SWZ)29.38 Women's 200 m - Heat 2 - 12 August 1983
1 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)23.05 2 Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo (FRA)23.55 3 Angela Bailey (CAN)23.93 4 Ruperta Charles (ANT)24.11 5 Koumba Kante (GUI)27.86 6 Rose Phillips-King (BVI)28.50 Women's 200 m - Heat 3 - 12 August 1983
1 Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)23.20 2 Marisa Masullo (ITA)23.37 3 Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)23.53 4 Stepanka Sokolová (CZE)23.82 5 Rufina Ubah (NGR)24.12 6 Margarita Grun (URU)24.84 7 Sandra Liburd (SKN)26.13 8 Cornelia Baptiste (LCA)26.29 Women's 200 m - Heat 4 - 12 August 1983
1 Grace Jackson (JAM)23.09 2 Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)23.21 3 Anelia Nuneva (BUL)23.31 4 Ute Thimm (FDR)23.56 5 Sandra Whittaker (GBR)23.63 6 Myung-Hee Mo (KOR)24.63 7 Evelyn Farrell (ANT)25.52 8 
Florence Gaza (SOL)30.43 Women's 200 m - Heat 5 - 12 August 1983
1 Merlene Ottey (JAM)23.23 2 Irina Olkhovnikova (URS)23.65 3 Helinä Marjamaa (FIN)23.82 4 Dorthe A. Rasmussen (DEN)23.84 5 Lena Möller (SWE)23.99 6 Elanga Buala (PAP)25.59 7 Judith Nimpaye (BDI)30.25 Women's 200 m - Heat 6 - 12 August 1983
1 Randy Givens (USA)23.01 2 Yelena Vinogradova (URS)23.37 3 Denise Robertson-Boyd (AUS)23.38 4 Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)23.57 5 Mary Mensah (GHA)24.91 6 Marisol Garcia (NIC)25.92 7 
Marie-Ange Wirtz (SEY)26.13 Women's 200 m - Quarter-Final 1 - 12 August 1983
1 Grace Jackson (JAM)23.06 2 Anelia Nuneva (BUL)23.22 3 Denise Robertson-Boyd (AUS)23.28 4 Irina Olkhovnikova (URS)23.48 5 Dorthe A. Rasmussen (DEN)23.61 6 Ute Thimm (FDR)23.68 7 Lydia De Vega-Mercado (PHI)24.16 Women's 200 m - Quarter-Final 2 - 12 August 1983
1 Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)22.78 2 Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)22.93 3 Helinä Marjamaa (FIN)23.11 4 Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)23.14 5 Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo (FRA)23.30 6 Stepanka Sokolová (CZE)23.75 7 Margarita Grun (URU)24.59 8 Myung-Hee Mo (KOR)24.74 Women's 200 m - Quarter-Final 3 - 12 August 1983
1 Merlene Ottey (JAM)22.38 2 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)22.55 3 Angela Bailey (CAN)23.25 4 Marisa Masullo (ITA)23.58 5 Sandra Whittaker (GBR)23.58 6 Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)23.64 7 Rufina Ubah (NGR)24.72 Women's 200 m - Quarter-Final 4 - 12 August 1983
1 Marita Koch (DDR)23.03 2 Joan Baptiste (GBR)23.29 3 Liliane Gaschet (FRA)23.38 4 Randy Givens (USA)23.43 5 Lena Möller (SWE)23.56 6 Yelena Vinogradova (URS)23.60 7 Ruperta Charles (ANT)24.09 Women's 200 m - Semi-Final 1 - 13 August 1983
1 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)22.41 2 Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)22.57 3 Anelia Nuneva (BUL)22.62 4 Grace Jackson (JAM)22.76 5 Helinä Marjamaa (FIN)22.86 6 Denise Robertson-Boyd (AUS)23.26 7 Marisa Masullo (ITA)23.36 8 Irina Olkhovnikova (URS)23.38 Women's 200 m - Semi-Final 2 - 13 August 1983
1 Marita Koch (DDR)22.67 2 Merlene Ottey (JAM)22.68 3 Angela Bailey (CAN)22.82 4 Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)23.02 5 Joan Baptiste (GBR)23.24 6 Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)23.26 7 Randy Givens (USA)23.34 8 Liliane Gaschet (FRA)23.37 Women's 200 m - Final - 14 August 1983
1 Marita Koch (DDR)22.13 2 Merlene Ottey (JAM)22.19 3 Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)22.37 4 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)22.46 5 Grace Jackson (JAM)22.63 6 Anelia Nuneva (BUL)22.68 7 Angela Bailey (CAN)22.93 8 Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)23.03
Women's 1500 m - 14 August 1983
| 1 | Mary Slaney (USA) | 4:00.90 |
| 2 | Zamira Zaytseva (URS) | 4:01.19 |
| 3 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS) | 4:02.25 |
| 4 | Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich (URS) | 4:02.67 |
| 5 | Wendy Sly (GBR) | 4:04.14 |
| 6 | Doina Melinte (ROM) | 4:04.42 |
| 7 | Gabriella Dorio (ITA) | 4:04.73 |
| 8 | Brit Lind-Petersen-Mcroberts (CAN) | 4:05.73 |
| 9 | Christina Boxer-Cahill (GBR) | 4:06.74 |
| 10 | Cornelia Burki (SWI) | 4:11.61 |
| 11 | Ivana Kubesova (CZE) | 4:15.12 |
| 12 | María Radu (ROM) | 4:19.03 |
- Women's 1500 m - Detailed results
Women's 1500 m - Heat 1 - 12 August 1983
1 Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich (URS)4:10.71 2 Ivana Kubesova (CZE)4:10.82 3 Brit Lind-Petersen-Mcroberts (CAN)4:10.88 4 Christiane Stoll-Wartenberg (DDR)4:10.89 5 Totka Petrova (BUL)4:12.31 6 Cindy Bremser (USA)4:14.10 7 Kriscia García (SAL)4:40.21 8 
Bigna Samuel (VIN)4:51.35 9 Kungu Bakombo (COD)4:54.12 Women's 1500 m - Heat 2 - 12 August 1983
1 Mary Slaney (USA)4:07.47 2 Zamira Zaytseva (URS)4:07.64 3 Wendy Sly (GBR)4:08.16 4 Cornelia Burki (SWI)4:08.61 5 María Radu (ROM)4:10.15 6 Marcianne Mukamurenzi (RWA)4:30.58 7 
Vivian Pearson (MAW)5:03.70 Women's 1500 m - Heat 3 - 12 August 1983
1 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)4:09.39 2 Gabriella Dorio (ITA)4:09.45 3 Doina Melinte (ROM)4:09.71 4 Christina Boxer-Cahill (GBR)4:09.88 5 Betty Vansteenbroek (BEL)4:12.93 6 Marjo-Riitta Lakka (FIN)4:22.33 7 Hala El Moughrabi (SYR)4:45.62 8 Khadija Al Matari (JOR)5:01.83 Women's 1500 m - Final - 14 August 1983
1 Mary Slaney (USA)4:00.90 2 Zamira Zaytseva (URS)4:01.19 3 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS)4:02.25 4 Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich (URS)4:02.67 5 Wendy Sly (GBR)4:04.14 6 Doina Melinte (ROM)4:04.42 7 Gabriella Dorio (ITA)4:04.73 8 Brit Lind-Petersen-Mcroberts (CAN)4:05.73 9 Christina Boxer-Cahill (GBR)4:06.74 10 Cornelia Burki (SWI)4:11.61 11 Ivana Kubesova (CZE)4:15.12 12 María Radu (ROM)4:19.03
Women's Long jump - 14 August 1983
| 1 | Heike Drechsler (DDR) | 7.27 |
| 2 | Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu (ROM) | 7.15 |
| 3 | Carol Lewis (USA) | 7.04 |
| 4 | Tatyana Proskuryakova (URS) | 7.02 |
| 5 | Beverly Kinch (GBR) | 6.93 |
| 6 | Zsuzsa Vanyek (HUN) | 6.81 |
| 7 | Eva Murková (CZE) | 6.80 |
| 8 | Robyn Lorraway (AUS) | 6.65 |
| 9 | Vali Ionescu (ROM) | 6.62 |
| 10 | Jarmila Nygrýnová (CZE) | 6.56 |
| 11 | Jennifer Innis (GUY) | 6.54 |
| 12 | Helga Radtke (DDR) | 6.44 |
- Women's Long jump - Detailed results
Women's Long jump - Group A - 13 August 1983
1 Carol Lewis (USA)6.78 2 Heike Drechsler (DDR)6.65 3 Robyn Lorraway (AUS)6.65 4 Tatyana Proskuryakova (URS)6.63 5 Vali Ionescu (ROM)6.44 6 Jarmila Nygrýnová (CZE)6.40 7 Shonel Ferguson (BAH)6.29 8 Lena Wallin (SWE)6.19 9 Esmeralda De Jesús Garcia (BRA)6.15 10 Heidi Benserud (NOR)5.92 11 
Jacinta Bartholomew (GRN)5.77 12 Marie-Ange Wirtz (SEY)5.20 13 
Kim Mom (CMR)4.90 Women's Long jump - Group B - 13 August 1983
1 Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu (ROM)6.76 2 Zsuzsa Vanyek (HUN)6.60 3 Eva Murková (CZE)6.57 4 Helga Radtke (DDR)6.53 5 Jennifer Innis (GUY)6.45 6 Beverly Kinch (GBR)6.43 7 Gwen Loud (USA)6.37 8 
Madeline De Jesus (PUR)6.12 9 Halcyon McKnight (JAM)6.03 10 Donghuo Huang (CHN)5.90 11 Rose Phillips-King (BVI)5.40 12 
Mariam Traore (BUR)4.90 Women's Long jump - Final - 14 August 1983
1 Heike Drechsler (DDR)7.27 2 Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu (ROM)7.15 3 Carol Lewis (USA)7.04 4 Tatyana Proskuryakova (URS)7.02 5 Beverly Kinch (GBR)6.93 6 Zsuzsa Vanyek (HUN)6.81 7 Eva Murková (CZE)6.80 8 Robyn Lorraway (AUS)6.65 9 Vali Ionescu (ROM)6.62 10 Jarmila Nygrýnová (CZE)6.56 11 Jennifer Innis (GUY)6.54 12 Helga Radtke (DDR)6.44
Women's 4x400 m relay - 14 August 1983
| 1 | East Germany (Ellen Fiedler, Undine Bremer, Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Marita Koch, Sabine Busch, Kerstin Walther) | |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia (Tatána Kocembová, Jarmila Kratochvílová, Zuzana Moravciková, Milena Matejkovicová-Strnadová, Tatána Kocembová) | |
| 3 | Soviet Union (Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina, Irina Baskakova, Marina Ivanova-Kharlamova, Yelena Didilenko-Korban) | |
| 4 | Canada (Marita Payne, Molly Killingbeck, Jillian Richardson-Briscoe, Charmaine Crooks) | |
| 5 | United States (Denean Howard-Hill, Rosalyn Bryant, Easter Gabriel, Roberta Belle) | |
| 6 | West Germany (Gaby Bussmann, Gisela Gottwald, Ute Thimm, Rita Daimer) | |
| 7 | Bulgaria (Galina Penkova, Katya Ilieva, Rositsa Stamenova, Svobodka Damyanova) | |
| 8 | Romania (Iulia Radu, Daniela Matei, Cristieana Cojocaru-Matei, Elena Lina) |
- Women's 4x400 m relay - Detailed results
Women's 4x400 m relay - Heat 1 - 13 August 1983
1 United States (Denean Howard, Rosalyn Bryant, Easter Gabriel, Roberta Belle)3:26.82 Q 2 Canada (Marita Payne, Molly Killingbeck, Jillian Richardson-Briscoe, Charmaine Crooks)3:27.21 Q 3 Czechoslovakia (Jarmila Kratochvílová, Tatána Kocembová, Zuzana Moravciková, Milena Matejkovicová)3:27.60 Q 4 West Germany (Gaby Bussmann, Gisela Gottwald, Ute Thimm, Rita Daimer)3:29.70 q 5 Romania (Elena Lina, Cristieana Cojocaru-Matei, Daniela Matei, Iulia Radu)3:30.96 q Women's 4x400 m relay - Heat 2 - 13 August 1983
1 Soviet Union (Yelena Korban, Marina Ivanova, Irina Baskakova, Mariya Pinigina)3:28.77 Q 2 East Germany (Kerstin Walther, Undine Bremer, Ellen Fiedler, Sabine Busch)3:29.05 Q 3 Bulgaria (Svobodka Damyanova, Rositsa Stamenova, Katya Ilieva, Galina Penkova)3:31.11 Q 4 Jamaica (Cathy Rattray-Williams, Ovrill Dwyer-Brown, Jacqueline Pusey, Grace Jackson)3:34.17 5 Puerto Rico (Madeline De Jesus, Vilma Paris, Margaret De Jesus, Nilsa Paris)3:42.79 Women's 4x400 m relay - Final A - 14 August 1983
1 East Germany (Gesine Walther, Sabine Busch, Marita Koch, Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer)3:19.73 2 Czechoslovakia (Tatána Kocembová, Milena Matejkovicová-Strnadová, Zuzana Moravciková, Jarmila Kratochvílová)3:20.32 3 Soviet Union (Yelena Didilenko-Korban, Marina Ivanova-Kharlamova, Irina Baskakova, Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina)3:21.16 4 Canada (Charmaine Crooks, Jillian Richardson-Briscoe, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne)3:27.41 5 United States (Roberta Belle, Easter Gabriel, Rosalyn Bryant, Denean Howard-Hill)3:27.57 6 West Germany (Rita Daimer, Ute Thimm, Gisela Gottwald, Gaby Bussmann)3:29.43 7 Bulgaria (Svobodka Damyanova, Rositsa Stamenova, Katya Ilieva, Galina Penkova)3:30.36 8 Romania (Iulia Radu, Daniela Matei, Cristieana Cojocaru-Matei, Elena Lina)3:35.61 Women's 4x400 m relay - Final - 14 August 1983
1 East Germany (Ellen Fiedler, Undine Bremer, Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Marita Koch, Sabine Busch, Kerstin Walther)2 Czechoslovakia (Tatána Kocembová, Jarmila Kratochvílová, Zuzana Moravciková, Milena Matejkovicová-Strnadová, Tatána Kocembová)3 Soviet Union (Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina, Irina Baskakova, Marina Ivanova-Kharlamova, Yelena Didilenko-Korban)4 Canada (Marita Payne, Molly Killingbeck, Jillian Richardson-Briscoe, Charmaine Crooks)5 United States (Denean Howard-Hill, Rosalyn Bryant, Easter Gabriel, Roberta Belle)6 West Germany (Gaby Bussmann, Gisela Gottwald, Ute Thimm, Rita Daimer)7 Bulgaria (Galina Penkova, Katya Ilieva, Rositsa Stamenova, Svobodka Damyanova)8 Romania (Iulia Radu, Daniela Matei, Cristieana Cojocaru-Matei, Elena Lina)