These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships

1983 World Championships in Athletics

The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....

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 Jarmila Kratochvílová Jarmila Kratochvílová is a Czech former sprinter and middle distance runner. In 1983, she set world record times for both the 400 metres and 800 metres, and won gold medals in both distances at the World Championships.... Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...  (TCH)
Silver	Lyubov Gurina Lyubov Gurina Lyubov Gurina is a retired middle-distance runner who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. Competing mainly in the 800 metres, in 1994 she became the oldest European Champion at the age of 37... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (URS)
Bronze	Yekaterina Podkopayeva Yekaterina Podkopayeva Yekaterina Podkopayeva is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia. She gained international recognition in 1983, when she won two bronze medals at the World Championships . The same year she managed an 800 m time of 1:55.96. She resurfaced in 1992, winning the... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (URS)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World record		1:53.28	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....	July 26, 1983
Championship record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		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 1983

  RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
  1.		1:59.55
  2.		1:59.58
  3.		2:02.02
  4.		2:00.22
  5.		2:02.23
  6.		2:02.92
  7.		2:03.59
  8.		2:08.14

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		1:59.33
2.		1:59.46
3.		1:59.49
4.		1:50.60
5.		1:59.96
6.		2:01.32
7.		2:02.19
8.		2:12.93

Qualifying heats

• Held on Sunday 7 August 1983

  RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
  1.		2:02.08
  2.		2:02.58
  3.		2:02.60
  4.		2:04.50
  5.		2:18.25
  6.		2:19.68

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		2:06.42
2.		2:06.60
3.		2:06.76
4.		2:07.23
5.		2:21.90
—		DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		2:10.61
2.		2:12.35
3.		2:12.52
4.		2:15.37
5.		2:17.06
6.		2:55.64
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		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