1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

Events at the 1983 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on 10 August 1983.

Gold	Carl Lewis United States (USA)
Silver	Jason Grimes United States (USA)
Bronze	Mike Conley United States (USA)

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

• All results shown are in metres

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Bob Beamon (USA)	8.90 m	October 18, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico
Event Record	New event

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Jason Grimes (USA)	8.29	—	—	8.29 m
2	3	Gary Honey (AUS)	X	8.12	—	8.12 m
3	5	Antonio Corgos (ESP)	7.32	X	8.05	8.05 m
4	6	Oganes Stepanyan (URS)	7.82	7.88	8.01	8.01 m
5	8	Atanas Atanasov (BUL)	7.96	—	—	7.96 m
6	11	Mike Conley (USA)	7.88	7.89	7.90	7.90 m
7	12	Nenad Stekić (YUG)	7.88	7.88	7.64	7.88 m
8	13	Lee Mu-tsai (TPE)	7.44	7.51	7.88	7.88 m
9	15	Lester Benjamin (ATG)	7.81	7.78	7.41	7.81 m
10	17	Stephen Walsh (NZL)	X	X	7.75	7.75 m
11	18	Gyula Pálóczi (HUN)	7.42	7.70	7.40	7.70 m
12	19	Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA)	X	7.70	X	7.70 m
13	26	Chan Ka-chiu (HKG)	X	X	7.31	7.31 m
14	27	Bilanday Bodjona (TOG)	7.15	6.91	6.82	7.15 m
—	—	Steve Hanna (BAH)				DNS
—	—	Ian James (CAN)				DNS
—	—	Vlastimil Mařinec (TCH)				DNS

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.37	—	—	8.37 m
2	4	Yusuf Alli (NGR)	8.11	—	—	8.11 m
3	7	László Szalma (HUN)	7.97	—	—	7.97 m
4	9	Gheorghe Cojocaru (ROU)	7.92	—	—	7.92 m
5	10	Jan Leitner (TCH)	7.90	—	—	7.90 m
6	14	Sergey Rodin (URS)	6.95	X	7.87	7.87 m
7	16	Liu Yuhuang (CHN)	X	X	7.77	7.77 m
8	20	Joey Wells (BAH)	6.44	7.69	X	7.69 m
9	21	René Gloor (SUI)	X	7.68	X	7.68 m
10	22	Jarmo Karna (FIN)	7.56	7.54	X	7.56 m
11	23	Marco Piochi (ITA)	7.29	7.42	7.52	7.52 m
12	24	Björn Johansson (SWE)	5.78	7.51	6.96	7.51 m
13	25	Wilfredo Almonte (DOM)	7.38	X	7.21	7.38 m
14	28	Laoui Adnan Abou (JOR)	X	7.06	7.12	7.12 m
15	29	Mohamed Abdulla Abdelaslam (LBA)	X	6.76	6.54	6.76 m
16	30	Said Al-Marhubi (OMA)	X	6.20	5.80	6.20 m
—	—	Atanas Chochev (BUL)	X	X	X	NM

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.55	—	8.42	—	—	—	8.55 m	CR
	Jason Grimes (USA)	8.29	X	8.23	8.29	X	8.17	8.29 m
	Mike Conley (USA)	X	8.06	X	8.12	8.12	X	8.12 m
4	László Szalma (HUN)	X	7.93	X	8.09	8.08	8.12	8.12 m
5	Nenad Stekić (YUG)	7.80	5.54	7.94	5.99	7.76	8.09	8.09 m
6	Gary Honey (AUS)	7.86	7.93	8.06	X	7.94	7.96	8.06 m
7	Antonio Corgos (ESP)	7.94	7.79	7.92	7.91	8.06	X	8.06 m
8	Yusuf Alli (NGR)	7.89	X	7.89	7.85	7.89	7.74	7.89 m
9	Gheorghe Cojocaru (ROU)	7.81	7.88	7.70				7.88 m
10	Jan Leitner (TCH)	7.64	7.84	7.80				7.84 m
11	Oganes Stepanyan (URS)	7.74	X	7.59				7.74 m
12	Atanas Atanasov (BUL)	7.52	7.69	7.54				7.69 m
13	Lee Mu-Tsai (TPE)	7.57	6.89	7.09				7.57 m

• 1980 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Athens)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Long Jump (Rome)

• Results
• L'Athletisme (September 1983, p52)