1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 1983 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men
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

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

Gold	Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Silver	Lyubov Gurina Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Yekaterina Podkopayeva Soviet Union (URS)

Existing records at the start of the event.

World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, West Germany	July 26, 1983
Championship record	New event

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:54.68
	Lyubov Gurina (URS)	1:56.11
	Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS)	1:57.58
4.	Margrit Klinger (FRG)	1:58.11
5.	Robin Campbell (USA)	2:00.03
6.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	2:00.13
7.	Milena Matejkovičová (TCH)	2:01.72
8.	Antje Schröder (GDR)	2:02.13

• Held on Monday 8 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS)	1:59.55
2.	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:59.58
3.	Milena Matejkovičová (TCH)	2:00.02
4.	Robin Campbell (USA)	2:00.22
5.	Jolanta Januchta (POL)	2:02.23
6.	Jill McCabe (SWE)	2:02.92
7.	Elena Lina (ROU)	2:03.59
8.	Célestine N'Drin (CIV)	2:08.14

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Lyubov Gurina (URS)	1:59.33
2.	Antje Schröder (GDR)	1:59.46
3.	Margrit Klinger (FRG)	1:59.49
4.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	1:59.60
5.	Zuzana Moravčíková (TCH)	1:59.96
6.	Totka Petrova (BUL)	2:01.32
7.	Tina Krebs (DEN)	2:02.19
8.	Jennifer Bean (BER)	2:12.93

• Held on Sunday 7 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Margrit Klinger (FRG)	2:02.08
2.	Jolanta Januchta (POL)	2:02.58
3.	Milena Matejkovičová (TCH)	2:02.60
4.	Elena Lina (ROU)	2:04.50
5.	Attina Sawtell (COK)	2:18.25
6.	Kungu Bakombo (ZAI)	2:19.68

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Yekaterina Podkopayeva (URS)	2:06.42
2.	Totka Petrova (BUL)	2:06.60
3.	Zuzana Moravčíková (TCH)	2:06.76
4.	Jill McCabe (SWE)	2:07.23
5.	Maria Lomba (STP)	2:21.90
—	Fatalmoudou Touré (MLI)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Antje Schröder (GDR)	2:10.61
2.	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	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
—	Irina Podyalovskaya (URS)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Lyubov Gurina (URS)	2:04.17
2.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	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.	Trịnh Thị Bé (VIE)	2:17.54
7.	Khadija Al Matari (JOR)	2:28.72

• Results