1983 World Championships in Athletics

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World Championships in Athletics international athletics competition sporting event

The 1983 World Championships in Athletics was the inaugural global track and field championship organized by the IAAF, held in Helsinki, Finland, featuring many of the world’s top athletes.

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Label Occurrences
1983 World Championships in Athletics canonical 6
IAAF World Championships in Athletics Helsinki 1983 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
international athletics competition ⓘ
sporting event ⓘ
broadcastOn European Broadcasting Union ⓘ
category 1983 in athletics ⓘ
International sports competitions hosted by Finland ⓘ
Sports competitions in Helsinki ⓘ
city Helsinki ⓘ
closingCeremonyDate 1983-08-14 ⓘ
competitionLevel senior ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
edition 1 ⓘ
endDate 1983-08-14 ⓘ
genderCategories men ⓘ
women ⓘ
governingBody World Athletics ⓘ
surface form: International Association of Athletics Federations
hostCityCountry Helsinki ⓘ
surface form: Helsinki, Finland
hostNation Finland ⓘ
hostSelectionMethod IAAF Council decision ⓘ
inception 1983 ⓘ
logoUsed 1983 World Championships in Athletics official emblem ⓘ
mainStadium Helsinki Olympic Stadium ⓘ
medalTableWinner East Germany ⓘ
mostGoldMedalsByNation East Germany ⓘ
mostMedalsByNation Soviet Union ⓘ
nextEdition 1987 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
notableFeature first standalone global championships in athletics separate from the Olympic Games ⓘ
inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
numberOfAthletes 1355 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 41 ⓘ
numberOfEventsMen 24 ⓘ
numberOfEventsWomen 17 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 153 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Finnish ⓘ
officialName 1983 World Championships in Athletics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: IAAF World Championships in Athletics Helsinki 1983
openingCeremonyDate 1983-08-07 ⓘ
organizer International Amateur Athletic Federation ⓘ
surface form: IAAF

International Amateur Athletic Federation ⓘ
surface form: International Association of Athletics Federations
partOfSeries World Championships in Athletics series ⓘ
previousEdition none ⓘ
shortName Helsinki ⓘ
surface form: Helsinki 1983
sport athletics ⓘ
startDate 1983-08-07 ⓘ
surfaceType synthetic track ⓘ
timingMethod fully automatic timing ⓘ
venue Helsinki Olympic Stadium ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carl Lewis → worldChampionshipsParticipatedIn → 1983 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
Daley Thompson → participantIn → 1983 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner → competedIn → 1983 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
subject surface form: Florence Griffith-Joyner
1983 World Championships in Athletics → officialName → 1983 World Championships in Athletics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: IAAF World Championships in Athletics Helsinki 1983
1987 World Championships in Athletics → previousEdition → 1983 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
World Athletics Championships events → firstHeldAsPartOf → 1983 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
2005 World Championships in Athletics → hostCityPreviouslyHosted → 1983 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ