| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2:08:37 | Robert De Castella | AUS | 27Feb1957 | 1 | Rotterdam | 9Apr1983 | 180/65 | Mar | |||
| 2 | 2 | 2:08:38 | Toshihiko Seko | JPN | 15Jul1956 | 1 | Tokyo | 13Feb1983 | 169/64 | Mar | |||
| 3 | 3 | 2:08:39 | Carlos Lopes Sousa | POR | 18Feb1947 | 2 | Rotterdam | 9Apr1983 | 168/57 | Mar | |||
| 4 | 2:08:52 | Toshihiko Seko | 1 | Fukuoka | 4Dec1983 | Mar | |||||||
| 4 | 5 | 2:08:55 | Takeshi Soh | JPN | 9Jan1953 | 2 | Tokyo | 13Feb1983 | 178/58 | PB | Mar | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2:08:55 | Juma Ikangaa | TAN | 19Jul1957 | 2 | Fukuoka | 4Dec1983 | 163/58 | Mar | |||
| 6 | 7 | 2:08:59 | Rodney Dixon | NZL | 13Jul1950 | 1 | New York | 23Oct1983 | 188/77 | NR | Mar | ||
| 7 | 8 | 2:09:00 | Greg Meyer | USA | 18Sep1955 | 1 | Boston MA | 18Apr1983 | 180/64 | PB | Mar | ||
| 8 | 9 | 2:09:08 | Geoffrey Smith | GBR | 24Oct1953 | 2 | New York | 23Oct1983 | 173/61 | PB | Mar | ||
| 9 | 10 | 2:09:11 | Shigeru Soh | JPN | 9Jan1953 | 3 | Fukuoka | 4Dec1983 | 178/58 | Mar | |||
| 10 | 11 | 2:09:12 | Rodolfo Gómez | MEX | 30Oct1950 | 3 | Tokyo | 13Feb1983 | 173/57 | PB | Mar | ||
| 12 | 2:09:17 | Takeshi Soh | 4 | Fukuoka | 4Dec1983 | Mar | |||||||
| 11 | 13 | 2:09:21 | Alberto Salazar | USA | 7Aug1958 | 5 | Fukuoka | 4Dec1983 | 181/64 | Mar | |||
| 14 | 2:09:25 | Rodolfo Gómez | 3 | Rotterdam | 9Apr1983 | Mar | |||||||
| 12 | 15 | 2:09:31 | Ron Tabb | USA | 7Aug1954 | 2 | Boston MA | 18Apr1983 | 167/52 | PB | Mar | ||
| 13 | 16 | 2:09:35 | Kunimitsu Itoh | JPN | 6Jan1955 | 6 | Fukuoka | 4Dec1983 | 163/53 | Mar | |||
| 14 | 17 | 2:09:43 | Mike Gratton | GBR | 28Nov1954 | 1 | London | 17Apr1983 | PB | Mar | |||
| 15 | 18 | 2:09:45 | Joseph Nzau | KEN | 14Apr1950 | 1 | Chicago IL | 16Oct1983 | 173/64 | PB | Mar | ||
| 16 | 19 | 2:09:45 | Hugh Jones | GBR | 1Nov1955 | 2 | Chicago IL | 16Oct1983 | 180/64 | Mar | |||
| 17 | 20 | 2:09:57 | Armand Parmentier | BEL | 15Feb1954 | 4 | Rotterdam | 9Apr1983 | PB | Mar | |||
| 18 | 21 | 2:09:57 | Benji Durden | USA | 28Aug1951 | 3 | Boston MA | 18Apr1983 | PB | Mar | |||
| 22 | 2:10:03 | Robert De Castella | 1 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | Mar | ||||||
| 19 | 23 | 2:10:03 | Kebede Balcha | ETH | 7Sep1951 | 1 | Montréal | 25Sep1983 | PB | Mar | |||
| 20 | 24 | 2:10:06 | Edward "Ed" Mendoza | USA | 4Dec1952 | 4 | Boston MA | 18Apr1983 | 167/67 | PB | Mar | ||
| 25 | 2:10:08 | Alberto Salazar | 5 | Rotterdam | 9Apr1983 | Mar | |||||||
| 21 | 26 | 2:10:12 | Gerry Helme | GBR | 28Mar1957 | 2 | London | 17Apr1983 | 167/55 | PB | Mar | ||
| 27 | 2:10:27 | Kebede Balcha | 2 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | Mar | ||||||
| 22 | 28 | 2:10:30 | Hideki Kita | JPN | 28Sep1952 | 7 | Fukuoka | 4Dec1983 | 172/60 | PB | Mar | ||
| 23 | 29 | 2:10:37 | Waldemar Cierpinski | GDR | 3Aug1950 | 3 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | 170/60 | Mar | ||
| 24 | 30 | 2:10:38 | Kjell-Erik Ståhl | SWE | 17Feb1946 | 4 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | 185/65 | NR | Mar | |
| 25 | 31 | 2:10:39 | Dereje Nedi | ETH | 10Oct1955 | 4 | Tokyo | 13Feb1983 | Mar | ||||
| 26 | 32 | 2:10:42 | Agapius Masong | TAN | 12Apr1960 | 5 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | 179/67 | PB | Mar | |
| 33 | 2:10:46 | Ron Tabb | 3 | New York | 23Oct1983 | Mar | |||||||
| 27 | 34 | 2:10:47 | Henrik Jørgensen | DEN | 10Oct1961 | 3 | London | 17Apr1983 | 178/59 | Mar | |||
| 28 | 35 | 2:10:51 | John Tuttle | USA | 16Oct1958 | 4 | New York | 23Oct1983 | 185/70 | PB | Mar | ||
| 36 | 2:10:53 | Ron Tabb | 1 | Sydney | 11Jun1983 | Mar | |||||||
| 37 | 2:10:54 | Juma Ikangaa | 5 | Tokyo | 13Feb1983 | Mar | |||||||
| 29 | 38 | 2:10:54 | Chris Bunyan | GBR | 18Oct1958 | 5 | Boston MA | 18Apr1983 | 160/50 | PB | Mar | ||
| 39 | 2:10:57 | Armand Parmentier | 6 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | Mar | ||||||
| 30 | 40 | 2:10:57 | John Graham | GBR | 18Jun1956 | 5 | New York | 23Oct1983 | 180/66 | Mar | |||
| 31 | 41 | 2:11:03 | David Edge | CAN | 11Nov1954 | 6 | Boston MA | 18Apr1983 | PB | Mar | |||
| 32 | 42 | 2:11:05 | Allan Zachariasen | DEN | 4Nov1955 | 1 | Barcelona | 13Mar1983 | 170/58 | PB | Mar | ||
| 33 | 43 | 2:11:05 | Pier Giovanni Poli | ITA | 5Nov1957 | 7 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | 180/68 | Mar | ||
| 34 | 44 | 2:11:05 | Gidamis Shahanga | TAN | 4Sep1957 | 6 | New York | 23Oct1983 | 180/57 | Mar | |||
| 35 | 45 | 2:11:13 | Rudy Chapa | USA | 7Nov1957 | 7 | New York | 23Oct1983 | 173/61 | PB | Mar | ||
| 46 | 2:11:15 | Hugh Jones | 8 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | Mar | ||||||
| 36 | 47 | 2:11:18 | David Murphy | GBR | 4Mar1957 | 2 | Sydney | 12Jun1983 | 168/57 | PB | Mar | ||
| 37 | 48 | 2:11:21 | Domingo Tibaduiza Reyes | COL | 22Nov1949 | 8 | New York | 23Oct1983 | 169/54 | PB | Mar | ||
| 38 | 49 | 2:11:24 | Mike Layman | USA | 30May1954 | 7 | Boston MA | 18Apr1983 | 183/68 | PB | Mar | ||
| 39 | 50 | 2:11:24 | Karel Lismont | BEL | 8Mar1949 | 9 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | 168/55 | Mar | ||
| 40 | 51 | 2:11:25 | Derek Froude | NZL | 20Apr1959 | 9 | New York | 23Oct1983 | PB | Mar | |||
| 41 | 52 | 2:11:29 | Stig Roar Husby | NOR | 12Sep1954 | 10 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | 179/63 | PB | Mar | |
| 42 | 53 | 2:11:30 | Arthur Boileau | CAN | 9Oct1957 | 11 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | 176/67 | Mar | ||
| 54 | 2:11:32 | Kebede Balcha | 4 | London | 17Apr1983 | Mar | |||||||
| 43 | 55 | 2:11:34 | Juan Carlos Traspaderne | ESP | 2Sep1956 | 12 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | PB | Mar | ||
| 44 | 56 | 2:11:35 | Jukka Toivola | FIN | 7Sep1949 | 10 | New York | 23Oct1983 | Mar | ||||
| 45 | 57 | 2:11:36 | Daniel Schlesinger | USA | 10Jun1955 | 8 | Boston MA | 18Apr1983 | 178/60 | PB | Mar | ||
| 58 | 2:11:37 | Hugh Jones | 1 | Stockholm | 4Jun1983 | Mar | |||||||
| 46 | 59 | 2:11:41 | David Gordon | USA | 30Aug1959 | 11 | New York | 23Oct1983 | 175/58 | PB | Mar | ||
| 47 | 60 | 2:11:42 | Jeff Wells | USA | 25May1954 | 9 | Boston MA | 18Apr1983 | 183/64 | Mar | |||
| 48 | 61 | 2:11:42 | Johann Dreyer | RSA | 11Nov1958 | 1 | Cape Town | 2Jul1983 | PB | Mar | |||
| 49 | 62 | 2:11:44 | Jim Dingwall | GBR | 30May1949 | 5 | London | 17Apr1983 | 173/63 | PB | Mar | ||
| 50 | 2:11:47 | Marco Marchei | ITA | 2Aug1954 | 13 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | 177/63 | PB | Mar | ||
| 51 | 2:11:51 | Ricardo Ortega | ESP | 29Jun1953 | 6 | London | 17Apr1983 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 52 | 2:11:54 | Martin McCarthy | GBR | 7May1957 | 7 | London | 17Apr1983 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 53 | 2:12:06 | David Hinz | USA | 22Dec1952 | 11 | Boston MA | 18Apr1983 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 54 | 2:12:08 | Ewald Bonzet | RSA | 25Dec1951 | 1 | Stellenbosch | 11Sep1983 | 167/65 | PB | Mar | |||
| 55 | 2:12:10 | Bernard Rose | RSA | 2Jul1953 | 1 | Cape Town | 5Mar1983 | 170/53 | PB | Mar | |||
| 56 | 2:12:11 | Pertti Tiainen | FIN | 15Nov1954 | 14 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | 172/58 | PB | Mar | ||
| 57 | 2:12:17 | Hailu Ebba | ETH | 12Dec1950 | 1 | Houston TX | 16Jan1983 | 175/66 | PB | Mar | |||
| 58 | 2:12:27 | Emiel Puttemans | BEL | 8Oct1947 | 8 | London | 17Apr1983 | 171/58 | PB | Mar | |||
| 59 | 2:12:29 | Trevor Wright | NZL | 23Sep1946 | 9 | London | 17Apr1983 | 170/56 | PB | Mar | |||
| 60 | 2:12:32 | Gary Siriano | USA | 24Dec1957 | 1 | Eugene OR | 11Sep1983 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 61 | 2:12:43 | Jorge Gonzaléz | PUR | 20Dec1952 | 1 | PamG | Caracas | 28Aug1983 | NR | Mar | |||
| 62 | 2:12:50 | Duncan MacDonald | USA | 15Jan1949 | 13 | Boston MA | 18Apr1983 | 181/64 | PB | Mar | |||
| 63 | 2:12:55 | Thomas Raunig | USA | 14Oct1959 | 7 | Chicago IL | 16Oct1983 | 170/58 | PB | Mar | |||
| 64 | 2:12:55 | Bernard Faure | FRA | 2Jul1953 | 2 | Rouffach | 23Oct1983 | 175/62 | PB | Mar | |||
| 65 | 2:12:57 | Matthew Wilson | USA | 26Apr1958 | 3 | Duluth | 11Jun1983 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 66 | 2:13:03 | Bud Coates | USA | 6Apr1957 | 14 | Boston MA | 18Apr1983 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 67 | 2:13:15 | Ray Crabb | GBR | 24Sep1954 | 13 | London | 17Apr1983 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 68 | 2:13:18 | Herb Wills | USA | 29Apr1960 | 6 | Houston TX | 16Jan1983 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 69 | 2:13:20 | Ryszard Marczak | POL | 25Nov1945 | 16 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | Mar | ||||
| 70 | 2:13:29 | Marc De Blander | BEL | 14Apr1959 | 15 | London | 17Apr1983 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 71 | 2:13:31 | Jan Fjærestad | NOR | 28Feb1954 | 16 | London | 17Apr1983 | 187/65 | PB | Mar | |||
| 72 | 2:13:34 | Svend Erik Kristensen | DEN | 24Jun1956 | 17 | WC | Helsinki | 14Aug1983 | Mar |