USA's Mary Decker in the lead will win this 3,000 meter race final at the 1983 World Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The inaugural World Championships in Athletics was an 8-day event and was called the greatest track and field event in history.
USA's Mary Decker wins the 1,500 meter race at the World Track and Field Championships, Helsinki, Finland 1983, as Zamira Zaytseva, Russia's finest runner lunges at the finish line.
Russian Zamira Zaytseva looks up after falling at the finish line to see the USA's Mary Decker, winner of the 1,500 meter final at the World Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland in 1983.