These are the official results of the Women's 200 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
Down the straightaway, Ottey steadily ate into Koch's lead while the long striding Kathy Cook came from behind to cruise past Griffith.
Sensing the challenge from Ottey, Koch started to lean and struggle the last few steps, but realizing she had won she threw her arms up in victory.
Five years later, Griffith as Florence Griffith-Joyner would slice more than a second off her time to set the world record that lasts today.
Surpassed by Marion Jones in 1998, Dafne Schippers in 2015, Gabrielle Thomas in 2021, Elaine Thompson-Herah also in 2021 and Shericka Jackson in 2022.