1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
These are the official results of the men's 400 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 55 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats and the final held on 10 August 1983. The winning margin was 0.17 seconds.
Men's 400 metres at the 1983 World Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 7 August (heats) 8 August (quarter-finals) 9 August (semi-finals) 10 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 55 | |||||||||
Winning time | 45.05 CR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editExisting records at the start of the event.
World Record | Lee Evans (USA) | 43.86 | Mexico City, Mexico | October 18, 1968 |
Championship Record | New event |
Results
editQualifying heats
editThe qualifying heats took place on 7 August, with the 55 athletes involved being split into 7 heats. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 11 fastest ( q ) qualified for the quarter-finals.
- Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Sunder Nix | United States (USA) | 46.19 | Q, CR |
2 | Gerson A. Souza | Brazil (BRA) | 46.43 | Q |
3 | Philip Brown | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 46.60 | Q |
4 | Isidro del Prado | Philippines (PHI) | 46.92 | q |
5 | Aldo Canti | France (FRA) | 47.50 | |
6 | Gordan Hinds | Barbados (BAR) | 47.55 | |
7 | Kenrick Camerud | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 49.68 | |
Paiwa Bogela | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | DNS |
- Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bert Cameron | Jamaica (JAM) | 46.11 | Q, CR |
2 | Ján Tomko | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 46.17 | Q |
3 | Thomas Schönlebe | East Germany (GDR) | 46.23 | Q |
4 | Sándor Vasvári | Hungary (HUN) | 46.69 | q |
5 | Abu Alhassan | Ghana (GHA) | 48.14 | |
6 | Salem Khalil Ibrahim | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 48.16 | |
7 | Ali Al Harazi | Yemen (YEM) | 59.67 | |
Ángel Heras | Spain (ESP) | DQ |
- Heat 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Erwin Skamrahl | West Germany (FRG) | 46.31 | Q |
2 | Todd Bennett | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 46.58 | Q |
3 | Douglas Hinds | Canada (CAN) | 46.64 | Q |
4 | Gary Minihan | Australia (AUS) | 46.90 | q |
5 | James Atuti | Kenya (KEN) | 46.95 | q |
6 | Dean Greenaway | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 48.26 | |
Emmanuel Bitanga | Cameroon (CMR) | DNS |
- Heat 4
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Michael Paul | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 46.33 | Q |
2 | Moses Kyeswa | Uganda (UGA) | 46.35 | Q |
3 | Susumu Takano | Japan (JPN) | 46.66 | Q |
4 | Eliot Tabron | United States (USA) | 46.68 | q |
5 | Marcel Arnold | Switzerland (SUI) | 47.44 | q |
6 | David Sawyerr | Sierra Leone (SLE) | 49.29 | |
7 | Lenford O'Garro | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) | 50.25 | |
Nafi Ahmed Mersal | Egypt (EGY) | DNF |
- Heat 5
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Martin Weppler | West Germany (FRG) | 46.32 | Q |
2 | Hassan El Kachief | Sudan (SUD) | 46.61 | Q |
3 | Viktor Markin | Soviet Union (URS) | 46.74 | Q |
4 | Gabriel Tiacoh | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 47.11 | q |
5 | Hector Daley | Panama (PAN) | 47.19 | q |
6 | Eric Josjö | Sweden (SWE) | 47.25 | q |
7 | Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa | Rwanda (RWA) | 50.52 | |
Allan Ingraham | Bahamas (BAH) | DNS |
- Heat 6
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Michael Franks | United States (USA) | 46.16 | Q |
2 | Oddur Sigurdsson | Iceland (ISL) | 47.09 | Q |
3 | Christopher Madzokere | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 47.17 | Q |
4 | Dušan Malovec | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 47.35 | q |
5 | Moussa Fall | Senegal (SEN) | 47.72 | |
6 | Joseph Ramotshabi | Botswana (BOT) | 48.35 | |
7 | Agripa Mwausegha | Malawi (MAW) | 49.02 | |
Sunday Uti | Nigeria (NGR) | DQ |
- Heat 7
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hartmut Weber | West Germany (FRG) | 45.74 | Q, CR |
2 | Darren Clark | Australia (AUS) | 46.26 | Q |
3 | Mike Okot | Uganda (UGA) | 46.69 | Q |
4 | Matti Rusanen | Finland (FIN) | 47.37 | q |
5 | Adram M'Kumi | Tanzania (TAN) | 49.22 | |
6 | Clive Williams | Belize (BIZ) | 51.82 | |
Mike Solomon | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | DNS | ||
Roberto Ribaud | Italy (ITA) | DQ |
Quarterfinals
editThe qualifying heats took place on 8 August, with the 32 athletes involved being split into 4 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the semifinals.
- Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Michael Franks | United States (USA) | 45.57 | Q, CR |
2 | Philip Brown | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 45.80 | Q |
3 | Thomas Schönlebe | East Germany (GDR) | 45.86 | Q |
4 | Martin Weppler | West Germany (FRG) | 46.12 | Q |
5 | Gary Minihan | Australia (AUS) | 46.32 | |
6 | Mike Okot | Uganda (UGA) | 46.38 | |
7 | Christopher Madzokere | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 46.74 | |
Dušan Malovec | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | DNF |
- Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bert Cameron | Jamaica (JAM) | 45.76 | Q |
2 | Darren Clark | Australia (AUS) | 45.84 | Q |
3 | Erwin Skamrahl | West Germany (FRG) | 45.90 | Q |
4 | Gerson A. Souza | Brazil (BRA) | 45.94 | Q |
5 | Gabriel Tiacoh | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 46.22 | |
6 | Eliot Tabron | United States (USA) | 46.54 | |
7 | Isidro del Prado | Philippines (PHI) | 46.71 | |
8 | Matti Rusanen | Finland (FIN) | 47.69 |
- Heat 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hartmut Weber | West Germany (FRG) | 46.01 | Q |
2 | Moses Kyeswa | Uganda (UGA) | 46.31 | Q |
3 | Michael Paul | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 46.44 | Q |
4 | Douglas Hinds | Canada (CAN) | 46.62 | Q |
5 | Susumu Takano | Japan (JPN) | 47.06 | |
6 | James Atuti | Kenya (KEN) | 47.59 | |
7 | Oddur Sigurdsson | Iceland (ISL) | 48.09 | |
Marcel Arnold | Switzerland (SUI) | DNS |
- Heat 4
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Viktor Markin | Soviet Union (URS) | 46.16 | Q |
2 | Sunder Nix | United States (USA) | 46.19 | Q |
3 | Ján Tomko | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 46.24 | Q |
4 | Todd Bennett | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 46.39 | Q |
5 | Hector Daley | Panama (PAN) | 46.42 | |
6 | Eric Josjö | Sweden (SWE) | 46.97 | |
7 | Sándor Vasvári | Hungary (HUN) | 47.34 | |
Hassan El Kachief | Sudan (SUD) | DNF |
Semifinals
editThe semifinals took place on 9 August, with the 16 athletes involved being split into 2 heats. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.
- Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Michael Franks | United States (USA) | 45.44 | Q, CR |
2 | Hartmut Weber | West Germany (FRG) | 45.61 | Q |
3 | Thomas Schönlebe | East Germany (GDR) | 45.67 | Q |
4 | Michael Paul | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 45.83 | Q |
5 | Ján Tomko | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 46.03 | |
6 | Todd Bennett | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 46.11 | |
7 | Darren Clark | Australia (AUS) | 46.36 | |
8 | Martin Weppler | West Germany (FRG) | 46.55 |
- Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bert Cameron | Jamaica (JAM) | 45.48 | Q |
2 | Erwin Skamrahl | West Germany (FRG) | 45.61 | Q |
3 | Gerson A. Souza | Brazil (BRA) | 45.63 | Q |
4 | Sunder Nix | United States (USA) | 45.73 | Q |
5 | Viktor Markin | Soviet Union (URS) | 45.73 | |
6. | Douglas Hinds | Canada (CAN) | 46.52 | |
7. | Moses Kyeswa | Uganda (UGA) | 46.79 | |
8. | Philip Brown | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 46.81 |
Final
editThe final took place on August 10.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Bert Cameron | Jamaica (JAM) | 45.05 | CR | |
5 | Michael Franks | United States (USA) | 45.22 | ||
1 | Sunder Nix | United States (USA) | 45.24 | ||
4 | 7 | Erwin Skamrahl | West Germany (FRG) | 45.37 | |
5 | 3 | Hartmut Weber | West Germany (FRG) | 45.49 | |
6 | 6 | Thomas Schönlebe | East Germany (GDR) | 45.50 | |
7 | 8 | Michael Paul | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 45.80 | |
8 | 2 | Gerson A. Souza | Brazil (BRA) | 45.91 |