1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the
1983 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
 

These are the official results of the men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on 9 August 1983.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Edwin Moses
United States (USA)
Silver Harald Schmid
West Germany (FRG)
Bronze Aleksandr Kharlov
Soviet Union (URS)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  Edwin Moses (USA) 47.13 Milan, Italy July 3, 1980
Championship Record New event

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Edwin Moses (USA) 47.50
 Harald Schmid (FRG) 48.61
 Aleksandr Kharlov (URS) 49.03
4.  Sven Nylander (SWE) 49.06
5.  Andre Phillips (USA) 49.24
6.  David Lee (USA) 49.32
7.  Amadou Dia Ba (SEN) 49.61
8.  Ryszard Szparak (POL) 49.78

Semi-Finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Edwin Moses (USA) 48.11
2.  Andre Phillips (USA) 48.99
3.  Amadou Dia Ba (SEN) 49.18
4.  Aleksandr Kharlov (URS) 49.75
5.  Ahmed Hamada (BHR) 50.04
6.  Franz Meier (SUI) 50.31
7.  Rik Tommelein (BEL) 50.54
 Toma Tomov (BUL) DNS
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Harald Schmid (FRG) 48.57
2.  David Lee (USA) 48.63
3.  Ryszard Szparak (POL) 49.17
4.  Sven Nylander (SWE) 49.18
5.  Daniel Ogidi (NGR) 49.51
6.  José Alonso (ESP) 49.91
7.  Karl Smith (JAM) 49.99
8.  Krasimir Demirev (BUL) 50.91

Qualifying heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Andre Phillips (USA) 50.44
2.  Rik Tommelein (BEL) 50.99
3.  Gary Oakes (GBR) 51.23
4.  Ian Newhouse (CAN) 51.45
5.  Meshak Munyoro (KEN) 53.25
6.  Paiwa Bogela (PNG) 54.68
 Aleksandr Yatsevich (URS) DNF
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Aleksandr Kharlov (URS) 50.12
2.  Sven Nylander (SWE) 50.23
3.  José Alonso (ESP) 50.53
4.  Vladislav Pecen (TCH) 50.86
5.  István Takács (HUN) 50.97
6.  Peter Rwamuhanda (UGA) 50.99
RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  David Lee (USA) 50.15
3.  Toma Tomov (BUL) 50.39
3.  Karl Smith (JAM) 50.64
4.  Thomas Futterknecht (AUT) 50.68
5.  Antônio Díaz Ferreira (BRA) 50.76
6.  Stephen Sole (GBR) 51.80
7.  Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem (EGY) 52.32
RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Edwin Moses (USA) 49.54
2.  Daniel Ogidi (NGR) 50.44
3.  Amadou Dia Ba (SEN) 50.59
4.  Krasimir Demirev (BUL) 50.62
5.  Greg Rolle (BAH) 50.92
6.  Rok Kopitar (YUG) 52.34
7.  Carlos Azulay (ESP) DSQ
RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Harald Schmid (FRG) 49.99
2.  Ryszard Szparak (POL) 50.09
3.  Franz Meier (SUI) 50.09
4.  Ahmed Hamada (BHR) 50.53
5.  Petter Hesselberg (NOR) 51.67
6.  Georgios Vamvakas (GRE) 51.92
7.  David Charlton (BAH) 52.02

See also

References