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

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Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the 1983 World Championships
Venue Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates7 August (heats)
8 August (semi-finals)
9 August (final)
Competitors34
Winning time47.50 CR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1987  

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 Flag of the United States.svg Edwin Moses
United States (USA)
Silver Flag of Germany.svg Harald Schmid
West Germany (FRG)
Bronze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Kharlov
Soviet Union (URS)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World RecordFlag of the United States.svg  Edwin Moses  (USA)47.13 Milan, Italy July 3, 1980
Championship RecordNew event

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of the United States.svg  Edwin Moses  (USA)47.50
Med 2.png Flag of Germany.svg  Harald Schmid  (FRG)48.61
Med 3.png Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Kharlov  (URS)49.03
4.Flag of Sweden.svg  Sven Nylander  (SWE)49.06
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Andre Phillips  (USA)49.24
6.Flag of the United States.svg  David Lee  (USA)49.32
7.Flag of Senegal.svg  Amadou Dia Ba  (SEN)49.61
8.Flag of Poland.svg  Ryszard Szparak  (POL)49.78

Semi-finals

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Edwin Moses  (USA)48.11
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Andre Phillips  (USA)48.99
3.Flag of Senegal.svg  Amadou Dia Ba  (SEN)49.18
4.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Kharlov  (URS)49.75
5.Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg  Ahmed Hamada Jassim  (BHR)50.04
6.Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Franz Meier  (SUI)50.31
7.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Rik Tommelein  (BEL)50.54
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Toma Tomov  (BUL)DNF


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Germany.svg  Harald Schmid  (FRG)48.57
2.Flag of the United States.svg  David Lee  (USA)48.63
3.Flag of Poland.svg  Ryszard Szparak  (POL)49.17 NR
4.Flag of Sweden.svg  Sven Nylander  (SWE)49.18
5.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Daniel Ogidi  (NGR)49.51
6.Flag of Spain.svg  José Alonso  (ESP)49.91
7.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Karl Smith  (JAM)49.99
8.Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Krasimir Demirev  (BUL)50.91

Qualifying heats

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1. Andre Phillips Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.44
2. Rik Tommelein Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 50.99
3. Gary Oakes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 51.23
4. Ian Newhouse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 51.45
5. Meshak Munyoro Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 53.25
6. Paiwa Bogela Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 54.68
Aleksandr Yatsevich Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DNF


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1. Aleksandr Kharlov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50.12
2. Sven Nylander Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 50.23
3. José Alonso Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 50.53
4. Vladislav Pecen Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 50.86
5. István Takács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 50.97
6. Peter Rwamuhanda Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 50.99


RANKHEAT 3TIME
1. David Lee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.15
3. Toma Tomov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 50.39
3. Karl Smith Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 50.64
4. Thomas Futterknecht Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 50.68
5. Antônio Dias Ferreira Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 50.76
6. Stephen Sole Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 51.80
7. Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 52.32


RANKHEAT 4TIME
1. Edwin Moses Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49.54
2. Daniel Ogidi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 50.44
3. Amadou Dia Ba Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 50.59
4. Krasimir Demirev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 50.62
5. Greg Rolle Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 50.92
6. Rok Kopitar Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 52.34
7. Carlos Azulay Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DSQ


RANKHEAT 5TIME
1. Harald Schmid Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 49.99
2. Ryszard Szparak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 50.09
3. Franz Meier Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 50.09
4. Ahmed Hamada Jassim Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg  Bahrain 50.53
5. Petter Hesselberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 51.67
6. Georgios Vamvakas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 51.92
7. David Charlton Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 52.02

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