| Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1983 World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 August (heats) 8 August (semi-finals) 9 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 34 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 47.50 CR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Events at the 1983 World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 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 | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| 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.
| Gold | United States (USA) |
| Silver | West Germany (FRG) |
| Bronze | Soviet Union (URS) |
Existing records at the start of the event.
| World Record | 47.13 | Milan, Italy | July 3, 1980 | |
| Championship Record | New event | |||
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| | 47.50 | |
| | 48.61 | |
| | 49.03 | |
| 4. | 49.06 | |
| 5. | 49.24 | |
| 6. | 49.32 | |
| 7. | 49.61 | |
| 8. | 49.78 |
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 48.11 | |
| 2. | 48.99 | |
| 3. | 49.18 | |
| 4. | 49.75 | |
| 5. | 50.04 | |
| 6. | 50.31 | |
| 7. | 50.54 | |
| — | DNF |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 48.57 | |
| 2. | 48.63 | |
| 3. | 49.17 NR | |
| 4. | 49.18 | |
| 5. | 49.51 | |
| 6. | 49.91 | |
| 7. | 49.99 | |
| 8. | 50.91 |
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andre Phillips | 50.44 | |
| 2. | Rik Tommelein | 50.99 | |
| 3. | Gary Oakes | 51.23 | |
| 4. | Ian Newhouse | 51.45 | |
| 5. | Meshak Munyoro | 53.25 | |
| 6. | Paiwa Bogela | 54.68 | |
| — | Aleksandr Yatsevich | DNF | |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aleksandr Kharlov | 50.12 | |
| 2. | Sven Nylander | 50.23 | |
| 3. | José Alonso | 50.53 | |
| 4. | Vladislav Pecen | 50.86 | |
| 5. | István Takács | 50.97 | |
| 6. | Peter Rwamuhanda | 50.99 | |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | David Lee | 50.15 | |
| 3. | Toma Tomov | 50.39 | |
| 3. | Karl Smith | 50.64 | |
| 4. | Thomas Futterknecht | 50.68 | |
| 5. | Antônio Dias Ferreira | 50.76 | |
| 6. | Stephen Sole | 51.80 | |
| 7. | Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem | 52.32 | |
| RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Edwin Moses | 49.54 | |
| 2. | Daniel Ogidi | 50.44 | |
| 3. | Amadou Dia Ba | 50.59 | |
| 4. | Krasimir Demirev | 50.62 | |
| 5. | Greg Rolle | 50.92 | |
| 6. | Rok Kopitar | 52.34 | |
| 7. | Carlos Azulay | DSQ | |
| RANK | HEAT 5 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Harald Schmid | 49.99 | |
| 2. | Ryszard Szparak | 50.09 | |
| 3. | Franz Meier | 50.09 | |
| 4. | Ahmed Hamada Jassim | 50.53 | |
| 5. | Petter Hesselberg | 51.67 | |
| 6. | Georgios Vamvakas | 51.92 | |
| 7. | David Charlton | 52.02 | |