Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles

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The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 23 and 24 August. [1] This was the first time that the event was held at the Games.

400 metres hurdles track and field hurdling event

The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.

Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games

The Athletics Competition at the 1983 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Olímpico in Caracas, Venezuela, between 23 and 28 August.

Caracas Capital City in Capital District, Venezuela

Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and centre of the Greater Caracas Area. Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range. Terrain suitable for building lies between 760 and 1,140 m above sea level, although there is some settlement above this range. The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-metre-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of 4,923,201.

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Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Judi Brown
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Sharrieffa Barksdale
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Gwen Wall
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Results

Heats

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Sharrieffa Barksdale Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.50Q
21 Gwen Wall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.92Q
31 Alma Vázquez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 58.37Q
41 Vilma Paris Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:00.15q
51M. WeiseFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:01.44

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Judi Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.03
Silver medal icon.svg Sharrieffa Barksdale Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.09
Bronze medal icon.svg Gwen Wall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.93
4 Sandra Farmer Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 57.61
5 Alma Vázquez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 58.12
6 Mercedes Mesa Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 58.30
7 Andrea Page Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.49
8 Vilma Paris Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:00.17

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