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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the 1983 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates7 August (heats)
8 August (quarter-finals)
9 August (semi-finals)
10 August (final)
Competitors55
Winning time45.05 CR
Medalists
gold medal    Jamaica
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    United States
1987 →

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.

Records

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Existing 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

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Qualifying heats

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The 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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The 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
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
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
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
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

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The 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
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
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

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The final took place on August 10.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Bert Cameron  Jamaica (JAM) 45.05 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Michael Franks  United States (USA) 45.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

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