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.
Medalists Gold Edwin MosesUnited States (USA)Silver Harald SchmidWest Germany (FRG)Bronze Aleksandr KharlovSoviet Union (URS)
Records Existing records at the start of the event. World Record47.13Milan, ItalyJuly 3, 1980Championship RecordNew event
Final RANKFINALTIME47.5048.6149.034.49.065.49.246.49.327.49.618.49.78
Semi-finals Held on Monday 1983-08-08 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.48.112.48.993.49.184.49.755.50.046.50.317.50.54—DNF
RANKHEAT 2TIME1.48.572.48.633.49.17 NR4.49.185.49.516.49.917.49.998.50.91
Qualifying heats Held on Sunday 1983-08-07 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Andre Phillips 50.44 2.Rik Tommelein50.99 3.Gary Oakes51.23 4.Ian Newhouse51.45 5.Meshak Munyoro53.25 6.Paiwa Bogela54.68 —Aleksandr YatsevichDNF
RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Aleksandr Kharlov50.12 2.Sven Nylander50.23 3.José Alonso50.534.Vladislav Pecen50.86 5.István Takács50.97 6.Peter Rwamuhanda50.99
RANKHEAT 3TIME1.David Lee50.15 3.Toma Tomov50.39 3.Karl Smith50.64 4.Thomas Futterknecht50.68 5.Antônio Dias Ferreira50.76 6.Stephen Sole51.80 7.Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem52.32
RANKHEAT 4TIME1.Edwin Moses49.542.Daniel Ogidi50.44 3.Amadou Dia Ba50.59 4.Krasimir Demirev50.62 5.Greg Rolle50.92 6.Rok Kopitar52.34 7.Carlos AzulayDSQ
RANKHEAT 5TIME1.Harald Schmid49.99 2.Ryszard Szparak50.09 3.Franz Meier50.09 4.Ahmed Hamada Jassim50.53 5.Petter Hesselberg51.67 6.Georgios Vamvakas51.92 7.David Charlton52.02
See also 1980 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Athens) 1984 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Los Angeles)
References Results