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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 Bert Cameron   Jamaica
silver medal Michael Franks   United States
bronze medal Sunder Nix   United States
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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

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

Qualifying heats

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

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

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

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

400 metres at the World Athletics Championships
Complete event overview
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World champions in men's 400 metres
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