1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
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{{Infobox multi-sport competition event
|event = Men's 400 metres hurdles
|competition = 1983 World Championships
|image =
|image_size =
|caption =
|venue = Helsinki Olympic Stadium
|dates = 7 August (heats)
8 August (semi-finals)
9 August (final)
|competitors = 34
|nations =
|win_value = 47.50 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|gold = Edwin Moses
|goldNOC= USA
|silver = Harald Schmid
|silverNOC= FRG
|bronze = Aleksandr Kharlov
|bronzeNOC= URS
|prev =
|next = 1987
}}
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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
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| bgcolor="gold"|Gold | {{flagicon|USA}} Edwin Moses United States (USA) |
| bgcolor="silver"|Silver | {{flagicon|FRG}} Harald Schmid West Germany (FRG) |
| bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze | {{flagicon|URS}} Aleksandr Kharlov Soviet Union (URS) |
Records
Existing records at the start of the event.
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| World Record
|{{flagathlete|Edwin Moses|USA}} |47.13 |July 3, 1980 |
| Championship Record
|colspan="4"|New event |
Final
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|FINAL !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| align="center"|Image:Med 1.png
|{{flagathlete|Edwin Moses|USA}} |align="center"|47.50 |
| align="center"|Image:Med 2.png
|{{flagathlete|Harald Schmid|FRG}} |align="center"|48.61 |
| align="center"|Image:Med 3.png
|{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Kharlov|URS}} |align="center"|49.03 |
| align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|Sven Nylander|SWE}} |align="center"|49.06 |
| align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|Andre Phillips|USA}} |align="center"|49.24 |
| align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|David Lee|USA}} |align="center"|49.32 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagathlete|Amadou Dia Ba|SEN}} |align="center"|49.61 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagathlete|Ryszard Szparak|POL}} |align="center"|49.78 |
Semi-finals
- Held on Monday 1983-08-08
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 1 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
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|align="center"|1. |{{flagathlete|Edwin Moses|USA}} |align="center"|48.11 |
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|align="center"|2. |{{flagathlete|Andre Phillips|USA}} |align="center"|48.99 |
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|align="center"|3. |{{flagathlete|Amadou Dia Ba|SEN}} |align="center"|49.18 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Kharlov|URS}} |align="center"|49.75 |
| align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|Ahmed Hamada Jassim|BHR|1972}} |align="center"|50.04 |
| align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|Franz Meier|SUI}} |align="center"|50.31 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagathlete|Rik Tommelein|BEL}} |align="center"|50.54 |
| align="center"|—
|{{flagathlete|Toma Tomov|BUL|1971}} |align="center"|DNF |
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 2 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
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|align="center"|1. |{{flagathlete|Harald Schmid|FRG}} |align="center"|48.57 |
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|align="center"|2. |{{flagathlete|David Lee|USA}} |align="center"|48.63 |
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|align="center"|3. |{{flagathlete|Ryszard Szparak|POL}} |align="center"|49.17 NR |
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|align="center"|4. |{{flagathlete|Sven Nylander|SWE}} |align="center"|49.18 |
| align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|Daniel Ogidi|NGR}} |align="center"|49.51 |
| align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|José Alonso|ESP}} |align="center"|49.91 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagathlete|Karl Smith|JAM}} |align="center"|49.99 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagathlete|Krasimir Demirev|BUL|1971}} |align="center"|50.91 |
Qualifying heats
- Held on Sunday 1983-08-07
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 1 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
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|align="center"|1. |{{flagathlete|Andre Phillips|USA}} |align="center"|50.44 |
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|align="center"|2. |{{flagathlete|Rik Tommelein|BEL}} |align="center"|50.99 |
| align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|Gary Oakes|GBR}} |align="center"|51.23 |
| align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|Ian Newhouse|CAN}} |align="center"|51.45 |
| align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|Meshak Munyoro|KEN}} |align="center"|53.25 |
| align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|Paiwa Bogela|PNG}} |align="center"|54.68 |
| align="center"|—
|{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Yatsevich|URS}} |align="center"|DNF |
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 2 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
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|align="center"|1. |{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Kharlov|URS}} |align="center"|50.12 |
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|align="center"|2. |{{flagathlete|Sven Nylander|SWE}} |align="center"|50.23 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagathlete|José Alonso|ESP}} |align="center"|50.53 |
| align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|Vladislav Pecen|TCH}} |align="center"|50.86 |
| align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|István Takács|HUN}} |align="center"|50.97 |
| align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|Peter Rwamuhanda|UGA}} |align="center"|50.99 |
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 3 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
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|align="center"|1. |{{flagathlete|David Lee|USA}} |align="center"|50.15 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagathlete|Toma Tomov|BUL|1971}} |align="center"|50.39 |
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|align="center"|3. |{{flagathlete|Karl Smith|JAM}} |align="center"|50.64 |
| align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|Thomas Futterknecht|AUT}} |align="center"|50.68 |
| align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|Antônio Dias Ferreira|BRA|1968}} |align="center"|50.76 |
| align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|Stephen Sole|GBR}} |align="center"|51.80 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagathlete|Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem|EGY|1972}} |align="center"|52.32 |
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 4 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
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|align="center"|1. |{{flagathlete|Edwin Moses|USA}} |align="center"|49.54 |
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|align="center"|2. |{{flagathlete|Daniel Ogidi|NGR}} |align="center"|50.44 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagathlete|Amadou Dia Ba|SEN}} |align="center"|50.59 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagathlete|Krasimir Demirev|BUL|1971}} |align="center"|50.62 |
| align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|Greg Rolle|BAH}} |align="center"|50.92 |
| align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|Rok Kopitar|YUG}} |align="center"|52.34 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagathlete|Carlos Azulay|ESP}} |align="center"|DSQ |
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 5 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
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|align="center"|1. |{{flagathlete|Harald Schmid|FRG}} |align="center"|49.99 |
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|align="center"|2. |{{flagathlete|Ryszard Szparak|POL}} |align="center"|50.09 |
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|align="center"|3. |{{flagathlete|Franz Meier|SUI}} |align="center"|50.09 |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagathlete|Ahmed Hamada Jassim|BHR|1972}} |align="center"|50.53 |
| align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|Petter Hesselberg|NOR}} |align="center"|51.67 |
| align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|Georgios Vamvakas|GRE}} |align="center"|51.92 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagathlete|David Charlton|BAH}} |align="center"|52.02 |
See also
References
- [http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1983/Men_400m_Hurdles.html Results]
{{400 metres hurdles at the World Championships in Athletics}}
{{Footer World Champions 400 m hurdles Men}}
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