1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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
Events at the
1983 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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 46.19 Q, CR
2 Gerson A. Souza  Brazil 46.43 Q
3 Philip Brown  Great Britain & N.I. 46.60 Q
4 Isidro del Prado  Philippines 46.92 q
5 Aldo Canti  France 47.50
6 Gordan Hinds  Barbados 47.55
7 Kenrick Camerud  Saint Kitts and Nevis 49.68
Paiwa Bogela  Papua New Guinea DNS
Heat 2
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bert Cameron  Jamaica 46.11 Q, CR
2 Ján Tomko  Czechoslovakia 46.17 Q
3 Thomas Schönlebe  East Germany 46.23 Q
4 Sándor Vasvári  Hungary 46.69 q
5 Abu Alhassan  Ghana 48.14
6 Salem Khalil Ibrahim  United Arab Emirates 48.16
7 Ali Al Harazi  Yemen 59.67
Ángel Heras  Spain DQ
Heat 3
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Erwin Skamrahl  West Germany 46.31 Q
2 Todd Bennett  Great Britain & N.I. 46.58 Q
3 Douglas Hinds  Canada 46.64 Q
4 Gary Minihan  Australia 46.90 q
5 James Atuti  Kenya 46.95 q
6 Dean Greenaway  British Virgin Islands 48.26
Emmanuel Bitanga  Cameroon DNS
Heat 4
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Michael Paul  Trinidad and Tobago 46.33 Q
2 Moses Kyeswa  Uganda 46.35 Q
3 Susumu Takano  Japan 46.66 Q
4 Eliot Tabron  United States 46.68 q
5 Marcel Arnold  Switzerland 47.44 q
6 David Sawyerr  Sierra Leone 49.29
7 Lenford O'Garro  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50.25
Nafi Ahmed Mersal  Egypt DNF
Heat 5
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Martin Weppler  West Germany 46.32 Q
2 Hassan El Kachief  Sudan 46.61 Q
3 Viktor Markin  Soviet Union 46.74 Q
4 Gabriel Tiacoh  Ivory Coast 47.11 q
5 Hector Daley  Panama 47.19 q
6 Eric Josjö  Sweden 47.25 q
7 Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa  Rwanda 50.52
Allan Ingraham  Bahamas DNS
Heat 6
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Michael Franks  United States 46.16 Q
2 Oddur Sigurdsson  Iceland 47.09 Q
3 Christopher Madzokere  Zimbabwe 47.17 Q
4 Dušan Malovec  Czechoslovakia 47.35 q
5 Moussa Fall  Senegal 47.72
6 Joseph Ramotshabi  Botswana 48.35
7 Agripa Mwausegha  Malawi 49.02
Sunday Uti  Nigeria DQ
Heat 7
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hartmut Weber  West Germany 45.74 Q, CR
2 Darren Clark  Australia 46.26 Q
3 Mike Okot  Uganda 46.69 Q
4 Matti Rusanen  Finland 47.37 q
5 Adram M'Kumi  Tanzania 49.22
6 Clive Williams  Belize 51.82
Mike Solomon  Trinidad and Tobago DNS
Roberto Ribaud  Italy 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 45.57 Q, CR
2 Philip Brown  Great Britain & N.I. 45.80 Q
3 Thomas Schönlebe  East Germany 45.86 Q
4 Martin Weppler  West Germany 46.12 Q
5 Gary Minihan  Australia 46.32
6 Mike Okot  Uganda 46.38
7 Christopher Madzokere  Zimbabwe 46.74
Dušan Malovec  Czechoslovakia DNF
Heat 2
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bert Cameron  Jamaica 45.76 Q
2 Darren Clark  Australia 45.84 Q
3 Erwin Skamrahl  West Germany 45.90 Q
4 Gerson A. Souza  Brazil 45.94 Q
5 Gabriel Tiacoh  Ivory Coast 46.22
6 Eliot Tabron  United States 46.54
7 Isidro del Prado  Philippines 46.71
8 Matti Rusanen  Finland 47.69
Heat 3
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hartmut Weber  West Germany 46.01 Q
2 Moses Kyeswa  Uganda 46.31 Q
3 Michael Paul  Trinidad and Tobago 46.44 Q
4 Douglas Hinds  Canada 46.62 Q
5 Susumu Takano  Japan 47.06
6 James Atuti  Kenya 47.59
7 Oddur Sigurdsson  Iceland 48.09
Marcel Arnold  Switzerland DNS
Heat 4
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Viktor Markin  Soviet Union 46.16 Q
2 Sunder Nix  United States 46.19 Q
3 Ján Tomko  Czechoslovakia 46.24 Q
4 Todd Bennett  Great Britain & N.I. 46.39 Q
5 Hector Daley  Panama 46.42
6 Eric Josjö  Sweden 46.97
7 Sándor Vasvári  Hungary 47.34
Hassan El Kachief  Sudan 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 45.44 Q, CR
2 Hartmut Weber  West Germany 45.61 Q
3 Thomas Schönlebe  East Germany 45.67 Q
4 Michael Paul  Trinidad and Tobago 45.83 Q
5 Ján Tomko  Czechoslovakia 46.03
6 Todd Bennett  Great Britain & N.I. 46.11
7 Darren Clark  Australia 46.36
8 Martin Weppler  West Germany 46.55
Heat 2
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bert Cameron  Jamaica 45.48 Q
2 Erwin Skamrahl  West Germany 45.61 Q
3 Gerson A. Souza  Brazil 45.63 Q
4 Sunder Nix  United States 45.73 Q
5 Viktor Markin  Soviet Union 45.73
6. Douglas Hinds  Canada 46.52
7. Moses Kyeswa  Uganda 46.79
8. Philip Brown  Great Britain & N.I. 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 45.05 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Michael Franks  United States 45.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Sunder Nix  United States 45.24
4 7 Erwin Skamrahl  West Germany 45.37
5 3 Hartmut Weber  West Germany 45.49
6 6 Thomas Schönlebe  East Germany 45.50
7 8 Michael Paul  Trinidad and Tobago 45.80
8 2 Gerson A. Souza  Brazil 45.91

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