1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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.

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1983 World Championships
Venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates	7 August (heats) 8 August (semi-finals) 9 August (final)
Competitors	34
Winning time	47.50 CR
Medalists
Edwin Moses    United States   Harald Schmid    West Germany   Aleksandr Kharlov    Soviet Union
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Medalists

Gold	Edwin Moses United States (USA)
Silver	Harald Schmid West Germany (FRG)
Bronze	Aleksandr Kharlov Soviet Union (URS)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Edwin Moses (USA)	47.13	Milan, Italy	July 3, 1980
Championship Record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Edwin Moses (USA)	47.50
	Harald Schmid (FRG)	48.61
	Aleksandr Kharlov (URS)	49.03
4.	Sven Nylander (SWE)	49.06
5.	Andre Phillips (USA)	49.24
6.	David Lee (USA)	49.32
7.	Amadou Dia Ba (SEN)	49.61
8.	Ryszard Szparak (POL)	49.78

Semi-finals

• Held on Monday 1983-08-08

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Edwin Moses (USA)	48.11
2.	Andre Phillips (USA)	48.99
3.	Amadou Dia Ba (SEN)	49.18
4.	Aleksandr Kharlov (URS)	49.75
5.	Ahmed Hamada Jassim (BHR)	50.04
6.	Franz Meier (SUI)	50.31
7.	Rik Tommelein (BEL)	50.54
—	Toma Tomov (BUL)	DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Harald Schmid (FRG)	48.57
2.	David Lee (USA)	48.63
3.	Ryszard Szparak (POL)	49.17 NR
4.	Sven Nylander (SWE)	49.18
5.	Daniel Ogidi (NGR)	49.51
6.	José Alonso (ESP)	49.91
7.	Karl Smith (JAM)	49.99
8.	Krasimir Demirev (BUL)	50.91

Qualifying heats

• Held on Sunday 1983-08-07

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Andre Phillips (USA)	50.44
2.	Rik Tommelein (BEL)	50.99
3.	Gary Oakes (GBR)	51.23
4.	Ian Newhouse (CAN)	51.45
5.	Meshak Munyoro (KEN)	53.25
6.	Paiwa Bogela (PNG)	54.68
—	Aleksandr Yatsevich (URS)	DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Aleksandr Kharlov (URS)	50.12
2.	Sven Nylander (SWE)	50.23
3.	José Alonso (ESP)	50.53
4.	Vladislav Pecen (TCH)	50.86
5.	István Takács (HUN)	50.97
6.	Peter Rwamuhanda (UGA)	50.99

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	David Lee (USA)	50.15
3.	Toma Tomov (BUL)	50.39
3.	Karl Smith (JAM)	50.64
4.	Thomas Futterknecht (AUT)	50.68
5.	Antônio Dias Ferreira (BRA)	50.76
6.	Stephen Sole (GBR)	51.80
7.	Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem (EGY)	52.32

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Edwin Moses (USA)	49.54
2.	Daniel Ogidi (NGR)	50.44
3.	Amadou Dia Ba (SEN)	50.59
4.	Krasimir Demirev (BUL)	50.62
5.	Greg Rolle (BAH)	50.92
6.	Rok Kopitar (YUG)	52.34
7.	Carlos Azulay (ESP)	DSQ

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Harald Schmid (FRG)	49.99
2.	Ryszard Szparak (POL)	50.09
3.	Franz Meier (SUI)	50.09
4.	Ahmed Hamada Jassim (BHR)	50.53
5.	Petter Hesselberg (NOR)	51.67
6.	Georgios Vamvakas (GRE)	51.92
7.	David Charlton (BAH)	52.02

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