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

1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Wednesday 1983-08-10. Medalists GoldURS Yekaterina FesenkoSoviet Union (URS)SilverURS Ana AmbrazienėSoviet Union (URS)BronzeGDR Ellen FiedlerEast Germany (GDR) Records Existing records at the start of the event. World RecordAna Ambrazienė URS54.02Moscow, USSRJune 11, 1983Championship RecordNew event Final RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.pngYekaterina Fesenko URS54.12Image:Med 2.pngAna Ambrazienė URS54.15Image:Med 3.pngEllen Fiedler GDR54.554.Petra Pfaff GDR54.645.Petra Krug GDR54.766.Ann-Louise Skoglund SWE54.807.Susan Morley GBR56.048.Cristieana Cojocaru ROU 196556.26 Semi-finals Held on Tuesday 1983-08-09 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Petra Pfaff GDR55.772.Yekaterina Fesenko URS55.993.Ann-Louise Skoglund SWE56.014.Susan Morley GBR56.095.Debbie Flintoff AUS56.636.Gwen Wall CAN56.687.Judi Brown USA57.98—Hilde Fredriksen NORDNS RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Ana Ambrazienė URS55.182.Ellen Fiedler GDR55.233.Petra Krug GDR55.984.Cristieana Cojocaru ROU 196556.715.Sharrieffa Barksdale USA56.816.Nawal El Moutawakil MAR57.107.Anna Filicková TCH57.648.Christine Slythe CAN58.53 Qualifying heats Held on Monday 1983-08-08 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Yekaterina Fesenko URS56.432.Ann-Louise Skoglund SWE56.803.Gwen Wall CAN57.144.Judi Brown USA57.145.Giuseppina Cirulli ITA57.436.Rose Tata-Muya KEN58.097.Liu Guihua CHN59.398.Felicia Candelario DOM1:00.72 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Ana Ambrazienė URS56.302.Susan Morley GBR56.583.Petra Krug GDR56.874.Anna Filicková TCH57.095.Ruth Kyalisima UGA57.586.Helle Sichlau DEN57.907.Tonja Brown USA58.008.Ovrill Dwyer-Brown JAM58.40 RANKHEAT 3TIME1.Nawal El Moutawakil MAR56.522.Petra Pfaff GDR56.563.Hilde Fredriksen NOR56.664.Christine Slythe CAN57.405.Sandra Farmer JAM57.976.Verona Elder GBR58.747.Tuija Helander FIN59.43—Mary Wagner FRGDNF RANKHEAT 4TIME1.Debbie Flintoff AUS56.472.Cristieana Cojocaru ROU 196556.493.Ellen Fiedler GDR56.584.Sharrieffa Barksdale USA56.605.Gladys Taylor GBR58.256.Andrea Page CAN58.557.Marcela Sevcikova TCH1:00.34 See also 1982 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Athens) 1984 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Los Angeles) 1986 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Stuttgart) 1988 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Seoul) References Results H Category:400 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships