1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

None April 2025 sports April 2025 Men's 400 metres 1983 World Championships Helsinki Olympic Stadium 7 August (heats)8 August (quarter-finals)9 August (semi-finals)10 August (final) 55 45.05 CR Bert Cameron JAM Michael Franks USA Sunder Nix USA 1987 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 RecordLee Evans USA43.86Mexico City, MexicoOctober 18, 1968Championship RecordNew 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 1Sunder NixUSA46.19Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Gerson A. SouzaBRA46.43Q3Philip BrownGBR46.60Q4Isidro del PradoPHI46.92q5Aldo CantiFRA47.506Gordan HindsBAR47.557Kenrick CamerudSKN49.688Paiwa BogelaPNGDNS Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Bert CameronJAM46.11Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Ján TomkoTCH46.17Q3Thomas SchönlebeGDR46.23Q4Sándor VasváriHUN46.69q5Abu AlhassanGHA48.146Salem Khalil IbrahimUAE48.167Ali Al HaraziYEM59.678Ángel HerasESPDQ Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Erwin SkamrahlFRG46.31Q2Todd BennettGBR46.58Q3Douglas HindsCAN46.64Q4Gary MinihanAUS46.90q5James AtutiKEN46.95q6Dean GreenawayIVB48.267Emmanuel BitangaCMRDNS Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Michael PaulTRI46.33Q2Moses KyeswaUGA46.35Q3Susumu TakanoJPN46.66Q4Eliot TabronUSA46.68q5Marcel ArnoldSUI47.44q6David SawyerrSLE49.297Lenford O'GarroVIN50.258Nafi Ahmed MersalEGYDNF Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Martin WepplerFRG46.32Q2Hassan El KachiefSUD46.61Q3Viktor MarkinURS46.74Q4Gabriel TiacohCIV47.11q5Hector DaleyPAN47.19q6Eric JosjöSWE47.25q7Jean-Marie RudasinqwaRWA50.528Allan IngrahamBAHDNS Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Michael FranksUSA46.16Q2Oddur SigurdssonISL47.09Q3Christopher MadzokereZIM47.17Q4Dušan MalovecTCH47.35q5Moussa FallSEN47.726Joseph RamotshabiBOT48.357Agripa MwauseghaMAW49.028Sunday UtiNGRDQ Heat 7 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Hartmut WeberFRG45.74Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Darren ClarkAUS46.26Q3Mike OkotUGA46.69Q4Matti RusanenFIN47.37q5Adram M'KumiTAN49.226Clive WilliamsBIZ51.827Mike SolomonTRIDNS8Roberto RibaudITADQ 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 1Michael FranksUSA45.57Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Philip BrownGBR45.80Q3Thomas SchönlebeGDR45.86Q4Martin WepplerFRG46.12Q5Gary MinihanAUS46.326Mike OkotUGA46.387Christopher MadzokereZIM46.748Dušan MalovecTCHDNF Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Bert CameronJAM45.76Q2Darren ClarkAUS45.84Q3Erwin SkamrahlFRG45.90Q4Gerson A. SouzaBRA45.94Q5Gabriel TiacohCIV46.226Eliot TabronUSA46.547Isidro del PradoPHI46.718Matti RusanenFIN47.69 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Hartmut WeberFRG46.01Q2Moses KyeswaUGA46.31Q3Michael PaulTRI46.44Q4Douglas HindsCAN46.62Q5Susumu TakanoJPN47.066James AtutiKEN47.597Oddur SigurdssonISL48.098Marcel ArnoldSUIDNS Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Viktor MarkinURS46.16Q2Sunder NixUSA46.19Q3Ján TomkoTCH46.24Q4Todd BennettGBR46.39Q5Hector DaleyPAN46.426Eric JosjöSWE46.977Sándor VasváriHUN47.348Hassan El KachiefSUDDNF 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 1Michael FranksUSA45.44Q, CR World Championships in Athletics2Hartmut WeberFRG45.61Q3Thomas SchönlebeGDR45.67Q4Michael PaulTRI45.83Q5Ján TomkoTCH46.036Todd BennettGBR46.117Darren ClarkAUS46.368Martin WepplerFRG46.55 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Bert CameronJAM45.48Q2Erwin SkamrahlFRG45.61Q3Gerson A. SouzaBRA45.63Q4Sunder NixUSA45.73Q5Viktor MarkinURS45.736.Douglas HindsCAN46.527.Moses KyeswaUGA46.798.Philip BrownGBR46.81 Final The final took place on August 10. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4Bert CameronJAM45.05CR World Championships in Athletics5Michael FranksUSA45.221Sunder NixUSA45.2447Erwin SkamrahlFRG45.3753Hartmut WeberFRG45.4966Thomas SchönlebeGDR45.5078Michael PaulTRI45.8082Gerson A. SouzaBRA45.91 General references Results Category:400 metres at the World Athletics Championships