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

Event:	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	1983 World Championships
Venue:	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates:	7 August (heats) 8 August (semi-finals) 9 August (final)
Competitors:	34
Win Value:	47.50
Gold:	Edwin Moses
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Harald Schmid
Silvernoc:	FRG
Bronze:	Aleksandr Kharlov
Bronzenoc:	URS
Next:	1987

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

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		47.13	Milan, Italy	July 3, 1980
Championship Record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		47.50
		48.61
		49.03
4.		49.06
5.		49.24
6.		49.32
7.		49.61
8.		49.78

Semi-finals

Held on Monday 1983-08-08

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		48.11
2.		48.99
3.		49.18
4.		49.75
5.		50.04
6.		50.31
7.		50.54
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		48.57
2.		48.63
3.		49.17 NR
4.		49.18
5.		49.51
6.		49.91
7.		49.99
8.		50.91

Qualifying heats

Held on Sunday 1983-08-07

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		50.44
2.		50.99
3.		51.23
4.		51.45
5.		53.25
6.		54.68
-		DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		50.12
2.		50.23
3.		50.53
4.		50.86
5.		50.97
6.		50.99

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		50.15
3.		50.39
3.		50.64
4.		50.68
5.		50.76
6.		51.80
7.		52.32

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		49.54
2.		50.44
3.		50.59
4.		50.62
5.		50.92
6.		52.34
7.		DSQ

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		49.99
2.		50.09
3.		50.09
4.		50.53
5.		51.67
6.		51.92
7.		52.02

References

Results