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.
| Gold | Yekaterina Fesenko Soviet Union (URS) | |
| Silver | Ana Ambrazienė Soviet Union (URS) | |
| Bronze | Ellen Fiedler East Germany (GDR) |
Existing records at the start of the event.
| World Record | 54.02 | Moscow, USSR | June 11, 1983 | ||
| Championship Record | New event | ||||
| RANK | FINAL | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54.12 | |||
| 54.15 | |||
| 54.55 | |||
| 4. | 54.64 | ||
| 5. | 54.76 | ||
| 6. | 54.80 | ||
| 7. | 56.04 | ||
| 8. | 56.26 |
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 55.77 | ||
| 2. | 55.99 | ||
| 3. | 56.01 | ||
| 4. | 56.09 | ||
| 5. | 56.63 | ||
| 6. | 56.68 | ||
| 7. | 57.98 | ||
| - | DNS |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 55.18 | ||
| 2. | 55.23 | ||
| 3. | 55.98 | ||
| 4. | 56.71 | ||
| 5. | 56.81 | ||
| 6. | 57.10 | ||
| 7. | 57.64 | ||
| 8. | 58.53 |
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 56.43 | ||
| 2. | 56.80 | ||
| 3. | 57.14 | ||
| 4. | 57.14 | ||
| 5. | 57.43 | ||
| 6. | 58.09 | ||
| 7. | 59.39 | ||
| 8. | 1:00.72 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 56.30 | ||
| 2. | 56.58 | ||
| 3. | 56.87 | ||
| 4. | 57.09 | ||
| 5. | 57.58 | ||
| 6. | 57.90 | ||
| 7. | 58.00 | ||
| 8. | 58.40 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 56.52 | ||
| 2. | 56.56 | ||
| 3. | 56.66 | ||
| 4. | 57.40 | ||
| 5. | 57.97 | ||
| 6. | 58.74 | ||
| 7. | 59.43 | ||
| - | DNF |
| RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 56.47 | ||
| 2. | 56.49 | ||
| 3. | 56.58 | ||
| 4. | 56.60 | ||
| 5. | 58.25 | ||
| 6. | 58.55 | ||
| 7. | 1:00.34 |