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 Record43.86Mexico 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 Nix46.19Q, 2Gerson A. Souza46.43Q3Philip Brown46.60Q4Isidro del Prado46.92q5Aldo Canti47.506Gordan Hinds47.557Kenrick Camerud49.68Paiwa Bogela
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Bert Cameron46.11Q, 2Ján Tomko46.17Q3Thomas Schönlebe46.23Q4Sándor Vasvári46.69q5Abu Alhassan48.146Salem Khalil Ibrahim48.167Ali Al Harazi59.67Ángel Heras
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Erwin Skamrahl46.31Q2Todd Bennett46.58Q3Douglas Hinds46.64Q4Gary Minihan46.90q5James Atuti46.95q6Dean Greenaway48.26Emmanuel Bitanga
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Michael Paul46.33Q2Moses Kyeswa46.35Q3Susumu Takano46.66Q4Eliot Tabron46.68q5Marcel Arnold47.44q6David Sawyerr49.297Lenford O'Garro50.25Nafi Ahmed Mersal
Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Martin Weppler46.32Q2Hassan El Kachief46.61Q3Viktor Markin46.74Q4Gabriel Tiacoh47.11q5Hector Daley47.19q6Eric Josjö47.25q7Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa50.52Allan Ingraham
Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Michael Franks46.16Q2Oddur Sigurdsson47.09Q3Christopher Madzokere47.17Q4Dušan Malovec47.35q5Moussa Fall47.726Joseph Ramotshabi48.357Agripa Mwausegha49.02Sunday Uti
Heat 7 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Hartmut Weber45.74Q, 2Darren Clark46.26Q3Mike Okot46.69Q4Matti Rusanen47.37q5Adram M'Kumi49.226Clive Williams51.82Mike SolomonRoberto Ribaud
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 Franks45.57Q, 2Philip Brown45.80Q3Thomas Schönlebe45.86Q4Martin Weppler46.12Q5Gary Minihan46.326Mike Okot46.387Christopher Madzokere46.74Dušan Malovec
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Bert Cameron45.76Q2Darren Clark45.84Q3Erwin Skamrahl45.90Q4Gerson A. Souza45.94Q5Gabriel Tiacoh46.226Eliot Tabron46.547Isidro del Prado46.718Matti Rusanen47.69
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Hartmut Weber46.01Q2Moses Kyeswa46.31Q3Michael Paul46.44Q4Douglas Hinds46.62Q5Susumu Takano47.066James Atuti47.597Oddur Sigurdsson48.09Marcel Arnold
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Viktor Markin46.16Q2Sunder Nix46.19Q3Ján Tomko46.24Q4Todd Bennett46.39Q5Hector Daley46.426Eric Josjö46.977Sándor Vasvári47.34Hassan El Kachief
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 Franks45.44Q, 2Hartmut Weber45.61Q3Thomas Schönlebe45.67Q4Michael Paul45.83Q5Ján Tomko46.036Todd Bennett46.117Darren Clark46.368Martin Weppler46.55
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1Bert Cameron45.48Q2Erwin Skamrahl45.61Q3Gerson A. Souza45.63Q4Sunder Nix45.73Q5Viktor Markin45.736.Douglas Hinds46.527.Moses Kyeswa46.798.Philip Brown46.81
Final The final took place on August 10.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4Bert Cameron45.055Michael Franks45.221Sunder Nix45.2447Erwin Skamrahl45.3753Hartmut Weber45.4966Thomas Schönlebe45.5078Michael Paul45.8082Gerson A. Souza45.91
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