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

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Field	Value
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

8 August (semi-finals) 9 August (final)

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

Bronze	URS Aleksandr Kharlov
Soviet Union (URS)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

Championship Record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
[[Image:Med 1.png]]	Edwin Moses	47.50
[[Image:Med 2.png]]	Harald Schmid	48.61
[[Image:Med 3.png]]	Aleksandr Kharlov	49.03
4.	Sven Nylander	49.06
5.	Andre Phillips	49.24
6.	David Lee	49.32
7.	Amadou Dia Ba	49.61
8.	Ryszard Szparak	49.78

Semi-finals

Held on Monday 1983-08-08

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Edwin Moses	48.11
2.	Andre Phillips	48.99
3.	Amadou Dia Ba	49.18
4.	Aleksandr Kharlov	49.75
5.	Ahmed Hamada Jassim	50.04
6.	Franz Meier	50.31
7.	Rik Tommelein	50.54
—	Toma Tomov	DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Harald Schmid	48.57
2.	David Lee	48.63
3.	Ryszard Szparak	49.17 NR
4.	Sven Nylander	49.18
5.	Daniel Ogidi	49.51
6.	José Alonso	49.91
7.	Karl Smith	49.99
8.	Krasimir Demirev	50.91

Qualifying heats

Held on Sunday 1983-08-07

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Andre Phillips	USA
2.	Rik Tommelein	BEL
3.	Gary Oakes	GBR
4.	Ian Newhouse	CAN
5.	Meshak Munyoro	KEN
6.	Paiwa Bogela	PNG
—	Aleksandr Yatsevich	URS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Aleksandr Kharlov	URS
2.	Sven Nylander	SWE
3.	José Alonso	ESP
4.	Vladislav Pecen	TCH
5.	István Takács	HUN
6.	Peter Rwamuhanda	UGA

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	David Lee	USA
3.	Toma Tomov	BUL
3.	Karl Smith	JAM
4.	Thomas Futterknecht	AUT
5.	Antônio Dias Ferreira	BRA
6.	Stephen Sole	GBR
7.	Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem	EGY

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Edwin Moses	USA
2.	Daniel Ogidi	NGR
3.	Amadou Dia Ba	SEN
4.	Krasimir Demirev	BUL
5.	Greg Rolle	BAH
6.	Rok Kopitar	YUG
7.	Carlos Azulay	ESP

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Harald Schmid	FRG
2.	Ryszard Szparak	POL
3.	Franz Meier	SUI
4.	Ahmed Hamada Jassim	BHR
5.	Petter Hesselberg	NOR
6.	Georgios Vamvakas	GRE
7.	David Charlton	BAH

References

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