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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

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These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats and the final held on Wednesday 10 August 1983.

Jarmila Kratochvílová in lane 3 spent much of the race chasing Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina to her outside, while Taťána Kocembová quickly made up the stagger on Rosalyn Bryant between the two Czech teammates. Kratochvílová finally made up the stagger on Pinigina in the middle of the final turn and came onto the home stretch barely two metres up on the Soviet and a metre up on her teammate. She widened that to four metres by the finish and Kocembová opened up a similar gap on Pinigina.

Each of the top four competitors in this race set their lifetime best, Kratochvílová only being beaten once with 1985's still standing world record 47.60 by Marita Koch. In addition to Kratochvílová remaining the #2 performer in history, Kocembová is #5, Pinigina is #15. Almost forgotten is #56 Gaby Bußmann, still under 50 seconds.

Medalists

Bronze	URS Mariya Pinigina
Soviet Union (URS)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

Championship Record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
[[Image:Med 1.png]]	Jarmila Kratochvílová	47.99 WR
[[Image:Med 2.png]]	Taťána Kocembová	48.59 PB
[[Image:Med 3.png]]	Mariya Pinigina	49.19
4.	Gaby Bußmann	49.75
5.	Marita Payne	50.06
6.	Irina Baskakova	50.48
7.	Dagmar Rübsam	50.48
8.	Rosalyn Bryant	50.66

Semifinals

Held on Tuesday 9 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Jarmila Kratochvílová	51.08
2.	Gaby Bußmann	51.22
3.	Irina Baskakova	51.26
4.	Dagmar Rübsam	51.52
5.	Charmaine Crooks	51.96
6.	Denean Howard	52.06
7.	Judit Forgács	52.74
8.	Rositsa Stamenova	53.09

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Mariya Pinigina	50.07
2.	Taťána Kocembová	50.45
3.	Marita Payne	50.78
4.	Rosalyn Bryant	51.04
5.	Sabine Busch	51.09
6.	Michelle Scutt	51.88
7.	Molly Killingbeck	51.97
8.	Katya Ilieva	52.34

Quarterfinals

Held on Monday 8 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Mariya Pinigina	51.05
2.	Rosalyn Bryant	51.44
3.	Sabine Busch	51.46
4.	Charmaine Crooks	51.57
5.	Denise Boyd	52.03
6.	Cathy Rattray-Williams	53.78
	Margarita Grun	DNS
	Cornelia Baptiste	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Irina Baskakova	51.07
2.	Gaby Bußmann	51.15
3.	Dagmar Rübsam	51.62
4.	Molly Killingbeck	52.25
5.	Roberta Belle	53.43
6.	Elanga Buala	56.96
7.	Iyiechia Petrus	57.24
	Hala El Moughrabi	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Marita Payne	52.23
2.	Katya Ilieva	52.37
3.	Jarmila Kratochvílová	52.40
4.	Michelle Scutt	52.70
5.	June Griffith	53.47
6.	Leticia Athanas	56.92
7.	Irina Ambulo	58.33
	Sandra Liburd	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Taťána Kocembová	51.88
2.	Judit Forgács	52.18
3.	Rositsa Stamenova	52.22
4.	Denean Howard	52.34
5.	Erica Rossi	53.88
6.	Patricia Meigham	59.85
	Eucaris Caicedo	DNS
	Fatalmoudou Touré	DNS

Qualifying heats

Held on Sunday 7 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Jarmila Kratochvílová	52.42
2.	Molly Killingbeck	52.62
3.	Roberta Belle	53.01
4.	Michelle Scutt	53.30
5.	Erica Rossi	53.51
6.	Hala El Moughrabi	59.58
7.	Marjorie Gentle	1:04.00

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Rositsa Stamenova	53.81
2.	Gaby Bußmann	53.93
3.	June Griffith	54.02
4.	Eucaris Caicedo	55.09
5.	Judit Forgács	55.15
6.	Leticia Athanas	56.54
7.	Sandra Liburd	1:02.46

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Taťána Kocembová	52.74
2.	Denean Howard	52.78
3.	Katya Ilieva	53.21
4.	Cathy Rattray-Williams	53.40
5.	Elanga Buala	57.37
6.	Fatalmoudou Touré	59.37
	Florence Gaza	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Mariya Pinigina	52.49
2.	Charmaine Crooks	53.83
3.	Dagmar Rübsam	54.47
4.	Denise Boyd	54.70
5.	Iyiechia Petrus	55.87
6.	Margarita Grun	56.84
7.	Cornelia Baptiste	1:00.79

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Sabine Busch	53.16
2.	Irina Baskakova	53.45
3.	Rosalyn Bryant	53.64
4.	Marita Payne	53.96
5.	Irina Ambulo	56.08
6.	Patricia Meigham	58.07
	Rose Tata-Muya	DNS

References

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