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

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.

Medalists

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Gold   Yekaterina Fesenko
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver   Ana Ambrazienė
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze   Ellen Fiedler
East Germany (GDR)

Records

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Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record   Ana Ambrazienė (URS) 54.02 Moscow, USSR June 11, 1983
Championship Record New event

Final

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RANK FINAL TIME
    Yekaterina Fesenko (URS) 54.12
    Ana Ambrazienė (URS) 54.15
    Ellen Fiedler (GDR) 54.55
4.   Petra Pfaff (GDR) 54.64
5.   Petra Krug (GDR) 54.76
6.   Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE) 54.80
7.   Susan Morley (GBR) 56.04
8.   Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU) 56.26

Semi-finals

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  • Held on Tuesday 1983-08-09
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.   Petra Pfaff (GDR) 55.77
2.   Yekaterina Fesenko (URS) 55.99
3.   Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE) 56.01
4.   Susan Morley (GBR) 56.09
5.   Debbie Flintoff (AUS) 56.63
6.   Gwen Wall (CAN) 56.68
7.   Judi Brown (USA) 57.98
  Hilde Fredriksen (NOR) DNS


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.   Ana Ambrazienė (URS) 55.18
2.   Ellen Fiedler (GDR) 55.23
3.   Petra Krug (GDR) 55.98
4.   Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU) 56.71
5.   Sharrieffa Barksdale (USA) 56.81
6.   Nawal El Moutawakil (MAR) 57.10
7.   Anna Filicková (TCH) 57.64
8.   Christine Slythe (CAN) 58.53

Qualifying heats

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  • Held on Monday 1983-08-08
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.   Yekaterina Fesenko (URS) 56.43
2.   Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE) 56.80
3.   Gwen Wall (CAN) 57.14
4.   Judi Brown (USA) 57.14
5.   Giuseppina Cirulli (ITA) 57.43
6.   Rose Tata-Muya (KEN) 58.09
7.   Liu Guihua (CHN) 59.39
8.   Felicia Candelario (DOM) 1:00.72


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.   Ana Ambrazienė (URS) 56.30
2.   Susan Morley (GBR) 56.58
3.   Petra Krug (GDR) 56.87
4.   Anna Filicková (TCH) 57.09
5.   Ruth Kyalisima (UGA) 57.58
6.   Helle Sichlau (DEN) 57.90
7.   Tonja Brown (USA) 58.00
8.   Ovrill Dwyer-Brown (JAM) 58.40


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.   Nawal El Moutawakil (MAR) 56.52
2.   Petra Pfaff (GDR) 56.56
3.   Hilde Fredriksen (NOR) 56.66
4.   Christine Slythe (CAN) 57.40
5.   Sandra Farmer (JAM) 57.97
6.   Verona Elder (GBR) 58.74
7.   Tuija Helander (FIN) 59.43
  Mary Wagner (FRG) DNF


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.   Debbie Flintoff (AUS) 56.47
2.   Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU) 56.49
3.   Ellen Fiedler (GDR) 56.58
4.   Sharrieffa Barksdale (USA) 56.60
5.   Gladys Taylor (GBR) 58.25
6.   Andrea Page (CAN) 58.55
7.   Marcela Sevcikova (TCH) 1:00.34

See also

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References

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