These are the official results of the men's 400 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

 event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships

1983 World Championships in Athletics

The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....

 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

Gold	Edwin Moses Edwin Moses Edwin Corley Moses is an American track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals and set the world record in his event four times... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (USA)
Silver	Harald Schmid Harald Schmid Harald Schmid is a former German track-and-field athlete.Schmid was one of the best 400 m hurdles runners in the world. His duels with Edwin Moses during the late 1970s and early 1980s are unforgettable. His race against Moses in Rome, 1987, is ranked as one of the races of the century... West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....  (FRG)
Bronze	Aleksandr Kharlov Aleksandr Kharlov Aleksandr Kharlov is a retired track and field hurdler from the Soviet Union, best known for winning the bronze medal at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in the men's 400 m hurdles. He set his personal best in the same event on June 20, 1983 at a meet in Moscow... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (URS)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record		47.13	Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	July 3, 1980
Championship Record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		47.50
		48.61
		49.03
4.		49.06
5.		49.24
6.		49.32
7.		49.61
8.		49.78

Semi-Finals

• Held on Monday 1983-08-08

  RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
  1.		48.11
  2.		48.99
  3.		49.18
  4.		49.75
  5.		50.04
  6.		50.31
  7.		50.54
  —		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		48.57
2.		48.63
3.		49.17
4.		49.18
5.		49.51
6.		49.91
7.		49.99
8.		50.91

Qualifying heats

• Held on Sunday 1983-08-07

  RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
  1.		50.44
  2.		50.99
  3.		51.23
  4.		51.45
  5.		53.25
  6.		54.68
  —		DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		50.12
2.		50.23
3.		50.53
4.		50.86
5.		50.97
6.		50.99

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		50.15
3.		50.39
3.		50.64
4.		50.68
5.		50.76
6.		51.80
7.		52.32

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		49.54
2.		50.44
3.		50.59
4.		50.62
5.		50.92
6.		52.34
7.		DSQ

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		49.99
2.		50.09
3.		50.09
4.		50.53
5.		51.67
6.		51.92
7.		52.02

See also

• 1980 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Moscow)
  Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre hurdles
  The Men's 400 metres Hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 23 competitors, with three qualifying heats , two semi-finals before the final took place on Saturday July 26, 1980.-Final:...
  
  
• 1982 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Athens)
  1982 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 400 metre hurdles
  These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. The final was held on 8 September 1982.-Final:-Semifinals:-See also:...
  
  
• 1984 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Stuttgart)