World Athletics Championships 1983/400 m hurdles for women
World Athletics Championships 1983 | |||||||||
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discipline | 400 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 31 athletes from 20 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 8th (preliminary) August 9th (semi-finals) August 10th (final) |
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The women's 400 meter hurdles at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 8, 9 and 10, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .
31 athletes from 20 countries took part in the competition. The runners from the Soviet Union achieved a double victory. The gold medal was won by Jekaterina Fessenko after 54.14 s, silver went to Ana Ambrazienė , who was only a hundredth of a second behind with 54.15 s. The bronze medal was secured by the 1980 vice world champion Ellen Fiedler from the GDR with 54.55 minutes.
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
World record |
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54.02 s | Moscow , Soviet Union | June 11, 1983 |
World championship record |
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54.55 s | Sittard , Netherlands | August 16, 1980 |
World champion Jekaterina Fessenko from the Soviet Union improved the World Cup record in the final on August 10, 1983 by 41 hundredths of a second to 54.14 s
Prelims
August 8, 1983
From the four preliminary races, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Run 1
space | Athlete | country | time |
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1 | Ekaterina Fessenko |
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56.43 s |
2 | Ann-Louise Skoglund |
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56.80 s |
3 | Gwen Wall |
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57.14 s |
4th | Judi Brown |
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57.14 s |
5 | Giuseppina Cirulli |
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57.43 s |
6th | Rose Tata-Muya |
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58.09 s |
7th | Liu Guihua |
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59.39 s |
8th | Felicia Candelario |
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1: 00.72 min |
Run 2
space | Athlete | country | time |
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1 | Ana Ambrazienė |
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56.30 s |
2 | Susan Morley |
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56.58 s |
3 | Petra Krug |
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56.87 s |
4th | Anna Filicková |
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57.09 s |
5 | Ruth Kyalisima |
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57.58 s |
6th | Bright Sichlau |
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57.90 s |
7th | Tonja Brown |
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58.00 s |
8th | Ovrill Dwyer-Brown |
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58.40 s |
Run 3
space | Athlete | country | time |
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1 | Nawal El Moutawakel |
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56.52 s |
2 | Petra Pfaff |
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56.56 s |
3 | Hilde Fredriksen |
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56.66 s |
4th | Christine Slythe |
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57.40 s |
5 | Sandra Farmer |
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57.97 s |
6th | Verona Elder |
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58.74 s |
7th | Tuija Helander |
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59.43 s |
Mary Wagner |
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DNF |
Run 4
space | Athlete | country | time |
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1 | Debbie Flintoff |
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56.47 s |
2 | Cristieana Cojocaru |
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56.49 s |
3 | Ellen Fiedler |
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56.58 s |
4th | Sharrieffa Barksdale |
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56.60 s |
5 | Gladys Taylor |
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58.25 s |
6th | Andrea Page |
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58.55 s |
7th | Marcela Sevcikova |
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1: 00.34 min |
Semifinals
August 9, 1983
From the two semi-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Petra Pfaff |
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55.77 |
2 | Ekaterina Fessenko |
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55.99 |
3 | Ann-Louise Skoglund |
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56.01 |
4th | Susan Morley |
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56.09 |
5 | Debbie Flintoff |
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56.63 |
6th | Gwen Wall |
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56.68 |
7th | Judi Brown |
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57.98 |
Hilde Fredriksen |
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DNS |
Run 2
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space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Ana Ambrazienė |
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55.18 |
2 | Ellen Fiedler |
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55.23 |
3 | Petra Krug |
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55.98 |
4th | Cristieana Cojocaru |
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56.71 |
5 | Sharrieffa Barksdale |
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56.81 |
6th | Nawal El Moutawakel |
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57.10 |
7th | Anna Filicková |
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57.64 |
8th | Christine Slythe |
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58.53 |
final
August 10, 1983
space | train | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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5 | Ekaterina Fessenko |
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54.14 CR |
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3 | Ana Ambrazienė |
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54.15 |
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1 | Ellen Fiedler |
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54.55 |
4th | 7th | Petra Pfaff |
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54.64 |
5 | 8th | Petra Krug |
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54.76 |
6th | 2 | Ann-Louise Skoglund |
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54.80 |
7th | 6th | Susan Morley |
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56.04 |
8th | 4th | Cristieana Cojocaru |
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56.26 |
Video
- 1983 World Championships 400m Hurdles Women on youtube.com, accessed April 13, 2020
Web links and sources
- Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 13, 2020
- Results on todor66.com, accessed April 13, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 305, English), accessed on April 13, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m hurdles women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 13, 2020