World Athletics Championships 1983/400 m for women
World Athletics Championships 1983 | |||||||||
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discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 33 athletes from 25 countries | ||||||||
venue | Helsinki | ||||||||
Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 7th (preliminary) August 8th (quarter-finals) August 9th (semi-finals) August 10th (final) |
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The women's 400-meter race at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .
33 athletes from 25 countries took part in the competition. The runners from Czechoslovakia achieved a double victory. The gold medal was won by the Olympic runner-up in 1980 and vice European champion from 1982 Jarmila Kratochvílová after 47.99 s, with which she set a new world record. The day before, she had already become world champion over 800 meters . Silver went with 48.59 s to the EM -Third 1982 taťána kocembová . On the final day, the two victorious Czech women secured the silver medal together with their country's 4 x 400 meter relay . The Soviet athlete Marija Pinigina , formerly Marija Kultschunowa, came in third place with 49.19 s and later won a second bronze medal with the 4 x 400 meter relay of the USSR.
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
World record | Marita Koch | 48.16 s | Athens , Greece | September 8, 1982 |
World championship record | There were still no World Cup records, the event was held for the first time. |
The World Cup record was gradually increased to 47.99 seconds ( Jarmila Kratochvílová , Czechoslovakia , in the final on August 10, 1983). With this, world champion Jarmila Kratochvílová set a new world record and was the first female runner to stay below the 48-second mark.
Prelims
August 7, 1983
From the five preliminary runs, the first five of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the seven fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals. Only two of the runners who competed here were eliminated; it would have been possible to skip the quarter-finals without any problems.
Run 1
space | Athlete | country | time |
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1 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Czechoslovakia | 52.42 s CR |
2 | Molly Killingbeck | Canada | 52.62 s |
3 | Roberta Belle | United States | 53.01 s |
4th | Michelle Scutt | United Kingdom | 53.30 s |
5 | Erica Rossi | Italy | 53.51 s |
6th | Hala El-Moughrabi | Syria | 59.58 s |
7th | Marjorie Gentle | Belize | 1: 04.00 min |
Run 2
space | Athlete | country | time |
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1 | Rositsa Stamenova | Bulgaria | 53.81 s |
2 | Gaby Bussmann | BR Germany | 53.93 s |
3 | June Griffith | Guyana | 54.02 s |
4th | Eucaris Caicedo | Colombia | 55.09 s |
5 | Judit Forgács | Hungary | 55.15 s |
6th | Leticia Athanas | Tanzania | 56.54 s |
7th | Sandra Liburd | St. Christopher Nevis Anguilla | 1: 02.46 min |
Run 3
space | Athlete | country | time |
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1 | Taťána Kocembová | Czechoslovakia | 52.74 s |
2 | Denean Howard | United States | 52.78 s |
3 | Katja Iliewa | Bulgaria | 53.21 |
4th | Cathy Rattray | Jamaica | 53.40 s |
5 | Elanga Buala | Papua New Guinea | 57.37 s |
6th | Fatalmoudou Touré | Mali | 59.37 s |
Florence Gaza | Solomon Islands | DNS |
Run 4
space | Athlete | country | time |
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1 | Marija Pinigina | Soviet Union | 52.49 s |
2 | Charmaine Crooks | Canada | 53.83 s |
3 | Dagmar Rübsam | German Democratic Republic | 54.47 s |
4th | Denise Boyd | Australia | 54.70 s |
5 | Iyiechia Peter | American Virgin Islands | 55.87 s |
6th | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 56.84 s |
7th | Cornelia Baptiste | St. Lucia | 1: 00.79 min |
Run 5
space | Athlete | country | time |
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1 | Sabine Busch | German Democratic Republic | 53.16 s |
2 | Irina Baskakova | Soviet Union | 53.45 s |
3 | Rosalyn Bryant | United States | 53.64 s |
4th | Marita Payne | Canada | 53.96 s |
5 | Irina Ambulo | Panama | 56.08 s |
6th | Patricia Meigha | Guatemala | 58.07 s |
Rose Tata-Muya | Kenya | DNS |
Quarter finals
August 8, 1983
From the four quarter-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.
Run 1
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Marija Pinigina | Soviet Union | 51.05 CR |
2 | Rosalyn Bryant | United States | 51.44 |
3 | Sabine Busch | German Democratic Republic | 51.46 |
4th | Charmaine Crooks | Canada | 51.57 |
5 | Denise Boyd | Australia | 52.03 |
6th | Cathy Rattray | Jamaica | 53.78 |
Margarita Grun | Uruguay | DNS | |
Cornelia Baptiste | St. Lucia |
Run 2
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Irina Baskakova | Soviet Union | 51.07 |
2 | Gaby Bussmann | BR Germany | 51.15 |
3 | Dagmar Rübsam | German Democratic Republic | 51.62 |
4th | Molly Killingbeck | Canada | 52.25 |
5 | Roberta Belle | United States | 53.43 |
6th | Elanga Buala | Papua New Guinea | 56.96 |
7th | Iyiechia Peter | American Virgin Islands | 57.24 |
Hala El-Moughrabi | Syria | DNS |
Run 3
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Marita Payne | Canada | 52.23 |
2 | Katja Iliewa | Bulgaria | 52.37 |
3 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Czechoslovakia | 52.40 |
4th | Michelle Scutt | United Kingdom | 52.70 |
5 | June Griffith | Guyana | 53.47 |
6th | Leticia Athanas | Tanzania | 56.92 |
7th | Irina Ambulo | Panama | 58.33 |
Sandra Liburd | St. Christopher Nevis Anguilla | DNS |
Run 4
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Taťána Kocembová | Czechoslovakia | 51.88 |
2 | Judit Forgács | Hungary | 52.18 |
3 | Rositsa Stamenova | Bulgaria | 52.22 |
4th | Denean Howard | United States | 52.34 |
5 | Erica Rossi | Italy | 53.88 |
6th | Patricia Meigha | Guatemala | 59.85 |
Eucaris Caicedo | Colombia | DNS | |
Fatalmoudou Touré | Mali |
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 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Czechoslovakia | 51.08 |
2 | Gaby Bussmann | BR Germany | 51.22 |
3 | Irina Baskakova | Soviet Union | 51.26 |
4th | Dagmar Rübsam | German Democratic Republic | 51.52 |
5 | Charmaine Crooks | Canada | 51.96 |
6th | Denean Howard | United States | 52.06 |
7th | Judit Forgács | Hungary | 52.74 |
8th | Rositsa Stamenova | Bulgaria | 53.09 |
Run 2
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Marija Pinigina | Soviet Union | 50.07 CR |
2 | Taťána Kocembová | Czechoslovakia | 50.45 |
3 | Marita Payne | Canada | 50.78 |
4th | Rosalyn Bryant | United States | 51.04 |
5 | Sabine Busch | German Democratic Republic | 51.09 |
6th | Michelle Scutt | United Kingdom | 51.88 |
7th | Molly Killingbeck | Canada | 51.97 |
8th | Katja Iliewa | Bulgaria | 52.34 |
final
August 10, 1983
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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Jarmila Kratochvílová | Czechoslovakia | 47.99 WR | |
Taťána Kocembová | Czechoslovakia | 48.59 | |
Marija Pinigina | Soviet Union | 49.19 | |
4th | Gaby Bussmann | BR Germany | 49.75 |
5 | Marita Payne | Canada | 50.06 |
6th | Irina Baskakova | Soviet Union | 50.48 |
7th | Dagmar Rübsam | German Democratic Republic | 50.48 |
8th | Rosalyn Bryant | United States | 50.66 |
Vice World Champion taťána kocembová, 1982 EM -Third, won on the final day with her 4-by-400-meter relay again Silver
Video
- World Record, Women's 400m Final, IAAF World Championships Helsinki 1983 from youtube.com, accessed April 11, 2020
Web links and sources
- Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 11, 2020
- Results on todor66.com, accessed April 11, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, p. 261 (PDF 10.3 MB, English), accessed on April 11, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 11, 2020