World Athletics Championships 1983/400 m men

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	50 athletes from 42 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 7th (preliminary) August 8th (quarter-finals) August 9th (semi-finals) August 10th (final)
Medalist Bert Cameron ( JAM )   Michael Franks ( USA )   Sunder Nix ( USA )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's 400-meter race at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .

Fifty athletes from 42 countries took part in the world championships. In this competition, the US runners won two medals, silver and bronze. World champion was the Jamaican Bert Cameron in 45.05 s. Michael Franks came second in 45.22 s and Sunder Nix came third in 45.24 s.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Lee Evans	43.86 s	Olympic Games in Mexico City , Mexico	October 18, 1968
World championship record	There were still no World Cup records, the event was held for the first time.

The championship record was gradually increased to 45.05 seconds ( Bert Cameron , Jamaica in the final on August 10, 1983).

Prelims

August 7, 1983

From the seven preliminary heats, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.

Run 1

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sunder Nothing	United States	46.19 CR
2	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	46.43
3	Philip Brown	United Kingdom	46.60
4th	Isidro Del Prado	Philippines	46.92
5	Aldo Canti	France	47.50
6th	Gordan Hinds	Barbados	47.55
7th	Kenrick Camerud	St. Christopher Nevis Anguilla	49.68
	Paiwa Bogela	Papua New Guinea	DNS

Run 2

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	46.11 CR
2	Ján Tomko	Czechoslovakia	46.17
3	Thomas Schönlebe	German Democratic Republic	46.23
4th	Sándor Vasvári	Hungary	46.69
5	Abu Alhassan	Ghana	48.14
6th	Khalil Ibrahim Salem	United Arab Emirates	48.16
7th	Ali Al Harazi	North Yemen	59.67
	Ángel Heras	Spain	DSQ

Run 3

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Erwin Skamrahl	BR Germany	46.31
2	Todd Bennett	United Kingdom	46.58
3	Douglas Hinds	Canada	46.64
4th	Gary Minihan	Australia	46.90
5	James Atuti	Kenya	46.95
6th	Dean Greenaway	British Virgin Islands	48.26
	Emmanuel Bitanga	Cameroon	DNS

Run 4

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Michael Paul	Trinidad and Tobago	46.33
2	Moses Kyeswa	Uganda	46.35
3	Susumu Takano	Japan	46.66
4th	Eliot Tabron	United States	46.68
5	Marcel Arnold	Switzerland	47.44
6th	David Sawyerr	Sierra Leone	49.29
7th	Lenford O'Garro	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	50.25
	Nafi Ahmed Mersal	Egypt	DNS

Run 5

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Martin Weppler	BR Germany	46.32
2	Hassan El Kashief	Sudan	46.61
3	Viktor Markin	Soviet Union	46.74
4th	Gabriel Tiacoh	Ivory Coast	47.11
5	Hector Daley	Panama	47.19
6th	Eric Josjö	Sweden	47.25
7th	Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa	Rwanda	50.52
	Allan Ingraham	Bahamas	DNS

Run 6

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Michael Franks	United States	46.16
2	Oddur Sigurðsson	Iceland	47.09
3	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe	47.17
4th	Dušan Malovec	Czechoslovakia	47.35
5	Moussa case	Senegal	47.72
6th	Joseph Ramotshabi	Botswana	48.35
7th	Agripa Mwausegha	Malawi	49.02
	Sunday Uti	Nigeria	DSQ

Run 7

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Hartmut Weber	BR Germany	45.74 CR
2	Darren Clark	Australia	46.26
3	Mike Okot	Uganda	46.69
4th	Matti Rusanen	Finland	47.37
5	Adram M'Kumi	Tanzania	49.22
6th	Clive Williams	Belize	51.82
	Roberto Ribaud	Italy	DSQ
	Mike Solomon	Trinidad and Tobago	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)
1	Michael Franks	United States	45.57 CR
2	Philip Brown	United Kingdom	45.80
3	Thomas Schönlebe	German Democratic Republic	45.86
4th	Martin Weppler	BR Germany	46.12
5	Gary Minihan	Australia	46.32
6th	Mike Okot	Uganda	46.38
7th	Christopher Madzokere	Zimbabwe	46.74
	Dušan Malovec	Czechoslovakia	DNF

Run 2

As fifth of his quarter-finals, Gabriel Tiacoh was one place too far behind to be in the semi-finals

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	45.76
2	Darren Clark	Australia	45.84
3	Erwin Skamrahl	BR Germany	45.90
4th	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	45.94
5	Gabriel Tiacoh	Ivory Coast	46.22
6th	Eliot Tabron	United States	46.54
7th	Isidro Del Prado	Philippines	46.71
8th	Matti Rusanen	Finland	47.69

Run 3

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Hartmut Weber	BR Germany	46.01
2	Moses Kyeswa	Uganda	46.31
3	Michael Paul	Trinidad and Tobago	46.44
4th	Douglas Hinds	Canada	46.62
5	Susumu Takano	Japan	47.06
6th	James Atuti	Kenya	47.59
7th	Oddur Sigurðsson	Iceland	48.09
	Marcel Arnold	Switzerland	DNS

Run 4

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Viktor Markin	Soviet Union	46.16
2	Sunder Nothing	United States	46.19
3	Ján Tomko	Czechoslovakia	46.24
4th	Todd Bennett	United Kingdom	46.39
5	Hector Daley	Panama	46.42
6th	Eric Josjö	Sweden	46.97
7th	Sándor Vasvári	Hungary	47.34
	Hassan El Kashief	Sudan	DNF

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)
1	Michael Franks	United States	46.44
2	Hartmut Weber	BR Germany	45.61
3	Thomas Schönlebe	German Democratic Republic	45.67
4th	Michael Paul	Trinidad and Tobago	45.83
5	Ján Tomko	Czechoslovakia	46.03
6th	Todd Bennett	United Kingdom	46.11
7th	Darren Clark	Australia	46.36
8th	Martin Weppler	BR Germany	46.55

Run 2

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	45.48 CR
2	Erwin Skamrahl	BR Germany	45.61
3	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	45.63
4th	Sunder Nothing	United States	45.73
5	Viktor Markin	Soviet Union	45.73
6th	Douglas Hinds	Canada	46.52
7th	Moses Kyeswa	Uganda	46.79
8th	Philip Brown	United Kingdom	46.81

final

Thomas Schönlebe, winner of this competition at the upcoming world championships , came in sixth place

August 10, 1983

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	45.05 CR
	Michael Franks	United States	45.22
	Sunder Nothing	United States	45.24
4th	Erwin Skamrahl	BR Germany	45.37
5	Hartmut Weber	BR Germany	45.49
6th	Thomas Schönlebe	German Democratic Republic	45.50
7th	Michael Paul	Trinidad and Tobago	45.80
8th	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	45.91

Video

• World Record | Women's 400m Final | IAAF World Championships Helsinki 1983 on youtube.com, accessed March 28, 2020

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the 1983 World Cup on the IAAF website (English)
• Men 400m Athletics II World Championship Rome (ITA) 1987 at todor66.com, accessed March 28, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 400 m, Rome 1987 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 104f), English, accessed on March 28, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 28, 2020