World Athletics Championships 1983/4 × 100 m men

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	4 × 100 m relay
gender	Men
Attendees	23 relays with 92 athletes
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 9th (preliminary) August 10th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist  United States  Italy  Soviet Union

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's 4 by 100 meter relay at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 9 and 10, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .

23 relays took part in the competition. There were no line-up changes from the prelims to the final.

The gold medal won by the United States in the occupation Emmit King , Willie Gault , Calvin Smith and Carl Lewis . They set a new world record in the final with 37.86 s.
Silver went to Italy in 38.37 s with Stefano Tilli , Carlo Simionato , Pierfrancesco Pavoni and Pietro Mennea .
The bronze medal was secured by the Soviet Union ( Andrei Prokofjew , Nikolai Sidorow , Vladimir Muravyov , Viktor Bryshin ) in 38.41 seconds.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	United States Williams Collins , Steve Riddick Cliff Wiley , Steve Williams	38.03 s	Düsseldorf , FR Germany	3rd October 1977
World championship record	There were still no World Cup records, the event was held for the first time.

The world championship record was gradually increased to 37.86 s, with the US relay set a new world record with Emmit King , Willie Gault , Calvin Smith and Carl Lewis at the same time.

Prelims

August 9th, 1983

From the three preliminary runs, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	German Democratic Republic	Andreas Knebel Thomas Schröder Jens Hübler Frank Emmelmann	39.22 CR
2	Bulgaria	Krasimir Sarbakov Yordan Vandov Bogomil Karadimov Valentin Atanasov	39.55
3	United Kingdom	Ainsley Bennett Donovan Reid Mike McFarlane Drew McMaster	39.56
4th	Nigeria	Innocent Egbunike Ikpoto Eseme Samson Oyeledun Chidi Imoh	39.62
5	Finland	Jouko Lehtinen Jouko Hassi Jukka Sihvonen Kimmo Saaristo	39.65
6th	Bahamas	Fabian Whymns Austin Albury Joey Wells David Charlton	39.91
7th	Ghana	Ernest Obeng Sam Aidoo Edward Pappoe Awudu Nuhu	41.92
	Cuba		DNS

Run 2

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Emmit King Willie Gault Calvin Smith Carl Lewis	38.75 CR
2	Italy	Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Pierfrancesco Pavoni Pietro Mennea	39.40
3	Hungary	Ferenc Kiss István Nagy Laszlo Babaly Istvan Tatar	38.58
4th	Australia	Paul Narracott Gerrard Keating Bruce Frayne Gary Minihan	40.02
5	Ivory Coast	Otokpa Kouadio Avognan Nogboum Georges Kablan-Degnan Tiacoh Georges	40.70
	Canada	Ben Johnson Atlee Mahorn Desai Williams Tony Sharpe	DSQ
	Kenya	Alfred Nyambane Peter Wekesa John Anzrah Moja Shivanda	DSQ
	People's Republic of China	Wang Shaoming He Baodang Cai Jianming Yan Guoqiang	DSQ

Run 3

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Soviet Union	Andrei Prokofiev Nikolai Sidorov Vladimir Muravyov Viktor Bryshin	38.77
2	France	Thierry François Marc Gasparoni Antoine Richard Jean-Jacques Boussemart	39.17
3	BR Germany	Werner Bastians Christian Haas Jürgen Evers Andreas Rizzi	39.35
4th	Poland	Krzysztof Zwoliński Zenon Licznerski Czeslaw Pradzynski Marian Voronin	39.41
5	Jamaica	George Walcott Raymond Stewart Leroy Reid Colin Bradford	39.49
6th	Greece	Angelos Angelidis Theodoros Gatzios Nikos Hadjinicolaou Kosmas Stratos	39.85
7th	Thailand	Somsak Boontad Suchart Chairsuvaparb Prasit Boomprasert Sumet Promna	40.17
8th	Chinese Taipei	Wu Jing-yee Lee Kuo-sheng Hwang Chian-shin Hwang Sheng-tai	40.49

Semifinals

August 10th, 1983

From the two semi-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Soviet Union	Andrei Prokofiev Nikolai Sidorov Vladimir Muravyov Viktor Bryshin	38.62 CR
2	Italy	Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Pierfrancesco Pavoni Pietro Mennea	38.74
3	Poland	Krzysztof Zwoliński Zenon Licznerski Czeslaw Pradzynski Marian Voronin	39.01
4th	France	Thierry François Marc Gasparoni Antoine Richard Jean-Jacques Boussemart	39.14
5	Nigeria	Innocent Egbunike Ikpoto Eseme Samson Oyeledun Chidi Imoh	39.44
6th	Greece	Angelos Angelidis Theodoros Gatzios Nikos Hadjinicolaou Kosmas Stratos	39.71
7th	Finland	Jouko Lehtinen Jouko Hassi Jukka Sihvonen Kimmo Saaristo	40.02
	Hungary	Ferenc Kiss István Nagy Laszlo Babaly Istvan Tatar	DNF

Run 2

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Emmit King Willie Gault Calvin Smith Carl Lewis	38.50 CR
2	German Democratic Republic	Andreas Knebel Thomas Schröder Jens Hübler Frank Emmelmann	38.95
3	BR Germany	Werner Bastians Christian Haas Jürgen Evers Andreas Rizzi	39.13
4th	Jamaica	George Walcott Raymond Stewart Leroy Reid Colin Bradford	39.18
5	United Kingdom	Ainsley Bennett Donovan Reid Mike McFarlane Drew McMaster	39.39
6th	Bulgaria	Krasimir Sarbakov Yordan Vandov Bogomil Karadimov Valentin Atanasov	39.59
7th	Bahamas	Fabian Whymns Austin Albury Joey Wells David Charlton	40.52
	Australia	Paul Narracott Gerrard Keating Bruce Frayne Gary Minihan	DNF

final

August 10th, 1983

space	train	country	Athletes	Time (s)
	3	United States	Emmit King Willie Gault Calvin Smith Carl Lewis	37.86 WR
	5	Italy	Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato Pierfrancesco Pavoni Pietro Mennea	38.37
	1	Soviet Union	Andrei Prokofiev Nikolai Sidorov Vladimir Muravyov Viktor Bryshin	38.41
4th	7th	German Democratic Republic	Andreas Knebel Thomas Schröder Jens Hübler Frank Emmelmann	38.51
5	4th	BR Germany	Werner Bastians Christian Haas Jürgen Evers Andreas Rizzi	38.56
6th	6th	Poland	Krzysztof Zwoliński Zenon Licznerski Czeslaw Pradzynski Marian Voronin	38.72
7th	2	Jamaica	George Walcott Raymond Stewart Leroy Reid Colin Bradford	38.75
8th	8th	France	Thierry François Marc Gasparoni Antoine Richard Jean-Jacques Boussemart	38.98

Video

• World Records - 4x100m Men Final Helsinki 1983 on youtube.com, accessed April 1, 2020

Web links and sources

• Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 1, 2020
• Results on todor66.com, accessed April 1, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 4x100m Relay, Rome 1987 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 225f), English, accessed on April 1, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 27, 2020