World Athletics Championships 1983/4 × 400 m men
| World Athletics Championships 1983 | |||||||||
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| discipline | 4 × 400 m relay | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 21 relays with 94 athletes | ||||||||
| venue |
 Helsinki
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| Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 13th (preliminary / semi-finals) August 14th (final) |
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The men's 4 by 400 meter relay at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 13-14, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .
21 relay teams with 94 athletes took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by the Soviet Union after 3: 00.79 minutes with the line-up of Sergei Lowatschow , Aljaksandr Trashchyla , Nikolai Chernetsky and Viktor Markin .
Silver went to the Federal Republic of Germany in 3: 01.83 minutes with Erwin Skamrahl (semifinals / final), Jörg Vaihinger , Harald Schmid and Hartmut Weber (preliminary / final) as well as Martin Weppler (preliminary) and Edgar who were also used in the preliminary / semifinals Nakladal (semifinals).
The bronze medal was secured by the United Kingdom with Ainsley Bennett (final), Garry Cook , Todd Bennett and Philip Brown as well as Kriss Akabusi in 3: 03.53 min in the preliminary and semi-finals .
The runners only used in the preliminary / semi-finals received the corresponding precious metal.
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
| World record |
 United States Vince Matthews , Ron Freeman Larry James , Lee Evans |
2: 56.16 min | Olympic Games in Mexico City , Mexico | 20th October 1968 |
| World Cup record | There were still no World Cup records, the event was held for the first time. | |||
The World Cup record was gradually increased to 3: 00.79 minutes in the final on August 9, 1983 - Soviet Union ( Sergei Lowatschow , Aljaksandr Trashchyla , Nikolai Chernetsky , Viktor Markin ).
Prelims
August 13, 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 (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
Alonzo Babers Willie Smith Andre Phillips (lead) Michael Franks (lead) |
3: 06.62 CR |
| 2 |
 BR Germany
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Martin Weppler (preliminary) Jörg Vaihinger Harald Schmid Hartmut Weber |
3: 07.40 |
| 3 |
 Italy
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Stefano Malinverni Donato Sabia Mauro Zuliani Roberto Ribaud |
3: 07.90 |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Brazil
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Antônio Dias Ferreira Agberto Guimarães José Luíz Barbosa Gérson de Souza |
3: 08.25 |
| 5 |
 Sweden
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Tommy Johansson Eric Josjö Sven Nylander (preliminary / semifinals) Per-Erik Olsson |
3: 08.33 |
| 6th |
 Canada
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Mark Guthrie (forward) Douglas Hinds Tim Bethune Brian Saunders |
3: 08.37 |
| 7th |
 Jamaica
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Steve Griffiths George Walcott Devon Morris Karl Smith |
3: 09.06 |
| 8th |
Finland
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Jari Niemelä Mauri Siekkinen Matti Rusanen Hannu Mykrä |
3: 09.23 |
Run 2
| space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Hungary
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Gusztáv Mencze Sándor Újhelyi István Takács Sándor Vasvári |
3: 09.95 |
| 2 |
 Soviet Union
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Viktor Markin Sergei Lovachev Aljaksandr Trashchyla Nikolai Chernetsky |
3: 10.16 |
| 3 |
 United Kingdom
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Kriss Akabusi (preliminary / semifinals) Garry Cook Todd Bennett Philip Brown |
3: 10.19 |
| 4th |
 Senegal
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Amadou Dia Ba Moussa Case Babacar Niang Boubacar Diallo (preliminary) |
3: 10.90 |
| 5 |
 Australia
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Bruce Frayne Gary Minihan Paul Gilbert Darren Clark |
3: 11.62 |
 Ghana
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DNS | ||
 Bahamas
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DNS |
Run 3
| space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 France
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Jacques Fellice Yann Quentrec Hector Llatser Aldo Canti |
3: 06.99 |
| 2 |
 Czechoslovakia
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Miroslav Zahrorak Petr Brecka Dušan Malovec Ján Tomko |
3: 07.03 |
| 3 |
 Poland
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Ryszard Wichrowski Ryszard Szparak Andrzej Stępień Ryszard Podlas |
3: 07.18 |
| 4th |
 Japan
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Kazunori Asba Tomoharu Isobe Hirofumi Koike Susumu Takano |
3: 07.23 |
| 5 |
 Spain
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Juan José Prado Antonio Sánchez Carlos Azulay Angel Heras |
3: 07.42 |
| 6th |
 Kenya
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Elijah Bitok (preliminary) John Anzrah James Atuti Juma Ndiwa (preliminary) |
3: 07.48 |
| 7th |
 Ivory Coast
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Georges Kablan Degnan René Djédjémel Mélédjé Avognan Nogboun Gabriel Tiacoh |
3: 09.23 |
 Uganda
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John Goville Mike Okot Charles Mbazira Moses Kyeswa |
DSQ |
Semifinals
August 13, 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 (min) |
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| 1 |
United States
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Alonzo Babers Sunder Nix (semi-final / final) Willie Smith Edwin Moses (semi-final / final) |
3: 02.13 CR |
| 2 |
BR Germany
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Erwin Skamrahl Jörg Vaihinger Edgar Nakladal (semifinals) Harald Schmid |
3: 04.96 |
| 3 |
Poland
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Ryszard Wichrowski Ryszard Szparak Andrzej Stępień Ryszard Podlas |
3: 05.51 |
| 4th |
Italy
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Stefano Malinverni Donato Sabia Mauro Zuliani Roberto Ribaud |
3: 05.70 |
| 5 |
Canada
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Brian Saunders Douglas Hinds Ian Newhouse (semifinals) Tim Bethune |
3: 06.42 |
| 6th |
Japan
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Tomoharu Isobe Kazunori Asaba Hirofumi Koike Susamu Takano |
3: 07.11 |
| 7th |
Senegal
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Moussa Fall Babacar Niang Mathurin Barry (semifinals) Amadou Dia Ba |
3: 09.63 |
| 8th |
Hungary
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Gusztáv Menczer Sándor Újhelyi István Takács Sándor Vasvári |
3: 11.08 |
Run 2
| space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
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| 1 |
Soviet Union
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Sergei Lowachev Aljaksandr Trashchyla Nikolai Chernetsky Viktor Markin |
3: 03.75 |
| 2 |
United Kingdom
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Kriss Akabusi (preliminary / semifinals) Garry Cook Todd Bennett Philip Brown |
3: 04.03 |
| 3 |
Czechoslovakia
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Miroslav Zahorak Petr Brecka Dušan Malovec Ján Tomko |
3: 04.32 |
| 4th |
Sweden
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Tommy Johansson Eric Josjö Sven Nylander (preliminary / semifinals) Per-Ola Olsson |
3: 04.32 |
| 5 |
Brazil
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Antônio Dias Ferreira Agberto Guimarães José Luiz Barbosa Gérson de Souza |
3: 04.46 |
| 6th |
France
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Jacques Fellice Yann Quentrec Hector Llatser Aldo Canti |
3: 05.09 |
| 7th |
Kenya
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David Kitur (semi-finals) John Anzrah James Atuti James Maina (semi-finals) |
3: 05.30 |
| 8th |
Spain
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Juan José Prado Antonio Sánchez Carlos Azulay Angel Heras |
3: 09.68 |
final
August 14, 1983
Video
- The first world Championships in athletics. Finland. Helsinki 1983. Run. 4x400 meters. Men 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 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 235f, English), accessed on April 1, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m , accessed April 1, 2020