These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres Hurdles

Hurdling

Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...

event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships

1983 World Championships in Athletics

The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....

in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Wednesday 1983-08-10.

Medalists

Gold	Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun Yekaterina Fesenko Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun , Fesenko born on August 8, 1958 in Krasnodar, Russia, is a Russian athlete who competed for the USSR. After her marriage in 1992, she appeared in the charts under the name of Yekaterina Grun or Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun.-Career:Yekaterina Fesenko was USSR champion 400 meter... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (URS)
Silver	Anna Ambrazienė Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (URS)
Bronze	Ellen Neumann-Fiedler Ellen Fiedler Ellen Fiedler, is a German hurdler.She won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, in a career best time of 53.63 seconds... East Germany (GDR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record		54.02	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , USSR Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....	June 11, 1983
Championship Record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		54.12
		54.15
		54.55
4.		54.64
5.		54.76
6.		54.80
7.		56.04
8.		56.26

Semi-Finals

• Held on Tuesday 1983-08-09

  RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
  1.		55.77
  2.		55.99
  3.		56.01
  4.		56.09
  5.		56.63
  6.		56.68
  7.		57.98
  —		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		55.18
2.		55.23
3.		55.98
4.		56.71
5.		56.81
6.		57.10
7.		57.64
8.		58.53

Qualifying heats

• Held on Monday 1983-08-08

  RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
  1.		56.43
  2.		56.80
  3.		57.14
  4.		57.14
  5.		57.43
  6.		58.09
  7.		59.39
  8.		1:00.72

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		56.30
2.		56.58
3.		56.87
4.		57.09
5.		57.58
6.		57.90
7.		58.00
8.		58.40

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		56.52
2.		56.56
3.		56.66
4.		57.40
5.		57.97
6.		58.74
7.		59.43
—		DNF

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		56.47
2.		56.49
3.		56.58
4.		56.60
5.		58.25
6.		58.55
7.		1:00.34

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Athens)
  1982 European Championships in Athletics - Women's 400 metre hurdles
  These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. The final was held on 10 September 1982.-Final:-Semifinals:-See also:...
  
  
• 1984 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Stuttgart)
  1986 European Championships in Athletics - Women's 400 metre hurdles
  These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany. The final was held on 30 August 1986.-Final:-Semifinals:-See also:...
  
  
• 1988 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Seoul)