1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Events at the 1983 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats and the final held on Wednesday 10 August 1983.

Jarmila Kratochvílová in lane 3 spent much of the race chasing Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina to her outside, while Taťána Kocembová quickly made up the stagger on Rosalyn Bryant between the two Czech teammates. Kratochvílová finally made up the stagger on Pinigina in the middle of the final turn and came onto the home stretch barely two metres up on the Soviet and a metre up on her teammate. She widened that to four metres by the finish and Kocembová opened up a similar gap on Pinigina.

Each of the top four competitors in this race set their lifetime best, Kratochvílová only being beaten once with 1985's still standing world record 47.60 by Marita Koch. In addition to Kratochvílová remaining the #2 performer in history, Kocembová is #5, Pinigina is #15. Almost forgotten is #56 Gaby Bußmann, still under 50 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Silver	Taťána Kocembová Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Bronze	Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina Soviet Union (URS)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Marita Koch (GDR)	48.16	Athens, Greece	September 8, 1982
Championship Record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	47.99 WR
	Taťána Kocembová (TCH)	48.59 PB
	Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS)	49.19
4.	Gaby Bußmann (FRG)	49.75
5.	Marita Payne-Wiggins (CAN)	50.06
6.	Irina Baskakova (URS)	50.48
7.	Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer (GDR)	50.48
8.	Rosalyn Bryant (USA)	50.66

Semifinals

Held on Tuesday 9 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	51.08
2.	Gaby Bußmann (FRG)	51.22
3.	Irina Baskakova (URS)	51.26
4.	Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer (GDR)	51.52
5.	Charmaine Crooks (CAN)	51.96
6.	Denean Howard-Hill (USA)	52.06
7.	Judit Forgács (HUN)	52.74
8.	Rositsa Stamenova (BUL)	53.09

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS)	50.07
2.	Taťána Kocembová (TCH)	50.45
3.	Marita Payne-Wiggins (CAN)	50.78
4.	Rosalyn Bryant (USA)	51.04
5.	Sabine Busch (GDR)	51.09
6.	Michelle Scutt (GBR)	51.88
7.	Molly Killingbeck (CAN)	51.97
8.	Katya Ilieva (BUL)	52.34

Quarterfinals

Held on Mopnday 8 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS)	51.05
2.	Rosalyn Bryant (USA)	51.44
3.	Sabine Busch (GDR)	51.46
4.	Charmaine Crooks (CAN)	51.57
5.	Denise Robertson-Boyd (AUS)	52.03
6.	Cathy Rattray-Williams (JAM)	53.78
	Margarita Grun (URU)	DNS
	Cornelia Baptiste (LCA)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Irina Baskakova (URS)	51.07
2.	Gaby Bußmann (FRG)	51.15
3.	Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer (GDR)	51.62
4.	Molly Killingbeck (CAN)	52.25
5.	Roberta Belle (USA)	53.43
6.	Elanga Buala (PNG)	56.96
7.	Iyiechia Petrus (ISV)	57.24
	Hala El Moughrabi (SYR)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Marita Payne-Wiggins (CAN)	52.23
2.	Katya Ilieva (BUL)	52.37
3.	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	52.40
4.	Michelle Scutt (GBR)	52.70
5.	June Griffith (GUY)	53.47
6.	Leticia Athanas (TAN)	56.92
7.	Irina Ambulo (PAN)	58.33
	Sandra Liburd (SKN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Taťána Kocembová (TCH)	51.88
2.	Judit Forgács (HUN)	52.18
3.	Rositsa Stamenova (BUL)	52.22
4.	Denean Howard-Hill (USA)	52.34
5.	Erica Rossi (ITA)	53.88
6.	Patricia Meigha (GUA)	59.85
	Eucaris Caicedo (COL)	DNS
	Fatalmoudou Touré (MLI)	DNS

Qualifying heats

Held on Sunday 7 August 1983

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	52.42
2.	Molly Killingbeck (CAN)	52.62
3.	Roberta Belle (USA)	53.01
4.	Michelle Scutt (GBR)	53.30
5.	Erica Rossi (ITA)	53.51
6.	Hala El Moughrabi (SYR)	59.58
7.	Marjorie Gentle (BIZ)	1:04.00

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Rositsa Stamenova (BUL)	53.81
2.	Gaby Bußmann (FRG)	53.93
3.	June Griffith (GUY)	54.02
4.	Eucaris Caicedo (COL)	55.09
5.	Judit Forgács (HUN)	55.15
6.	Leticia Athanas (TAN)	56.54
7.	Sandra Liburd (SKN)	1:02.46

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Taťána Kocembová (TCH)	52.74
2.	Denean Howard-Hill (USA)	52.78
3.	Katya Ilieva (BUL)	53.21
4.	Cathy Rattray-Williams (JAM)	53.40
5.	Elanga Buala (PNG)	57.37
6.	Fatalmoudou Touré (MLI)	59.37
	Florence Gaza (SOL)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS)	52.49
2.	Charmaine Crooks (CAN)	53.83
3.	Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer (GDR)	54.47
4.	Denise Robertson-Boyd (AUS)	54.70
5.	Iyiechia Petrus (ISV)	55.87
6.	Margarita Grun (URU)	56.84
7.	Cornelia Baptiste (LCA)	1:00.79

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Sabine Busch (GDR)	53.16
2.	Irina Baskakova (URS)	53.45
3.	Rosalyn Bryant (USA)	53.64
4.	Marita Payne-Wiggins (CAN)	53.96
5.	Irina Ambulo (PAN)	56.08
6.	Patricia Meigha (GUA)	58.07
	Rose Tata-Muya (KEN)	DNS

References

Results

400 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Complete event overview

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