1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 10.
Medals[]
Records[]
Existing records at the start of the event.
World Record | ![]() |
38.03 | Düsseldorf, West Germany | September 3, 1977 |
Championship Record | New event |
Results[]
Heats[]
All times shown are in seconds.
AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place |
Heat 1[]
East Germany (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann) 39.22 Q
Bulgaria (, , , Valentin Atanasov) 39.55 Q
Great Britain (Ainsley Bennett, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Drew McMaster) 39.56 Q
Nigeria (Innocent Egbunike, Ikpoto Eseme, Samson Oyeledun, Chidi Imoh) 39.62 Q
Finland (, Jouko Hassi, , ) 39.65 q
Bahamas (Fabian Whymns, , Joey Wells, ) 39.91 q
Ghana (Ernest Obeng, , , ) 41.92
Cuba DNS
Heat 2[]
United States (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 38.75 Q
Italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea) 39.40 Q
Hungary (Ferenc Kiss, István Nagy, László Babály, István Tatár) 39.58 Q
Australia (Paul Narracott, Gerrard Keating, Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan) 40.02 Q
Ivory Coast (, Avognan Nogboum, Georges Kablan Degnan, Gabriel Tiacoh) 40.70
China (Wang Shaoming, , Cai Jianming, ) DQ
Canada (Ben Johnson, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Tony Sharpe) DQ
Kenya (, Peter Wekesa, John Anzrah, ) DQ
Heat 3[]
Soviet Union (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin) 38.77 Q
France (, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart) 39.17 Q
West Germany (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, ) 39.35 Q
Poland (Krzysztof Zwoliński, Zenon Licznerski, Czesław Prądzyński, Marian Woronin) 39.41 Q
Jamaica (, Ray Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford) 39.49 q
Greece (, , , ) 39.85 q
Thailand (, Suchart Chairsuvaparb, , Sumet Promna) 40.17
Chinese Taipei (, , , ) 40.49
Semi-finals[]
Heat 1[]
Soviet Union (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin) 38.62 Q
Italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea) 38.74 Q
Poland (Krzysztof Zwoliński, Zenon Licznerski, Czesław Prądzyński, Marian Woronin) 39.01 Q
France (Thierry Francois, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart) 39.14 Q
Nigeria (Innocent Egbunike, Ikpoto Eseme, Samson Oyeledun, Chidi Imoh) 39.44
Greece (Angelos Angelidis, Theodoros Gatzios, Nikos Hadjinicolaou, Kosmas Stratos) 39.71
Finland (Jouko Lehtinen, Jouko Hassi, Jukka Sihvonen, Kimmo Saaristo) 40.02
Hungary (Ferenc Kiss, István Nagy, László Babály, István Tatár) DNF
Heat 2[]
United States (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 38.50 Q
East Germany (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann) 38.95 Q
West Germany (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, Andreas Rizzi) 39.13 Q
Jamaica (George Walcott, Ray Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford) 39.18 Q
Great Britain (Ainsley Bennett, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Drew McMaster) 39.39
Bulgaria (Krasimir Sarbakov, Yordan Vandov, Bogomil Karadimov, Valentin Atanasov) 39.59
Bahamas (Fabian Whymns, Austin Albury, Joey Wells, David Charlton) 40.52
Australia (Paul Narracott, Gerrard Keating, Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan) DNS
Final[]
United States (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 37.86 (WR)
Italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea) 38.37 (NR)
Soviet Union (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin) 38.41
East Germany (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann) 38.51
West Germany (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, Andreas Rizzi) 38.56
Poland (Krzysztof Zwoliński, Zenon Licznerski, Czesław Prądzyński, Marian Woronin) 38.72
Jamaica (George Walcott, Ray Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford) 38.75
France (Thierry Francois, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart) 38.98
References[]
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- Events at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics
- Relays at the World Athletics Championships
- 4 × 100 metres relay