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1983 World Championships In Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 Metres Relay
The 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14. Medals Records Existing records at the start of the event. Results Heats All times shown are in minutes. Heat 1 # (Alonzo Babers, Willie Smith, Andre Phillips, Michael Franks) 3:06.62 Q # (Martin Weppler, Jörg Vaihinger, Harald Schmid, Hartmut Weber) 3:07.50 Q # ( Stefano Malinverni, Donato Sabia, Mauro Zuliani, Roberto Ribaud) 3:07.90 Q # (Antônio Dias Ferreira, Agberto Guimarães, José Luíz Barbosa, Gerson A. Souza) 3:08.25 Q # ( Tommy Johansson, Eric Josjö, Sven Nylander, Per-Erik Olsson) 3:08.33 q # (Mark Guthrie, Douglas Hinds, Tim Bethune, Brian Saunders) 3:08.37 q # ( Steve Griffiths, George Walcott, Devon Morris, Karl Smith) 3:09.06 # ( Jari Niemelä, Mauri Siekkinen, Matti Rusanen, Hannu Mykrä) 3:09.23 Heat 2 # ( Gusztáv Menczer, Sándor Újhelyi, István Takács, Sándor Vasvári) 3:09.95 Q # (Viktor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4 × 400 Metres Relay
The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first leg and the first bend of the second leg are run in lanes. Start lines are thus staggered over a greater distance than in an individual 400 metres race; the runners then typically move to the inside of the track. The slightly longer 4 × 440 yards relay was a formerly run British and American event, until metrication was completed in the 1970s. Relay race runners typically carry a relay baton which they must transfer between teammates. Runners have a 20 m box (usually marked with blue lines) in which to transfer the baton. The first transfer is made within the staggered lane lines; for the second and third transfers, runners typically line up across the track despite the fact that runners are usually running in line on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Smith (American Athlete)
Willie James Smith III (February 28, 1956 – November 7, 2020) was an American athlete who was the national champion 400 metres runner in 1979-80, and a gold medal winner at the 1984 Olympics in the 4 × 400 m relay. College track career Smith attended Auburn University, where he was a successful athlete for the Auburn Tigers."Smith has world's fastest clocking" Gadsden Times, May 12, 1978. Smith arrived at Auburn as a nationally renowned high-school sprinter from his time at , New York. '' |
Eric Josjö
Bo Eric Michael Josjö (born 30 August 1961) is a Swedish former sprinter. He was an eight-time Swedish champion and held the Swedish record for the men's 400 metres from 1981 to 2001. He represented Sweden at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. Biography As a child, Josjö played football and dabbled in athletics as a middle-distance runner. He switched to sprinting as a 15-year-old after his athletics club, Turebergs IF, called him to run 400 metres in a club dual meet and he did well despite an almost complete lack of training; realizing his potential, he started training seriously under coach Jan "Bobby" Strandberg and developed rapidly. Josjö won his first national championship title at 400 metres in 1980 as an 18-year-old. In 1981 Josjö was Swedish champion over 200 metres (21.09) and won the DN-Galan 400 metres in 45.63, defeating a strong international field. The time was a new Swedish record; Josjö never improved it again, and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Johansson (sprinter)
Lauri Tommy Björn Stig Johansson (born 3 October 1958) is a Swedish sprinter and bobsledder. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the four-man bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics. As an athlete, Johansson represented IF Göta, and as bobsledder, he represented Djurgårdens IF. See also * List of athletes who competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games Below is a list of athletes who competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympics, as of the end of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics, the winter sports of Figure skating and Ice hockey had been contested in the Summer Ol ... References 1958 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics Swedish male sprinters Swedish male bobsledders Olympic athletes for Sweden Olympic bobsledders for Sweden Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Swedish people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerson A
Gerson may refer to: Given name: *Gerson von Bleichröder (1822–1893), Jewish German banker * Gérson Caçapa (born 1967), Brazilian former footballer *Gerson Goldhaber (1924–2010), German-born American particle physicist and astrophysicist *Gerson Guimarães Júnior, (born 1992), Brazilian footballer *Gérson Magrão (born 1985), Brazilian footballer *Gerson Mayen (born 1989), Salvadoran-American footballer *Gérson or Gérson de Oliveira Nunes (born 1941), Brazilian footballer * Gerson Rosenzweig (1861–1914), writer and poet * Gerson Santos da Silva (born 1997), Brazilian footballer *Gérson da Silva, (1965–1994), Brazilian footballer *Gerson Victalino (born 1959), Brazilian Olympic basketball player Surname: *Dora Gerson (1899–1943), German Jewish actress and cabaret singer killed at Auschwitz *Georg Hartog Gerson (1788–1844), German surgeon in the King’s German Legion during the Napoleonic Wars *Horst Gerson (1907–1978) was a German-Dutch art historian. *Jean Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luíz Barbosa
José Luíz Barbosa, known as Zequinha Barbosa (born May 27, 1961) is a Brazilian former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. José participated in 4 Olympic Games: 1984 Los Angeles; 1988 Soul Korea; 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta. He is the 1987 World Indoor Champion, and a two-time World Championship medallist, winning silver in 1991 and bronze in 1987. 1995 Pan American gold medalist 800m 1987 Silver medalist, 1983 Silver medalist 800m and Silver 4x400m. Jose was ranked number one in the world in the 800m in 1991. Career Born in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Barbosa won the silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. A few weeks before, Barbosa had won the 800m race at the prestigious Letzigrund meeting in Zurich. He travelled to Tokyo as the favourite but lost to Billy Konchellah from Kenya, who overtook him on the home straight. Shortly after the championships, Barbosa ran the fastest time of the year in Rieti, where he clocked 1 min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agberto Guimarães
Agberto Conceição Guimarães (born August 18, 1957) is a former Brazilian middle distance runner who competed at the international level in the 1980s. He set a personal best 800 metres time of 1:43.63 min in Koblenz 1984, a performance which made him temporarily the second-fastest South American 800m runner ever. Guimarães first participated in major international championships at the 1980 Moscow Olympics where he placed fourth in 800 metres (see, for example, "Moscow Olympic Book" / Moskovan Olympiakirja, Tapio Pekola et al., eds., Helsinki, Finland: "Runner" / Juoksija magazine, 1980). Guimarães came sixth in the 800 m final at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki. He won two gold medals and two bronze medals at the Pan American Games. Nowadays Guimarães works at the Brazilian Olympic Committee as its Olympic Solidarity Programme general manager. References * * 1957 births Living people Brazilian male middle-distance runners Athletes (tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antônio Dias Ferreira
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 200 since the mid 20th century. In the English language it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella'. It also has some male derivatives, such as Anthonio, Antón, Antò, Antonis, Antoñito, Antonino, Antonello, Tonio, Tono, Toño, Toñín, Tonino, Nantonio, Ninni, Totò, Tó, Tonini, Tony, Toni, Toninho, Toñito, and Tõnis. The Portuguese equivalent is António (Portuguese orthography) or Antônio (Brazilian Portuguese). In old Portuguese the form Antão was also used, not just to differentiate between older and younger but also between more and less important. In Galician t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Ribaud
Roberto Ribaud (born 30 June 1961) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 meter dash. Biography Roberto Ribaud won three medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions, and won four edition of the individual national championship. He participated at one editions of the Summer Olympics (1984), he has 43 caps in national team from 1982 to 1990. He holds the top three Italian best performance of all-time in the 4×400 metres relay, established between 1981 and 1986. His personal best time is 45.69 seconds, achieved in the heats of the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, is today the 11th best Italian performance of all-time. National records * 4x400 metres relay: 3:01.42 ( Zagreb, 16 August 1981) - with Stefano Malinverni, Alfonso Di Guida, Mauro Zuliani - current holder Achievements National titles He has won 4 times the individual national championship. *1 win in the 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauro Zuliani
Mauro Zuliani (born 23 July 1959 in Milan) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Biography He won four medals at the International athletics competitions, three of these with national relays team. He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1980 and 1984), he has 38 caps in national team from 1978 to 1987. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics, with teammates Stefano Malinverni, Roberto Tozzi and Pietro Mennea. His personal best time is 45.26 seconds, achieved in September 1981 at the World Cup in Rome. Achievements National titles He has won 3 times the individual national championship. *1 win in the 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ... (1979) *3 wins in the 400 metres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donato Sabia
Donato Sabia (11 September 1963 – 7 April 2020) was an Italian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. Biography Donato Sabia was born in Potenza and won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions, one of these with national relay team. He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1984, 1988), reaching, in both cases, the Olympic 800 metres final; he had 17 caps in national team from 1982 to 1988. His personal best time was 1:43.88 minutes, achieved in June 1984 in Florence. In the 400 metres he had 45.73 seconds, achieved in June 1984 in Milan. Donato Sabia died on 7 April 2020, in San Carlo Hospital, in Potenza, from COVID-19, having on 31 March 2020 also lost his father to the same disease. He was 56. Achievements National titles Sabia won six individual national championships. *1 win in the 400 metres (1984) *3 wins in the 800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Malinverni
Stefano Malinverni (born 14 May 1959) was an Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Biography He won six medals at the International athletics competitions, four of these with national relays team. He participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1980), he has 36 caps in national team from 1977 to 1986. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics, with teammates Mauro Zuliani, Roberto Tozzi and Pietro Mennea. His personal best time is 46.09 seconds, achieved in July 1981 in Milan. Achievements National titles He has won 5 times the individual national championship. *3 wins in the 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ... (1979, 1980, 1981) *2 wins in the 400 metres indoor (1979, 1980) See also * Italy n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
