The
4 × 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individu ...
at the
1983 World Championships in Athletics
The 1st 1983 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 7 and 14 August 1983.
Summary
The overall med ...
was held at the
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium ( fi, Helsingin Olympiastadion; sv, Helsingfors Olympiastadion), located in the Töölö district about from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used f ...
on August 9 and August 10.
Medals
Records
Existing records at the start of the event.
Results
Heats
All times shown are in seconds.
Heat 1
# (
Andreas Knebel,
Thomas Schröder,
Jens Hübler,
Frank Emmelmann
Frank Emmelmann (born 15 September 1961 in Groß Börnecke, Saxony-Anhalt) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.
Biography
In 1981 he was 2nd in the European cup final in the 100 metres, to the 1980 Mosc ...
) 39.22 Q
# (
Krasimir Sarbakov,
Yordan Vandov,
Bogomil Karadimov,
Valentin Atanasov) 39.55 Q
# (
Ainsley Bennett,
Donovan Reid,
Mike McFarlane
Michael Anthony McFarlane OBE (born 2 May 1960) is a retired British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He won an Olympic silver medal in the 4×100 metres relay at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He was the 200 m go ...
,
Drew McMaster) 39.56 Q
# (
Innocent Egbunike
Innocent Ejima Egbunike (born 30 November 1961) is a former sprinter from Nigeria.
He studied at Azusa Pacific University, where he still holds the school record at 400 metres and the automatically timed NAIA meet record at 200 metres.
M ...
,
Ikpoto Eseme,
Samson Oyeledun,
Chidi Imoh
Chukwudi "Chidi" Imoh (born 27 August 1965) is a former sprinter from Nigeria who won an Olympic silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 1986 Goodwill Games, f ...
) 39.62 Q
# (
Jouko Lehtinen,
Jouko Hassi
Jouko Hassi (born November 19, 1959 in Rantsila) is a Finnish former sprinter. His club team was Oulun Pyrintö.
He competed in 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships, but was eliminated in the heats on both occasio ...
,
Jukka Sihvonen,
Kimmo Saaristo) 39.65 q
# (
Fabian Whymns
Fabian Whymns (born 11 June 1961) is a Bahamian sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 198 ...
,
Austin Albury,
Joey Wells,
David Charlton) 39.91 q
# (
Ernest Obeng,
Sam Aidoo,
Edward Pappoe,
Awudu Nuhu) 41.92
** DNS
Heat 2
# (
Emmit King
Emmit King (March 24, 1959 – November 28, 2021) was an American track and field sprinter, who twice was a member of the American Relay Team for the Summer Olympics (1984 and 1988) but he did not compete. He is best known for winning the bronze ...
,
Willie Gault
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,
Calvin Smith
Calvin Smith (born January 8, 1961) is a former sprint track and field athlete from the United States. He is a former world record holder in the 100-meter sprint with 9.93 seconds in 1983 and was twice world champion over 200 metres, in 1983 and ...
,
Carl Lewis
Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996, ...
) 38.75 Q
# (
Stefano Tilli
Stefano Tilli (born 22 August 1962) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 m, twice European indoor champion, three-time semi-finalist at the Olympic Games, and was the world record holder in the 200m indoor.
Biograph ...
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Carlo Simionato
Carlo Simionato (born 1 July 1961 in Ravenna) is a retired Italians, Italian sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres, 100 and 200 metres.
He won seven medals at the International athletics championships and games, International athletics comp ...
,
Pierfrancesco Pavoni,
Pietro Mennea
Pietro Paolo Mennea (; 28 June 1952 – 21 March 2013), nicknamed ("the Arrow of the South"), was an Italian sprinter and politician. He was most successful in the 200m event, winning a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and set a world ...
) 39.40 Q
# (
Ferenc Kiss,
István Nagy,
László Babály,
István Tatár) 39.58 Q
# (
Paul Narracott,
Gerrard Keating
Gerrard Keating (born 3 December 1962) is a former Australian 100 metre sprinter.
Originally from Ballarat, Victoria, he was a champion junior sprinter and won the Australian 100 metre championship in 1986. In 1981 he competed at the Pacific ...
,
Bruce Frayne
Bruce Frayne (born 24 January 1958) is a retired Australian sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. He was Australian Champion in the 200 metres 1980, 81, and 1983. He also won the 400 metres in 1984.
In 1981 he won Gold in the 4 × 4 ...
,
Gary Minihan
Gary Minihan (born 24 January 1962) is an Australian retired sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
At the 1982 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in 400 metres and a silver medal in 4 × 400 metres relay.
He finished fourth with t ...
) 40.02 Q
# (
Otokpa Kouadio,
Avognan Nogboum,
Georges Kablan Degnan
Georges Kablan Degnan (born 23 April 1953) is an Ivorian sprinter. He competed in the 200 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics
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,
Gabriel Tiacoh
Gabriel Tiacoh (February 9, 1963 – April 2, 1992) was a sprinter from Côte d'Ivoire who specialised in the 400 metres. He is best known for winning his nation's first Olympic medal, in the 400 meters in 1984.
A former African recor ...
) 40.70
** (
Wang Shaoming,
He Baodang,
Cai Jianming,
Yan Guoqiang) DQ
** (
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Atlee Mahorn
Atlee Anthony Mahorn (born 27 October 1965) is a three-time Canadian Olympic and four-time World Championship sprinter. He won Bronze medals in the 200 metres at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo and the 4 x 100 metre relay at the 1993 ...
,
Desai Williams
Empson Othman Desai Williams (June 12, 1959 – April 10, 2022) was a Canadian sprinter, who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. He was born in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis.
Competing at the first ...
,
Tony Sharpe) DQ
** (
Alfred Nyambane Johnson,
Peter Wekesa,
John Anzrah,
Moja Shivanda) DQ
Heat 3
# (
Andrey Prokofyev
Andrey Vassilyevich Prokofyev (russian: Андрей Васильевич Прокофьев; 6 June 1959, Sverdlovsk, USSR – 19 June 1989, Sverdlovsk, USSR) was a Soviet athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1980 Sum ...
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Nikolay Sidorov,
Vladimir Muravyov,
Viktor Bryzgin) 38.77 Q
# (
Thierry Francois,
Marc Gasparoni,
Antoine Richard
Antoine Richard (born 8 September 1960) is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was French 100 metre champion on 5 occasions, and also 200 metre winner in 1985.
He also won the French 60 metres title 5 times as ...
,
Jean-Jacques Boussemart) 39.17 Q
# (
Werner Bastians,
Christian Haas,
Jürgen Evers Jürgen Evers (born 29 April 1964 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg) is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
He won the silver medal in 200 m at the 1986 European Championships.
In the 4 x 100 metres relay event he fi ...
,
Andreas Rizzi) 39.35 Q
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Krzysztof Zwoliński
Krzysztof Zwoliński (born 2 January 1959 in Krapkowice) was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He was a Polish 60 metre indoor champion in 1986.
He competed for Poland at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Unio ...
,
Zenon Licznerski
Zenon Licznerski (born 27 November 1954 in Elbląg) is a Polish former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
He was Polish 100/200 metre champion in 1976, 77.
He was a member of the Polish sprint relay team that won Gold in the Europe ...
,
Czesław Prądzyński,
Marian Woronin
Marian Jerzy Woronin (born 13 August 1956 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki) is a retired Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time European Indoor Champion in the 60 metres. He won nine Polish outdoor ...
) 39.41 Q
# (
George Walcott
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Early life
Born in Los Angeles, Califo ...
,
Ray Stewart,
Leroy Reid
Leroy Reid (born 3 August 1963) is a Jamaican sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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,
Colin Bradford
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Born in Saint Catherine, he gained his first honour ...
) 39.49 q
# (
Angelos Angelidis,
Theodoros Gatzios,
Nikos Hadjinicolaou,
Kosmas Stratos) 39.85 q
# (
Somsak Boontad,
Suchart Chairsuvaparb,
Prasit Boomprasert,
Sumet Promna) 40.17
# (
Wu Jing-Yee,
Lee Kuo-Sheng,
Hwang Chian-Shin,
Hwang Sheng-Tai) 40.49
Semi-finals
Heat 1
# (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin) 38.62 Q
# (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea) 38.74 Q
# (Krzysztof Zwoliński, Zenon Licznerski, Czesław Prądzyński, Marian Woronin) 39.01 Q
# (Thierry Francois, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart) 39.14 Q
# (Innocent Egbunike, Ikpoto Eseme, Samson Oyeledun, Chidi Imoh) 39.44
# (Angelos Angelidis, Theodoros Gatzios, Nikos Hadjinicolaou, Kosmas Stratos) 39.71
# (Jouko Lehtinen, Jouko Hassi, Jukka Sihvonen, Kimmo Saaristo) 40.02
** (Ferenc Kiss, István Nagy, László Babály, István Tatár) DNF
Heat 2
# (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 38.50 Q
# (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann) 38.95 Q
# (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, Andreas Rizzi) 39.13 Q
# (George Walcott, Ray Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford) 39.18 Q
# (Ainsley Bennett, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Drew McMaster) 39.39
# (Krasimir Sarbakov, Yordan Vandov, Bogomil Karadimov, Valentin Atanasov) 39.59
# (Fabian Whymns, Austin Albury, Joey Wells, David Charlton) 40.52
** (Paul Narracott, Gerrard Keating, Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan) DNS
Final
# (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 37.86 (WR)
# (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea) 38.37 (NR)
# (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin) 38.41
# (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann) 38.51
# (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, Andreas Rizzi) 38.56
# (Krzysztof Zwoliński, Zenon Licznerski, Czesław Prądzyński, Marian Woronin) 38.72
# (George Walcott, Ray Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford) 38.75
# (Thierry Francois, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart) 38.98
References
IAAF results, heats
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4 x 400 metres relay men
Relays at the World Athletics Championships
4 × 100 metres relay