1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay



The 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 10.

Records
Existing records at the start of the event.

Heats
All times shown are in seconds.

Heat 1

 * 1) undefined (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann) 39.22 Q
 * 2) 🇧🇬 bulgaria (Krasimir Sarbakov, Yordan Vandov, Bogomil Karadimov, Valentin Atanasov) 39.55 Q
 * 3) undefined (Ainsley Bennett, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Drew McMaster) 39.56 Q
 * 4) 🇳🇬 nigeria (Innocent Egbunike, Ikpoto Eseme, Samson Oyeledun, Chidi Imoh) 39.62 Q
 * 5) 🇫🇮 finland (Jouko Lehtinen, Jouko Hassi, Jukka Sihvonen, Kimmo Saaristo) 39.65 q
 * 6) 🇧🇸 bahamas (Fabian Whymns, Austin Albury, Joey Wells, David Charlton) 39.91 q
 * 7) 🇬🇭 ghana (Ernest Obeng, Sam Aidoo, Edward Pappoe, Awudu Nuhu) 41.92
 * 🇨🇺 cuba DNS

Heat 2

 * 1) 🇺🇸 united states (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 38.75 Q
 * 2) 🇮🇹 italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea) 39.40 Q
 * 3) 🇭🇺 hungary (Ferenc Kiss, István Nagy, László Babály, István Tatár) 39.58 Q
 * 4) 🇦🇺 australia (Paul Narracott, Gerrard Keating, Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan) 40.02 Q
 * 5) undefined (Otokpa Kouadio, Avognan Nogboum, Georges Kablan Degnan, Gabriel Tiacoh) 40.70
 * 🇨🇳 china (Wang Shaoming, He Baodang, Cai Jianming, Yan Guoqiang) DQ
 * 🇨🇦 canada (Ben Johnson, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Tony Sharpe) DQ
 * 🇰🇪 kenya (Alfred Nyambane Johnson, Peter Wekesa, John Anzrah, Moja Shivanda) DQ

Heat 3

 * 1) undefined (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin) 38.77 Q
 * 2) 🇫🇷 france (Thierry Francois, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart) 39.17 Q
 * 3) undefined (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, Andreas Rizzi) 39.35 Q
 * 4) 🇵🇱 poland (Krzysztof Zwoliński, Zenon Licznerski, Czesław Prądzyński, Marian Woronin) 39.41 Q
 * 5) 🇯🇲 jamaica (George Walcott, Ray Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford) 39.49 q
 * 6) 🇬🇷 greece (Angelos Angelidis, Theodoros Gatzios, Nikos Hadjinicolaou, Kosmas Stratos) 39.85 q
 * 7) 🇹🇭 thailand (Somsak Boontad, Suchart Chairsuvaparb, Prasit Boomprasert, Sumet Promna) 40.17
 * 8) undefined (Wu Jing-Yee, Lee Kuo-Sheng, Hwang Chian-Shin, Hwang Sheng-Tai) 40.49

Heat 1

 * 1) undefined (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin) 38.62 Q
 * 2) 🇮🇹 italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea) 38.74 Q
 * 3) 🇵🇱 poland (Krzysztof Zwoliński, Zenon Licznerski, Czesław Prądzyński, Marian Woronin) 39.01 Q
 * 4) 🇫🇷 france (Thierry Francois, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart) 39.14 Q
 * 5) 🇳🇬 nigeria (Innocent Egbunike, Ikpoto Eseme, Samson Oyeledun, Chidi Imoh) 39.44
 * 6) 🇬🇷 greece (Angelos Angelidis, Theodoros Gatzios, Nikos Hadjinicolaou, Kosmas Stratos) 39.71
 * 7) 🇫🇮 finland (Jouko Lehtinen, Jouko Hassi, Jukka Sihvonen, Kimmo Saaristo) 40.02
 * 🇭🇺 hungary (Ferenc Kiss, István Nagy, László Babály, István Tatár) DNF

Heat 2

 * 1) 🇺🇸 united states (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 38.50 Q
 * 2) undefined (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann) 38.95 Q
 * 3) undefined (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, Andreas Rizzi) 39.13 Q
 * 4) 🇯🇲 jamaica (George Walcott, Ray Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford) 39.18 Q
 * 5) undefined (Ainsley Bennett, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Drew McMaster) 39.39
 * 6) 🇧🇬 bulgaria (Krasimir Sarbakov, Yordan Vandov, Bogomil Karadimov, Valentin Atanasov) 39.59
 * 7) 🇧🇸 bahamas (Fabian Whymns, Austin Albury, Joey Wells, David Charlton) 40.52
 * 🇦🇺 australia (Paul Narracott, Gerrard Keating, Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan) DNS

Final

 * 1) 🇺🇸 united states (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 37.86 (WR)
 * 2) 🇮🇹 italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea) 38.37 (NR)
 * 3) undefined (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin) 38.41
 * 4) undefined (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann) 38.51
 * 5) undefined (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, Andreas Rizzi) 38.56
 * 6) 🇵🇱 poland (Krzysztof Zwoliński, Zenon Licznerski, Czesław Prądzyński, Marian Woronin) 38.72
 * 7) 🇯🇲 jamaica (George Walcott, Ray Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford) 38.75
 * 8) 🇫🇷 france (Thierry Francois, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart) 38.98