IAAF World Championships
Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
07–14 AUG 1983
OW
Men's 4x100 Metres Relay
Final
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States Emmit KING, Willie GAULT, Calvin SMITH, Carl LEWIS | USA | 37.86 | |
| 2. | Italy Stefano TILLI, Carlo SIMIONATO, Pierfrancesco PAVONI, Pietro MENNEA | ITA | 38.37 | |
| 3. | Soviet Union Andrey PROKOFYEV, Nikolay SIDOROV, Vladimir MURAVYOV, Viktor BRYZGIN | URS | 38.41 | |
| 4. | German Democratic Republic Andreas KNEBEL, Thomas SCHRÖDER, Jens HÜBLER, Frank EMMELMANN | GDR | 38.51 | |
| 5. | Federal Republic of Germany Werner BASTIANS, Christian HAAS, Jürgen EVERS, Andreas RIZZI | FRG | 38.56 | |
| 6. | Poland Krzysztof ZWOLIŃSKI, Zenon LICZNERSKI, Czesław PRĄDZYŃSKI, Marian WORONIN | POL | 38.72 | |
| 7. | Jamaica George WALCOTT, Raymond STEWART, Leroy REID, Colin BRADFORD | JAM | 38.75 | |
| 8. | France Thierry FRANÇOIS, Marc GASPARONI, Antoine RICHARD, Jean-Jacques BOUSSEMART | FRA | 38.98 |
Semifinal - Heat 1
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Soviet Union Andrey PROKOFYEV, Nikolay SIDOROV, Vladimir MURAVYOV, Viktor BRYZGIN | URS | 38.62 | |
| 2. | Italy Stefano TILLI, Carlo SIMIONATO, Pierfrancesco PAVONI, Pietro MENNEA | ITA | 38.74 | |
| 3. | Poland Krzysztof ZWOLIŃSKI, Zenon LICZNERSKI, Czesław PRĄDZYŃSKI, Marian WORONIN | POL | 39.01 | |
| 4. | France Thierry FRANÇOIS, Marc GASPARONI, Antoine RICHARD, Jean-Jacques BOUSSEMART | FRA | 39.14 | |
| 5. | Nigeria Innocent EGBUNIKE, Ikpoto ESEME, Samson Olajidie OYELEDUN, Chidi IMOH | NGR | 39.44 | |
| 6. | Greece Angelos ANGELIDIS, Theodoros GATZIOS, Nikos HADJINICOLAOU, Kosmas STRATOS | GRE | 39.71 | |
| 7. | Finland Jouko LEHTINEN, Jouko HASSI, Jukka SIHVONEN, Kimmo SAARISTO | FIN | 40.02 | |
| Hungary Ferenc KISS, István NAGY, László BABÁLY, István TATÁR | HUN | DNF |
Semifinal - Heat 2
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States Emmit KING, Willie GAULT, Calvin SMITH, Carl LEWIS | USA | 38.50 | |
| 2. | German Democratic Republic Andreas KNEBEL, Thomas SCHRÖDER, Jens HÜBLER, Frank EMMELMANN | GDR | 38.95 | |
| 3. | Federal Republic of Germany Werner BASTIANS, Christian HAAS, Jürgen EVERS, Andreas RIZZI | FRG | 39.13 | |
| 4. | Jamaica George WALCOTT, Raymond STEWART, Leroy REID, Colin BRADFORD | JAM | 39.18 | |
| 5. | Great Britain & NI Ainsley BENNETT, Donovan REID, Mike MCFARLANE, Drew MCMASTER | GBR | 39.39 | |
| 6. | Bulgaria Krasimir SARBAKOV, Yordan VANDOV, Borgomil KARADIMOV, Valentin ATANASOV | BUL | 39.59 | |
| 7. | Bahamas Fabian WHYMNS, Austin ALBURY, Joey WELLS, David CHARLTON | BAH | 40.52 | |
| Australia Paul NARRACOTT, Gerrard KEATING, Bruce FRAYNE, Gary MINIHAN | AUS | DNF |
Round 1 - Heat 1
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | German Democratic Republic Andreas KNEBEL, Thomas SCHRÖDER, Jens HÜBLER, Frank EMMELMANN | GDR | 39.22 | |
| 2. | Bulgaria Krasimir SARBAKOV, Yordan VANDOV, Borgomil KARADIMOV, Valentin ATANASOV | BUL | 39.55 | |
| 3. | Great Britain & NI Ainsley BENNETT, Donovan REID, Mike MCFARLANE, Drew MCMASTER | GBR | 39.56 | |
| 4. | Nigeria Innocent EGBUNIKE, Ikpoto ESEME, Samson Olajidie OYELEDUN, Chidi IMOH | NGR | 39.62 | |
| 5. | Finland Jouko LEHTINEN, Jouko HASSI, Jukka SIHVONEN, Kimmo SAARISTO | FIN | 39.65 | |
| 6. | Bahamas Fabian WHYMNS, Austin ALBURY, Joey WELLS, David CHARLTON | BAH | 39.91 | |
| 7. | Ghana Ernest OBENG, Sam AIDOO, Edward PAPPOE, Awudu NUHU | GHA | 41.92 | |
| Cuba | CUB | DNS |
Round 1 - Heat 2
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States Emmit KING, Willie GAULT, Calvin SMITH, Carl LEWIS | USA | 38.75 | |
| 2. | Italy Stefano TILLI, Carlo SIMIONATO, Pierfrancesco PAVONI, Pietro MENNEA | ITA | 39.40 | |
| 3. | Hungary Ferenc KISS, István NAGY, László BABÁLY, István TATÁR | HUN | 39.58 | |
| 4. | Australia Paul NARRACOTT, Gerrard KEATING, Bruce FRAYNE, Gary MINIHAN | AUS | 40.02 | |
| 5. | Côte d’Ivoire Kouadio OTOKPA, Avognan NOGBOUM, Georges Kablan DEGNAN, Gabriel TIACOH | CIV | 40.70 | |
| Canada Ben JOHNSON, Atlee MAHORN, Desai WILLIAMS, Tony SHARPE | CAN | DQ | ||
| Kenya Alfred NYAMBANE, Peter WEKESA, John ANZRAH, Moja SHIVANDA | KEN | DQ | ||
| PR of China Shaoming WANG, Baodang HE, Jianming CAI, Guoqiang YUAN | CHN | DQ |
Round 1 - Heat 3
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Soviet Union Andrey PROKOFYEV, Nikolay SIDOROV, Vladimir MURAVYOV, Viktor BRYZGIN | URS | 38.77 | |
| 2. | France Thierry FRANÇOIS, Marc GASPARONI, Antoine RICHARD, Jean-Jacques BOUSSEMART | FRA | 39.17 | |
| 3. | Federal Republic of Germany Werner BASTIANS, Christian HAAS, Jürgen EVERS, Andreas RIZZI | FRG | 39.35 | |
| 4. | Poland Krzysztof ZWOLIŃSKI, Zenon LICZNERSKI, Czesław PRĄDZYŃSKI, Marian WORONIN | POL | 39.41 | |
| 5. | Jamaica George WALCOTT, Raymond STEWART, Leroy REID, Colin BRADFORD | JAM | 39.49 | |
| 6. | Greece Angelos ANGELIDIS, Theodoros GATZIOS, Nikos HADJINICOLAOU, Kosmas STRATOS | GRE | 39.85 | |
| 7. | Thailand Somsak BOONTAD, Suchart CHAIRSUVAPARB, Prasit BOONPRASERT, Sumet PROMNA | THA | 40.17 | |
| 8. | Chinese Taipei Jing-Yee WU, Kuo-Sheng LEE, Chian-Shin HWANG, Sheng-Tai HUANG | TPE | 40.49 |