These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Wednesday 1983-08-10.

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Ana Ambrazienė (URS)	54.02	Moscow, USSR	June 11, 1983
Championship Record	New event

• Held on Tuesday 1983-08-09

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RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Petra Pfaff (GDR)	55.77
2.	Yekaterina Fesenko (URS)	55.99
3.	Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE)	56.01
4.	Susan Morley (GBR)	56.09
5.	Debbie Flintoff (AUS)	56.63
6.	Gwen Wall (CAN)	56.68
7.	Judi Brown (USA)	57.98
—	Hilde Fredriksen (NOR)	DNS

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More information RANK, HEAT 2 ...

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Ana Ambrazienė (URS)	55.18
2.	Ellen Fiedler (GDR)	55.23
3.	Petra Krug (GDR)	55.98
4.	Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU)	56.71
5.	Sharrieffa Barksdale (USA)	56.81
6.	Nawal El Moutawakil (MAR)	57.10
7.	Anna Filicková (TCH)	57.64
8.	Christine Slythe (CAN)	58.53

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• Held on Monday 1983-08-08

More information RANK, HEAT 1 ...

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Yekaterina Fesenko (URS)	56.43
2.	Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE)	56.80
3.	Gwen Wall (CAN)	57.14
4.	Judi Brown (USA)	57.14
5.	Giuseppina Cirulli (ITA)	57.43
6.	Rose Tata-Muya (KEN)	58.09
7.	Liu Guihua (CHN)	59.39
8.	Felicia Candelario (DOM)	1:00.72

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More information RANK, HEAT 2 ...

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Ana Ambrazienė (URS)	56.30
2.	Susan Morley (GBR)	56.58
3.	Petra Krug (GDR)	56.87
4.	Anna Filicková (TCH)	57.09
5.	Ruth Kyalisima (UGA)	57.58
6.	Helle Sichlau (DEN)	57.90
7.	Tonja Brown (USA)	58.00
8.	Ovrill Dwyer-Brown (JAM)	58.40

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More information RANK, HEAT 3 ...

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Nawal El Moutawakil (MAR)	56.52
2.	Petra Pfaff (GDR)	56.56
3.	Hilde Fredriksen (NOR)	56.66
4.	Christine Slythe (CAN)	57.40
5.	Sandra Farmer (JAM)	57.97
6.	Verona Elder (GBR)	58.74
7.	Tuija Helander (FIN)	59.43
—	Mary Wagner (FRG)	DNF

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More information RANK, HEAT 4 ...

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Debbie Flintoff (AUS)	56.47
2.	Cristieana Cojocaru (ROU)	56.49
3.	Ellen Fiedler (GDR)	56.58
4.	Sharrieffa Barksdale (USA)	56.60
5.	Gladys Taylor (GBR)	58.25
6.	Andrea Page (CAN)	58.55
7.	Marcela Sevcikova (TCH)	1:00.34

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• 1982 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Athens)
• 1984 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Seoul)

• Results