Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 23 and 24 August.[1][2] This was the first time that the event was held at the Games.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Judi Brown  United States	Sharrieffa Barksdale  United States	Gwen Wall  Canada

Results

Heats

[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Judi Brown	United States	57.29	Q
2	1	Sharrieffa Barksdale	United States	57.50	Q
3	2	Sandra Farmer	Jamaica	57.69	Q
4	1	Gwen Wall	Canada	57.92	Q
5	2	Mercedes Mesa	Cuba	58.90	Q
6	2	Andrea Page	Canada	59.08	q
7	1	Alma Vázquez	Mexico	59.37	Q
8	1	Vilma Paris	Puerto Rico	1:00.15	q
9	2	Felicia Candelario	Dominican Republic	1:00.46
10	1	Margit Weise	Brazil	1:01.44

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Judi Brown	United States	56.03
	Sharrieffa Barksdale	United States	56.09
	Gwen Wall	Canada	56.93
4	Sandra Farmer	Jamaica	57.61
5	Alma Vázquez	Mexico	58.12
6	Mercedes Mesa	Cuba	58.30
7	Andrea Page	Canada	58.49
8	Vilma Paris	Puerto Rico	1:00.17

References

1. Results
2. Full results
3. "Pan American Games results". United Press International. August 24, 1983. Retrieved 22 April 2019.