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

Women's 400 metres hurdles at the Pan American Games

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 23 and 24 August. 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

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