1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland had a total number of 18 participating athletes, with the final held on 12 August 1983. All results were made with old rules javelin. The qualification mark was set at 84.00 metres.

Medalists Gold Detlef MichelEast Germany (GDR)Silver Tom PetranoffUnited States (USA)Bronze Dainis KūlaSoviet Union (URS)

Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B10.08.1983 – 10:00h10.08.1983 – 11:40hFinal Round12.08.1983 – 18:55h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Startlist World list as of August 6, 1983, just before the start of the competition

RankAthleteSeasons BestPersonal Best1 99.72 m 88.40 m 2 96.72 m 94.52 m 3 94.20 m 90.72 m 4 91.88 m 92.06 m 5 91.44 m 89.78 m 6 91.24 m 88.62 m 7 90.90 m 93.84 m 8 90.66 m 81.22 m 9 90.58 m 89.58 m 10 90.36 m 80.86 m 11 90.30 m 88.02 m 12 89.72 m 90.18 m 13 89.12 m 82.52 m 14 89.02 m 89.00 m 15 88.50 m 88.70 m 16 88.10 m 87.50 m 17 87.90 m 75.02 m 18 87.86 m 87.58 m 19 87.80 m 91.04 m 20 87.54 m 87.24 m 21 87.40 m 84.08 m 22 87.28 m 89.42 m 23 87.28 m 90.94 m 24 87.20 m 89.48 m 25 86.86 m 90.00 m 26 86.78 m 88.62 m 27 86.28 m 89.56 m 28 86.08 m 84.88 m

Records Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships World Record 99.72 m May 15, 1983 Los Angeles, United States Event Record New event Season Best 99.72 m May 15, 1983 Los Angeles, United States

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 2 X 88.86 — 88.86 m 2 5 85.68 — — 85.68 m 3 8 76.18 84.22 — 84.22 m 4 9 78.58 X 83.16 83.16 m 5 11 82.68 79.38 76.46 82.68 m 6 12 72.60 81.92 79.66 81.92 m 7 13 81.72 77.08 X 81.72 m 8 17 72.92 X 72.80 72.92 m 9 18 X 51.84 X 51.84 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 90.40 — — 90.40 m 2 3 73.30 86.16 — 86.16 m 3 4 82.18 85.86 — 85.86 m 4 6 85.64 — — 85.64 m 5 7 83.42 84.54 — 84.54 m 6 10 82.72 X 83.10 83.10 m 7 14 81.42 80.22 77.76 81.42 m 8 15 75.32 X X 75.32 m 9 16 74.16 X X 74.16 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistance123456 88.96 89.48 88.74 X X 86.7089.48 m 80.38 85.60 85.30 X X X 85.60 m 85.58 80.70 82.78 82.42 83.08 X 85.58 m 4 77.04 78.86 84.56 79.00 70.16 81.6684.56 m 5 X 81.72 83.54 77.60 74.92 X83.54 m 6 83.28 78.84 X 78.94 X 77.2683.28 m 7 81.30 X X X 75.62 X 81.30 m 8 75.06 80.42 X X X X 80.42 m 9 79.84 78.02 74.82 79.84 m 10 79.34 X 78.08 79.34 m 11 76.58 76.46 77.74 77.74 m 12 X 76.66 X 76.66 m

See also 1980 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens) 1984 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)

References Results IAAF Results koti.welho