1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 33 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 9, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 73.50 metres.

Medalists Gold Sergey LitvinovSoviet Union (URS)Silver Yuriy SedykhSoviet Union (URS)Bronze Zdzisław KwaśnyPoland (POL)

Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B08.08.1983 – ??:??h08.08.1983 – ??:??hFinal Round09.08.1983 – ??:??h

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

Records Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships World Record 84.14 m June 21, 1983 Moscow, Soviet Union Event Record New event Season Best 84.14 m June 21, 1983 Moscow, Soviet Union Broken records during the 1983 World Athletics Championships Event Record 82.68 m August 9, 1983 Helsinki, Finland

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 2 73.28 73.36 75.7875.78 m 2 3 75.52 — — 75.52 m 3 4 72.66 75.02 — 75.02 m 4 6 74.74 — — 74.74 m 5 8 74.46 — — 74.46 m 6 10 74.06 — — 74.06 m 7 11 73.68 — — 73.68 m 8 14 68.06 71.7270.34 71.72 m 9 15 71.6270.72 68.24 71.62 m 10 16 71.42X X71.42 m 11 20 67.72 69.1268.70 69.12 m 12 22 X 67.12X67.12 m 13 25 65.84 64.72 65.8665.86 m 14 26 65.5463.92 63.9865.54 m 15 27 62.54 65.5463.04 65.54 m 16 28 65.46 X 64.12 65.46 m — — X X X NM

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 2 78.50 — — 78.50 m 2 5 71.28 74.86 — 74.86 m 3 7 74.56 — — 74.56 m 4 9 73.22 74.28 — 74.28 m 5 12 73.44X 72.42 73.44 m 6 13 72.0669.86 X72.06 m 7 17 X 71.18X 71.18 m 8 18 70.62X 69.44 70.62 m 9 19 69.24 67.22 69.9469.94 m 10 21 67.62 68.58X68.58 m 11 23 X 64.44 66.1866.18 m 12 24 X 66.1465.4266.14 m 13 29 61.22 61.72 64.4864.48 m — — X X X NM — — X X X NM — — X X X NM

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 82.6882.04 73.54 80.90 80.26 81.84 82.68 m 79.22 79.76 80.64 80.9478.96 X 80.94 m 77.38 79.4279.16 76.44 76.40 X 79.42 mKwaśny originally threw 81.54 metres in the last round which would have given him the silver medal. However, after a protest and video re-analysis a day later, the judges decided to count that throw as a foul which relegated him to third place. Lekkoatletyka: Rozmowa ze Zdzisławem Kwaśnym, medalistą mistrzostw świata w 1983 r. NR 4 77.86 78.46 X 78.96 79.3477.74 79.34 m 5 X 76.04 74.80 77.0875.36 76.12 77.08 m 6 76.9676.12 75.26 X 76.76 76.94 76.96 m 7 76.92X 76.70 74.82 73.74 X 76.92 m 8 76.22 74.58 76.6476.12 X 75.38 76.64 m 9 73.52 74.54 75.60 75.60 m 10 74.52 75.4673.96 75.46 m 11 70.60 71.26 72.86 72.86 m 12 72.10X X 72.10 m

See also 1980 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Athens) 1983 Hammer Throw Year Ranking 1984 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Stuttgart)

References Results IAAF Results hammerthrow.wz