1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 14, 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Martina Opitz East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Galina Murašova Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Mariya Petkova Bulgaria (BUL)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
09.08.1983 – ??:??h	09.08.1983 – ??:??h
Final Round
14.08.1983 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Galina Savinkova (URS)	73.26 m	May 22, 1983	Leselidze, Soviet Union
Event Record	New event

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Mariya Petkova (BUL)	58.28	65.84	—	65.84 m
2	2	Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH)	64.68	—	—	64.68 m
3	3	Martina Opitz (GDR)	64.66	—	—	64.66 m
4	5	Galina Murašova (URS)	64.00	—	—	64.00 m
5	9	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	X	60.58	57.38	60.58 m
6	11	Meg Ritchie (GBR)	59.28	X	55.92	59.28 m
7	12	Maria Badea (ROU)	56.60	X	57.82	57.82 m
8	15	Anne Paavolainen (FIN)	50.54	50.72	54.92	54.92 m
9	16	Li Xiaohui (CHN)	52.92	51.62	54.58	54.58 m
10	20	Maryline Adam (VAN)	33.36	X	31.88	33.36 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	4	Gisela Beyer (GDR)	64.14	—	—	64.14 m
2	6	Galina Savinkova (URS)	63.58	—	—	63.58 m
3	7	Florența Crăciunescu (ROU)	61.70	—	—	61.70 m
4	8	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)	55.24	61.50	—	61.50 m
5	10	Ria Stalman (NED)	X	60.16	—	60.16 m
6	13	Ulla Lundholm (FIN)	53.30	57.64	X	57.64 m
7	14	Carol Cady (USA)	X	57.34	X	57.34 m
8	17	Venissa Head (GBR)	53.78	51.16	X	53.78 m
9	18	Mariette Van Heerden (ZIM)	44.58	45.22	44.28	45.22 m
10	19	Mereoni Vibose (FIJ)	42.36	X	X	42.36 m
—	—	Juliet Cain (NRU)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Throws						Final
		1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance
	Martina Opitz (GDR)	X	66.42	67.76	67.22	68.74	68.94	68.94 m
	Galina Murašova (URS)	X	64.82	65.96	64.80	X	67.44	67.44 m
	Mariya Petkova (BUL)	62.48	66.44	X	X	X	X	66.44 m
4.	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)	65.62	65.62	63.62	62.24	63.42	62.90	65.62 m
5.	Gisela Beyer (GDR)	X	65.06	65.00	X	63.84	65.26	65.26 m
6.	Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH)	60.58	64.18	62.76	X	64.32	X	64.32 m
7.	Ria Stalman (NED)	61.48	63.76	62.42	59.50	63.20	62.92	63.76 m
8.	Meg Ritchie (GBR)	60.66	62.50	60.50	60.64	X	X	62.50 m
9.	Florența Crăciunescu (ROU)	55.56	X	62.14				62.14 m
10.	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	56.50	62.06	57.44				62.06 m
11.	Galina Savinkova (URS)	X	X	59.28				59.28 m
12.	Maria Badea (ROU)	52.64	57.96	58.10				58.10 m

See also

• 1980 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Moscow)
• 1982 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
• 1984 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)

References

• Results