1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 14, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.

Medalists

GoldCzechoslovakia Imrich Bugár
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
SilverCuba Luis Delis
Cuba (CUB)
BronzeCzechoslovakia Géjza Valent
Czechoslovakia (TCH)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
13.08.1983 – ??:??h 13.08.1983 – ??:??h
Final Round
14.08.1983 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record Yuriy Dumchev (URS)71.86 m May 29, 1983Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union
Event RecordNew event

Qualification

RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Luis Delis (CUB) 64.20 m
2.  Géjza Valent (TCH) 63.98 m
3.  Georgiy Kolnootchenko (URS) 63.46 m
4.  Mac Wilkins (USA) 62.58 m
5.  Ihor Duhinets (URS) 62.42 m
6.  Ricky Bruch (SWE) 59.28 m
7.  John Powell (USA) 58.96 m
8.  Alwin Wagner (FRG) 58.96 m
9.  Rob Gray (CAN) 57.92 m
10.  Ion Zamfirache (ROU) 57.54 m
11.  Øystein Bjørbaek (NOR) 55.40 m
12.  Vesteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) 55.20 m
13.  Li Weinan (CHN) 51.72 m


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Imrich Bugár (TCH) 65.00 m
2.  Ari Huumonen (FIN) 63.76 m
3.  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 62.80 m
4.  Bradley Cooper (BAH) 62.72 m
5.  Art Burns (USA) 61.88 m
6.  Juan Martínez (CUB) 60.92 m
7.  Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) 60.10 m
8.  Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (GRE) 59.54 m
9.  Yuriy Dumchev (URS) 58.84 m
10.  Werner Hartmann (FRG) 58.48 m
11.  Iosif Nagy (ROU) 58.34 m
12.  Hamed Mohamed Naguib (EGY) 56.62 m
13.  Adnan Houry (SYR) 48.34 m

Final

RANK FINAL DISTANCE
 Imrich Bugár (TCH) 67.72 m
 Luis Delis (CUB) 67.36 m
 Géjza Valent (TCH) 66.08 m
4.  Ari Huumonen (FIN) 65.44 m
5.  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 64.92 m
6.  Georgiy Kolnootchenko (URS) 63.74 m
7.  Juan Martínez (CUB) 64.26 m
8.  Art Burns (USA) 63.22 m
9.  Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) 62.26 m
10.  Mac Wilkins (USA) 61.46 m
11.  Ihor Duhinets (URS) 60.44 m
12.  Bradley Cooper (BAH) 58.70 m

See also

References

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