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These are the official results of the '''[[discus throw|Men's Discus Throw]]''' event at the '''[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|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==
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|bgcolor="gold"|'''Gold'''||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Imrich Bugár]]<br>''[[Czechoslovakia]] <small>(TCH)</small>''
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|bgcolor="silver"|'''Silver'''||{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Luis Delis]]<br>''[[Cuba]] <small>(CUB)</small>''
|-
|bgcolor="CC9966"|'''Bronze'''||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Géjza Valent]]<br>''[[Czechoslovakia]] <small>(TCH)</small>''
|}
==Schedule==
*''All times are [[Eastern European Time]] ([[UTC+2]])''
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!colspan="2"|Qualification Round
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!Group A
!Group B
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|13.08.1983 &ndash; ??:??h
|13.08.1983 &ndash; ??:??h
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!colspan="2"|Final Round
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|colspan="2"|14.08.1983 &ndash; ??:??h
|}
==Abbreviations==
*''All results shown are in metres''
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|bgcolor="ccffcc"| '''Q''' || automatic qualification
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|bgcolor="ddffdd"| '''q''' || qualification by rank
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|'''DNS''' || did not start
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|'''NM''' || no mark
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|'''WR''' || world record
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|'''AR''' || area record
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|'''NR''' || national record
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|'''PB''' || personal best
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|'''SB''' || season best
|}
==Records==
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!colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
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| [[World records in athletics|World Record]] || {{flagathlete|[[Yuriy Dumchev]]|URS}} || '''71.86 m''' || May 29, 1983 || {{flagicon|URS}} [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
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| [[List of World Championships in Athletics records|Event Record]] ||colspan="4"|''New event''
|}
==Qualification==
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!style="width: 20em"|GROUP A
!style="width: 5em"|DISTANCE
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Luis Delis]]|CUB}}
|align="center"|'''64.20 m'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Géjza Valent]]|TCH}}
|align="center"|'''63.98 m'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Georgiy Kolnootchenko]]|URS}}
|align="center"|'''63.46 m'''
|- style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Mac Wilkins]]|USA}}
|align="center"|'''62.58 m'''
|- style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ihor Duhinets]]|URS}}
|align="center"|'''62.42 m'''
|-
|align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ricky Bruch]]|SWE}}
|align="center"|'''59.28 m'''
|-
|align="center"|7.
|{{flagathlete|[[John Powell (discus thrower)|John Powell]]|USA}}
|align="center"|'''58.96 m'''
|-
|align="center"|8.
|{{flagathlete|[[Alwin Wagner]]|FRG}}
|align="center"|'''58.96 m'''
|-
|align="center"|9.
|{{flagathlete|[[Rob Gray (athlete)|Rob Gray]]|CAN}}
|align="center"|'''57.92 m'''
|-
|align="center"|10.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ion Zamfirache]]|ROU|1965}}
|align="center"|'''57.54 m'''
|-
|align="center"|11.
|{{flagathlete|[[Øystein Bjørbaek]]|NOR}}
|align="center"|'''55.40 m'''
|-
|align="center"|12.
|{{flagathlete|[[Vesteinn Hafsteinsson]]|ISL}}
|align="center"|'''55.20 m'''
|-
|align="center"|13.
|{{flagathlete|[[Li Weinan]]|CHN}}
|align="center"|'''51.72 m'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!style="width: 20em"|GROUP B
!style="width: 5em"|DISTANCE
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Imrich Bugár]]|TCH}}
|align="center"|'''65.00 m'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ari Huumonen]]|FIN}}
|align="center"|'''63.76 m'''
|- style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Jürgen Schult]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|'''62.80 m'''
|- style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Bradley Cooper (athlete)|Bradley Cooper]]|BAH}}
|align="center"|'''62.72 m'''
|- style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Art Burns]]|USA}}
|align="center"|'''61.88 m'''
|- style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|[[Juan Martínez Brito|Juan Martínez]]|CUB}}
|align="center"|'''60.92 m'''
|- style="background:#ddffdd;"
|align="center"|7.
|{{flagathlete|[[Knut Hjeltnes (athlete)|Knut Hjeltnes]]|NOR}}
|align="center"|'''60.10 m'''
|-
|align="center"|8.
|{{flagathlete|[[Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (athlete)|Konstantinos Georgakopoulos]]|GRE}}
|align="center"|'''59.54 m'''
|-
|align="center"|9.
|{{flagathlete|[[Yuriy Dumchev]]|URS}}
|align="center"|'''58.84 m'''
|-
|align="center"|10.
|{{flagathlete|[[Werner Hartmann (athlete)|Werner Hartmann]]|FRG}}
|align="center"|'''58.48 m'''
|-
|align="center"|11.
|{{flagathlete|[[Iosif Nagy]]|ROU|1965}}
|align="center"|'''58.34 m'''
|-
|align="center"|12.
|{{flagathlete|[[Hamed Mohamed Naguib]]|EGY|1972}}
|align="center"|'''56.62 m'''
|-
|align="center"|13.
|{{flagathlete|[[Adnan Houry]]|SYR}}
|align="center"|'''48.34 m'''
|}
==Final==
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!style="width: 20em"|FINAL
!style="width: 5em"|DISTANCE
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Med 1.png]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Imrich Bugár]]|TCH}}
|align="center"|'''67.72 m'''
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Med 2.png]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Luis Delis]]|CUB}}
|align="center"|'''67.36 m'''
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Med 3.png]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Géjza Valent]]|TCH}}
|align="center"|'''66.08 m'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ari Huumonen]]|FIN}}
|align="center"|'''65.44 m'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Jürgen Schult]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|'''64.92 m'''
|-
|align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|[[Georgiy Kolnootchenko]]|URS}}
|align="center"|'''63.74 m'''
|-
|align="center"|7.
|{{flagathlete|[[Juan Martínez Brito|Juan Martínez]]|CUB}}
|align="center"|'''64.26 m'''
|-
|align="center"|8.
|{{flagathlete|[[Art Burns]]|USA}}
|align="center"|'''63.22 m'''
|-
|align="center"|9.
|{{flagathlete|[[Knut Hjeltnes (athlete)|Knut Hjeltnes]]|NOR}}
|align="center"|'''62.26 m'''
|-
|align="center"|10.
|{{flagathlete|[[Mac Wilkins]]|USA}}
|align="center"|'''61.46 m'''
|-
|align="center"|11.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ihor Duhinets]]|URS}}
|align="center"|'''60.44 m'''
|-
|align="center"|12.
|{{flagathlete|[[Bradley Cooper (athlete)|Bradley Cooper]]|BAH}}
|align="center"|'''58.70 m'''
|}
==See also==
* [[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's discus throw|1980 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Moscow)]]
* [[1982 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Discus|1982 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Athens)]]
* [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's discus throw|1984 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Los Angeles)]]
* [[1986 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Discus|1986 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)]]
==References==
* [http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1983/Men_Discus_Throw.html Results]
* [https://www.worldathletics.org/Competitions/world-athletics-championships/1st-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-6988504 World Athletics]
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