1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 13, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 62.00 metres. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists

Gold	Tiina Lillak Finland (FIN)
Silver	Fatima Whitbread Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Anna Verouli Greece (GRE)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
12.08.1983 – ??:??h	12.08.1983 – ??:??h
Final Round
13.08.1983 – ??:??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	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	74.76 m	June 13, 1983	Tampere, Finland
Event Record	New event
Season Best	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	74.76 m	June 13, 1983	Tampere, Finland

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	3	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	64.80	—	—	64.80 m
2	4	Petra Felke (GDR)	60.08	57.80	64.46	64.46 m
3	5	Mayra Vila (CUB)	53.44	60.46	62.78	62.78 m
4	7	Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)	62.06	—	—	62.06 m
5	13	Karin Bergdahl (SWE)	60.64	X	59.14	60.64 m
6	14	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)	58.84	56.16	59.70	59.70 m
7	16	Elena Burgárová (TCH)	57.30	58.48	56.40	58.48 m
8	18	Monique Lapres (CAN)	51.48	54.70	48.70	54.70 m
9	19	Xin Xiaoli (CHN)	49.70	44.62	52.52	52.52 m
10	21	Jennifer Pace (MLT)	40.72	41.96	41.52	41.96 m
—	—	Sofia Sakorafa (GRE)	—	—	—	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	58.14	69.16	—	69.16 m
2	2	Anna Verouli (GRE)	68.50	—	—	68.50 m
3	6	Antje Kempe (GDR)	62.74	—	—	62.74 m
4	8	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROU)	61.92	59.14	60.54	61.92 m
5	9	Karin Smith (USA)	61.48	58.90	58.92	61.48 m
6	10	Beate Peters (FRG)	57.10	60.00	61.18	61.18 m
7	11	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	60.98	X	55.08	60.98 m
8	12	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	X	57.34	60.96	60.96 m
9	15	Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)	59.34	53.68	58.00	59.34 m
10	17	Emi Matsui (JPN)	X	55.52	53.10	55.52 m
11	20	Mereoni Vibose (FIJ)	49.00	48.48	49.44	49.44 m
12	22	Norsham Yoon (MAS)	40.40	X	37.00	40.40 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	67.34	59.04	63.24	63.56	67.46	70.82	70.82 m
	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	69.14	X	64.48	X	61.78	X	69.14 m
	Anna Verouli (GRE)	X	61.74	62.38	63.08	65.72	X	65.72 m
4	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	64.76	63.66	63.94	64.10	64.00	59.74	64.76 m
5	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROU)	63.38	60.32	57.36	60.92	63.86	61.80	63.86 m
6	Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)	50.50	62.44	X	56.52	X	59.04	62.44 m
7	Beate Peters (FRG)	59.22	X	62.42	X	59.30	X	62.42 m
8	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	61.52	62.04	56.96	57.34	57.88	56.32	62.04 m
9	Petra Felke (GDR)	X	61.82	62.02				62.02 m
10	Karin Smith (USA)	56.76	X	59.76				59.76 m
11	Antje Kempe (GDR)	58.82	X	54.84				58.82 m
12	Mayra Vila (CUB)	57.60	53.72	57.80				57.80 m

See also

• 1980 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Moscow)
• 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1984 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)

References

• Results