1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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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[]

Gold Czechoslovakia Imrich Bugár
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Silver Cuba Luis Delis
Cuba (CUB)
Bronze Czechoslovakia 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
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  Yuriy Dumchev (URS) 71.86 m May 29, 1983 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union
Event Record New 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.   (ROU) 57.54 m
11.   (NOR) 55.40 m
12.  Vesteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) 55.20 m
13.   (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
Med 1.png  Imrich Bugár (TCH) 67.72 m
Med 2.png  Luis Delis (CUB) 67.36 m
Med 3.png  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

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