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Events at the 1983 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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These are the official results of the men's hammer throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with the final held on 9 August 1983.

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Zdzislaw Kwasny Poland (POL)

[edit] Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	84.14	Moscow, USSR	June 21, 1983
Championship record	New event

[edit] Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	82.68 m
	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	80.94 m
	Zdzislaw Kwasny (POL)	79.42 m
4.	Igor Nikulin (URS)	79.34 m
5.	Günther Rodehau (GDR)	77.08 m
6.	Klaus Ploghaus (FRG)	76.96 m
7.	Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)	76.92 m
8.	Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL)	76.64 m
9.	Juha Tiainen (FIN)	75.60 m
10.	Harri Huhtala (FIN)	75.46 m
11.	Christoph Sahner (FRG)	72.86 m
12.	Roland Steuk (GDR)	72.10 m

[edit] Qualification

Held on Monday 1983-08-10

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Zdzislaw Kwasny (POL)	75.78 m
2.	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	75.52 m
3.	Juha Tiainen (FIN)	75.02 m
4.	Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL)	74.74 m
5.	Klaus Ploghaus (FRG)	74.46 m
6.	Igor Nikulin (URS)	74.06 m
7.	Roland Steuk (GDR)	73.68 m
8.	Frantisek Vrbka (TCH)	71.72 m
9.	Robert Weir (GBR)	71.62 m
10.	Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN)	71.42 m
11.	Ed Burke (USA)	69.12 m
12.	Matthew Mileham (GBR)	67.12 m
13.	Kjell Bystedt (SWE)	65.86 m
14.	Hakim Toumi (ALG)	65.54 m
15.	Xie Yingqi (CHN)	65.54 m
16.	Declan Hegarty (IRL)	65.46 m
—	Henryk Krolak (POL)	NM

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	78.50 m
2.	Günther Rodehau (GDR)	74.86 m
3.	Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)	74.56 m
4.	Harri Huhtala (FIN)	74.28 m
5.	Christoph Sahner (FRG)	73.44 m
6.	Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)	72.06 m
7.	Chris Black (GBR)	71.18 m
8.	Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL)	70.62 m
9.	Dave McKenzie (USA)	69.94 m
10.	Richard Olsen (NOR)	68.58 m
11.	John McArdle (USA)	66.18 m
12.	Hans Lotz (AUS)	66.14 m
13.	Fatmir Bajraktari (ALB)	64.48 m
—	Jiri Chamrad (TCH)	NM
—	Ralf Haber (GDR)	NM
—	Johann Lindner (AUT)	NM

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