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
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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
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Heptathlon				women
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These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 1983-08-14.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Records 3 Final 4 Qualification 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Martina Hellmann East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Galina Murašova Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Maria Vergova-Petkova Bulgaria (BUL)

[edit] Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Galina Savinkova (URS)	73.26 m	Leselidze, USSR	May 22, 1983
Championship Record	New event

[edit] Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
	Martina Hellmann (GDR)	68.94 m
	Galina Murašova (URS)	67.44 m
	Maria Vergova-Petkova (BUL)	66.44 m
4.	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)	65.62 m
5.	Gisela Beyer (GDR)	65.26 m
6.	Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH)	64.32 m
7.	Ria Stalman (NED)	63.76 m
8.	Meg Ritchie (GBR)	62.50 m
9.	Florenţa Crăciunescu (ROU)	62.14 m
10.	Svetla Mitkova-Sınırtaş (BUL)	62.06 m
11.	Galina Savinkova (URS)	59.28 m
12.	Maria Badea (ROU)	58.10 m

[edit] Qualification

• Held on Tuesday 1983-08-09

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Maria Vergova-Petkova (BUL)	65.84 m
2.	Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH)	64.68 m
3.	Martina Hellmann (GDR)	64.66 m
4.	Galina Murašova (URS)	64.00 m
5.	Svetla Mitkova-Sınırtaş (BUL)	60.58 m
6.	Meg Ritchie (GBR)	59.28 m
7.	Maria Badea (ROU)	57.82 m
8.	Anne Paavolainen (FIN)	54.92 m
9.	Li Xiaohui (CHN)	54.58 m
10.	Maryline Adam (VAN)	33.36 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Gisela Beyer (GDR)	64.14 m
2.	Galina Savinkova (URS)	63.58 m
3.	Florenţa Crăciunescu (ROU)	61.70 m
4.	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)	61.50 m
5.	Ria Stalman (NED)	60.16 m
6.	Ulla Lundholm (FIN)	57.64 m
7.	Carol Cady (USA)	57.34 m
8.	Venissa Head (GBR)	53.78 m
9.	Mariette Van Heerden (ZIM)	45.22 m
10.	Mereoni Vibose (FIJ)	42.36 m
—	Juliet Cain (NRU)	NM

[edit] See also

• 1980 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Moscow)
• 1982 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
• 1984 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Rome)

[edit] References

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