1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland had a total number of 18 participating athletes, with the final held on 12 August 1983. All results were made with old rules javelin. The qualification mark was set at 84.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold Detlef Michel
East Germany (GDR)
Silver Tom Petranoff
United States (USA)
Bronze Dainis Kūla
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
10.08.1983 10:00h 10.08.1983 11:40h
Final Round
12.08.1983 18:55h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Startlist

  • World list as of August 6, 1983, just before the start of the competition
  •   Competing at the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Rank Athlete Seasons Best Personal Best
1 Tom Petranoff (USA)99.72 m88.40 m
2 Detlef Michel (GDR)96.72 m94.52 m
3 Heino Puuste (URS)94.20 m90.72 m
4 Dainis Kūla (URS)91.88 m92.06 m
5 Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)91.44 m89.78 m
6 Koos van der Merwe (RSA)91.24 m88.62 m
7 Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)90.90 m93.84 m
8 Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)90.66 m81.22 m
9 Mike O'Rourke (NZL)90.58 m89.58 m
10 Mike Barnett (USA)90.36 m80.86 m
11 Per Erling Olsen (NOR)90.30 m88.02 m
12 Jorma Markus (FIN)89.72 m90.18 m
13 Agostino Ghesini (ITA)89.12 m82.52 m
14 Vasiliy Yershov (URS)89.02 m89.00 m
15 Rod Ewaliko (USA)88.50 m88.70 m
16 Viktor Yevsyukov (URS)88.10 m87.50 m
17 Ramón González (CUB)87.90 m75.02 m
18 Raimo Manninen (FIN)87.86 m87.58 m
19 Arto Härkönen (FIN)87.80 m91.04 m
20 Dariusz Adamus (POL)87.54 m87.24 m
21 Stanisław Górak (POL)87.40 m84.08 m
22 Aimo Aho (FIN)87.28 m89.42 m
23 Esa Utriainen (FIN)87.28 m90.94 m
24 Janis Zirnis (URS)87.20 m89.48 m
25 Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)86.86 m90.00 m
26 Herman Potgieter (RSA)86.78 m88.62 m
27 Gerald Weiß (GDR)86.28 m89.56 m
28 Laslo Babits (CAN)86.08 m84.88 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record Tom Petranoff (USA)99.72 mMay 15, 1983 Los Angeles, United States
Event RecordNew event
Season Best Tom Petranoff (USA)99.72 mMay 15, 1983 Los Angeles, United States

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
12 Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)X88.8688.86 m
25 Tom Petranoff (USA)85.6885.68 m
38 Esa Utriainen (FIN)76.1884.2284.22 m
49 Dainis Kūla (URS)78.58X83.1683.16 m
511 Rod Ewaliko (USA)82.6879.3876.4682.68 m
612 Aimo Aho (FIN)72.6081.9279.6681.92 m
713 Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)81.7277.08X81.72 m
817 Zakayo Malekwa (TAN)72.92X72.8072.92 m
918 Trevor Modeste (GRN)X51.84X51.84 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
11 Detlef Michel (GDR)90.4090.40 m
23 Bob Roggy (USA)73.3086.1686.16 m
34 Heino Puuste (URS)82.1885.8685.86 m
46 Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)85.6485.64 m
57 Zdeněk Adamec (TCH)83.4284.5484.54 m
610 Per Erling Olsen (NOR)82.72X83.1083.10 m
714 Arto Härkönen (FIN)81.4280.2277.7681.42 m
815 Mike O'Rourke (NZL)75.32XX75.32 m
916 Laslo Babits (CAN)74.16XX74.16 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Detlef Michel (GDR)88.9689.4888.74XX86.7089.48 m
 Tom Petranoff (USA)80.3885.6085.30XXX85.60 m
 Dainis Kūla (URS)85.5880.7082.7882.4283.08X85.58 m
4 Heino Puuste (URS)77.0478.8684.5679.0070.1681.6684.56 m
5 Per Erling Olsen (NOR)X81.7283.5477.6074.92X83.54 m
6 Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)83.2878.84X78.94X77.26 83.28 m
7 Zdeněk Adamec (TCH)81.30XXX75.62X 81.30 m
8 Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)75.0680.42XXXX80.42 m
9 Bob Roggy (USA)79.8478.0274.8279.84 m
10 Aimo Aho (FIN)79.34X78.0879.34 m
11 Rod Ewaliko (USA)76.5876.4677.7477.74 m
12 Esa Utriainen (FIN)X76.66X76.66 m

See also

References

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