1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 33 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 9, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 73.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Zdzisław Kwaśny Poland (POL)

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
08.08.1983 – ??:??h	08.08.1983 – ??:??h
Final Round
09.08.1983 – ??:??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	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	84.14 m	June 21, 1983	Moscow, Soviet Union
Event Record	New event
Season Best	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	84.14 m	June 21, 1983	Moscow, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	82.68 m	August 9, 1983	Helsinki, Finland

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	2	Zdzisław Kwaśny (POL)	73.28	73.36	75.78	75.78 m
2	3	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	75.52	—	—	75.52 m
3	4	Juha Tiainen (FIN)	72.66	75.02	—	75.02 m
4	6	Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL)	74.74	—	—	74.74 m
5	8	Klaus Ploghaus (FRG)	74.46	—	—	74.46 m
6	10	Igor Nikulin (URS)	74.06	—	—	74.06 m
7	11	Roland Steuk (GDR)	73.68	—	—	73.68 m
8	14	Frantisek Vrbka (TCH)	68.06	71.72	70.34	71.72 m
9	15	Robert Weir (GBR)	71.62	70.72	68.24	71.62 m
10	16	Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN)	71.42	X	X	71.42 m
11	20	Ed Burke (USA)	67.72	69.12	68.70	69.12 m
12	22	Matthew Mileham (GBR)	X	67.12	X	67.12 m
13	25	Kjell Bystedt (SWE)	65.84	64.72	65.86	65.86 m
14	26	Hakim Toumi (ALG)	65.54	63.92	63.98	65.54 m
15	27	Xie Yingqi (CHN)	62.54	65.54	63.04	65.54 m
16	28	Declan Hegarty (IRL)	65.46	X	64.12	65.46 m
—	—	Henryk Królak (POL)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	2	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	78.50	—	—	78.50 m
2	5	Günther Rodehau (GDR)	71.28	74.86	—	74.86 m
3	7	Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)	74.56	—	—	74.56 m
4	9	Harri Huhtala (FIN)	73.22	74.28	—	74.28 m
5	12	Christoph Sahner (FRG)	73.44	X	72.42	73.44 m
6	13	Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)	72.06	69.86	X	72.06 m
7	17	Chris Black (GBR)	X	71.18	X	71.18 m
8	18	Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL)	70.62	X	69.44	70.62 m
9	19	Dave McKenzie (USA)	69.24	67.22	69.94	69.94 m
10	21	Richard Olsen (NOR)	67.62	68.58	X	68.58 m
11	23	John McArdle (USA)	X	64.44	66.18	66.18 m
12	24	Hans Lotz (AUS)	X	66.14	65.42	66.14 m
13	29	Fatmir Bajraktari (ALB)	61.22	61.72	64.48	64.48 m
—	—	Jiri Chamrad (TCH)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Ralf Haber (GDR)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Johann Lindner (AUT)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	82.68	82.04	73.54	80.90	80.26	81.84	82.68 m
	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	79.22	79.76	80.64	80.94	78.96	X	80.94 m
	Zdzisław Kwaśny (POL)	77.38	79.42	79.16	76.44	76.40	X	79.42 m^[1]	NR
4	Igor Nikulin (URS)	77.86	78.46	X	78.96	79.34	77.74	79.34 m
5	Günther Rodehau (GDR)	X	76.04	74.80	77.08	75.36	76.12	77.08 m
6	Klaus Ploghaus (FRG)	76.96	76.12	75.26	X	76.76	76.94	76.96 m
7	Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)	76.92	X	76.70	74.82	73.74	X	76.92 m
8	Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL)	76.22	74.58	76.64	76.12	X	75.38	76.64 m

9	Juha Tiainen (FIN)	73.52	74.54	75.60				75.60 m
10	Harri Huhtala (FIN)	74.52	75.46	73.96				75.46 m
11	Christoph Sahner (FRG)	70.60	71.26	72.86				72.86 m
12	Roland Steuk (GDR)	72.10	X	X				72.10 m

References

^ Kwaśny originally threw 81.54 metres in the last round which would have given him the silver medal. However, after a protest and video re-analysis a day later, the judges decided to count that throw as a foul which relegated him to third place. Lekkoatletyka: Rozmowa ze Zdzisławem Kwaśnym, medalistą mistrzostw świata w 1983 r.

[1] Kwaśny originally threw 81.54 metres in the last round which would have given him the silver medal. However, after a protest and video re-analysis a day later, the judges decided to count that throw as a foul which relegated him to third place. Lekkoatletyka: Rozmowa ze Zdzisławem Kwaśnym, medalistą mistrzostw świata w 1983 r.

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