1983 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin

The Men's Javelin Throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

event at the 1983 World Championships
1983 World Championships in Athletics
The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....

in Helsinki, Finland had a total number of 18 participating athletes, with the final held on 12 August 1983. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin. The qualification mark was set at 84.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Detlef Michel Detlef Michel Detlef Michel, born in Berlin, is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany during the 1980s and was one of the world's best in the javelin throw... East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Tom Petranoff Tom Petranoff Thomas Alan Petranoff is a former world record holder in the javelin throw; his May 1983 effort was greater than the length of an entire American football field at 99.72 meters . Tom Petranoff's world record added precisely three meters to the previous global standard of 96.72, set in 1980 by... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (USA)
Bronze	Dainis Kula Dainis Kula Dainis Kūla is a Latvian former javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union at the international level for most of his career. He is most famous for controversially winning the gold medal in men's javelin throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics, becoming the second Latvian to achieve this... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS)

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Time
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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
10.08.1983 – 10:00h 10.08.1983 – 11:40h
Final Round
12.08.1983 – 18:55h

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

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

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

Startlist

World list as of August 6, 1983, just before the start of the competition

Rank	Seasons Best	Personal Best
1	99.72 m	88.40 m
2	96.72 m	94.52 m
3	94.20 m	90.72 m
4	91.88 m	92.06 m
5	91.44 m	89.78 m
6	91.24 m	88.62 m
7	90.90 m	93.84 m
8	90.66 m	81.22 m
9	90.58 m	89.58 m
10	90.36 m	80.86 m
11	90.30 m	88.02 m
12	89.72 m	90.18 m
13	89.12 m	82.52 m
14	89.02 m	89.00 m
15	88.50 m	88.70 m
16	88.10 m	87.50 m
17	87.90 m	75.02 m
18	87.86 m	87.58 m
19	87.80 m	91.04 m
20	87.54 m	87.24 m
21	87.40 m	84.08 m
22	87.28 m	89.42 m
23	87.28 m	90.94 m
24	87.20 m	89.48 m
25	86.86 m	90.00 m
26	86.78 m	88.62 m
27	86.28 m	89.56 m
28	86.08 m	84.88 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....		99.72 m	May 15, 1983	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Event Record	New event
Season Best		99.72 m	May 15, 1983	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	2		X	88.86	—	88.86 m
2	5		85.68	—	—	85.68 m
3	8		76.18	84.22	—	84.22 m
4	9		78.58	X	83.16	83.16 m
5	11		82.68	79.38	76.46	82.68 m
6	12		72.60	81.92	79.66	81.92 m
7	13		81.72	77.08	X	81.72 m
8	17		72.92	X	72.80	72.92 m
9	18		X	51.84	X	51.84 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1		90.40	—	—	90.40 m
2	3		73.30	86.16	—	86.16 m
3	4		82.18	85.86	—	85.86 m
4	6		85.64	—	—	85.64 m
5	7		83.42	84.54	—	84.54 m
6	10		82.72	X	83.10	83.10 m
7	14		81.42	80.22	77.76	81.42 m
8	15		75.32	X	X	75.32 m
9	16		74.16	X	X	74.16 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance
		88.96	89.48	88.74	X	X	86.70	89.48 m
		80.38	85.60	85.30	X	X	X	85.60 m
		85.58	80.70	82.78	82.42	83.08	X	85.58 m
4		77.04	78.86	84.56	79.00	70.16	81.66	84.56 m
5		X	81.72	83.54	77.60	74.92	X	83.54 m
6		83.28	78.84	X	78.94	X	77.26	83.28 m
7		81.30	X	X	X	75.62	X	81.30 m
8		75.06	80.42	X	X	X	X	80.42 m

9		79.84	78.02	74.82				79.84 m
10		79.34	X	78.08				79.34 m
11		76.58	76.46	77.74				77.74 m
12		X	76.66	X				76.66 m