These are the official results of the Women'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. There were a total of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 13, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 62.00 metres. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists

Gold	Tiina Lillak Tiina Lillak Tiina Lillak is a former Finnish javelin thrower, who was among the best female javelin throwers in the world in the early and mid 1980s. While she has been credited for starting a string of successes for Finnish female Javelin thrower, her more notable accomplishments include winning a world... Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...  (FIN)
Silver	Fatima Whitbread Fatima Whitbread Fatima Whitbread MBE is a British former javelin thrower and multiple medal-winner.-Early life:... Great Britain United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...  (GBR)
Bronze	Anna Verouli Anna Verouli Anna Verouli is a retired Greek javelin thrower. She was born in Kavala.She won the gold medal at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics, and a bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.... Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....  (GRE)

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  12.08.1983 – ??:??h	12.08.1983 – ??:??h
  Final Round
  13.08.1983 – ??:??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 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....		74.76 m	June 13, 1983	Tampere, Finland
Event Record	New event
Season Best		74.76 m	June 13, 1983	Tampere, Finland

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	3		64.80	—	—	64.80 m
2	4		60.08	57.80	64.46	64.46 m
3	5		53.44	60.46	62.78	62.78 m
4	7		62.06	—	—	62.06 m
5	13		60.64	X	59.14	60.64 m
6	14		58.84	56.16	59.70	59.70 m
7	16		57.30	58.48	56.40	58.48 m
8	18		51.48	54.70	48.70	54.70 m
9	19		49.70	44.62	52.52	52.52 m
10	21		40.72	41.96	41.52	41.96 m
—	—		—	—	—	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1		58.14	69.16	—	69.16 m
2	2		68.50	—	—	68.50 m
3	6		62.74	—	—	62.74 m
4	8		61.92	59.14	60.54	61.92 m
5	9		61.48	58.90	58.92	61.48 m
6	10		57.10	60.00	61.18	61.18 m
7	11		60.98	X	55.08	60.98 m
8	12		X	57.34	60.96	60.96 m
9	15		59.34	53.68	58.00	59.34 m
10	17		X	55.52	53.10	55.52 m
11	20		49.00	48.48	49.44	49.44 m
12	22		40.40	X	37.00	40.40 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		67.34	59.04	63.24	63.56	67.46	70.82	70.82 m
		69.14	X	64.48	X	61.78	X	69.14 m
		X	61.74	62.38	63.08	65.72	X	65.72 m
4		64.76	63.66	63.94	64.10	64.00	59.74	64.76 m
5		63.38	60.32	57.36	60.92	63.86	61.80	63.86 m
6		50.50	62.44	X	56.52	X	59.04	62.44 m
7		59.22	X	62.42	X	59.30	X	62.42 m
8		61.52	62.04	56.96	57.34	57.88	56.32	62.04 m
9		X	61.82	62.02				62.02 m
10		56.76	X	59.76				59.76 m
11		58.82	X	54.84				58.82 m
12		57.60	53.72	57.80				57.80 m

See also

• 1980 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Moscow)
  Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Women's javelin throw
  The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 22 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final took place on Friday July 25, 1980. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final...
  
  
• 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
  1982 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Women's javelin throw event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. The final was held on 9 September 1982...
  
  
• 1983 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1984 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
  Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's javelin throw
  The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entrylist of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final took place on Monday August 6, 1984. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final...
  
  
• 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
  1986 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Women's javelin throw event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany. The final was held on 29 August 1986...
  
  
• 1988 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's javelin throw
  The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final took place on Monday September 26, 1988. The top 12 and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final...