World Athletics Championships 1983 / Women's discus throw

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	Discus throw
gender	Women
Attendees	21 athletes from 14 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 9th (qualification) August 10th (final)
Medalists Martina Opitz ( GDR )   Galina Murašova ( URS )   Marija Petkowa ( BUL )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The women's discus throw at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place in Helsinki , Finland on August 9-10, 1983 .

21 athletes from 14 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Martina Opitz from the GDR , later Martina Hellmann, with 68.94 m, silver went to the Soviet thrower Galina Murašova with 67.44 m. The bronze medal secured the two-time Olympic silver medalist ( 1976 / 1980 ) Mariya Petkova from Bulgaria meters with 66.44.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Galina Savinkova	73.26 m	Lesselidze , Soviet Union	May 22, 1983
World championship record	There were still no World Cup records, the event was held for the first time.

The World Cup record was gradually increased to 68.94 m ( Martina Opitz from the GDR , in the final on August 10).

Legend

Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:

-	Missed attempt
x	Failed attempt

qualification

August 9, 1983

The qualification distance was at least 61.00 m in order to move directly into the final. Eight athletes made this mark or threw on, they are highlighted in light blue. The other throwers who were allowed to take part in the final - the number of athletes should be at least twelve - are those with the highest thrown distance below the qualification distance, they are highlighted in light green. At least 57.82 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.

Group A

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	Width (m)
1	Maria Petkova	Bulgaria	58.28	65.84	-	65.84 CR
2	Zdeňka Šilhavá	Czechoslovakia	64.68	-	-	64.68
3	Martina Opitz	German Democratic Republic	64.66	-	-	64.66
4th	Galina Murašova	Soviet Union	64.00	-	-	64.00
5	Svetla Mitkova	Bulgaria	x	60.58	57.38	60.58
6th	Meg Ritchie	United Kingdom	59.28	x	55.92	59.28
7th	Maria Badea	Romania	56.60	x	57.82	57.82
8th	Anne Paavolainen	Finland	50.54	50.72	54.92	54.92
9	Li Xiaohui	People's Republic of China	52.92	51.62	54.58	54.58
10	Maryline Adam	Vanuatu	33.36	x	31.88	33.36

Group B

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	Width (m)
1	Gisela Beyer	German Democratic Republic	64.14	-	-	64.14
2	Galina Savinkova	Soviet Union	63.58	-	-	63.58
3	Florența Crăciunescu	Romania	61.50	-	-	61.50
4th	Tsvetanka Christova	Bulgaria	55.24	61.50	-	61.50
5	Ria Stalman	Netherlands	x	60.16	-	60.16
6th	Ulla Lundholm	Finland	53.30	57.64	x	57.64
7th	Carol Cady	United States	x	57.34	x	57.34
8th	Venissa Head	United Kingdom	53.78	51.16	x	53.78
9	Mariette Van Heerden	Zimbabwe	44.58	45.22	44.28	45.22
10	Mereoni Vibose	Fiji	42.36	x	x	42.36
	Juliet Cain	Nauru	x	x	x	NM

final

August 10, 1983

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	4th attempt (m)	5th attempt (m)	6th attempt (m)	Width (m)
	Martina Opitz	German Democratic Republic	x	66.42	67.76 CR	67.22	68.74 CR	68.94 CR	68.94 CR
	Galina Murašova	Soviet Union	x	64.82	65.96	64.80	x	67.44	67.44
	Maria Petkova	Bulgaria	62.48	66.44 CR	x	x	x	x	66.44
4th	Tsvetanka Christova	Bulgaria	65.62	65.52	63.62	62.24	63.42	62.90	65.62
5	Gisela Beyer	German Democratic Republic	x	65.06	65.00	x	63.84	65.26	65.26
6th	Zdeňka Šilhavá	Czechoslovakia	60.58	64.18	62.76	x	64.32	x	64.32
7th	Ria Stalman	Netherlands	61.48	63.76	62.42	59.50	63.20	62.92	63.76
8th	Meg Ritchie	United Kingdom	60.66	62.50	60.50	60.64	x	x	62.50
9	Florența Crăciunescu	Romania	55.56	x	62.14	not in the final of the eight best throwers			62.14
10	Svetla Mitkova	Bulgaria	56.50	62.06	57.44				62.06
11	Galina Savinkova	Soviet Union	x	x	59.28				59.28
12	Maria Badea	Romania	52.64	57.96	58.10				58.10

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  The winner Martina Opitz (1985) , later Martina Hellmann

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  Ria Stalman finished seventh

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  The ninth placed Florența Crăciunescu

Video

• 1983 World Championships women's discus throw on youtube.com, accessed April 14, 2020

Web links and sources

• Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 14, 2020
• Results on todor66.com, accessed April 14, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 337, English), accessed on April 14, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Discus throw women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 14, 2020