World Athletics Championships 1983 / Men's discus throw

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	Discus throw
gender	Men
Attendees	26 athletes from 17 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 13th (qualification) August 14th (final)
Medalist Imrich Bugár ( TCH )   Luis Delís ( CUB )   Gejza Valent ( TCH )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's discus throw at the 1983 World Athletics Championships was held on August 13-14, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .

26 athletes from 17 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by the Czechoslovak Olympic runner-up in 1980 , European champion in 1982 and European championship third in 1978, Imrich Bugár with 67.72 m. Silver went to the Cuban Olympic third party from 1980 Luis Delís with 67.36 m, and the bronze medal went to the Czechoslovak Gejza Valent with 66.08 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Yuri Dumchev	71.86 m	Moscow , Soviet Union	May 29, 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 67.72 m ( Imrich Bugár , Czechoslovakia , in the final on August 14, 1983).

Legend

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

-	waived
x	invalid

qualification

August 13, 1983

The qualification distance was at least 63.00 m to move directly into the final. Five athletes made this mark or threw on, they are highlighted in light blue. The remaining 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.

Group A

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  Alwin Wagner failed with 58.96 m in the qualification

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  Vésteinn Hafsteinsson did not reach the final with his 55.20 m

space	athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	Width (m)
1	Luis Delís	Cuba	61.66	64.20	-	64.20
2	Gejza Valent	Czechoslovakia	59.38	63.98	-	63.98
3	Heorhi Kalnaottschanka	Soviet Union	x	x	63.46	63.46
4th	Mac Wilkins	United States	x	57.48	62.58	62.58
5	Ihor Duhinez	Soviet Union	60.56	61.98	62.42	62.42
6th	Rickard Bruch	Sweden	59.28	x	x	59.28
7th	John Powell	United States	x	58.96	56.24	58.96
8th	Alwin Wagner	BR Germany	x	x	58.96	58.96
9	Robert Gray	Canada	x	56.50	57.92	57.92
10	Ion Zamfirache	Romania	57.54	x	x	57.54
11	Øystein Bjørbaek	Norway	54.78	52.58	55.40	55.40
12	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	Iceland	x	x	55.20	55.20
13	Li Weinan	People's Republic of China	46.94	51.64	51.72	51.72

Group B

space	athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	Width (m)
1	Imrich Bugár	Czechoslovakia	62.28	65.00	-	65.00 CR
2	Ari Huumonen	Finland	61.02	62.32	63.76	63.76
3	Jürgen Schult	German Democratic Republic	61.70	60.38	62.80	62.80
4th	Bradley Cooper	Bahamas	62.72	60.84	57.84	62.72
5	Art Burns	United States	58.66	60.00	61.88	61.88
6th	Juan Martínez	Cuba	59.36	60.92	x	60.92
7th	Knut Hjeltnes	Norway	58.42	60.10	x	60.10
8th	Konstantinos Georgakopoulos	Greece	57.44	58.06	59.54	59.54
9	Yuri Dumchev	Soviet Union	58.84	x	56.66	58.84
10	Werner Hartmann	BR Germany	53.92	58.48	56.52	58.48
11	Iosif Nagy	Romania	57.58	58.34	x	58.34
12	Hamed Mohamed Naguib	Egypt	56.62	56.38	x	56.62
13	Adnan Houry	Syria	46.50	46.60	48.34	48.34

final

August 14, 1983

space	athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	4th attempt (m)	5th attempt (m)	6th attempt (m)	Width (m)
	Imrich Bugár	Czechoslovakia	67.48	67.72	61.76	67.14	66.94	65.58	67.72 CR
	Luis Delís	Cuba	x	66.30	64.88	x	67.36	66.48	67.36
	Gejza Valent	Czechoslovakia	60.16	x	63.42	66.08	64.94	65.90	66.08
4th	Ari Huumonen	Finland	63.66	65.44	x	64.18	64.62	63.14	65.44
5	Jürgen Schult	German Democratic Republic	63.64	60.36	x	x	64.92	62.94	64.92
6th	Heorhi Kalnaottschanka	Soviet Union	64.74	x	x	x	x	x	64.74
7th	Juan Martínez	Cuba	64.26	60.48	61.36	61.30	x	60.96	64.26
8th	Art Burns	United States	62.76	62.38	63.22	x	x	x	63.22
9	Knut Hjeltnes	Norway	x	62.26	x	not in the final of the eight best throwers			62.26
10	Mac Wilkins	United States	60.40	61.46	59.68				61.46
11	Ihor Duhinez	Soviet Union	59.76	60.44	56.50				60.44
12	Bradley Cooper	Bahamas	x	x	58.70				58.70

• 

  World champion Imrich Bugár, Olympic second in 1980 , European champion in 1982 and European championship third in 1978 , in 2013

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  Jürgen Schult came in fifth at the beginning of a very successful career

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  Knut Hjeltnes finished ninth

Video

• IAAF 1983 World Outdoor Championships Men's Discus Final on youtube.com, accessed April 5, 2020

Web links and sources

• Results on the IAAF website , accessed on April 5, 2020
• Results on todor66.com, accessed April 5, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 89), accessed on April 5, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Discus throw men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 5, 2020