1983 World Athletics Championships / Women's Shot Put

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	Shot put
gender	Women
Attendees	20 athletes from 14 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 10th (qualification) August 12th (final)
Medalists Helena Fibingerová ( TCH )   Helma Knorscheidt ( GDR )   Ilona Slupianek ( GDR )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The shot put women at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics took place on 10 and 12 August 1983 in Helsinki , Finland instead.

20 athletes from 14 countries took part in the competition. The female shot putters from the GDR won two medals, silver and bronze. Gold won the Czechoslovak Olympic bronze medalist from 1976 , two-time European Vice Champion ( 1978 / 1982 ) and EM -Third of 1974 Helena Fibingerová of 21.05 m. Silver went to Helma Knorscheidt with 20.70 m. The bronze medal went to the 1980 Olympic champion and two-time European champion (1978/1982) Ilona Slupianek with 20.56 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Ilona Slupianek	22.45 m	Potsdam , German Democratic Republic (now Germany )	May 11, 1980
World Cup record	There were still no World Cup records, the event was held for the first time.

The world championship record was gradually increased to 21.05 m ( Helena Fibingerová , Czechoslovakia , in the final on August 12).

Legend

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

-	Missed attempt
x	Failed attempt

qualification

August 10, 1983

The qualification distance was at least 17.00 m in order to move directly into the final. Twelve athletes made this mark or pushed through, they are highlighted in light blue. Thus the number of participants planned for the final was reached, the final field did not have to be filled any further.

Group A

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	Width (m)
1	Helena Fibingerová	Czechoslovakia	19.25	-	-	19.25
2	María Elena Sarría	Cuba	19.24	-	-	19.24
3	Nunu Abashydze	Soviet Union	19.10	-	-	19.10
4th	Helma Knorscheidt	German Democratic Republic	19.09	-	-	19.09
5	Venissa Head	United Kingdom	18.41	-	-	18.41
6th	Gael Martin	Australia	16.98	17.79	-	17.79
7th	Shen Lijuan	People's Republic of China	16.99	16.57	16.95	16.99
8th	Lorna Griffin	United States	15.21	15.86	16.50	16.50
9	Maryline Adam	Vanuatu	10.37	10.80	11.32	11.32
10	Magdalene Springer	Montserrat	x	x	09.78	09.78

Group B

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	Width (m)
1	Ilona Slupianek	German Democratic Republic	19.99	-	-	19.99 CR
2	Natalia Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	19.68	-	-	19.68
3	Mihaela Loghin	Romania	18.97	-	-	18.97
4th	Zdeňka Šilhavá	Czechoslovakia	18.57	-	-	18.57
5	Claudia Losch	BR Germany	18.24	-	-	18.24
6th	Judy Oakes	United Kingdom	17.61	-	-	17.61
7th	Li Meisu	People's Republic of China	16.71	16.91	x	16.91
8th	Meg Ritchie	United Kingdom	16.02	16.14	x	16.14
9	Rosemary breath	Canada	15.37	15.32	15.03	15.37
10	Odette Mistoul	Gabon	13.24	14.23	13.64	14.23

final

August 12, 1983

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	4th attempt (m)	5th attempt (m)	6th attempt (m)	Width (m)
	Helena Fibingerová	Czechoslovakia	19.89	19.69	19.72	19.94	20.30	21.05 CR	21.05 CR
	Helma Knorscheidt	German Democratic Republic	20.30	20.70 CR	20.55	20.47	x	20.25	20.70
	Ilona Slupianek	German Democratic Republic	20.56 CR	20.32	19.97	19.52	x	x	20.56
4th	Nunu Abashydze	Soviet Union	18.68	19.16	19.11	20.55	19.77	x	20.55
5	Natalia Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	19.53	x	20.02	20.01	19.63	19.45	20.02
6th	Mihaela Loghin	Romania	19.85	19.82	19.77	19.34	19.72	19.08	19.85
7th	Claudia Losch	BR Germany	19.72	18.97	x	19.54	18.96	18.21	19.72
8th	María Elena Sarría	Cuba	18.45	19.44	19.32	19.47	x	18.87	19.47
9	Zdeňka Šilhavá	Czechoslovakia	18.24	17.97	19.00	not in the final of the eight best athletes			19.00
10	Venissa Head	United Kingdom	18.05	17.60	17.48				18.05
11	Gael Martin	Australia	17.43	17.49	17.79				17.79
12	Judy Oakes	United Kingdom	17.01	17.19	17.52				17.52

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  World champion Helena Fibingerová (here in 2012) won her first major title - in 1976 she was Olympic bronze medalist, 1978 / 1982 , respectively Vice European Champion and 1974 European Championship -Third

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  After the Olympic victory in 1980 and two European Championship titles (1978/1982), Ilona Slupianek received bronze here

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  Mihaela Loghin finished sixth

Video links

• 1983 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL SHOT PUT WOMEN on youtube.com, accessed April 14, 2020
• 1983 World Champs Shot Put - Women on youtube.com, accessed April 14, 2020
• The first world Championships in athletics. Finland. Helsinki 1983. Shot put. Fibingerova H. TCH 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. 331f, English), accessed on April 14, 2020

Individual evidence

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