World Athletics Championships 1983 / Men's Shot Put

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	Shot put
gender	Men
Attendees	20 athletes from 13 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 7th (qualification / final)
Medalist Edward Sarul ( POL )   Ulf Timmermann ( GDR )   Remigius Machura ( TCH )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The shot put men at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 7, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland instead.

20 athletes from 13 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Edward Sarul from Poland with 21.39 m, silver went to Ulf Timmermann from the GDR with 21.16 m, and the bronze medal went to Remigius Machura, third in the Czechoslovak European Championship in 1982, with 20.98 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Udo Beyer	22.22 m	Los Angeles , United States	June 25, 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 21.39 m ( Edward Sarul , Poland , in the final on August 7, 1983).

Legend

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

-	waived
x	invalid

qualification

August 7, 1983

The qualification distance was at least 20.00 m in order to move directly into the final. Six athletes made this mark or pushed further, they are highlighted in light blue. The remaining shot putters that were allowed to take part in the final - the number of athletes should be at least twelve - are the six with the highest kicked distance below the qualifying distance, they are highlighted in light green.

Group A

space	athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	Width (m)
1	Dave Loud	United States	21.08	-	-	21.08 CR
2	Remigius Machura	Czechoslovakia	20.67	-	-	20.67
3	Ulf Timmermann	German Democratic Republic	20.10	-	-	20.10
4th	Jānis Bojārs	Soviet Union	19.78	20.04	-	20.04
5	Vladimir Milic	Yugoslavia	19.66	x	x	19.66
6th	Aulis Akonniemi	Finland	19.65	x	18.44	19.65
7th	Alessandro Andrei	Italy	x	19.57	19.24	19.57
8th	Bishop Dolegiewicz	Poland	18.68	x	x	18.68
9	Ahmed Camel Shatta	Egypt	16.66	16.47	16.73	16.73
	Adnan Houry	Syria	x	x	x	NM

Group B

August 7, 1983

space	athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	Width (m)
1	Edward Sarul	Poland	20.82	-	-	20.82
2	Udo Beyer	German Democratic Republic	20.29	-	-	20.29
3	Mike Lehmann	United States	19.24	19.28	19.88	19.88
4th	Ivan Ivančić	Yugoslavia	19.51	19.74	19.39	19.74
5	Josef Kubes	Czechoslovakia	19.38	19.73	19.54	19.73
6th	Kevin Akins	United States	19.15	19.48	19.10	19.48
7th	Erwin Weitzl	Austria	18.91	19.23	18.53	19.23
8th	Werner Günthör	Switzerland	19.18	x	18.92	19.18
9	Bruno Pauletto	Canada	17.46	17.22	18.32	18.32
10	Sergei Smirnov	Soviet Union	x	x	18.03	18.03

final

August 7, 1983

space	athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	4th attempt (m)	5th attempt (m)	6th attempt (m)	Width (m)
	Edward Sarul	Poland	21.04	20.74	x	x	20.34	21.39	21.39 CR
	Ulf Timmermann	German Democratic Republic	19.61	20.06	20.45	20.87	21.16	x	21.16
	Remigius Machura	Czechoslovakia	20.26	x	x	20.74	x	20.98	20.98
4th	Dave Loud	United States	20.60	20.32	x	x	x	x	20.60
5	Jānis Bojārs	Soviet Union	19.55	19.77	20.06	20.32	19.98	x	20.32
6th	Udo Beyer	German Democratic Republic	20.08	20.09	x	20.07	x	x	20.09
7th	Alessandro Andrei	Italy	19.80	18.65	20.07	19.61	x	19.30	20.07
8th	Aulis Akonniemi	Finland	19.85	18.83	x	x	x	x	19.85
9	Vladimir Milic	Yugoslavia	19.71	x	x	not in the final of the eight best shot putters			19.71
10	Mike Lehmann	United States	19.69	19.46	x				19.69
11	Josef Kubes	Czechoslovakia	19.62	x	19.67				19.67
12	Ivan Ivančić	Yugoslavia	19.42	x	19.52				19.52

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  Vice world champion Ulf Timmermann

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  Bronze medalist Remigius Machura (on the photo in 2005)

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  Udo Beyer, 1976 Olympic champion, 1980 Olympic third and two-time European champion ( 1978 / 1982 ), had to settle with sixth place his

Videos

• 1983 SHOT PUT FINAL MEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HELSINKI on youtube.com, accessed on April 4, 2020
• Shot Put Analysis IAAF European Championships 1982 World Championships 1983 on youtube.com, accessed April 4, 2020

Web links and sources

• Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 4, 2020
• Results on todor66.com, accessed April 4, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 183, English), accessed on April 4, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Shot put men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 4, 2020