World Athletics Championships 1983 / men's javelin

World Athletics Championships 1983
discipline	Javelin throw
gender	Men
Attendees	18 athletes from 13 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 10th (qualification) August 12th (final)
Medalist Detlef Michel ( GDR )   Tom Petranoff ( USA )   Dainis Kūla ( URS )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The winner Detlef Michel (1986)

The men's javelin throw at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place in Helsinki , Finland , on August 10 and 12, 1983 .

18 athletes from 13 countries took part in the competition. Won the gold medal of the European Championship -Third the previous year Detlef Michel , DDR , m with 89.48, silver with 85.60 meters went to the Americans Tom Petranoff , and the bronze medal, the Olympic champion from 1980 Dainis Kūla from the Soviet Union with 85.58 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Tom Petranoff	99.72 m	Los Angeles , United States	May 15, 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 90.40 m ( Detlef Michel , GDR , qualifying on August 10, 1983).

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 84.00 m in order to move directly into the final. Eight athletes made this mark or threw on, they are highlighted in light blue. The remaining four 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

space	athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	Width (m)
1	Klaus Tafelmeier	BR Germany	x	88.86	-	88.86
2	Tom Petranoff	United States	85.68	-	-	85.68
3	Esa Utriainen	Finland	76.18	84.22	-	84.22
4th	Dainis Kūla	Soviet Union	78.58	x	83.16	83.16
5	Rod Ewaliko	United States	82.68	79.38	76.46	82.68
6th	Aimo Aho	Finland	72.60	81.92	79.66	81.92
7th	Einar Vilhjálmsson	Iceland	81.72	77.08	x	81.72
8th	Zakayo Malekwa	Tanzania	72.92	x	72.80	72.92
9	Trevor Modeste	Grenada	x	51.84	x	51.84

Group B

space	athlete	country	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	Width (m)
1	Detlef Michel	German Democratic Republic	90.40	-	-	90.40 CR
2	Bob Roggy	United States	73.30	86.16	-	86.16
3	Heino Puuste	Soviet Union	82.18	85.86	-	85.86
4th	Kenth Eldebrink	Sweden	85.64	-	-	85.64
5	Zdeněk Adamec	Czechoslovakia	83.42	84.54	-	84.54
6th	Per Erling Olsen	Norway	82.72	x	83.10	83.10
7th	Arto Härkönen	Finland	81.42	80.22	77.76	81.42
8th	Mike O'Rourke	New Zealand	75.32	x	x	75.32
9	Laslo Babits	Canada	74.16	x	x	74.16

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)
	Detlef Michel	German Democratic Republic	88.96	89.48	88.74	x	x	86.70	89.48
	Tom Petranoff	United States	80.38	85.60	85.30	x	x	x	85.60
	Dainis Kūla	Soviet Union	85.58	80.70	82.78	82.42	83.08	x	85.58
4th	Heino Puuste	Soviet Union	77.04	78.86	84.56	79.00	70.16	81.66	84.56
5	Per Erling Olsen	Norway	x	81.72	83.54	77.60	74.92	x	83.54
6th	Kenth Eldebrink	Sweden	83.28	78.84	x	78.94	x	77.26	83.28
7th	Zdeněk Adamec	Czechoslovakia	81.30	x	x	x	75.62	x	81.30
8th	Klaus Tafelmeier	BR Germany	75.06	80.42	x	x	x	x	80.42
9	Bob Roggy	United States	79.84	78.02	74.82	not in the final of the eight best throwers			79.84
10	Aimo Aho	Finland	79.34	x	78.08				79.34
11	Rod Ewaliko	United States	76.58	76.46	77.54				77.74
12	Esa Utriainen	Finland	76.66	x	x				76.66

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  Bronze medalist Dainis Kūla

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  Per Erling Olsen reached fifth place

Video

• 1983 World Championships - Men's javelin throw on youtube.com, accessed April 6, 2020

Web links and sources

• [Results] on the IAAF website , accessed on April 6, 2020
• Results on todor66.com, accessed April 6, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 201, English), accessed on April 6, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Discus throw men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 6, 2020