1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 33 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 9, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 73.50 metres.

Medalists edit

Gold   Sergey Litvinov
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver   Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze   Zdzisław Kwaśny
Poland (POL)

Schedule edit

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
08.08.1983 – ??:??h 08.08.1983 – ??:??h
Final Round
09.08.1983 – ??:??h

Abbreviations edit

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Sergey Litvinov (URS) 84.14 m June 21, 1983   Moscow, Soviet Union
Event Record New event
Season Best   Sergey Litvinov (URS) 84.14 m June 21, 1983   Moscow, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Event Record   Sergey Litvinov (URS) 82.68 m August 9, 1983   Helsinki, Finland

Qualification edit

Group A edit

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2   Zdzisław Kwaśny (POL) 73.28 73.36 75.78 75.78 m
2 3   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 75.52 75.52 m
3 4   Juha Tiainen (FIN) 72.66 75.02 75.02 m
4 6   Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) 74.74 74.74 m
5 8   Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) 74.46 74.46 m
6 10   Igor Nikulin (URS) 74.06 74.06 m
7 11   Roland Steuk (GDR) 73.68 73.68 m
8 14   Frantisek Vrbka (TCH) 68.06 71.72 70.34 71.72 m
9 15   Robert Weir (GBR) 71.62 70.72 68.24 71.62 m
10 16   Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN) 71.42 X X 71.42 m
11 20   Ed Burke (USA) 67.72 69.12 68.70 69.12 m
12 22   Matthew Mileham (GBR) X 67.12 X 67.12 m
13 25   Kjell Bystedt (SWE) 65.84 64.72 65.86 65.86 m
14 26   Hakim Toumi (ALG) 65.54 63.92 63.98 65.54 m
15 27   Xie Yingqi (CHN) 62.54 65.54 63.04 65.54 m
16 28   Declan Hegarty (IRL) 65.46 X 64.12 65.46 m
  Henryk Królak (POL) X X X NM

Group B edit

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2   Sergey Litvinov (URS) 78.50 78.50 m
2 5   Günther Rodehau (GDR) 71.28 74.86 74.86 m
3 7   Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) 74.56 74.56 m
4 9   Harri Huhtala (FIN) 73.22 74.28 74.28 m
5 12   Christoph Sahner (FRG) 73.44 X 72.42 73.44 m
6 13   Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) 72.06 69.86 X 72.06 m
7 17   Chris Black (GBR) X 71.18 X 71.18 m
8 18   Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL) 70.62 X 69.44 70.62 m
9 19   Dave McKenzie (USA) 69.24 67.22 69.94 69.94 m
10 21   Richard Olsen (NOR) 67.62 68.58 X 68.58 m
11 23   John McArdle (USA) X 64.44 66.18 66.18 m
12 24   Hans Lotz (AUS) X 66.14 65.42 66.14 m
13 29   Fatmir Bajraktari (ALB) 61.22 61.72 64.48 64.48 m
  Jiri Chamrad (TCH) X X X NM
  Ralf Haber (GDR) X X X NM
  Johann Lindner (AUT) X X X NM

Final edit

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Sergey Litvinov (URS) 82.68 82.04 73.54 80.90 80.26 81.84 82.68 m
    Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 79.22 79.76 80.64 80.94 78.96 X 80.94 m
    Zdzisław Kwaśny (POL) 77.38 79.42 79.16 76.44 76.40 X 79.42 m[1] NR
4   Igor Nikulin (URS) 77.86 78.46 X 78.96 79.34 77.74 79.34 m
5   Günther Rodehau (GDR) X 76.04 74.80 77.08 75.36 76.12 77.08 m
6   Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) 76.96 76.12 75.26 X 76.76 76.94 76.96 m
7   Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) 76.92 X 76.70 74.82 73.74 X 76.92 m
8   Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) 76.22 74.58 76.64 76.12 X 75.38 76.64 m
9   Juha Tiainen (FIN) 73.52 74.54 75.60 75.60 m
10   Harri Huhtala (FIN) 74.52 75.46 73.96 75.46 m
11   Christoph Sahner (FRG) 70.60 71.26 72.86 72.86 m
12   Roland Steuk (GDR) 72.10 X X 72.10 m

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kwaśny originally threw 81.54 metres in the last round which would have given him the silver medal. However, after a protest and video re-analysis a day later, the judges decided to count that throw as a foul which relegated him to third place. Lekkoatletyka: Rozmowa ze Zdzisławem Kwaśnym, medalistą mistrzostw świata w 1983 r.