1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

These are the official results of men's shot put at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with the final held on 7 August 1983.

Medalists edit

Gold   Edward Sarul
Poland (POL)
Silver   Ulf Timmermann
East Germany (GDR)
Bronze   Remigius Machura
Czechoslovakia (TCH)

Schedule edit

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
07.08.1983 – 11:00h 07.08.1983 – 11:00h
Final Round
07.08.1983 – 19:00h

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   Udo Beyer (GDR) 22.22 m June 25, 1983   Los Angeles, United States
Event Record New event
Broken records during the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Event Record   Dave Laut (USA) 21.08 m August 7, 1983   Helsinki, Finland
Event Record   Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 21.16 m August 7, 1983   Helsinki, Finland
Event Record   Edward Sarul (POL) 21.39 m August 7, 1983   Helsinki, Finland

Final edit

RANK FINAL DISTANCE
    Edward Sarul (POL) 21.39 m
    Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 21.16 m
    Remigius Machura (TCH) 20.98 m
4.   Dave Laut (USA) 20.60 m
5.   Jānis Bojārs (URS) 20.32 m
6.   Udo Beyer (GDR) 20.09 m
7.   Alessandro Andrei (ITA) 20.07 m
8.   Aulis Akonniemi (FIN) 19.85 m
9.   Vladimir Milić (YUG) 19.71 m
10.   Mike Lehmann (USA) 19.69 m
11.   Josef Kubeš (TCH) 19.67 m
12.   Ivan Ivančić (YUG) 19.52 m

Qualification edit

  • Held on Sunday 1983-08-07
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.   Dave Laut (USA) 21.08 m
2.   Remigius Machura (TCH) 20.76 m
3.   Ulf Timmermann (GDR) 20.10 m
4.   Jānis Bojārs (URS) 20.04 m
5.   Vladimir Milić (YUG) 19.66 m
6.   Aulis Akonniemi (FIN) 19.65 m
7.   Alessandro Andrei (ITA) 19.57 m
8.   Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN) 18.68 m
9.   Ahmed Kamel Shatta (EGY) 16.73 m
  Adnan Houry (SYR) NM


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.   Edward Sarul (POL) 20.82 m
2.   Udo Beyer (GDR) 20.29 m
3.   Mike Lehmann (USA) 19.88 m
4.   Ivan Ivančić (YUG) 19.74 m
5.   Josef Kubeš (TCH) 19.73 m
6.   Kevin Akins (USA) 19.48 m
7.   Erwin Weitzl (AUT) 19.23 m
8.   Werner Günthör (SUI) 19.18 m
9.   Bruno Pauletto (CAN) 18.32 m
10.   Sergey Smirnov (URS) 18.03 m

See also edit

References edit