Events at the 1983 World Championships
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These are the official results of theMen's Hammer Throw event at the1983 World Championships inHelsinki, 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.

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

• All times areEastern European Time (UTC+2)

• All results shown are in metres

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

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

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

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

• 1980 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Athens)
• 1983 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1984 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Stuttgart)

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