1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland had a total number of 18 participating athletes, with the final held on 12 August 1983. All results were made with old rules javelin. The qualification mark was set at 84.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Detlef Michel East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Tom Petranoff United States (USA)
Bronze	Dainis Kūla Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
10.08.1983 – 10:00h	10.08.1983 – 11:40h
Final Round
12.08.1983 – 18:55h

Abbreviations

• 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

Startlist

• World list as of August 6, 1983, just before the start of the competition
•   Competing at the 1983 World Athletics Championships

Rank	Athlete	Seasons Best	Personal Best
1	Tom Petranoff  (USA)	99.72 m	88.40 m
2	Detlef Michel  (GDR)	96.72 m	94.52 m
3	Heino Puuste  (URS)	94.20 m	90.72 m
4	Dainis Kūla  (URS)	91.88 m	92.06 m
5	Klaus Tafelmeier  (FRG)	91.44 m	89.78 m
6	Koos van der Merwe  (RSA)	91.24 m	88.62 m
7	Pentti Sinersaari  (FIN)	90.90 m	93.84 m
8	Einar Vilhjálmsson  (ISL)	90.66 m	81.22 m
9	Mike O'Rourke  (NZL)	90.58 m	89.58 m
10	Mike Barnett  (USA)	90.36 m	80.86 m
11	Per Erling Olsen  (NOR)	90.30 m	88.02 m
12	Jorma Markus  (FIN)	89.72 m	90.18 m
13	Agostino Ghesini  (ITA)	89.12 m	82.52 m
14	Vasiliy Yershov  (URS)	89.02 m	89.00 m
15	Rod Ewaliko  (USA)	88.50 m	88.70 m
16	Viktor Yevsyukov  (URS)	88.10 m	87.50 m
17	Ramón González  (CUB)	87.90 m	75.02 m
18	Raimo Manninen  (FIN)	87.86 m	87.58 m
19	Arto Härkönen  (FIN)	87.80 m	91.04 m
20	Dariusz Adamus  (POL)	87.54 m	87.24 m
21	Stanisław Górak  (POL)	87.40 m	84.08 m
22	Aimo Aho  (FIN)	87.28 m	89.42 m
23	Esa Utriainen  (FIN)	87.28 m	90.94 m
24	Janis Zirnis  (URS)	87.20 m	89.48 m
25	Kenth Eldebrink  (SWE)	86.86 m	90.00 m
26	Herman Potgieter  (RSA)	86.78 m	88.62 m
27	Gerald Weiß  (GDR)	86.28 m	89.56 m
28	Laslo Babits  (CAN)	86.08 m	84.88 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Tom Petranoff  (USA)	99.72 m	May 15, 1983	Los Angeles, United States
Event Record	New event
Season Best	Tom Petranoff  (USA)	99.72 m	May 15, 1983	Los Angeles, United States

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Klaus Tafelmeier  (FRG)	X	88.86	—	88.86 m
2	5	Tom Petranoff  (USA)	85.68	—	—	85.68 m
3	8	Esa Utriainen  (FIN)	76.18	84.22	—	84.22 m
4	9	Dainis Kūla  (URS)	78.58	X	83.16	83.16 m
5	11	Rod Ewaliko  (USA)	82.68	79.38	76.46	82.68 m
6	12	Aimo Aho  (FIN)	72.60	81.92	79.66	81.92 m
7	13	Einar Vilhjálmsson  (ISL)	81.72	77.08	X	81.72 m
8	17	Zakayo Malekwa  (TAN)	72.92	X	72.80	72.92 m
9	18	Trevor Modeste  (GRN)	X	51.84	X	51.84 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Detlef Michel  (GDR)	90.40	—	—	90.40 m
2	3	Bob Roggy  (USA)	73.30	86.16	—	86.16 m
3	4	Heino Puuste  (URS)	82.18	85.86	—	85.86 m
4	6	Kenth Eldebrink  (SWE)	85.64	—	—	85.64 m
5	7	Zdeněk Adamec  (TCH)	83.42	84.54	—	84.54 m
6	10	Per Erling Olsen  (NOR)	82.72	X	83.10	83.10 m
7	14	Arto Härkönen  (FIN)	81.42	80.22	77.76	81.42 m
8	15	Mike O'Rourke  (NZL)	75.32	X	X	75.32 m
9	16	Laslo Babits  (CAN)	74.16	X	X	74.16 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Detlef Michel  (GDR)	88.96	89.48	88.74	X	X	86.70	89.48 m
	Tom Petranoff  (USA)	80.38	85.60	85.30	X	X	X	85.60 m
	Dainis Kūla  (URS)	85.58	80.70	82.78	82.42	83.08	X	85.58 m
4	Heino Puuste  (URS)	77.04	78.86	84.56	79.00	70.16	81.66	84.56 m
5	Per Erling Olsen  (NOR)	X	81.72	83.54	77.60	74.92	X	83.54 m
6	Kenth Eldebrink  (SWE)	83.28	78.84	X	78.94	X	77.26	83.28 m
7	Zdeněk Adamec  (TCH)	81.30	X	X	X	75.62	X	81.30 m
8	Klaus Tafelmeier  (FRG)	75.06	80.42	X	X	X	X	80.42 m
9	Bob Roggy  (USA)	79.84	78.02	74.82				79.84 m
10	Aimo Aho  (FIN)	79.34	X	78.08				79.34 m
11	Rod Ewaliko  (USA)	76.58	76.46	77.74				77.74 m
12	Esa Utriainen  (FIN)	X	76.66	X				76.66 m

See also

• 1980 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)

References

• Results
• IAAF Results
• koti.welho