Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 7 and 8 July 1983. ^[1]

The winning margin was a huge 6.14 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's discus throw was won by more than five metres at these games.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Luis Delís   Cuba	Dariusz Juzyszyn   Poland	Marco Bucci   Italy

Results

Qualification

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Luis Delís	Cuba	67.28	UR
2	Marco Martino	Italy	59.66
3	Konstantinos Georgakopoulos	Greece	59.50
4	Dariusz Juzyszyn	Poland	58.96
5	Rob Gray	Canada	57.34
6	Marco Bucci	Italy	57.32
7	Robert Weir	Great Britain	56.24
8	Mike Carter	United States	54.84
9	Li Weinan	China	54.60
10	Randy Heisler	United States	53.16
11	Jack Harkness	Canada	52.76
12	Erik de Bruin	Netherlands	51.76
13	Vahé Karabidjian	Lebanon	43.48
14	César Sajche	Guatemala	32.48

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Luis Delís	Cuba	69.46	UR
	Dariusz Juzyszyn	Poland	63.32
	Marco Bucci	Italy	60.62
4	Marco Martino	Italy	60.24
5	Konstantinos Georgakopoulos	Greece	59.32
6	Robert Weir	Great Britain	58.40
7	Li Weinan	China	57.84
8	Randy Heisler	United States	57.48
9	Rob Gray	Canada	57.46
10	Jack Harkness	Canada	56.60
11	Mike Carter	United States	54.66
12	Óskar Jakobsson	Iceland	54.36
	Erik de Bruin	Netherlands	DNS

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. "Qualification results". The Windsor Star. 8 July 1983. p. 30. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
3. "Qualification results". Austin American-Statesman. 8 July 1983. p. 75. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
4. "Final results". Tucson Citizen. 9 July 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
5. "Final results". Red Deer Advocate. 9 July 1983. p. 22. Retrieved 9 February 2020.