1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

None These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 14, 1983. Medalists GoldGDR Martina OpitzEast Germany (GDR)SilverURS Galina MurašovaSoviet Union (URS)BronzeBUL 1971 Mariya PetkovaBulgaria (BUL) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B09.08.1983 – ??:??h09.08.1983 – ??:??hFinal Round14.08.1983 – ??:??h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships World Record Galina Savinkova URS 73.26 m May 22, 1983 URS Leselidze, Soviet Union Event Record New event Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance1231 1Mariya Petkova BUL 1971 58.28 65.84 — 65.84 m2 2Zdeňka Šilhavá TCH 64.68 — — 64.68 m 3 3Martina Opitz GDR 64.66 — — 64.66 m 4 5Galina Murašova URS 64.00 — — 64.00 m 5 9Svetla Mitkova BUL 1971 X 60.58 57.38 60.58 m 6 11Meg Ritchie GBR 59.28 X 55.92 59.28 m 7 12Maria Badea ROU 1965 56.60 X 57.82 57.82 m 8 15Anne Paavolainen FIN 50.54 50.72 54.92 54.92 m 9 16Li Xiaohui CHN 52.92 51.62 54.58 54.58 m 10 20Maryline Adam VAN 33.36 X 31.88 33.36 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance1231 4Gisela Beyer GDR 64.14 — — 64.14 m 2 6Galina Savinkova URS 63.58 — — 63.58 m 3 7Florența Crăciunescu ROU 1965 61.70 — — 61.70 m 4 8Tsvetanka Khristova BUL 1971 55.24 61.50 — 61.50 m 5 10Ria Stalman NED X 60.16 — 60.16 m 6 13Ulla Lundholm FIN 53.30 57.64 X 57.64 m 7 14Carol Cady USA X 57.34 X 57.34 m 8 17Venissa Head GBR 53.78 51.16 X 53.78 m 9 18Mariette Van Heerden ZIM 44.58 45.22 44.28 45.22 m 10 19Mereoni Vibose FIJ 42.36 X X 42.36 m — —Juliet Cain NRU X X X NM Final RankAthleteThrowsFinal123456DistanceMartina Opitz GDR X 66.42 67.76 67.22 68.74 68.94 68.94 mGalina Murašova URS X 64.82 65.96 64.80 X 67.44 67.44 mMariya Petkova BUL 1971 62.48 66.44 X X X X 66.44 m4.Tsvetanka Khristova BUL 1971 65.62 65.62 63.62 62.24 63.42 62.90 65.62 m5.Gisela Beyer GDR X 65.06 65.00 X 63.84 65.26 65.26 m6.Zdeňka Šilhavá TCH 60.58 64.18 62.76 X 64.32 X 64.32 m7.Ria Stalman NED 61.48 63.76 62.42 59.50 63.20 62.92 63.76 m8.Meg Ritchie GBR 60.66 62.50 60.50 60.64 X X 62.50 m9.Florența Crăciunescu ROU 1965 55.56 X 62.14 62.14 m10.Svetla Mitkova BUL 1971 56.50 62.06 57.44 62.06 m11.Galina Savinkova URS X X 59.28 59.28 m12.Maria Badea ROU 1965 52.64 57.96 58.10 58.10 m See also 1980 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Moscow) 1982 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Athens) 1984 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Los Angeles) 1986 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart) References Results D Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships