1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

None 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 GoldGDR Detlef MichelEast Germany (GDR)SilverUSA Tom PetranoffUnited States (USA)BronzeURS Dainis KūlaSoviet Union (URS) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B10.08.1983 – 10:00h10.08.1983 – 11:40hFinal Round12.08.1983 – 18:55h 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 Startlist World list as of August 6, 1983, just before the start of the competition #F2F5A9 Competing at the 1983 World Athletics Championships solid 1px #AAAAAA RankAthleteSeasons BestPersonal Best1 Tom Petranoff USA99.72 m 88.40 m 2 Detlef Michel GDR96.72 m 94.52 m 3 Heino Puuste URS94.20 m 90.72 m 4 Dainis Kūla URS91.88 m 92.06 m 5 Klaus Tafelmeier FRG91.44 m 89.78 m 6 Koos van der Merwe RSA 192891.24 m 88.62 m 7 Pentti Sinersaari FIN90.90 m 93.84 m 8 Einar Vilhjálmsson ISL90.66 m 81.22 m 9 Mike O'Rourke NZL90.58 m 89.58 m 10 Mike Barnett USA90.36 m 80.86 m 11 Per Erling Olsen NOR90.30 m 88.02 m 12 Jorma Markus FIN89.72 m 90.18 m 13 Agostino Ghesini ITA89.12 m 82.52 m 14 Vasiliy Yershov URS89.02 m 89.00 m 15 Rod Ewaliko USA88.50 m 88.70 m 16 Viktor Yevsyukov URS88.10 m 87.50 m 17 Ramón González CUB87.90 m 75.02 m 18 Raimo Manninen FIN87.86 m 87.58 m 19 Arto Härkönen FIN87.80 m 91.04 m 20 Dariusz Adamus POL87.54 m 87.24 m 21 Stanisław Górak POL87.40 m 84.08 m 22 Aimo Aho FIN87.28 m 89.42 m 23 Esa Utriainen FIN87.28 m 90.94 m 24 Janis Zirnis URS87.20 m 89.48 m 25 Kenth Eldebrink SWE86.86 m 90.00 m 26 Herman Potgieter RSA 192886.78 m 88.62 m 27 Gerald Weiß GDR86.28 m 89.56 m 28 Laslo Babits CAN86.08 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 USA Los Angeles, United States Event Record New event Season Best Tom Petranoff USA 99.72 m May 15, 1983 USA Los Angeles, United States Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 2 Klaus Tafelmeier FRGX 88.86 — 88.86 m 2 5 Tom Petranoff USA85.68 — — 85.68 m 3 8 Esa Utriainen FIN76.18 84.22 — 84.22 m 4 9 Dainis Kūla URS78.58 X 83.16 83.16 m 5 11 Rod Ewaliko USA82.68 79.38 76.46 82.68 m 6 12 Aimo Aho FIN72.60 81.92 79.66 81.92 m 7 13 Einar Vilhjálmsson ISL81.72 77.08 X 81.72 m 8 17 Zakayo Malekwa TAN72.92 X 72.80 72.92 m 9 18 Trevor Modeste GRNX 51.84 X 51.84 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 Detlef Michel GDR90.40 — — 90.40 m 2 3 Bob Roggy USA73.30 86.16 — 86.16 m 3 4 Heino Puuste URS82.18 85.86 — 85.86 m 4 6 Kenth Eldebrink SWE85.64 — — 85.64 m 5 7 Zdeněk Adamec TCH83.42 84.54 — 84.54 m 6 10 Per Erling Olsen NOR82.72 X 83.10 83.10 m 7 14 Arto Härkönen FIN81.42 80.22 77.76 81.42 m 8 15 Mike O'Rourke NZL75.32 X X 75.32 m 9 16 Laslo Babits CAN74.16 X X 74.16 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistance123456 Detlef Michel GDR88.96 89.48 88.74 X X 86.7089.48 m Tom Petranoff USA80.38 85.60 85.30 X X X 85.60 m Dainis Kūla URS85.58 80.70 82.78 82.42 83.08 X 85.58 m 4 Heino Puuste URS77.04 78.86 84.56 79.00 70.16 81.6684.56 m 5 Per Erling Olsen NORX 81.72 83.54 77.60 74.92 X83.54 m 6 Kenth Eldebrink SWE83.28 78.84 X 78.94 X 77.2683.28 m 7 Zdeněk Adamec TCH81.30 X X X 75.62 X 81.30 m 8 Klaus Tafelmeier FRG75.06 80.42 X X X X 80.42 m 9 Bob Roggy USA79.84 78.02 74.82 79.84 m 10 Aimo Aho FIN79.34 X 78.08 79.34 m 11 Rod Ewaliko USA76.58 76.46 77.74 77.74 m 12 Esa Utriainen FINX 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 J Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships