1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

None These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The final was held on Friday August 12, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 17.00 metres. Medalists GoldTCH Helena FibingerováCzechoslovakia (TCH)SilverGDR Helma KnorscheidtEast Germany (GDR)BronzeGDR Ilona SlupianekEast Germany (GDR) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B10.08.1983 – ??:??h10.08.1983 – ??:??hFinal Round12.08.1983 – ??:??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 Ilona Slupianek GDR 22.45 m May 11, 1980 GDR Potsdam, East Germany Event Record New eventBroken records during the 1983 World Athletics ChampionshipsEvent Record Helena Fibingerová TCH 19.25 m August 10, 1983 FIN Helsinki, Finland Ilona Slupianek GDR 19.99 m Helma Knorscheidt GDR 20.30 m August 12, 1983 Ilona Slupianek GDR 20.56 m Helma Knorscheidt GDR 20.70 m Helena Fibingerová TCH 21.05 m Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 3 Helena Fibingerová TCH19.25 —— 19.25 m 2 4 María Elena Sarría CUB19.24 —— 19.24 m 3 5 Nunu Abashidze URS19.10 —— 19.10 m 4 6 Helma Knorscheidt GDR19.09 —— 19.09 m 5 9 Venissa Head GBR18.41 ——18.41 m 6 11 Gael Mulhall-Martin AUS16.98 17.79 — 17.79 m 7 13 Shen Lijuan CHN 16.99 16.57 16.9516.99 m 8 15 Lorna Griffin USA 15.21 15.86 16.50 16.50 m 9 19 Maryline Adam VAN 10.37 10.80 11.32 11.32 m 10 20 Magdalene Springer MNT X X 9.78 9.78 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 Ilona Slupianek GDR 19.99 —— 19.99 m 2 2 Natalya Lisovskaya URS 19.68 —— 19.68 m 3 7 Mihaela Loghin ROU 1965 18.97 —— 18.97 m 4 8 Zdeňka Šilhavá TCH 18.57 —— 18.57 m 5 10 Claudia Losch FRG 18.24 —— 18.24 m 6 12 Judy Oakes GBR 17.61 —— 17.61 m 7 14 Li Meisu CHN 16.71 16.91 X16.91 m 8 16 Meg Ritchie GBR 16.02 16.14 X16.14 m 9 17 Rosemarie Hauch CAN 15.37 15.32 15.03 15.37 m 10 18 Odette Mistoul GAB 13.24 14.23 13.64 14.23 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Helena Fibingerová TCH19.89 19.69 19.72 19.94 20.30 21.05 21.05 m Helma Knorscheidt GDR20.30 20.70 20.55 20.47 X 20.25 20.70 m Ilona Slupianek GDR20.56 20.32 19.97 19.52 X X20.56 m 4 Nunu Abashidze URS18.68 19.16 19.11 20.55 19.77 X 20.55 m 5 Natalya Lisovskaya URS19.53 X 20.02 20.01 19.63 19.4520.02 m 6 Mihaela Loghin ROU 196519.85 19.82 19.77 19.34 19.72 19.08 19.85 m 7 Claudia Losch FRG19.72 18.97 X 19.54 18.96 18.21 19.72 m 8 María Elena Sarría CUB18.45 19.44 19.32 19.47 X 18.87 19.47 m 9 Zdeňka Šilhavá TCH18.24 17.94 19.00 19.00 m 10 Venissa Head GBR18.05 17.60 17.48 18.05 m 11 Gael Mulhall-Martin AUS17.43 17.49 17.79 17.79 m 12 Judy Oakes GBR17.01 17.19 17.52 17.52 m See also 1978 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Prague) 1980 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Moscow) 1982 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Athens) 1983 Shot Put Year Ranking 1984 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Los Angeles) 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart) 1988 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul) References Results S Category:Shot put at the World Athletics Championships