1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

None These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday 14 August 1983. The qualification mark was set at 6.40 metres. Medalists GoldGDR Heike Daute-DrechslerEast Germany (GDR)SilverROU 1965 Anișoara Cușmir-StanciuRomania (ROU)BronzeUSA Carol LewisUnited States (USA) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B13.08.1983 – ??:??h13.08.1983 – ??:??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 Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu ROU 1965 7.43 m June 4, 1983 ROU 1965 Bucharest, Romania Event Record New event Qualifying round Held on Saturday 1983-08-13 RANKGROUP ALENGTH1.Carol Lewis USA6.78 m2.Heike Daute-Drechsler GDR6.65 m3.Robyn Lorraway AUS6.65 m4.Tatyana Proskuryakova URS6.63 m5.Vali Ionescu-Constantin ROU 19656.44 m6.Jarmila Nygrýnová-Strejčková TCH6.40 m7.Shonel Ferguson BAH6.29 m8.Lena Wallin SWE6.19 m9.Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia BRA 19686.15 m10.Heidi Benserud NOR5.92 m11.Jacinta Bartholomew GRN5.77 m12.Marie-Ange Wirtz SEY 19775.20 m13.Kim Mom CAM 19794.90 m—Sabine Everts FRGNM—Arja Jussila FINNM—Nicole Tombezogo CAFNM—Jackie Joyner-Kersee USADNS RANKGROUP BLENGTH1.Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu ROU 19656.76 m2.Zsuzsa Vanyek HUN6.60 m3.Eva Murková TCH6.57 m4.Helga Radtke GDR6.53 m5.Jennifer Innis GUY6.45 m6.Beverly Kinch GBR6.43 m7.Gwen Loud USA6.37 m8.Madeline de Jesús PUR6.12 m9.Halcyon McKnight JAM6.03 m10.Huang Donghuo CHN5.90 m11.Rose Phillips-King IVB5.40 m12.Traore Mariam Upper Volta UPV4.90 m—Mercy Mathews-Kuttan INDNM—Christina Sussiek FRGNM—Karen Nelson CANDNS—Glynis Nunn-Cearns AUSDNS—Svetlana Zorina URSDNS Final RANKFINALLENGTHImage:Med 1.pngHeike Daute-Drechsler GDR7.27 mImage:Med 2.pngAnișoara Cușmir-Stanciu ROU 19657.15 mImage:Med 3.pngCarol Lewis USA7.04 m4.Tatyana Proskuryakova URS7.02 m5.Beverly Kinch GBR6.93 m6.Zsuzsa Vanyek HUN6.81 m7.Eva Murková TCH6.80 m8.Robyn Lorraway AUS6.65 m9.Vali Ionescu-Constantin ROU 19656.62 m10.Jarmila Nygrýnová-Strejčková TCH6.56 m11.Jennifer Innis GUY6.54 m12.Helga Radtke GDR6.44 m References Results (Archived 2009-09-09) L Category:Long jump at the World Athletics Championships