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Events at the 1983 World Championships
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 14, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Imrich Bugár Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Silver	Luis Delis Cuba (CUB)
Bronze	Géjza Valent Czechoslovakia (TCH)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Yuriy Dumchev (URS)	71.86 m	May 29, 1983	Moscow, Soviet Union
Event Record	New event

Qualification

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Luis Delis (CUB)	64.20 m
2.	Géjza Valent (TCH)	63.98 m
3.	Georgiy Kolnootchenko (URS)	63.46 m
4.	Mac Wilkins (USA)	62.58 m
5.	Ihor Duhinets (URS)	62.42 m
6.	Ricky Bruch (SWE)	59.28 m
7.	John Powell (USA)	58.96 m
8.	Alwin Wagner (FRG)	58.96 m
9.	Rob Gray (CAN)	57.92 m
10.	Ion Zamfirache (ROU)	57.54 m
11.	Øystein Bjørbaek (NOR)	55.40 m
12.	Vesteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL)	55.20 m
13.	Li Weinan (CHN)	51.72 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Imrich Bugár (TCH)	65.00 m
2.	Ari Huumonen (FIN)	63.76 m
3.	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	62.80 m
4.	Bradley Cooper (BAH)	62.72 m
5.	Art Burns (USA)	61.88 m
6.	Juan Martínez (CUB)	60.92 m
7.	Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)	60.10 m
8.	Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (GRE)	59.54 m
9.	Yuriy Dumchev (URS)	58.84 m
10.	Werner Hartmann (FRG)	58.48 m
11.	Iosif Nagy (ROU)	58.34 m
12.	Hamed Mohamed Naguib (EGY)	56.62 m
13.	Adnan Houry (SYR)	48.34 m

Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
	Imrich Bugár (TCH)	67.72 m
	Luis Delis (CUB)	67.36 m
	Géjza Valent (TCH)	66.08 m
4.	Ari Huumonen (FIN)	65.44 m
5.	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	64.92 m
6.	Georgiy Kolnootchenko (URS)	63.74 m
7.	Juan Martínez (CUB)	64.26 m
8.	Art Burns (USA)	63.22 m
9.	Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)	62.26 m
10.	Mac Wilkins (USA)	61.46 m
11.	Ihor Duhinets (URS)	60.44 m
12.	Bradley Cooper (BAH)	58.70 m

See also

• 1980 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)

References

• Results
• World Athletics

• Events at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics
• Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships