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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

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Summary

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These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 33 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 9, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 73.50 metres.

Medalists

Bronze	POL Zdzisław Kwaśny
Poland (POL)

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round	Group A	Group B	Final Round
08.08.1983 – ??:??h	08.08.1983 – ??:??h
09.08.1983 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships	Broken records during the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Sergey Litvinov
Event Record	New event
Season Best	Sergey Litvinov
Event Record	Sergey Litvinov

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts	Distance	1	2
1	2	Zdzisław Kwaśny	73.28	73.36	75.78	75.78 m
2	3	Yuriy Sedykh	75.52	—	—	75.52 m
3	4	Juha Tiainen	72.66	75.02	—	75.02 m
4	6	Emanuil Dyulgerov	74.74	—	—	74.74 m
5	8	Klaus Ploghaus	74.46	—	—	74.46 m
6	10	Igor Nikulin	74.06	—	—	74.06 m
7	11	Roland Steuk	73.68	—	—	73.68 m
8	14	Frantisek Vrbka	68.06	71.72	70.34	71.72 m
9	15	Robert Weir	71.62	70.72	68.24	71.62 m
10	16	Shigenobu Murofushi	71.42	X	X	71.42 m
11	20	Ed Burke	67.72	69.12	68.70	69.12 m
12	22	Matthew Mileham	X	67.12	X	67.12 m
13	25	Kjell Bystedt	65.84	64.72	65.86	65.86 m
14	26	Hakim Toumi	65.54	63.92	63.98	65.54 m
15	27	Xie Yingqi	62.54	65.54	63.04	65.54 m
16	28	Declan Hegarty	65.46	X	64.12	65.46 m
—	—	Henryk Królak	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts	Distance	1	2
1	2	Sergey Litvinov	78.50	—	—	78.50 m
2	5	Günther Rodehau	71.28	74.86	—	74.86 m
3	7	Karl-Hans Riehm	74.56	—	—	74.56 m
4	9	Harri Huhtala	73.22	74.28	—	74.28 m
5	12	Christoph Sahner	73.44	X	72.42	73.44 m
6	13	Giampaolo Urlando	72.06	69.86	X	72.06 m
7	17	Chris Black	X	71.18	X	71.18 m
8	18	Mariusz Tomaszewski	70.62	X	69.44	70.62 m
9	19	Dave McKenzie	69.24	67.22	69.94	69.94 m
10	21	Richard Olsen	67.62	68.58	X	68.58 m
11	23	John McArdle	X	64.44	66.18	66.18 m
12	24	Hans Lotz	X	66.14	65.42	66.14 m
13	29	Fatmir Bajraktari	61.22	61.72	64.48	64.48 m
—	—	Jiri Chamrad	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Ralf Haber	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Johann Lindner	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts	Distance	Note	1	2	3	4	5
	Sergey Litvinov	82.68	82.04	73.54	80.90	80.26	81.84	82.68 m
	Yuriy Sedykh	79.22	79.76	80.64	80.94	78.96	X	80.94 m
	Zdzisław Kwaśny	77.38	79.42	79.16	76.44	76.40	X	79.42 m	NR
4	Igor Nikulin	77.86	78.46	X	78.96	79.34	77.74	79.34 m
5	Günther Rodehau	X	76.04	74.80	77.08	75.36	76.12	77.08 m
6	Klaus Ploghaus	76.96	76.12	75.26	X	76.76	76.94	76.96 m
7	Karl-Hans Riehm	76.92	X	76.70	74.82	73.74	X	76.92 m
8	Emanuil Dyulgerov	76.22	74.58	76.64	76.12	X	75.38	76.64 m
9	Juha Tiainen	73.52	74.54	75.60		75.60 m
10	Harri Huhtala	74.52	75.46	73.96		75.46 m
11	Christoph Sahner	70.60	71.26	72.86		72.86 m
12	Roland Steuk	72.10	X	X		72.10 m

References

Kwaśny originally threw 81.54 metres in the last round which would have given him the silver medal. However, after a protest and video re-analysis a day later, the judges decided to count that throw as a foul which relegated him to third place. [http://www.sport.pl/sport/1,65025,1640281.html Lekkoatletyka: Rozmowa ze Zdzisławem Kwaśnym, medalistą mistrzostw świata w 1983 r.]

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