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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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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

Bronze	URS Dainis Kūla
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round	Group A	Group B	Final Round
10.08.1983 – 10:00h	10.08.1983 – 11:40h
12.08.1983 – 18:55h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

SB	season best

Startlist

World list as of August 6, 1983, just before the start of the competition

Rank	Athlete	Seasons Best	Personal Best
1	Tom Petranoff	99.72 m	88.40 m
2	Detlef Michel	96.72 m	94.52 m
3	Heino Puuste	94.20 m	90.72 m
4	Dainis Kūla	91.88 m	92.06 m
5	Klaus Tafelmeier	91.44 m	89.78 m
6	Koos van der Merwe	91.24 m	88.62 m
7	Pentti Sinersaari	90.90 m	93.84 m
8	Einar Vilhjálmsson	90.66 m	81.22 m
9	Mike O'Rourke	90.58 m	89.58 m
10	Mike Barnett	90.36 m	80.86 m
11	Per Erling Olsen	90.30 m	88.02 m
12	Jorma Markus	89.72 m	90.18 m
13	Agostino Ghesini	89.12 m	82.52 m
14	Vasiliy Yershov	89.02 m	89.00 m
15	Rod Ewaliko	88.50 m	88.70 m
16	Viktor Yevsyukov	88.10 m	87.50 m
17	Ramón González	87.90 m	75.02 m
18	Raimo Manninen	87.86 m	87.58 m
19	Arto Härkönen	87.80 m	91.04 m
20	Dariusz Adamus	87.54 m	87.24 m
21	Stanisław Górak	87.40 m	84.08 m
22	Aimo Aho	87.28 m	89.42 m
23	Esa Utriainen	87.28 m	90.94 m
24	Janis Zirnis	87.20 m	89.48 m
25	Kenth Eldebrink	86.86 m	90.00 m
26	Herman Potgieter	86.78 m	88.62 m
27	Gerald Weiß	86.28 m	89.56 m
28	Laslo Babits	86.08 m	84.88 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record
Event Record
Season Best

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts	Distance	1	2
1	2	Klaus Tafelmeier	X	88.86	—	88.86 m
2	5	Tom Petranoff	85.68	—	—	85.68 m
3	8	Esa Utriainen	76.18	84.22	—	84.22 m
4	9	Dainis Kūla	78.58	X	83.16	83.16 m
5	11	Rod Ewaliko	82.68	79.38	76.46	82.68 m
6	12	Aimo Aho	72.60	81.92	79.66	81.92 m
7	13	Einar Vilhjálmsson	81.72	77.08	X	81.72 m
8	17	Zakayo Malekwa	72.92	X	72.80	72.92 m
9	18	Trevor Modeste	X	51.84	X	51.84 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts	Distance	1	2
1	1	Detlef Michel	90.40	—	—	90.40 m
2	3	Bob Roggy	73.30	86.16	—	86.16 m
3	4	Heino Puuste	82.18	85.86	—	85.86 m
4	6	Kenth Eldebrink	85.64	—	—	85.64 m
5	7	Zdeněk Adamec	83.42	84.54	—	84.54 m
6	10	Per Erling Olsen	82.72	X	83.10	83.10 m
7	14	Arto Härkönen	81.42	80.22	77.76	81.42 m
8	15	Mike O'Rourke	75.32	X	X	75.32 m
9	16	Laslo Babits	74.16	X	X	74.16 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts	Distance	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Detlef Michel	88.96	89.48	88.74	X	X	86.70	89.48 m
	Tom Petranoff	80.38	85.60	85.30	X	X	X	85.60 m
	Dainis Kūla	85.58	80.70	82.78	82.42	83.08	X	85.58 m
4	Heino Puuste	77.04	78.86	84.56	79.00	70.16	81.66	84.56 m
5	Per Erling Olsen	X	81.72	83.54	77.60	74.92	X	83.54 m
6	Kenth Eldebrink	83.28	78.84	X	78.94	X	77.26		83.28 m
7	Zdeněk Adamec	81.30	X	X	X	75.62	X	81.30 m
8	Klaus Tafelmeier	75.06	80.42	X	X	X	X	80.42 m
9	Bob Roggy	79.84	78.02	74.82		79.84 m
10	Aimo Aho	79.34	X	78.08		79.34 m
11	Rod Ewaliko	76.58	76.46	77.74		77.74 m
12	Esa Utriainen	X	76.66	X		76.66 m

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