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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

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These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 14, 1983.

Medalists

Bronze	BUL Mariya Petkova
Bulgaria (BUL)

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round	Group A	Group B	Final Round
09.08.1983 – ??:??h	09.08.1983 – ??:??h
14.08.1983 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

SB	season best

Records

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

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts	Distance	1	2
1	1	Mariya Petkova	58.28	65.84	—	65.84 m
2	2	Zdeňka Šilhavá	64.68	—	—	64.68 m
3	3	Martina Opitz	64.66	—	—	64.66 m
4	5	Galina Murašova	64.00	—	—	64.00 m
5	9	Svetla Mitkova	X	60.58	57.38	60.58 m
6	11	Meg Ritchie	59.28	X	55.92	59.28 m
7	12	Maria Badea	56.60	X	57.82	57.82 m
8	15	Anne Paavolainen	50.54	50.72	54.92	54.92 m
9	16	Li Xiaohui	52.92	51.62	54.58	54.58 m
10	20	Maryline Adam	33.36	X	31.88	33.36 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts	Distance	1	2
1	4	Gisela Beyer	64.14	—	—	64.14 m
2	6	Galina Savinkova	63.58	—	—	63.58 m
3	7	Florența Crăciunescu	61.70	—	—	61.70 m
4	8	Tsvetanka Khristova	55.24	61.50	—	61.50 m
5	10	Ria Stalman	X	60.16	—	60.16 m
6	13	Ulla Lundholm	53.30	57.64	X	57.64 m
7	14	Carol Cady	X	57.34	X	57.34 m
8	17	Venissa Head	53.78	51.16	X	53.78 m
9	18	Mariette Van Heerden	44.58	45.22	44.28	45.22 m
10	19	Mereoni Vibose	42.36	X	X	42.36 m
—	—	Juliet Cain	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Throws	Final	1	2	3	4	5
	Martina Opitz	X	66.42	67.76	67.22	68.74	68.94	68.94 m
	Galina Murašova	X	64.82	65.96	64.80	X	67.44	67.44 m
	Mariya Petkova	62.48	66.44	X	X	X	X	66.44 m
4.	Tsvetanka Khristova	65.62	65.62	63.62	62.24	63.42	62.90	65.62 m
5.	Gisela Beyer	X	65.06	65.00	X	63.84	65.26	65.26 m
6.	Zdeňka Šilhavá	60.58	64.18	62.76	X	64.32	X	64.32 m
7.	Ria Stalman	61.48	63.76	62.42	59.50	63.20	62.92	63.76 m
8.	Meg Ritchie	60.66	62.50	60.50	60.64	X	X	62.50 m
9.	Florența Crăciunescu	55.56	X	62.14		62.14 m
10.	Svetla Mitkova	56.50	62.06	57.44		62.06 m
11.	Galina Savinkova	X	X	59.28		59.28 m
12.	Maria Badea	52.64	57.96	58.10		58.10 m

References

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