1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The final was held on Friday August 12, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 17.00 metres.

Medalists Gold Helena FibingerováCzechoslovakia (TCH)Silver Helma KnorscheidtEast Germany (GDR)Bronze Ilona SlupianekEast Germany (GDR)

Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B10.08.1983 – ??:??h10.08.1983 – ??:??hFinal Round12.08.1983 – ??:??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 22.45 m May 11, 1980 Potsdam, East Germany Event Record New eventBroken records during the 1983 World Athletics ChampionshipsEvent Record 19.25 m August 10, 1983 Helsinki, Finland 19.99 m 20.30 m August 12, 1983 20.56 m 20.70 m 21.05 m

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 3 19.25 —— 19.25 m 2 4 19.24 —— 19.24 m 3 5 19.10 —— 19.10 m 4 6 19.09 —— 19.09 m 5 9 18.41 ——18.41 m 6 11 16.98 17.79 — 17.79 m 7 13 16.99 16.57 16.9516.99 m 8 15 15.21 15.86 16.50 16.50 m 9 19 10.37 10.80 11.32 11.32 m 10 20 X X 9.78 9.78 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 19.99 —— 19.99 m 2 2 19.68 —— 19.68 m 3 7 18.97 —— 18.97 m 4 8 18.57 —— 18.57 m 5 10 18.24 —— 18.24 m 6 12 17.61 —— 17.61 m 7 14 16.71 16.91 X16.91 m 8 16 16.02 16.14 X16.14 m 9 17 15.37 15.32 15.03 15.37 m 10 18 13.24 14.23 13.64 14.23 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 19.89 19.69 19.72 19.94 20.30 21.05 21.05 m 20.30 20.70 20.55 20.47 X 20.25 20.70 m 20.56 20.32 19.97 19.52 X X20.56 m 4 18.68 19.16 19.11 20.55 19.77 X 20.55 m 5 19.53 X 20.02 20.01 19.63 19.4520.02 m 6 19.85 19.82 19.77 19.34 19.72 19.08 19.85 m 7 19.72 18.97 X 19.54 18.96 18.21 19.72 m 8 18.45 19.44 19.32 19.47 X 18.87 19.47 m 9 18.24 17.94 19.00 19.00 m 10 18.05 17.60 17.48 18.05 m 11 17.43 17.49 17.79 17.79 m 12 17.01 17.19 17.52 17.52 m

See also 1978 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Prague) 1980 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Moscow) 1982 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Athens) 1983 Shot Put Year Ranking 1984 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Los Angeles) 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart) 1988 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul)

References Results