1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put explained

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 Fibingerová Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Silver	Helma Knorscheidt East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Ilona Slupianek East Germany (GDR)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
10.08.1983  - ??:??h	10.08.1983  - ??:??h
Final Round
12.08.1983  - ??:??h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
		22.45 m	May 11, 1980
	New event
Broken records during the 1983 World Athletics Championships
		19.25 m	August 10, 1983
		19.99 m
		20.30 m	August 12, 1983
		20.56 m
		20.70 m
		21.05 m

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
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	16.95	16.99 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

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
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	X	16.91 m
8	16		16.02	16.14	X	16.14 m
9	17		15.37	15.32	15.03	15.37 m
10	18		13.24	14.23	13.64	14.23 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		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	X	20.56 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	19.45	20.02 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