1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 1983 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 13, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 62.00 metres. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Gold	Tiina Lillak Finland (FIN)
Silver	Fatima Whitbread Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Anna Verouli Greece (GRE)

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

• All results shown are in metres

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	74.76 m	June 13, 1983	Tampere, Finland
Event Record	New event
Season Best	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	74.76 m	June 13, 1983	Tampere, Finland

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	3	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	64.80	—	—	64.80 m
2	4	Petra Felke (GDR)	60.08	57.80	64.46	64.46 m
3	5	Mayra Vila (CUB)	53.44	60.46	62.78	62.78 m
4	7	Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)	62.06	—	—	62.06 m
5	13	Karin Bergdahl (SWE)	60.64	X	59.14	60.64 m
6	14	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)	58.84	56.16	59.70	59.70 m
7	16	Elena Burgárová (TCH)	57.30	58.48	56.40	58.48 m
8	18	Monique Lapres (CAN)	51.48	54.70	48.70	54.70 m
9	19	Xin Xiaoli (CHN)	49.70	44.62	52.52	52.52 m
10	21	Jennifer Pace (MLT)	40.72	41.96	41.52	41.96 m
—	—	Sofia Sakorafa (GRE)	—	—	—	DNS

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	58.14	69.16	—	69.16 m
2	2	Anna Verouli (GRE)	68.50	—	—	68.50 m
3	6	Antje Kempe (GDR)	62.74	—	—	62.74 m
4	8	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROU)	61.92	59.14	60.54	61.92 m
5	9	Karin Smith (USA)	61.48	58.90	58.92	61.48 m
6	10	Beate Peters (FRG)	57.10	60.00	61.18	61.18 m
7	11	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	60.98	X	55.08	60.98 m
8	12	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	X	57.34	60.96	60.96 m
9	15	Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)	59.34	53.68	58.00	59.34 m
10	17	Emi Matsui (JPN)	X	55.52	53.10	55.52 m
11	20	Mereoni Vibose (FIJ)	49.00	48.48	49.44	49.44 m
12	22	Norsham Yoon (MAS)	40.40	X	37.00	40.40 m

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	67.34	59.04	63.24	63.56	67.46	70.82	70.82 m
	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	69.14	X	64.48	X	61.78	X	69.14 m
	Anna Verouli (GRE)	X	61.74	62.38	63.08	65.72	X	65.72 m
4	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	64.76	63.66	63.94	64.10	64.00	59.74	64.76 m
5	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROU)	63.38	60.32	57.36	60.92	63.86	61.80	63.86 m
6	Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)	50.50	62.44	X	56.52	X	59.04	62.44 m
7	Beate Peters (FRG)	59.22	X	62.42	X	59.30	X	62.42 m
8	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	61.52	62.04	56.96	57.34	57.88	56.32	62.04 m
9	Petra Felke (GDR)	X	61.82	62.02				62.02 m
10	Karin Smith (USA)	56.76	X	59.76				59.76 m
11	Antje Kempe (GDR)	58.82	X	54.84				58.82 m
12	Mayra Vila (CUB)	57.60	53.72	57.80				57.80 m

• 1980 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Moscow)
• 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1984 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)

• Results