1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus 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
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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.

Gold	Martina Opitz East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Galina Murašova Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Mariya Petkova Bulgaria (BUL)

• 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	Galina Savinkova (URS)	73.26 m	May 22, 1983	Leselidze, Soviet Union
Event Record	New event

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

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

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

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

• Results