1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

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)

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
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
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

Medalists

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
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
Rank	Athlete	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