1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
# 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 14, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Imrich Bugár Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Luis Delis Cuba (CUB) |
| Bronze | Géjza Valent Czechoslovakia (TCH) |

## Schedule

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

Qualification Round :

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| 13.08.1983 – ??:??h | 13.08.1983 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 14.08.1983 – ??:??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 :

| World Record | Yuriy Dumchev (URS) | 71.86 m | May 29, 1983 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Event Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |

## Qualification

| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Luis Delis (CUB) | 64.20 m |
| 2. | Géjza Valent (TCH) | 63.98 m |
| 3. | Georgiy Kolnootchenko (URS) | 63.46 m |
| 4. | Mac Wilkins (USA) | 62.58 m |
| 5. | Ihor Duhinets (URS) | 62.42 m |
| 6. | Ricky Bruch (SWE) | 59.28 m |
| 7. | John Powell (USA) | 58.96 m |
| 8. | Alwin Wagner (FRG) | 58.96 m |
| 9. | Rob Gray (CAN) | 57.92 m |
| 10. | Ion Zamfirache (ROU) | 57.54 m |
| 11. | Øystein Bjørbaek (NOR) | 55.40 m |
| 12. | Vesteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) | 55.20 m |
| 13. | Li Weinan (CHN) | 51.72 m |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Imrich Bugár (TCH) | 65.00 m |
| 2. | Ari Huumonen (FIN) | 63.76 m |
| 3. | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 62.80 m |
| 4. | Bradley Cooper (BAH) | 62.72 m |
| 5. | Art Burns (USA) | 61.88 m |
| 6. | Juan Martínez (CUB) | 60.92 m |
| 7. | Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) | 60.10 m |
| 8. | Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (GRE) | 59.54 m |
| 9. | Yuriy Dumchev (URS) | 58.84 m |
| 10. | Werner Hartmann (FRG) | 58.48 m |
| 11. | Iosif Nagy (ROU) | 58.34 m |
| 12. | Hamed Mohamed Naguib (EGY) | 56.62 m |
| 13. | Adnan Houry (SYR) | 48.34 m |

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE |
| - | - | - |
| | Imrich Bugár (TCH) | 67.72 m |
| | Luis Delis (CUB) | 67.36 m |
| | Géjza Valent (TCH) | 66.08 m |
| 4. | Ari Huumonen (FIN) | 65.44 m |
| 5. | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 64.92 m |
| 6. | Georgiy Kolnootchenko (URS) | 63.74 m |
| 7. | Juan Martínez (CUB) | 64.26 m |
| 8. | Art Burns (USA) | 63.22 m |
| 9. | Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) | 62.26 m |
| 10. | Mac Wilkins (USA) | 61.46 m |
| 11. | Ihor Duhinets (URS) | 60.44 m |
| 12. | Bradley Cooper (BAH) | 58.70 m |
