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

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 33 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 9, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 73.50 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Zdzisław Kwaśny Poland (POL) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 08.08.1983 – ??:??h | 08.08.1983 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 09.08.1983 – ??:??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 | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 84.14 m | June 21, 1983 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Event Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |
| Season Best | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 84.14 m | June 21, 1983 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Broken records during the 1983 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 82.68 m | August 9, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Zdzisław Kwaśny (POL) | 73.28 | 73.36 | 75.78 | 75.78 m |
| 2 | 3 | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 75.52 | — | — | 75.52 m |
| 3 | 4 | Juha Tiainen (FIN) | 72.66 | 75.02 | — | 75.02 m |
| 4 | 6 | Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) | 74.74 | — | — | 74.74 m |
| 5 | 8 | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) | 74.46 | — | — | 74.46 m |
| 6 | 10 | Igor Nikulin (URS) | 74.06 | — | — | 74.06 m |
| 7 | 11 | Roland Steuk (GDR) | 73.68 | — | — | 73.68 m |
| 8 | 14 | Frantisek Vrbka (TCH) | 68.06 | 71.72 | 70.34 | 71.72 m |
| 9 | 15 | Robert Weir (GBR) | 71.62 | 70.72 | 68.24 | 71.62 m |
| 10 | 16 | Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN) | 71.42 | X | X | 71.42 m |
| 11 | 20 | Ed Burke (USA) | 67.72 | 69.12 | 68.70 | 69.12 m |
| 12 | 22 | Matthew Mileham (GBR) | X | 67.12 | X | 67.12 m |
| 13 | 25 | Kjell Bystedt (SWE) | 65.84 | 64.72 | 65.86 | 65.86 m |
| 14 | 26 | Hakim Toumi (ALG) | 65.54 | 63.92 | 63.98 | 65.54 m |
| 15 | 27 | Xie Yingqi (CHN) | 62.54 | 65.54 | 63.04 | 65.54 m |
| 16 | 28 | Declan Hegarty (IRL) | 65.46 | X | 64.12 | 65.46 m |
| — | — | Henryk Królak (POL) | X | X | X | NM |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 78.50 | — | — | 78.50 m |
| 2 | 5 | Günther Rodehau (GDR) | 71.28 | 74.86 | — | 74.86 m |
| 3 | 7 | Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) | 74.56 | — | — | 74.56 m |
| 4 | 9 | Harri Huhtala (FIN) | 73.22 | 74.28 | — | 74.28 m |
| 5 | 12 | Christoph Sahner (FRG) | 73.44 | X | 72.42 | 73.44 m |
| 6 | 13 | Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) | 72.06 | 69.86 | X | 72.06 m |
| 7 | 17 | Chris Black (GBR) | X | 71.18 | X | 71.18 m |
| 8 | 18 | Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL) | 70.62 | X | 69.44 | 70.62 m |
| 9 | 19 | Dave McKenzie (USA) | 69.24 | 67.22 | 69.94 | 69.94 m |
| 10 | 21 | Richard Olsen (NOR) | 67.62 | 68.58 | X | 68.58 m |
| 11 | 23 | John McArdle (USA) | X | 64.44 | 66.18 | 66.18 m |
| 12 | 24 | Hans Lotz (AUS) | X | 66.14 | 65.42 | 66.14 m |
| 13 | 29 | Fatmir Bajraktari (ALB) | 61.22 | 61.72 | 64.48 | 64.48 m |
| — | — | Jiri Chamrad (TCH) | X | X | X | NM |
| — | — | Ralf Haber (GDR) | X | X | X | NM |
| — | — | Johann Lindner (AUT) | X | X | X | NM |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 82.68 | 82.04 | 73.54 | 80.90 | 80.26 | 81.84 | 82.68 m | |
| | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 79.22 | 79.76 | 80.64 | 80.94 | 78.96 | X | 80.94 m | |
| | Zdzisław Kwaśny (POL) | 77.38 | 79.42 | 79.16 | 76.44 | 76.40 | X | 79.42 m | NR |
| 4 | Igor Nikulin (URS) | 77.86 | 78.46 | X | 78.96 | 79.34 | 77.74 | 79.34 m | |
| 5 | Günther Rodehau (GDR) | X | 76.04 | 74.80 | 77.08 | 75.36 | 76.12 | 77.08 m | |
| 6 | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) | 76.96 | 76.12 | 75.26 | X | 76.76 | 76.94 | 76.96 m | |
| 7 | Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) | 76.92 | X | 76.70 | 74.82 | 73.74 | X | 76.92 m | |
| 8 | Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) | 76.22 | 74.58 | 76.64 | 76.12 | X | 75.38 | 76.64 m | |
| 9 | Juha Tiainen (FIN) | 73.52 | 74.54 | 75.60 | | | | 75.60 m | |
| 10 | Harri Huhtala (FIN) | 74.52 | 75.46 | 73.96 | | | | 75.46 m | |
| 11 | Christoph Sahner (FRG) | 70.60 | 71.26 | 72.86 | | | | 72.86 m | |
| 12 | Roland Steuk (GDR) | 72.10 | X | X | | | | 72.10 m | |