# 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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).

## Medalists

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

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 12.08.1983 – ??:??h | 12.08.1983 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 13.08.1983 – ??:??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 | Tiina Lillak (FIN) | 74.76 m | June 13, 1983 | Tampere, Finland |
| Event Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |
| Season Best | Tiina Lillak (FIN) | 74.76 m | June 13, 1983 | Tampere, Finland |

## Qualification
### Group A

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

### Group B

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

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance |
| | 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 |