# 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday 14 August 1983. The qualification mark was set at 6.40 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Heike Daute-Drechsler East Germany (GDR) |
| Silver | Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu Romania (ROU) |
| Bronze | Carol Lewis United States (USA) |

## 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 | Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (ROU) | 7.43 m | June 4, 1983 | Bucharest, Romania |
| Event Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |

## Qualifying round

* Held on Saturday 1983-08-13
| RANK | GROUP A | LENGTH |
| 1. | Carol Lewis (USA) | 6.78 m |
| 2. | Heike Daute-Drechsler (GDR) | 6.65 m |
| 3. | Robyn Lorraway (AUS) | 6.65 m |
| 4. | Tatyana Proskuryakova (URS) | 6.63 m |
| 5. | Vali Ionescu-Constantin (ROU) | 6.44 m |
| 6. | Jarmila Nygrýnová-Strejčková (TCH) | 6.40 m |
| 7. | Shonel Ferguson (BAH) | 6.29 m |
| 8. | Lena Wallin (SWE) | 6.19 m |
| 9. | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia (BRA) | 6.15 m |
| 10. | Heidi Benserud (NOR) | 5.92 m |
| 11. | Jacinta Bartholomew (GRN) | 5.77 m |
| 12. | Marie-Ange Wirtz (SEY) | 5.20 m |
| 13. | Kim Mom (CAM) | 4.90 m |
| — | Sabine Everts (FRG) | NM |
| — | Arja Jussila (FIN) | NM |
| — | Nicole Tombezogo (CAF) | NM |
| — | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | DNS |
| RANK | GROUP B | LENGTH |
| 1. | Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (ROU) | 6.76 m |
| 2. | Zsuzsa Vanyek (HUN) | 6.60 m |
| 3. | Eva Murková (TCH) | 6.57 m |
| 4. | Helga Radtke (GDR) | 6.53 m |
| 5. | Jennifer Innis (GUY) | 6.45 m |
| 6. | Beverly Kinch (GBR) | 6.43 m |
| 7. | Gwen Loud (USA) | 6.37 m |
| 8. | Madeline de Jesús (PUR) | 6.12 m |
| 9. | Halcyon McKnight (JAM) | 6.03 m |
| 10. | Huang Donghuo (CHN) | 5.90 m |
| 11. | Rose Phillips-King (IVB) | 5.40 m |
| 12. | Traore Mariam (UPV) | 4.90 m |
| — | Mercy Mathews-Kuttan (IND) | NM |
| — | Christina Sussiek (FRG) | NM |
| — | Karen Nelson (CAN) | DNS |
| — | Glynis Nunn-Cearns (AUS) | DNS |
| — | Svetlana Zorina (URS) | DNS |

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | LENGTH |
| | Heike Daute-Drechsler (GDR) | 7.27 m |
| | Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (ROU) | 7.15 m |
| | Carol Lewis (USA) | 7.04 m |
| 4. | Tatyana Proskuryakova (URS) | 7.02 m |
| 5. | Beverly Kinch (GBR) | 6.93 m |
| 6. | Zsuzsa Vanyek (HUN) | 6.81 m |
| 7. | Eva Murková (TCH) | 6.80 m |
| 8. | Robyn Lorraway (AUS) | 6.65 m |
| 9. | Vali Ionescu-Constantin (ROU) | 6.62 m |
| 10. | Jarmila Nygrýnová-Strejčková (TCH) | 6.56 m |
| 11. | Jennifer Innis (GUY) | 6.54 m |
| 12. | Helga Radtke (GDR) | 6.44 m |