# 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The final was held on Friday August 12, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 17.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
| Silver | Helma Knorscheidt East Germany (GDR) |
| Bronze | Ilona Slupianek East Germany (GDR) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 10.08.1983 – ??:??h | 10.08.1983 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 12.08.1983 – ??:??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 | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 22.45 m | May 11, 1980 | Potsdam, East Germany |
| Event Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |
| Broken records during the 1983 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 19.25 m | August 10, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Event Record | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 19.99 m | August 10, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Event Record | Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) | 20.30 m | August 12, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Event Record | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 20.56 m | August 12, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Event Record | Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) | 20.70 m | August 12, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Event Record | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 21.05 m | August 12, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 19.25 | — | — | 19.25 m | |
| 2 | 4 | María Elena Sarría (CUB) | 19.24 | — | — | 19.24 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Nunu Abashidze (URS) | 19.10 | — | — | 19.10 m | |
| 4 | 6 | Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) | 19.09 | — | — | 19.09 m | |
| 5 | 9 | Venissa Head (GBR) | 18.41 | — | — | 18.41 m | |
| 6 | 11 | Gael Mulhall-Martin (AUS) | 16.98 | 17.79 | — | 17.79 m | |
| 7 | 13 | Shen Lijuan (CHN) | 16.99 | 16.57 | 16.95 | 16.99 m | |
| 8 | 15 | Lorna Griffin (USA) | 15.21 | 15.86 | 16.50 | 16.50 m | |
| 9 | 19 | Maryline Adam (VAN) | 10.37 | 10.80 | 11.32 | 11.32 m | |
| 10 | 20 | Magdalene Springer (MNT) | X | X | 9.78 | 9.78 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 19.99 | — | — | 19.99 m | |
| 2 | 2 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 19.68 | — | — | 19.68 m | |
| 3 | 7 | Mihaela Loghin (ROU) | 18.97 | — | — | 18.97 m | |
| 4 | 8 | Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH) | 18.57 | — | — | 18.57 m | |
| 5 | 10 | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 18.24 | — | — | 18.24 m | |
| 6 | 12 | Judy Oakes (GBR) | 17.61 | — | — | 17.61 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Li Meisu (CHN) | 16.71 | 16.91 | X | 16.91 m | |
| 8 | 16 | Meg Ritchie (GBR) | 16.02 | 16.14 | X | 16.14 m | |
| 9 | 17 | Rosemarie Hauch (CAN) | 15.37 | 15.32 | 15.03 | 15.37 m | |
| 10 | 18 | Odette Mistoul (GAB) | 13.24 | 14.23 | 13.64 | 14.23 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 19.89 | 19.69 | 19.72 | 19.94 | 20.30 | 21.05 | 21.05 m | |
| | Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) | 20.30 | 20.70 | 20.55 | 20.47 | X | 20.25 | 20.70 m | |
| | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 20.56 | 20.32 | 19.97 | 19.52 | X | X | 20.56 m | |
| 4 | Nunu Abashidze (URS) | 18.68 | 19.16 | 19.11 | 20.55 | 19.77 | X | 20.55 m | |
| 5 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 19.53 | X | 20.02 | 20.01 | 19.63 | 19.45 | 20.02 m | |
| 6 | Mihaela Loghin (ROU) | 19.85 | 19.82 | 19.77 | 19.34 | 19.72 | 19.08 | 19.85 m | |
| 7 | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 19.72 | 18.97 | X | 19.54 | 18.96 | 18.21 | 19.72 m | |
| 8 | María Elena Sarría (CUB) | 18.45 | 19.44 | 19.32 | 19.47 | X | 18.87 | 19.47 m | |
| 9 | Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH) | 18.24 | 17.94 | 19.00 | | | | 19.00 m | |
| 10 | Venissa Head (GBR) | 18.05 | 17.60 | 17.48 | | | | 18.05 m | |
| 11 | Gael Mulhall-Martin (AUS) | 17.43 | 17.49 | 17.79 | | | | 17.79 m | |
| 12 | Judy Oakes (GBR) | 17.01 | 17.19 | 17.52 | | | | 17.52 m | |