Events at the 1983 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland had a total number of 18 participating athletes, with the final held on 12 August 1983. All results were made with old rules javelin. The qualification mark was set at 84.00 metres.

Gold	Detlef Michel East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Tom Petranoff United States (USA)
Bronze	Dainis Kūla Soviet Union (URS)

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

• All results shown are in metres

• World list as of August 6, 1983, just before the start of the competition
•   Competing at the 1983 World Athletics Championships

Rank	Athlete	Seasons Best	Personal Best
1	Tom Petranoff (USA)	99.72 m	88.40 m
2	Detlef Michel (GDR)	96.72 m	94.52 m
3	Heino Puuste (URS)	94.20 m	90.72 m
4	Dainis Kūla (URS)	91.88 m	92.06 m
5	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	91.44 m	89.78 m
6	Koos van der Merwe (RSA)	91.24 m	88.62 m
7	Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)	90.90 m	93.84 m
8	Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)	90.66 m	81.22 m
9	Mike O'Rourke (NZL)	90.58 m	89.58 m
10	Mike Barnett (USA)	90.36 m	80.86 m
11	Per Erling Olsen (NOR)	90.30 m	88.02 m
12	Jorma Markus (FIN)	89.72 m	90.18 m
13	Agostino Ghesini (ITA)	89.12 m	82.52 m
14	Vasiliy Yershov (URS)	89.02 m	89.00 m
15	Rod Ewaliko (USA)	88.50 m	88.70 m
16	Viktor Yevsyukov (URS)	88.10 m	87.50 m
17	Ramón González (CUB)	87.90 m	75.02 m
18	Raimo Manninen (FIN)	87.86 m	87.58 m
19	Arto Härkönen (FIN)	87.80 m	91.04 m
20	Dariusz Adamus (POL)	87.54 m	87.24 m
21	Stanisław Górak (POL)	87.40 m	84.08 m
22	Aimo Aho (FIN)	87.28 m	89.42 m
23	Esa Utriainen (FIN)	87.28 m	90.94 m
24	Janis Zirnis (URS)	87.20 m	89.48 m
25	Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)	86.86 m	90.00 m
26	Herman Potgieter (RSA)	86.78 m	88.62 m
27	Gerald Weiß (GDR)	86.28 m	89.56 m
28	Laslo Babits (CAN)	86.08 m	84.88 m

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Tom Petranoff (USA)	99.72 m	May 15, 1983	Los Angeles, United States
Event Record	New event
Season Best	Tom Petranoff (USA)	99.72 m	May 15, 1983	Los Angeles, United States

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	X	88.86	—	88.86 m
2	5	Tom Petranoff (USA)	85.68	—	—	85.68 m
3	8	Esa Utriainen (FIN)	76.18	84.22	—	84.22 m
4	9	Dainis Kūla (URS)	78.58	X	83.16	83.16 m
5	11	Rod Ewaliko (USA)	82.68	79.38	76.46	82.68 m
6	12	Aimo Aho (FIN)	72.60	81.92	79.66	81.92 m
7	13	Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)	81.72	77.08	X	81.72 m
8	17	Zakayo Malekwa (TAN)	72.92	X	72.80	72.92 m
9	18	Trevor Modeste (GRN)	X	51.84	X	51.84 m

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Detlef Michel (GDR)	90.40	—	—	90.40 m
2	3	Bob Roggy (USA)	73.30	86.16	—	86.16 m
3	4	Heino Puuste (URS)	82.18	85.86	—	85.86 m
4	6	Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)	85.64	—	—	85.64 m
5	7	Zdeněk Adamec (TCH)	83.42	84.54	—	84.54 m
6	10	Per Erling Olsen (NOR)	82.72	X	83.10	83.10 m
7	14	Arto Härkönen (FIN)	81.42	80.22	77.76	81.42 m
8	15	Mike O'Rourke (NZL)	75.32	X	X	75.32 m
9	16	Laslo Babits (CAN)	74.16	X	X	74.16 m

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Detlef Michel (GDR)	88.96	89.48	88.74	X	X	86.70	89.48 m
	Tom Petranoff (USA)	80.38	85.60	85.30	X	X	X	85.60 m
	Dainis Kūla (URS)	85.58	80.70	82.78	82.42	83.08	X	85.58 m
4	Heino Puuste (URS)	77.04	78.86	84.56	79.00	70.16	81.66	84.56 m
5	Per Erling Olsen (NOR)	X	81.72	83.54	77.60	74.92	X	83.54 m
6	Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)	83.28	78.84	X	78.94	X	77.26	83.28 m
7	Zdeněk Adamec (TCH)	81.30	X	X	X	75.62	X	81.30 m
8	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	75.06	80.42	X	X	X	X	80.42 m
9	Bob Roggy (USA)	79.84	78.02	74.82				79.84 m
10	Aimo Aho (FIN)	79.34	X	78.08				79.34 m
11	Rod Ewaliko (USA)	76.58	76.46	77.74				77.74 m
12	Esa Utriainen (FIN)	X	76.66	X				76.66 m

• 1980 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)

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