1983 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin

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These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 1983-08-13. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

1 Final
2 Qualification
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	70.82 m
	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	69.14 m
	Anna Verouli (GRE)	65.72 m
4.	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	64.76 m
5.	Eva Raduly-Zorgo (ROU)	63.86 m
6.	Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)	62.44 m
7.	Beate Peters (FRG)	62.42 m
8.	María Colón (CUB)	62.04 m
9.	Petra Felke-Meier (GDR)	62.02 m
10.	Karin Smith (USA)	59.76 m
11.	Antje Kempe-Zollkau (GDR)	58.82 m
12.	Mayra Vila (CUB)	57.80 m

[edit] Qualification

Held on Friday 1983-08-12

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	64.80 m
2.	Petra Felke-Meier (GDR)	64.46 m
3.	Mayra Vila (CUB)	62.78 m
4.	Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)	62.06 m
5.	Karin Bergdahl (SWE)	60.64 m
6.	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)	59.70 m
7.	Elena Burgarová (TCH)	58.48 m
8.	Monique Lapres (CAN)	54.70 m
9.	Xin Xiaoli (CHN)	52.52 m
10.	Jennifer Pace (MLT)	41.96 m
—	Sofia Sakorafa (GRE)	DNS

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	69.16 m
2.	Anna Verouli (GRE)	68.50 m
3.	Antje Kempe-Zollkau (GDR)	62.74 m
4.	Eva Raduly-Zorgo (ROU)	61.92 m
5.	Karin Smith (USA)	61.48 m
6.	Beate Peters (FRG)	61.18 m
7.	María Colón (CUB)	60.98 m
8.	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	60.96 m
9.	Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)	59.34 m
10.	Emi Matsui (JPN)	55.52 m
11.	Mereoni Vibose (FIJ)	49.44 m
12.	Norsham Yoon (MAS)	40.40 m