1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Medalists

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

Schedule

• All times are
  UTC+2
  )

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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
Broken records during the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)	19.25 m	August 10, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	19.99 m
	Helma Knorscheidt (GDR)	20.30 m	August 12, 1983
	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	20.56 m
	Helma Knorscheidt (GDR)	20.70 m
	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)	21.05 m

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
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			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
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						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	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

See also

• 1978 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Prague)
• 1980 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Moscow)
• 1982 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Athens)
• 1983 Shot Put Year Ranking
• 1984 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul)

References

• Results