This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1983 in the Men's hammer throw . One of the main events during this season were the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki, Finland , where the final of the men's competition was held on Tuesday August 9, 1983. (The women did not compete in the hammer throw until the early 1990s.)
Records
1983 World Year Ranking
Rank
Mark
Athlete
Venue
Date
Note
1
84.14 m
Sergey Litvinov (URS )
Moscow , Soviet Union
21.06.1983
WR
2
82.92 m
Igor Nikulin (URS )
Leningrad , Soviet Union
03.06.1983
3
81.18 m
Yuriy Tarasyuk (URS )
Minsk , Soviet Union
02.05.1983
PB
4
81.02 m
Juha Tiainen (FIN )
Mäntyharju , Finland
30.08.1983
PB
5
80.94 m
Yuriy Sedykh (URS )
Helsinki, Finland
09.08.1983
6
80.26 m
Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG )
Rhede , West Germany
29.07.1983
7
80.24 m
Grigoriy Shevtsov (URS )
Volgograd , Soviet Union
09.05.1983
PB
8
80.18 m
Zdzisław Kwaśny (POL )
London , United Kingdom
21.08.1983
PB
9
80.04 m
Klaus Ploghaus (FRG )
Rehlingen , West Germany
23.05.1983
10
80.00 m
Anatoliy Chyuzhas (URS )
Stayki , Soviet Union
29.05.1983
PB
11
79.56 m
Anatoliy Yefimov (URS )
Adler , Soviet Union
24.04.1983
PB
12
79.18 m
Jüri Tamm (URS )
Leselidze , Soviet Union
21.05.1983
13
79.02 m
Ralf Haber (GDR )
Los Angeles , United States
26.06.1983
PB
14
78.68 m
Harri Huhtala (FIN )
Helsinki, Finland
06.07.1983
PB
15
78.40 m
Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL )
Szczecinski , Poland
21.08.1983
PB
16
78.28 m
Viktor Bobryshev (URS )
Leningrad , Soviet Union
19.08.1983
PB
17
78.22 m
Roland Steuk (GDR )
Karl-Marx-Stadt , East Germany
18.06.1983
18
78.14 m
Günther Rodehau (GDR )
Halle , East Germany
26.06.1983
PB
19
78.00 m
Sergey Dorozhon (URS )
Moscow , Soviet Union
07.08.1983
PB
20
77.98 m
Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL )
Sofia, Bulgaria
11.06.1983
PB
21
77.88 m
Christoph Sahner (FRG )
Rehlingen , West Germany
23.05.1983
PB
22
77.80 m
Boris Zaychuk (URS )
Moscow , Soviet Union
11.06.1983
77.80 m
Yuriy Kashchenko (URS )
Dnipropetrovsk , Soviet Union
25.09.1983
PB
24
77.78 m
Giampaolo Urlando (ITA )
Formia , Italy
30.07.1983
77.78 m
Pavel Ryepin (URS )
Kyiv , Soviet Union
24.08.1983
References