1983 in hammer throw

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.)

Standing records prior to the 1983 season in track and field
World Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	83.98 m	June 4, 1982	Moscow, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1983 season in track and field
World Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	84.14 m	June 21, 1983	Moscow, Soviet Union

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

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