Women Discus Throw Athletics I World Championship 1983 Helsinki, Finland - Sunday 14.08 - Gold Medal: Martina Opitz-Hellmann, East Germany

Women Discus Throw Athletics I World Championship 1983 Helsinki, Finland - Sunday 14.08 - Gold Medal: Martina Opitz-Hellmann, East Germany

Final		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Martina Opitz-Hellmann	GDR	68.94m	X	66.42	67.76	67.22	68.74	68.94
2. Galina Murashova	URS	67.44m	X	64.82	65.96	64.80	X	67.44
3. Maria Vergova-Petkova	BUL	66.44m	62.48	66.44	X	x	X	x
4. Tsvetanka Khristova	BUL	65.62m	65.62	65.62	63.62	62.24	63.42	62.90
5. Gisela Beyer	GDR	65.26m	X	65.06	65.00	X	63.84	65.26
6. Zdenka Silhava	TCH	64.32m	60.58	64.18	62.76	X	64.32	X
7. Ria Stalman	NED	63.76m	61.48	63.76	62.42	59.50	63.20	62.92
8. Meg Ritchie	GBR	62.50m	60.66	62.50	60.50	60.64	X	X
9. Florenta Craciunescu	ROU	62.14m	55.56	X	62.14
10.Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas	BUL	62.06m	56.50	62.06	57.44
11.Galina Savinkova	URS	59.28m	X	X	59.28
12.Maria Badea	ROU	58.10m	52.64	57.96	58.10

Women Discus Throw - History

Venue: Olympic Stadium.

A major shock was the failure of Galina Savinkova – the world record holder at 73.26 – to qualify for three further throws in the final. Just as the Soviet thrower was below her best form, so the GDR’s Martina Opitz must have been inspired. Only her country’s second-string thrower, she took the lead in round 2 and improved with three of her remaining throws. All of these were better than the best of the runnerup Murashova, who clinched the silver with her final throw.

World Record: Galina Savinkova (URS) 73.26m

Qualification - Tuesday 09.08

Mark 61.00m - 8 Athletes passed next 4 were added to Final.

Group A		Distance	Rk.	1.	2.	3.
1. Maria Vergova-Petkova	BUL	65.84m	1.	58.28	65.84	-
2. Zdenka Silhava	TCH	64.68m	2.	64.68	-	-
3. Martina Opitz-Hellmann	GDR	64.66m	3.	64.66	-	-
4. Galina Murashova	URS	64.00m	5.	64.00	-	-
5. Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas	BUL	60.58m	9.	X	60.58	57.38
6. Meg Ritchie	GBR	59.28m	11.	59.28	X	55.92
7. Maria Badea	ROU	57.82m	12.	56.60	X	57.82
8. Anne Paavolainen-Kansakangas	FIN	54.92m	15.	50.54	50.72	54.92
9. Xiaohui Li	CHN	54.58m	16.	52.92	51.62	54.58
10.Maryline Adam	VAN	33.36m	20.	33.36	X	31.88

Group B		Distance	Rk.	1.	2.	3.
1. Gisela Beyer	GDR	64.14m	4.	64.14	-	-
2. Galina Savinkova	URS	63.58m	6.	63.58	-	-
3. Florenta Craciunescu	ROU	61.70m	7.	61.50	-	-
4. Tsvetanka Khristova	BUL	61.50m	8.	55.24	61.50	-
5. Ria Stalman	NED	60.16m	10.	X	60.16	-
6. Ulla Lundholm	FIN	57.64m	13.	53.30	57.64	X
7. Carol Cady	USA	57.34m	14.	X	57.34	X
8. Venissa Head	GBR	53.78m	17.	53.78	51.16	X
9. Mariette Van Heerden	ZIM	45.22m	18.	44.58	45.22	44.28
10.Mereoni Vibose	FIJ	42.36m	19.	42.36	X	X
-. Juliet Cain	NAU	NM		X	X	X