The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland had a total number of 18 participating athletes, with the final held on 12 August 1983. All results were made with old rules javelin. The qualification mark was set at 84.00 metres.

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

• All results shown are in metres

• World list as of August 6, 1983, just before the start of the competition
•   Competing at the 1983 World Athletics Championships

More information Rank, Athlete ...

Rank	Athlete	Seasons Best	Personal Best
1	Tom Petranoff (USA)	99.72 m	88.40 m
2	Detlef Michel (GDR)	96.72 m	94.52 m
3	Heino Puuste (URS)	94.20 m	90.72 m
4	Dainis Kūla (URS)	91.88 m	92.06 m
5	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	91.44 m	89.78 m
6	Koos van der Merwe (RSA)	91.24 m	88.62 m
7	Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)	90.90 m	93.84 m
8	Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)	90.66 m	81.22 m
9	Mike O'Rourke (NZL)	90.58 m	89.58 m
10	Mike Barnett (USA)	90.36 m	80.86 m
11	Per Erling Olsen (NOR)	90.30 m	88.02 m
12	Jorma Markus (FIN)	89.72 m	90.18 m
13	Agostino Ghesini (ITA)	89.12 m	82.52 m
14	Vasiliy Yershov (URS)	89.02 m	89.00 m
15	Rod Ewaliko (USA)	88.50 m	88.70 m
16	Viktor Yevsyukov (URS)	88.10 m	87.50 m
17	Ramón González (CUB)	87.90 m	75.02 m
18	Raimo Manninen (FIN)	87.86 m	87.58 m
19	Arto Härkönen (FIN)	87.80 m	91.04 m
20	Dariusz Adamus (POL)	87.54 m	87.24 m
21	Stanisław Górak (POL)	87.40 m	84.08 m
22	Aimo Aho (FIN)	87.28 m	89.42 m
23	Esa Utriainen (FIN)	87.28 m	90.94 m
24	Janis Zirnis (URS)	87.20 m	89.48 m
25	Kenth Eldebrink (SWE)	86.86 m	90.00 m
26	Herman Potgieter (RSA)	86.78 m	88.62 m
27	Gerald Weiß (GDR)	86.28 m	89.56 m
28	Laslo Babits (CAN)	86.08 m	84.88 m

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• 1980 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)

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