Events at the 1983 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The final was held on Friday August 12, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 17.00 metres.

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

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

• All results shown are in metres

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

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

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

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

• 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)

• Results