title: 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
text: # 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
  
  These are the official results of men's shot put at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with the final held on 7 August 1983.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Edward Sarul Poland (POL) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Ulf Timmermann East Germany (GDR) |
  | Bronze | Remigius Machura Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
  
  ## Schedule
  
  * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)
  
  Qualification Round :
  
  | Group A | Group B |
  | - | - |
  | 07.08.1983 – 11:00h | 07.08.1983 – 11:00h |
  | Final Round ||
  | 07.08.1983 – 19:00h ||
  
  ## Abbreviations
  
  * All results shown are in metres
  
  | Q | automatic qualification |
  | - | - |
  | q | qualification by rank |
  | DNS | did not start |
  | NM | no mark |
  | WR | world record |
  | AR | area record |
  | NR | national record |
  | PB | personal best |
  | SB | season best |
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships :
  
  | World Record | Udo Beyer (GDR) | 22.22 m | June 25, 1983 | Los Angeles, United States |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Event Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |
  | Broken records during the 1983 World Athletics Championships |||||
  | Event Record | Dave Laut (USA) | 21.08 m | August 7, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
  | Event Record | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 21.16 m | August 7, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
  | Event Record | Edward Sarul (POL) | 21.39 m | August 7, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
  
  ## Final
  
  | RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Edward Sarul (POL) | 21.39 m |
  | | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 21.16 m |
  | | Remigius Machura (TCH) | 20.98 m |
  | 4. | Dave Laut (USA) | 20.60 m |
  | 5. | Jānis Bojārs (URS) | 20.32 m |
  | 6. | Udo Beyer (GDR) | 20.09 m |
  | 7. | Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 20.07 m |
  | 8. | Aulis Akonniemi (FIN) | 19.85 m |
  | 9. | Vladimir Milić (YUG) | 19.71 m |
  | 10. | Mike Lehmann (USA) | 19.69 m |
  | 11. | Josef Kubeš (TCH) | 19.67 m |
  | 12. | Ivan Ivančić (YUG) | 19.52 m |
  
  ## Qualification
  
  * Held on Sunday 1983-08-07
  
  | RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Dave Laut (USA) | 21.08 m |
  | 2. | Remigius Machura (TCH) | 20.76 m |
  | 3. | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 20.10 m |
  | 4. | Jānis Bojārs (URS) | 20.04 m |
  | 5. | Vladimir Milić (YUG) | 19.66 m |
  | 6. | Aulis Akonniemi (FIN) | 19.65 m |
  | 7. | Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 19.57 m |
  | 8. | Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN) | 18.68 m |
  | 9. | Ahmed Kamel Shatta (EGY) | 16.73 m |
  | — | Adnan Houry (SYR) | NM |
  | RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
  | 1. | Edward Sarul (POL) | 20.82 m |
  | 2. | Udo Beyer (GDR) | 20.29 m |
  | 3. | Mike Lehmann (USA) | 19.88 m |
  | 4. | Ivan Ivančić (YUG) | 19.74 m |
  | 5. | Josef Kubeš (TCH) | 19.73 m |
  | 6. | Kevin Akins (USA) | 19.48 m |
  | 7. | Erwin Weitzl (AUT) | 19.23 m |
  | 8. | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 19.18 m |
  | 9. | Bruno Pauletto (CAN) | 18.32 m |
  | 10. | Sergey Smirnov (URS) | 18.03 m |
  