title: 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
text: # 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
  
  These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday 14 August 1983. The qualification mark was set at 6.40 metres.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Heike Daute-Drechsler East Germany (GDR) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu Romania (ROU) |
  | Bronze | Carol Lewis United States (USA) |
  
  ## Schedule
  
  * All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
  
  Qualification Round :
  
  | Group A | Group B |
  | - | - |
  | 13.08.1983 – ??:??h | 13.08.1983 – ??:??h |
  | Final Round ||
  | 14.08.1983 – ??:??h ||
  
  ## 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 | Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (ROU) | 7.43 m | June 4, 1983 | Bucharest, Romania |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Event Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |
  
  ## Qualifying round
  
  * Held on Saturday 1983-08-13
  
  | RANK | GROUP A | LENGTH |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Carol Lewis (USA) | 6.78 m |
  | 2. | Heike Daute-Drechsler (GDR) | 6.65 m |
  | 3. | Robyn Lorraway (AUS) | 6.65 m |
  | 4. | Tatyana Proskuryakova (URS) | 6.63 m |
  | 5. | Vali Ionescu-Constantin (ROU) | 6.44 m |
  | 6. | Jarmila Nygrýnová-Strejčková (TCH) | 6.40 m |
  | 7. | Shonel Ferguson (BAH) | 6.29 m |
  | 8. | Lena Wallin (SWE) | 6.19 m |
  | 9. | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia (BRA) | 6.15 m |
  | 10. | Heidi Benserud (NOR) | 5.92 m |
  | 11. | Jacinta Bartholomew (GRN) | 5.77 m |
  | 12. | Marie-Ange Wirtz (SEY) | 5.20 m |
  | 13. | Kim Mom (CAM) | 4.90 m |
  | — | Sabine Everts (FRG) | NM |
  | — | Arja Jussila (FIN) | NM |
  | — | Nicole Tombezogo (CAF) | NM |
  | — | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | DNS |
  | RANK | GROUP B | LENGTH |
  | 1. | Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (ROU) | 6.76 m |
  | 2. | Zsuzsa Vanyek (HUN) | 6.60 m |
  | 3. | Eva Murková (TCH) | 6.57 m |
  | 4. | Helga Radtke (GDR) | 6.53 m |
  | 5. | Jennifer Innis (GUY) | 6.45 m |
  | 6. | Beverly Kinch (GBR) | 6.43 m |
  | 7. | Gwen Loud (USA) | 6.37 m |
  | 8. | Madeline de Jesús (PUR) | 6.12 m |
  | 9. | Halcyon McKnight (JAM) | 6.03 m |
  | 10. | Donghuo Huang (CHN) | 5.90 m |
  | 11. | Rose Phillips-King (IVB) | 5.40 m |
  | 12. | Traore Mariam (UPV) | 4.90 m |
  | — | Mercy Mathews-Kuttan (IND) | NM |
  | — | Christina Sussiek (FRG) | NM |
  | — | Karen Nelson (CAN) | DNS |
  | — | Glynis Nunn-Cearns (AUS) | DNS |
  | — | Svetlana Zorina (URS) | DNS |
  
  ## Final
  
  | RANK | FINAL | LENGTH |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Heike Daute-Drechsler (GDR) | 7.27 m |
  | | Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu (ROU) | 7.15 m |
  | | Carol Lewis (USA) | 7.04 m |
  | 4. | Tatyana Proskuryakova (URS) | 7.02 m |
  | 5. | Beverly Kinch (GBR) | 6.93 m |
  | 6. | Zsuzsa Vanyek (HUN) | 6.81 m |
  | 7. | Eva Murková (TCH) | 6.80 m |
  | 8. | Robyn Lorraway (AUS) | 6.65 m |
  | 9. | Vali Ionescu-Constantin (ROU) | 6.62 m |
  | 10. | Jarmila Nygrýnová-Strejčková (TCH) | 6.56 m |
  | 11. | Jennifer Innis (GUY) | 6.54 m |
  | 12. | Helga Radtke (GDR) | 6.44 m |
  