This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1983 in the Men's hammer throw. One of the main events during this season were the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, where the final of the men's competition was held on Tuesday August 9, 1983. (The women did not compete in the hammer throw until the early 1990s.)
| Standing records prior to the 1983 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
83.98 m | June 4, 1982 | Moscow, Soviet Union
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| Broken records during the 1983 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
84.14 m | June 21, 1983 | Moscow, Soviet Union
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| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 84.14 m | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 21.06.1983 | WR |
| 2 | 82.92 m | Igor Nikulin (URS) |
Leningrad, Soviet Union | 03.06.1983 | |
| 3 | 81.18 m | Yuriy Tarasyuk (URS) |
Minsk, Soviet Union | 02.05.1983 | PB |
| 4 | 81.02 m |  Juha Tiainen (FIN) |
Mäntyharju, Finland | 30.08.1983 | PB |
| 5 | 80.94 m | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
Helsinki, Finland | 09.08.1983 | |
| 6 | 80.26 m |  Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) |
Rhede, West Germany | 29.07.1983 | |
| 7 | 80.24 m | Grigoriy Shevtsov (URS) |
Volgograd, Soviet Union | 09.05.1983 | PB |
| 8 | 80.18 m |  Zdzisław Kwaśny (POL) |
London, United Kingdom | 21.08.1983 | PB |
| 9 | 80.04 m | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) |
Rehlingen, West Germany | 23.05.1983 | |
| 10 | 80.00 m | Anatoliy Chyuzhas (URS) |
Stayki, Soviet Union | 29.05.1983 | PB |
| 11 | 79.56 m | Anatoliy Yefimov (URS) |
Adler, Soviet Union | 24.04.1983 | PB |
| 12 | 79.18 m | Jüri Tamm (URS) |
Leselidze, Soviet Union | 21.05.1983 | |
| 13 | 79.02 m |  Ralf Haber (GDR) |
Los Angeles, United States | 26.06.1983 | PB |
| 14 | 78.68 m | Harri Huhtala (FIN) |
Helsinki, Finland | 06.07.1983 | PB |
| 15 | 78.40 m | Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL) |
Szczecinski, Poland | 21.08.1983 | PB |
| 16 | 78.28 m | Viktor Bobryshev (URS) |
Leningrad, Soviet Union | 19.08.1983 | PB |
| 17 | 78.22 m | Roland Steuk (GDR) |
Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | 18.06.1983 | |
| 18 | 78.14 m | Günther Rodehau (GDR) |
Halle, East Germany | 26.06.1983 | PB |
| 19 | 78.00 m | Sergey Dorozhon (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 07.08.1983 | PB |
| 20 | 77.98 m |  Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) |
Sofia, Bulgaria | 11.06.1983 | PB |
| 21 | 77.88 m | Christoph Sahner (FRG) |
Rehlingen, West Germany | 23.05.1983 | PB |
| 22 | 77.80 m | Boris Zaychuk (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 11.06.1983 | |
| 77.80 m | Yuriy Kashchenko (URS) |
Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union | 25.09.1983 | PB | |
| 24 | 77.78 m |  Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) |
Formia, Italy | 30.07.1983 | |
| 77.78 m | Pavel Ryepin (URS) |
Kyiv, Soviet Union | 24.08.1983 |