1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday September 1, 1987. The qualification round was staged on Monday August 31, 1987, with the mark set at 80.00 metres.

Medalists Gold Sergey LitvinovSoviet Union (URS)Silver Jüri TammSoviet Union (URS)Bronze Ralf HaberEast Germany (GDR)

Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B31.08.1987 – ??:??h31.08.1987 – ??:??hFinal Round01.09.1987 – 15:00h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships World Record 86.74 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany Event Record 82.68 m August 9, 1983 Helsinki, Finland Season Best 83.48 m June 21, 1987 Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships Event Record 83.06 m September 1, 1987 Rome, Italy

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 81.78 m 2 9 76.12 m 3 10 76.06 m 4 12 75.18 m 5 13 75.10 m 6 14 74.80 m 7 15 74.46 m 8 16 74.00 m 9 17 73.58 m 10 19 73.46 m 11 21 72.70 m 12 24 63.70 m 13 25 63.68 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 2 79.46 m 2 3 78.60 m 3 4 77.78 m 4 5 77.52 m 5 6 77.42 m 6 7 77.02 m 7 8 76.50 m 8 11 75.64 m 9 18 73.54 m 10 20 73.36 m 11 22 69.54 m 12 23 68.56 m 13 26 63.64 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 74.76 83.06 80.58 81.50 X 80.64 83.06 m CR 78.38 77.94 X 76.88 78.18 80.84 80.84 m X 77.92 78.94 79.18 80.76 78.78 80.76 m 4 72.38 75.80 76.68 77.32 79.50 80.58 80.58 m 5 76.62 78.74 79.48 78.18 80.18 80.00 80.18 m 6 77.70 79.02 78.36 79.26 80.18 78.76 80.18 m 7 76.54 75.80 77.34 77.56 74.94 76.94 77.56 m 8 75.16 77.06 X X X X 77.06 m 9 76.18 m 10 76.00 m 11 75.34 m 12 74.98 m

See also 1984 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Stuttgart) 1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking 1988 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Split)

References Results hammerthrow.wz