1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 30, 1987. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin (old design). The qualification mark was set at 79.00 metres.

Medalists Gold Seppo RätyFinland (FIN)Silver Viktor YevsyukovSoviet Union (URS)Bronze Jan ŽeleznýCzechoslovakia (TCH)

Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B29.08.1987 – 18:00h29.08.1987 – 19:00hFinal Round30.08.1987 – 17:30h

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 87.66 m May 31, 1987 Nitra, Czechoslovakia Event Record New javelin design since last championships Season Best 87.66 m May 31, 1987 Nitra, CzechoslovakiaBroken records during the 1987 World Athletics ChampionshipsEvent Record 82.10 m August 29, 1987 Rome, Italy 82.20 m August 30, 1987 82.32 m 82.52 m 83.54 m

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance1231 1 77.30 73.90 81.36 81.36 m2 3 76.30 80.60 — 80.60 m3 5 70.86 79.20 — 79.20 m4 6 78.92 76.62 — 78.92 m5 7 77.98 78.88 77.42 78.88 m6 9 78.30 75.76 76.62 78.30 m7 10 78.22 76.50 77.58 78.22 m8 14 70.12 X 76.48 76.48 m9 17 70.02 X 75.94 75.94 m10 18 71.28 75.86 73.90 75.86 m11 21 73.88 75.48 72.24 75.48 m12 22 72.48 74.90 73.34 74.90 m13 25 73.36 71.56 68.56 73.36 m14 27 72.22 71.48 71.80 72.22 m15 28 71.88 66.60 68.06 71.88 m16 30 71.74 68.50 70.30 71.74 m17 35 61.86 64.32 64.66 64.66 m18 36 X 59.56 61.64 61.64 m19 37 54.62 57.18 58.38 58.38 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance1231 2 81.26 — —81.26 m2 4 71.62 80.58 —80.58 m3 8 72.40 78.64 70.42 78.64 m4 11 73.44 73.42 78.20 78.20 m5 12 77.78 75.80 76.64 77.78 m6 13 74.98 75.54 77.46 77.46 m7 15 75.94 74.78 76.46 76.46 m8 16 72.28 76.10 73.26 76.10 m9 19 75.64 75.74 68.10 75.74 m10 20 75.52 73.54 X75.52 m11 23 74.16 X X74.16 m12 24 69.82 73.26 73.62 73.62 m13 26 71.00 73.34 70.02 72.34 m14 29 67.08 68.36 71.76 71.76 m15 31 67.94 70.76 70.62 70.76 m16 32 70.44 70.76 65.84 70.76 m17 33 X X 70.7270.72 m18 34 67.64 65.92 66.20 67.64 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 79.86 78.08 82.32 76.52 79.44 83.5483.54 m 82.10 80.36 X X 82.52 80.34 82.52 m 80.56 82.20 79.50 X 79.38 X 82.20 m 4 75.48 80.46 81.28 X 80.76 X81.28 m 5 69.84 81.02 76.84 71.42 X X 81.02 m 6 80.24 X 77.98 77.26 77.28 77.72 80.24 m 7 78.14 79.66 74.72 X 74.64 75.52 79.66 m 8 72.52 75.68 78.40 76.76 X 77.48 78.40 m 9 74.48 76.78 77.64 77.64 m 10 75.94 75.62 77.14 77.14 m 11 75.22 74.98 75.46 75.46 m 12 67.86 72.54 X 72.54 m

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

References Results IAAF Results koti.welho