1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 31, 1987.

Medalists Gold Martina HellmannEast Germany (GDR)Silver Diana GanskyEast Germany (GDR)Bronze Tsvetanka KhristovaBulgaria (BUL)

Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B30.08.1987 – ??:??h30.08.1987 – ??:??hFinal Round31.08.1987 – 18:00h

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 74.56 m August 26, 1984 Nitra, Czechoslovakia Event Record 68.94 m August 10, 1983 Helsinki, Finland Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships Event Record 71.62 m August 31, 1987 Rome, Italy

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 5 63.64 m 2 6 62.80 m 3 7 62.52 m 4 9 60.40 m 5 10 59.90 m 6 11 59.72 m 7 16 57.10 m 8 17 56.70 m 9 20 45.94 m 10 21 42.64 m 11 22 40.98 m 12 23 38.56 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 68.40 m 2 2 66.86 m 3 3 66.80 m 4 4 64.64 m 5 8 60.48 m 6 12 58.88 m 7 13 58.50 m 8 14 58.26 m 9 15 57.76 m 10 18 53.94 m 11 19 52.74 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNotes123456 71.08 68.90 69.66 71.62 X 67.86 71.62 mCR 66.64 67.50 70.12 68.78 65.42 X 70.12 m 63.72 66.10 65.38 63.36 68.82 68.80 68.82 m4 68.20 62.60 62.06 67.64 67.06 67.44 68.20 m5 64.86 65.44 65.48 65.58 X 66.58 66.58 m6 64.34 64.82 X 64.46 64.03 63.88 64.82 m7 64.18 64.72 59.72 63.66 60.68 63.54 64.72 m PB8 62.30 59.28 59.54 X 58.14 60.86 62.30 m9 62.00 m10 60.74 m11 58.22 m— NM

References Results