1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw explained

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 Litvinov Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Jüri Tamm Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Ralf Haber East Germany (GDR)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
31.08.1987  - ??:??h	31.08.1987  - ??:??h
Final Round
01.09.1987  - 15:00h

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 1987 World Athletics Championships
		86.74 m	August 30, 1986
		82.68 m	August 9, 1983
		83.48 m	June 21, 1987
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
		83.06 m	September 1, 1987

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
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

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
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

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		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