1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw explained

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 Hellmann East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Diana Gansky East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria (BUL)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
30.08.1987  - ??:??h	30.08.1987  - ??:??h
Final Round
31.08.1987  - 18:00h

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
		74.56 m	August 26, 1984
		68.94 m	August 10, 1983
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
		71.62 m	August 31, 1987

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
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

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
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

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		71.08	68.90	69.66	71.62	X	67.86	71.62 m	CR
		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 m
4		68.20	62.60	62.06	67.64	67.06	67.44	68.20 m
5		64.86	65.44	65.48	65.58	X	66.58	66.58 m
6		64.34	64.82	X	64.46	64.03	63.88	64.82 m
7		64.18	64.72	59.72	63.66	60.68	63.54	64.72 m	PB
8		62.30	59.28	59.54	X	58.14	60.86	62.30 m
9								62.00 m
10								60.74 m
11								58.22 m
-								NM

References

• Results