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

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 Räty Finland (FIN)
Silver	Viktor Yevsyukov Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Jan Železný Czechoslovakia (TCH)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
29.08.1987  - 18:00h	29.08.1987  - 19:00h
Final Round
30.08.1987  - 17:30h

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
		87.66 m	May 31, 1987
	New javelin design since last championships
		87.66 m	May 31, 1987	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
		82.10 m	August 29, 1987
		82.20 m	August 30, 1987
		82.32 m
		82.52 m
		83.54 m

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1		77.30	73.90	81.36	81.36 m
2	3		76.30	80.60	-	80.60 m
3	5		70.86	79.20	-	79.20 m
4	6		78.92	76.62	-	78.92 m
5	7		77.98	78.88	77.42	78.88 m
6	9		78.30	75.76	76.62	78.30 m
7	10		78.22	76.50	77.58	78.22 m
8	14		70.12	X	76.48	76.48 m
9	17		70.02	X	75.94	75.94 m
10	18		71.28	75.86	73.90	75.86 m
11	21		73.88	75.48	72.24	75.48 m
12	22		72.48	74.90	73.34	74.90 m
13	25		73.36	71.56	68.56	73.36 m
14	27		72.22	71.48	71.80	72.22 m
15	28		71.88	66.60	68.06	71.88 m
16	30		71.74	68.50	70.30	71.74 m
17	35		61.86	64.32	64.66	64.66 m
18	36		X	59.56	61.64	61.64 m
19	37		54.62	57.18	58.38	58.38 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2		81.26	-	-	81.26 m
2	4		71.62	80.58	-	80.58 m
3	8		72.40	78.64	70.42	78.64 m
4	11		73.44	73.42	78.20	78.20 m
5	12		77.78	75.80	76.64	77.78 m
6	13		74.98	75.54	77.46	77.46 m
7	15		75.94	74.78	76.46	76.46 m
8	16		72.28	76.10	73.26	76.10 m
9	19		75.64	75.74	68.10	75.74 m
10	20		75.52	73.54	X	75.52 m
11	23		74.16	X	X	74.16 m
12	24		69.82	73.26	73.62	73.62 m
13	26		71.00	73.34	70.02	72.34 m
14	29		67.08	68.36	71.76	71.76 m
15	31		67.94	70.76	70.62	70.76 m
16	32		70.44	70.76	65.84	70.76 m
17	33		X	X	70.72	70.72 m
18	34		67.64	65.92	66.20	67.64 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		79.86	78.08	82.32	76.52	79.44	83.54	83.54 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	X	81.28 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
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