These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 6 September 1987. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).
The winning margin was 4.88 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's javelin throw has been won by more than four metres at these championships, although in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics the winning margins in the women's javelin throw were 5.71 metres and 5.29 metres respectively.
| Gold |  Fatima WhitbreadGreat Britain (GBR) | |
| Silver | Petra Felke East Germany (GDR) | |
| Bronze | Beate Peters West Germany (FRG) |
| Qualification Round | ||
|---|---|---|
| Group A | Group B | |
| 05.09.1987 - ??:??h | 05.09.1987 - ??:??h | |
| Final Round | ||
| 06.09.1987 - 17:30h | ||
| 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 |
| Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78.90 m | July 29, 1987 | ||||
| 70.82 m | August 13, 1983 | ||||
| 78.90 m | July 29, 1987 | ||||
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 69.16 m | ||
| 2. | 66.46 m | ||
| 3. | 64.26 m | ||
| 4. | 63.04 m | ||
| 5. | 62.68 m | ||
| 6. | 60.78 m | ||
| 7. | 60.60 m | ||
| 8. | 59.46 m | ||
| 9. | 58.72 m | ||
| 10. | 57.82 m | ||
| 11. | 57.78 m | ||
| 12. | 56.34 m | ||
| 13. | 55.48 m | ||
| 14. | 53.38 m | ||
| 15. | 51.42 m | ||
| 16. | 48.60 m |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 67.00 m | ||
| 2. | 64.52 m | ||
| 3. | 62.60 m | ||
| 4. | 62.34 m | ||
| 5. | 62.26 m | ||
| 6. | 62.16 m | ||
| 7. | 60.40 m | ||
| 8. | 59.06 m | ||
| 9. | 57.24 m | ||
| 10. | 55.96 m | ||
| 11. | 55.30 m | ||
| 12. | 54.80 m | ||
| 13. | 54.00 m | ||
| 14. | 42.70 m | ||
| - | NM |
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 76.64 m | CR | |||||||||
| 71.76 m | ||||||||||
| 68.82 m | ||||||||||
| 4 | 67.54 m | |||||||||
| 5 | 67.46 m | |||||||||
| 6 | 66.82 m | |||||||||
| 7 | 65.52 m | |||||||||
| 8 | 64.90 m | |||||||||
| 9 | 64.12 m | |||||||||
| 10 | 63.40 m | |||||||||
| 11 | 60.88 m | |||||||||
| 12 | 60.60 m | |||||||||