1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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

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

Schedule

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

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Jan Železný (TCH) 87.66 m May 31, 1987   Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Event Record New javelin design since last championships
Season Best   Jan Železný (TCH) 87.66 m May 31, 1987   Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record   Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) 82.10 m August 29, 1987   Rome, Italy
  Jan Železný (TCH) 82.20 m August 30, 1987
  Seppo Räty (FIN) 82.32 m
  Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) 82.52 m
  Seppo Räty (FIN) 83.54 m

Qualification

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Group A

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1   Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) 77.30 73.90 81.36 81.36 m
2 3   Pascal Lefèvre (FRA) 76.30 80.60 80.60 m
3 5   Jan Železný (TCH) 70.86 79.20 79.20 m
4 6   Duncan Atwood (USA) 78.92 76.62 78.92 m
5 7   Mick Hill (GBR) 77.98 78.88 77.42 78.88 m
6 9   Peter Borglund (SWE) 78.30 75.76 76.62 78.30 m
7 10   Seppo Räty (FIN) 78.22 76.50 77.58 78.22 m
8 14   Antonios Papadimitriou (GRE) 70.12 X 76.48 76.48 m
9 17   Sejad Krdžalić (YUG) 70.02 X 75.94 75.94 m
10 18   Roald Bradstock (GBR) 71.28 75.86 73.90 75.86 m
11 21   Emil Tsvetanov (BUL) 73.88 75.48 72.24 75.48 m
12 22   Masami Yoshida (JPN) 72.48 74.90 73.34 74.90 m
13 25   Juan de la Garza (MEX) 73.36 71.56 68.56 73.36 m
14 27   Andreas Linden (FRG) 72.22 71.48 71.80 72.22 m
15 28   Kim Jae-Sang (KOR) 71.88 66.60 68.06 71.88 m
16 30   Zakayo Malekwa (TAN) 71.74 68.50 70.30 71.74 m
17 35   Tarek Chaabani (TUN) 61.86 64.32 64.66 64.66 m
18 36   Bassam Al-Shater (SYR) X 59.56 61.64 61.64 m
19 37   Romeo Montanes (PHI) 54.62 57.18 58.38 58.38 m

Group B

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2   Tom Petranoff (USA) 81.26 81.26 m
2 4   Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) 71.62 80.58 80.58 m
3 8   David Ottley (GBR) 72.40 78.64 70.42 78.64 m
4 11   Lev Shatilo (URS) 73.44 73.42 78.20 78.20 m
5 12   Dag Wennlund (SWE) 77.78 75.80 76.64 77.78 m
6 13   Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) 74.98 75.54 77.46 77.46 m
7 15   Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) 75.94 74.78 76.46 76.46 m
8 16   Marek Kaleta (URS) 72.28 76.10 73.26 76.10 m
9 19   Jyrki Blom (FIN) 75.64 75.74 68.10 75.74 m
10 20   Sigurður Einarsson (ISL) 75.52 73.54 X 75.52 m
11 23   Gavin Lovegrove (NZL) 74.16 X X 74.16 m
12 24   Mirosław Witek (POL) 69.82 73.26 73.62 73.62 m
13 26   Ivan Mustapić (YUG) 71.00 73.34 70.02 72.34 m
14 29   Justin Arop (UGA) 67.08 68.36 71.76 71.76 m
15 31   Mark Babich (USA) 67.94 70.76 70.62 70.76 m
16 32   Fabio de Gaspari (ITA) 70.44 70.76 65.84 70.76 m
17 33   Zdeněk Adamec (TCH) X X 70.72 70.72 m
18 34   Mike Mahovlich (CAN) 67.64 65.92 66.20 67.64 m

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Seppo Räty (FIN) 79.86 78.08 82.32 76.52 79.44 83.54 83.54 m
    Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) 82.10 80.36 X X 82.52 80.34 82.52 m
    Jan Železný (TCH) 80.56 82.20 79.50 X 79.38 X 82.20 m
4   Tom Petranoff (USA) 75.48 80.46 81.28 X 80.76 X 81.28 m
5   Lev Shatilo (URS) 69.84 81.02 76.84 71.42 X X 81.02 m
6   Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) 80.24 X 77.98 77.26 77.28 77.72 80.24 m
7   Mick Hill (GBR) 78.14 79.66 74.72 X 74.64 75.52 79.66 m
8   Dag Wennlund (SWE) 72.52 75.68 78.40 76.76 X 77.48 78.40 m
9   David Ottley (GBR) 74.48 76.78 77.64 77.64 m
10   Pascal Lefèvre (FRA) 75.94 75.62 77.14 77.14 m
11   Peter Borglund (SWE) 75.22 74.98 75.46 75.46 m
12   Duncan Atwood (USA) 67.86 72.54 X 72.54 m

See also

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References

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