1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

None 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 GoldFIN Seppo RätyFinland (FIN)SilverURS Viktor YevsyukovSoviet Union (URS)BronzeTCH Jan ŽeleznýCzechoslovakia (TCH) Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B29.08.1987 – 18:00h29.08.1987 – 19:00hFinal Round30.08.1987 – 17:30h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships World Record Jan Železný TCH 87.66 m May 31, 1987 TCH Nitra, Czechoslovakia Event Record New javelin design since last championships Season Best Jan Železný TCH 87.66 m May 31, 1987 TCH Nitra, CzechoslovakiaBroken records during the 1987 World Athletics ChampionshipsEvent Record Viktor Yevsyukov URS 82.10 m August 29, 1987 ITA 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 Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance1231 1 Viktor Yevsyukov URS 77.30 73.90 81.36 81.36 m2 3 Pascal Lefèvre FRA 76.30 80.60 — 80.60 m3 5 Jan Železný TCH 70.86 79.20 — 79.20 m4 6 Duncan Atwood USA 78.92 76.62 — 78.92 m5 7 Mick Hill GBR 77.98 78.88 77.42 78.88 m6 9 Peter Borglund SWE 78.30 75.76 76.62 78.30 m7 10 Seppo Räty FIN 78.22 76.50 77.58 78.22 m8 14 Antonios Papadimitriou GRE 70.12 X 76.48 76.48 m9 17 Sejad Krdžalić YUG 70.02 X 75.94 75.94 m10 18 Roald Bradstock GBR 71.28 75.86 73.90 75.86 m11 21 Emil Tsvetanov BUL 1971 73.88 75.48 72.24 75.48 m12 22 Masami Yoshida JPN 72.48 74.90 73.34 74.90 m13 25 Juan de la Garza MEX 73.36 71.56 68.56 73.36 m14 27 Andreas Linden FRG 72.22 71.48 71.80 72.22 m15 28 Kim Jae-Sang KOR 71.88 66.60 68.06 71.88 m16 30 Zakayo Malekwa TAN 71.74 68.50 70.30 71.74 m17 35 Tarek Chaabani TUN 61.86 64.32 64.66 64.66 m18 36 Bassam Al-Shater SYR 1980 X 59.56 61.64 61.64 m19 37 Romeo Montanes PHI 1986 54.62 57.18 58.38 58.38 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance1231 2 Tom Petranoff USA81.26 — —81.26 m2 4 Kazuhiro Mizoguchi JPN71.62 80.58 —80.58 m3 8 David Ottley GBR72.40 78.64 70.42 78.64 m4 11 Lev Shatilo URS73.44 73.42 78.20 78.20 m5 12 Dag Wennlund SWE77.78 75.80 76.64 77.78 m6 13 Einar Vilhjálmsson ISL74.98 75.54 77.46 77.46 m7 15 Klaus Tafelmeier FRG75.94 74.78 76.46 76.46 m8 16 Marek Kaleta URS72.28 76.10 73.26 76.10 m9 19 Jyrki Blom FIN75.64 75.74 68.10 75.74 m10 20 Sigurður Einarsson ISL75.52 73.54 X75.52 m11 23 Gavin Lovegrove NZL74.16 X X74.16 m12 24 Mirosław Witek POL69.82 73.26 73.62 73.62 m13 26 Ivan Mustapić YUG71.00 73.34 70.02 72.34 m14 29 Justin Arop UGA67.08 68.36 71.76 71.76 m15 31 Mark Babich USA67.94 70.76 70.62 70.76 m16 32 Fabio de Gaspari ITA70.44 70.76 65.84 70.76 m17 33 Zdeněk Adamec TCHX X 70.7270.72 m18 34 Mike Mahovlich CAN67.64 65.92 66.20 67.64 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Seppo Räty FIN79.86 78.08 82.32 76.52 79.44 83.5483.54 m Viktor Yevsyukov URS82.10 80.36 X X 82.52 80.34 82.52 m Jan Železný TCH80.56 82.20 79.50 X 79.38 X 82.20 m 4 Tom Petranoff USA75.48 80.46 81.28 X 80.76 X81.28 m 5 Lev Shatilo URS69.84 81.02 76.84 71.42 X X 81.02 m 6 Kazuhiro Mizoguchi JPN80.24 X 77.98 77.26 77.28 77.72 80.24 m 7 Mick Hill GBR78.14 79.66 74.72 X 74.64 75.52 79.66 m 8 Dag Wennlund SWE72.52 75.68 78.40 76.76 X 77.48 78.40 m 9 David Ottley GBR74.48 76.78 77.64 77.64 m 10 Pascal Lefèvre FRA75.94 75.62 77.14 77.14 m 11 Peter Borglund SWE75.22 74.98 75.46 75.46 m 12 Duncan Atwood USA67.86 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 koti.welho J Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships