1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

none 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 GoldGDR Martina HellmannEast Germany (GDR)SilverGDR Diana GanskyEast Germany (GDR)BronzeBUL 1971 Tsvetanka KhristovaBulgaria (BUL) Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B30.08.1987 – ??:??h30.08.1987 – ??:??hFinal Round31.08.1987 – 18:00h 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 Zdeňka Šilhavá TCH 74.56 m August 26, 1984 TCH Nitra, Czechoslovakia Event Record Martina Hellmann GDR 68.94 m August 10, 1983 FIN Helsinki, Finland Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships Event Record Martina Opitz-Hellmann GDR 71.62 m August 31, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 5 Diana Gansky GDR 63.64 m 2 6 Svetla Mitkova BUL 1971 62.80 m 3 7 Larisa Mikhalchenko URS 62.52 m 4 9 Maritza Martén CUB 60.40 m 5 10 Connie Price-Smith USA 59.90 m 6 11 Mariana Lengyel ROU 1965 59.72 m 7 16 Anne Paavolainen-Kansakangas FIN 57.10 m 8 17 Yu Hourun CHN 56.70 m 9 20 Nabila Mouelhi TUN 45.94 m 10 21 Hanane Ahmed Khaled EGY 42.64 m 11 22 Dorie Cortejo PHI 40.98 m 12 23 Morgyn Warner ZIM 38.56 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 Ilke Wyludda GDR 68.40 m 2 2 Tsvetanka Khristova BUL 1971 66.86 m 3 3 Martina Hellmann GDR 66.80 m 4 4 Zdeňka Šilhavá TCH 64.64 m 5 8 Larisa Korotkevich URS 60.48 m 6 12 Renata Katewicz POL 58.88 m 7 13 Carol Cady USA 58.50 m 8 14 Hou Xuemei CHN 58.26 m 9 15 Anne Salak-Khorina URS 57.76 m 10 18 María Isabel Urrutia COL 53.94 m 11 19 Maria Marello ITA 52.74 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNotes123456 Martina Hellmann GDR 71.08 68.90 69.66 71.62 X 67.86 71.62 mCR Diana Gansky GDR 66.64 67.50 70.12 68.78 65.42 X 70.12 m Tsvetanka Khristova BUL 1971 63.72 66.10 65.38 63.36 68.82 68.80 68.82 m4 Ilke Wyludda GDR 68.20 62.60 62.06 67.64 67.06 67.44 68.20 m5 Svetla Mitkova BUL 1971 64.86 65.44 65.48 65.58 X 66.58 66.58 m6 Zdeňka Šilhavá TCH 64.34 64.82 X 64.46 64.03 63.88 64.82 m7 Larisa Mikhalchenko URS 64.18 64.72 59.72 63.66 60.68 63.54 64.72 m PB8 Mariana Lengyel ROU 1965 62.30 59.28 59.54 X 58.14 60.86 62.30 m9 Maritza Martén CUB 62.00 m10 Larisa Korotkevich URS 60.74 m11 Renata Katewicz POL 58.22 m— Connie Price-Smith USA NM References Results Discus throw Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships