1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

None 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 2026 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. Medalists GoldGBR Fatima WhitbreadGreat Britain (GBR)SilverGDR Petra FelkeEast Germany (GDR)BronzeFRG Beate PetersWest Germany (FRG) Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B05.09.1987 – ??:??h05.09.1987 – ??:??hFinal Round06.09.1987 – 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 Petra Felke GDR 78.90 m July 29, 1987 GDR Leipzig, East Germany Event Record Tiina Lillak FIN 70.82 m August 13, 1983 FIN Helsinki, Finland Season Best Petra Felke GDR 78.90 m July 29, 1987 GDR Leipzig, East Germany Qualification Held on Saturday 1987-09-05 RANKGROUP ADISTANCE1.Petra Felke GDR69.16 m2.Tessa Sanderson GBR66.46 m3.Beate Peters FRG64.26 m4.Irina Kostyuchenkova URS63.04 m5.Katalin Hartai HUN62.68 m6.Natalya Kolenchukova URS60.78 m7.Anna Verouli GRE60.60 m8.Zhou Yuanxiang CHN59.46 m9.Elisabet Nagy SWE58.72 m10.María Caridad Colón CUB57.82 m11.Emi Matsui JPN57.78 m12.Denise Thiémard SUI56.34 m13.Sueli dos Santos BRA55.48 m14.Marieta Riera VEN 193053.38 m15.Lee Hui-cheng TPE51.42 m16.Mereoni Vibose FIJ48.60 m RANKGROUP BDISTANCE1.Fatima Whitbread GBR67.00 m2.Ingrid Thyssen FRG64.52 m3.Ivonne Leal CUB62.60 m4.Tiina Lillak FIN62.34 m5.Susanne Jung GDR62.26 m6.Manuela Alizadeh FRG62.16 m7.Natalya Shikolenko URS60.40 m8.Céline Chartrand CAN59.06 m9.Tuula Laaksalo FIN57.24 m10.Li Baolian CHN55.96 m11.Trine Solberg NOR55.30 m12.Cathie Wilson USA54.80 m13.Íris Grönfeldt ISL54.00 m14.Iammo Launa PNG42.70 m—Laverne Eve BAHNM Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Fatima Whitbread GBR 76.64 m CR Petra Felke GDR 71.76 m Beate Peters FRG 68.82 m 4 Tessa Sanderson GBR 67.54 m 5 Susanne Jung GDR 67.46 m 6 Tiina Lillak FIN 66.82 m 7 Natalya Kolenchukova URS 65.52 m 8 Ivonne Leal CUB 64.90 m 9 Ingrid Thyssen FRG 64.12 m 10 Manuela Alizadeh FRG 63.40 m 11 Katalin Hartai HUN 60.88 m 12 Irina Kostyuchenkova URS 60.60 m See also 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens) 1984 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles) 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart) 1988 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul) 1990 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split) 1992 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona) References Results J Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships