1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

None These are the official results of the men's shot put event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on 29 August 1987. Medalists GoldSUI Werner GünthörSwitzerland (SUI)SilverITA Alessandro AndreiItaly (ITA)BronzeUSA John BrennerUnited States (USA) Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B29.08.1987 – ??:??h29.08.1987 – ??:??hFinal Round29.08.1987 – 18:10h 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 Alessandro Andrei ITA 22.91 m August 12, 1987 ITA Viareggio, Italy Event Record Edward Sarul POL 21.39 m August 7, 1983 FIN Helsinki, Finland Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics ChampionshipsEvent Record Alessandro Andrei ITA 21.57 m August 29, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Werner Günthör SUI 21.63 m John Brenner USA 21.75 m Werner Günthör SUI 22.12 m Werner Günthör SUI 22.23 m Qualification Held on Saturday 29 August 1987 + Group ARankAthleteNationDistance1Alessandro Andrei ITA21.57 m2Ulf Timmermann GDR21.11 m3Vyacheslav Lykho URS20.99 m4Werner Günthör SUI20.66 m5Helmut Krieger POL19.73 m6Karsten Stolz FRG19.69 m7Gregg Tafralis USA19.62 m8Georgi Todorov BUL19.43 m9Ron Backes USA19.34 m10Dimitrios Koutsoukis GRE19.05 m—Jan Sagedal NORDNS + Group BRankAthleteNationDistance1Udo Beyer GDR20.95 m2John Brenner USA20.28 m3Remigius Machura TCH20.27 m4Klaus Bodenmüller AUT19.96 m5Sergey Gavryushin URS19.96 m6Gert Weil CHI19.76 m7Udo Gelhausen FRG19.10 m8Janne Ronkainen FIN18.36 m9Lars Sundin SWE17.25 m—Arne Pedersen NORDNS Final RANKFINALDISTANCEImage:Med 1.pngWerner Günthör SUI22.23 m CRImage:Med 2.pngAlessandro Andrei ITA21.88 mImage:Med 3.pngJohn Brenner USA21.75 m4.Remigius Machura TCH21.39 m5.Ulf Timmermann GDR21.35 m6.Udo Beyer GDR21.13 m7.Klaus Bodenmüller AUT20.41 m8.Sergey Gavryushin URS20.15 m9.Vyacheslav Lykho URS19.98 m10.Gert Weil CHI19.71 m11.Karsten Stolz FRG19.22 m12.Helmut Krieger POL19.15 m See also 1984 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart) 1988 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Split) 1992 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Barcelona) References Results s Category:Shot put at the World Athletics Championships