1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

None These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday September 1, 1987. The qualification round was staged on Monday August 31, 1987, with the mark set at 80.00 metres. Medalists GoldURS Sergey LitvinovSoviet Union (URS)SilverURS Jüri TammSoviet Union (URS)BronzeGDR Ralf HaberEast Germany (GDR) Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B31.08.1987 – ??:??h31.08.1987 – ??:??hFinal Round01.09.1987 – 15:00h 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 Yuriy Sedykh URS 86.74 m August 30, 1986 FRG Stuttgart, West Germany Event Record Sergey Litvinov URS 82.68 m August 9, 1983 FIN Helsinki, Finland Season Best Sergey Litvinov URS 83.48 m June 21, 1987 GDR Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships Event Record Sergey Litvinov URS 83.06 m September 1, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 Sergey Litvinov URS 81.78 m 2 9 Walter Ciofani FRA 76.12 m 3 10 Günther Rodehau GDR 76.06 m 4 12 Plamen Minev BUL 1971 75.18 m 5 13 Juha Tiainen FIN 75.10 m 6 14 Jud Logan USA 74.80 m 7 15 Kjell Bystedt SWE 74.46 m 8 16 Lucio Serrani ITA 74.00 m 9 17 Jörg Schäfer FRG 73.58 m 10 19 Viktor Apostolov BUL 1971 73.46 m 11 21 Michael Beierl AUT 72.70 m 12 24 Andrés Charadia ARG 63.70 m 13 25 Gary Halpin IRL 63.68 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 2 Ralf Haber GDR 79.46 m 2 3 Igor Nikulin URS 78.60 m 3 4 Heinz Weis FRG 77.78 m 4 5 Tibor Gécsek HUN 77.52 m 5 6 Jüri Tamm URS 77.42 m 6 7 Christoph Sahner FRG 77.02 m 7 8 Ivan Tanev BUL 1971 76.50 m 8 11 Harri Huhtala FIN 75.64 m 9 18 Tore Gustafsson SWE 73.54 m 10 20 Ken Flax USA 73.36 m 11 22 Francisco Fuentes ESP 69.54 m 12 23 Dave Smith GBR 68.56 m 13 26 Angus Cooper NZL 63.64 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Sergey Litvinov URS 74.76 83.06 80.58 81.50 X 80.64 83.06 m CR Jüri Tamm URS 78.38 77.94 X 76.88 78.18 80.84 80.84 m Ralf Haber GDR X 77.92 78.94 79.18 80.76 78.78 80.76 m 4 Christoph Sahner FRG 72.38 75.80 76.68 77.32 79.50 80.58 80.58 m 5 Igor Nikulin URS 76.62 78.74 79.48 78.18 80.18 80.00 80.18 m 6 Heinz Weis FRG 77.70 79.02 78.36 79.26 80.18 78.76 80.18 m 7 Tibor Gécsek HUN 76.54 75.80 77.34 77.56 74.94 76.94 77.56 m 8 Plamen Minev BUL 1971 75.16 77.06 X X X X 77.06 m 9 Günther Rodehau GDR 76.18 m 10 Ivan Tanev BUL 1971 76.00 m 11 Walter Ciofani FRA 75.34 m 12 Harri Huhtala FIN 74.98 m See also 1984 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Stuttgart) 1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking 1988 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Split) References Results hammerthrow.wz H Category:Hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships