1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

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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.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Finland.svg Seppo Räty
Finland (FIN)
Silver Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Yevsyukov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Železný
Czechoslovakia (TCH)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
29.08.1987 18:00h29.08.1987 19:00h
Final Round
30.08.1987 17:30h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (TCH)87.66 mMay 31, 1987 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Event Record New javelin design since last championships
Season Best Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (TCH)87.66 mMay 31, 1987 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Viktor Yevsyukov  (URS)82.10 mAugust 29, 1987 Flag of Italy.svg Rome, Italy
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (TCH)82.20 mAugust 30, 1987
Flag of Finland.svg  Seppo Räty  (FIN)82.32 m
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Viktor Yevsyukov  (URS)82.52 m
Flag of Finland.svg  Seppo Räty  (FIN)83.54 m

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
11Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Viktor Yevsyukov  (URS)77.3073.9081.3681.36 m
23Flag of France.svg  Pascal Lefèvre  (FRA)76.3080.6080.60 m
35Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (TCH)70.8679.2079.20 m
46Flag of the United States.svg  Duncan Atwood  (USA)78.9276.6278.92 m
57Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mick Hill  (GBR)77.9878.8877.4278.88 m
69Flag of Sweden.svg  Peter Borglund  (SWE)78.3075.7676.6278.30 m
710Flag of Finland.svg  Seppo Räty  (FIN)78.2276.5077.5878.22 m
814Flag of Greece.svg  Antonios Papadimitriou  (GRE)70.12X76.4876.48 m
917Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Sejad Krdžalić  (YUG)70.02X75.9475.94 m
1018Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Roald Bradstock  (GBR)71.2875.8673.9075.86 m
1121Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Emil Tsvetanov  (BUL)73.8875.4872.2475.48 m
1222Flag of Japan.svg  Masami Yoshida  (JPN)72.4874.9073.3474.90 m
1325Flag of Mexico.svg  Juan de la Garza  (MEX)73.3671.5668.5673.36 m
1427Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Linden  (FRG)72.2271.4871.8072.22 m
1528Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Jae-Sang  (KOR)71.8866.6068.0671.88 m
1630Flag of Tanzania.svg  Zakayo Malekwa  (TAN)71.7468.5070.3071.74 m
1735Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tarek Chaabani  (TUN)61.8664.3264.6664.66 m
1836Flag of Syria.svg  Bassam Al-Shater  (SYR)X59.5661.6461.64 m
1937Flag of the Philippines.svg  Romeo Montanes  (PHI)54.6257.1858.3858.38 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
12Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Petranoff  (USA)81.2681.26 m
24Flag of Japan.svg  Kazuhiro Mizoguchi  (JPN)71.6280.5880.58 m
38Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  David Ottley  (GBR)72.4078.6470.4278.64 m
411Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lev Shatilo  (URS)73.4473.4278.2078.20 m
512Flag of Sweden.svg  Dag Wennlund  (SWE)77.7875.8076.6477.78 m
613Flag of Iceland.svg  Einar Vilhjálmsson  (ISL)74.9875.5477.4677.46 m
715Flag of Germany.svg  Klaus Tafelmeier  (FRG)75.9474.7876.4676.46 m
816Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Marek Kaleta  (URS)72.2876.1073.2676.10 m
919Flag of Finland.svg  Jyrki Blom  (FIN)75.6475.7468.1075.74 m
1020Flag of Iceland.svg  Sigurður Einarsson  (ISL)75.5273.54X75.52 m
1123Flag of New Zealand.svg  Gavin Lovegrove  (NZL)74.16XX74.16 m
1224Flag of Poland.svg  Mirosław Witek  (POL)69.8273.2673.6273.62 m
1326Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Ivan Mustapić  (YUG)71.0073.3470.0272.34 m
1429Flag of Uganda.svg  Justin Arop  (UGA)67.0868.3671.7671.76 m
1531Flag of the United States.svg  Mark Babich  (USA)67.9470.7670.6270.76 m
1632Flag of Italy.svg  Fabio de Gaspari  (ITA)70.4470.7665.8470.76 m
1733Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Zdeněk Adamec  (TCH)XX70.7270.72 m
1834Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Mike Mahovlich  (CAN)67.6465.9266.2067.64 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Seppo Räty  (FIN)79.8678.0882.3276.5279.4483.5483.54 m
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Viktor Yevsyukov  (URS)82.1080.36XX82.5280.3482.52 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (TCH)80.5682.2079.50X79.38X82.20 m
4Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Petranoff  (USA)75.4880.4681.28X80.76X81.28 m
5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lev Shatilo  (URS)69.8481.0276.8471.42XX81.02 m
6Flag of Japan.svg  Kazuhiro Mizoguchi  (JPN)80.24X77.9877.2677.2877.7280.24 m
7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mick Hill  (GBR)78.1479.6674.72X74.6475.5279.66 m
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Dag Wennlund  (SWE)72.5275.6878.4076.76X77.4878.40 m
9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  David Ottley  (GBR)74.4876.7877.6477.64 m
10Flag of France.svg  Pascal Lefèvre  (FRA)75.9475.6277.1477.14 m
11Flag of Sweden.svg  Peter Borglund  (SWE)75.2274.9875.4675.46 m
12Flag of the United States.svg  Duncan Atwood  (USA)67.8672.54X72.54 m

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