Records
| Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 |  |
This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1987 in the Men's hammer throw . One of the main events during this season were the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, where the final of the men's competition was held on Tuesday September 1, 1987. (The women did not compete in the hammer throw until the early 1990s.)
| Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | |
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 83.48 m | | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | 1987-06-21 | |
| 2 | 82.96 m | | Novopolotsk, Soviet Union | 1987-09-26 | PB |
| 3 | 82.24 m | | Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union | 1987-06-20 | PB |
| 4 | 82.02 m | | Bryansk, Soviet Union | 1987-07-19 | |
| 5 | 82.00 m | | Adler, Soviet Union | 1987-05-23 | |
| 6 | 81.84 m |  | Potsdam, East Germany | 1987-08-21 | PB |
| 7 | 81.82 m | | Šiauliai, Soviet Union | 1987-07-05 | |
| 8 | 81.58 m | | Potsdam, East Germany | 1987-08-21 | |
| 9 | 81.10 m | | Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union | 1987-06-27 | PB |
| 10 | 80.74 m | | Heidenheim an der Brenz, West Germany | 1987-05-23 | |
| 11 | 80.52 m | | Gomel, Soviet Union | 1987-07-05 | PB |
| 12 | 80.34 m | | Cork, Ireland | 1987-07-07 | |
| 13 | 80.18 m | | Rome, Italy | 1987-09-01 | PB |
| 14 | 80.12 m |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 1987-08-22 | PB |
| 15 | 80.02 m | | Baku, Soviet Union | 1987-09-13 | |
| 16 | 79.84 m | | Gelsenkirchen, West Germany | 1987-07-12 | |
| 17 | 79.70 m |  | Schwechat, Austria | 1987-06-24 | NR |
| 18 | 79.64 m |  | Corvallis, Oregon, USA | 1987-06-05 | PB |
| 19 | 79.58 m | | Sofia, Bulgaria | 1987-08-15 | PB |
| 20 | 79.36 m | | Lexington, United States | 1987-04-17 | |
| 21 | 79.32 m | | Drama, Greece | 1987-08-09 | |
| 22 | 79.14 m | | Kaunas, Soviet Union | 1987-07-05 | |
| 79.14 m |  | Miskolc, Hungary | 1987-08-19 | PB | |
| 24 | 79.10 m | | Stayki, Soviet Union | 1987-09-13 | PB |
| 25 | 78.86 m | | Petrozavodsk, Soviet Union | 1987-07-11 | PB |
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