1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Events at the
1987 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
 

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.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Seppo Räty
Finland (FIN)
Silver Viktor Yevsyukov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Jan Železný
Czechoslovakia (TCH)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
29.08.1987 – 18:00h 29.08.1987 – 19:00h
Final Round
30.08.1987 – 17:30h

Abbreviations

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Jan Železný (TCH) 87.66 m May 31, 1987 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Event Record New javelin design since last championships
Season Best  Jan Železný (TCH) 87.66 m May 31, 1987 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record  Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) 82.10 m August 29, 1987 Rome, Italy
 Jan Železný (TCH) 82.20 m August 30, 1987
 Seppo Räty (FIN) 82.32 m
 Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) 82.52 m
 Seppo Räty (FIN) 83.54 m

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1  Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) 77.30 73.90 81.36 81.36 m
2 3  Pascal Lefèvre (FRA) 76.30 80.60 80.60 m
3 5  Jan Železný (TCH) 70.86 79.20 79.20 m
4 6  Duncan Atwood (USA) 78.92 76.62 78.92 m
5 7  Mick Hill (GBR) 77.98 78.88 77.42 78.88 m
6 9  Peter Borglund (SWE) 78.30 75.76 76.62 78.30 m
7 10  Seppo Räty (FIN) 78.22 76.50 77.58 78.22 m
8 14  Antonios Papadimitriou (GRE) 70.12 X 76.48 76.48 m
9 17  Sejad Krdžalić (YUG) 70.02 X 75.94 75.94 m
10 18  Roald Bradstock (GBR) 71.28 75.86 73.90 75.86 m
11 21  Emil Tsvetanov (BUL) 73.88 75.48 72.24 75.48 m
12 22  Masami Yoshida (JPN) 72.48 74.90 73.34 74.90 m
13 25  Juan de la Garza (MEX) 73.36 71.56 68.56 73.36 m
14 27  Andreas Linden (FRG) 72.22 71.48 71.80 72.22 m
15 28  Kim Jae-Sang (KOR) 71.88 66.60 68.06 71.88 m
16 30  Zakayo Malekwa (TAN) 71.74 68.50 70.30 71.74 m
17 35  Tarek Chaabani (TUN) 61.86 64.32 64.66 64.66 m
18 36  Bassam Al-Shater (SYR) X 59.56 61.64 61.64 m
19 37  Romeo Montanes (PHI) 54.62 57.18 58.38 58.38 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2  Tom Petranoff (USA) 81.26 81.26 m
2 4  Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) 71.62 80.58 80.58 m
3 8  David Ottley (GBR) 72.40 78.64 70.42 78.64 m
4 11  Lev Shatilo (URS) 73.44 73.42 78.20 78.20 m
5 12  Dag Wennlund (SWE) 77.78 75.80 76.64 77.78 m
6 13  Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) 74.98 75.54 77.46 77.46 m
7 15  Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) 75.94 74.78 76.46 76.46 m
8 16  Marek Kaleta (URS) 72.28 76.10 73.26 76.10 m
9 19  Jyrki Blom (FIN) 75.64 75.74 68.10 75.74 m
10 20  Sigurdur Einarsson (ISL) 75.52 73.54 X 75.52 m
11 23  Gavin Lovegrove (NZL) 74.16 X X 74.16 m
12 24  Miroslaw Witek (POL) 69.82 73.26 73.62 73.62 m
13 26  Ivan Mustapić (YUG) 71.00 73.34 70.02 72.34 m
14 29  Justin Arop (UGA) 67.08 68.36 71.76 71.76 m
15 31  Mark Babich (USA) 67.94 70.76 70.62 70.76 m
16 32  Fabio de Gaspari (ITA) 70.44 70.76 65.84 70.76 m
17 33  Zdeněk Adamec (TCH) X X 70.72 70.72 m
18 34  Mike Mahovlich (CAN) 67.64 65.92 66.20 67.64 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Seppo Räty (FIN) 79.86 78.08 82.32 76.52 79.44 83.54 83.54 m
 Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) 82.10 80.36 X X 82.52 80.34 82.52 m
 Jan Železný (TCH) 80.56 82.20 79.50 X 79.38 X 82.20 m
4  Tom Petranoff (USA) 75.48 80.46 81.28 X 80.76 X 81.28 m
5  Lev Shatilo (URS) 69.84 81.02 76.84 71.42 X X 81.02 m
6  Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) 80.24 X 77.98 77.26 77.28 77.72 80.24 m
7  Mick Hill (GBR) 78.14 79.66 74.72 X 74.64 75.52 79.66 m
8  Dag Wennlund (SWE) 72.52 75.68 78.40 76.76 X 77.48 78.40 m
9  David Ottley (GBR) 74.48 76.78 77.64 77.64 m
10  Pascal Lefèvre (FRA) 75.94 75.62 77.14 77.14 m
11  Peter Borglund (SWE) 75.22 74.98 75.46 75.46 m
12  Duncan Atwood (USA) 67.86 72.54 X 72.54 m

See also

References