These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw

Hammer throw

The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...

event at the 1987 World Championships

1987 World Championships in Athletics

The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.-Track:1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995...

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

Gold	Sergey Litvinov Sergey Litvinov Sergey Nikolaevich Litvinov is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals representing USSR. Additionally, he won the World Championships twice. Litvinov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Rostov on Don... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (URS)
Silver	Jüri Tamm Jüri Tamm Jüri Tamm is a former Estonian hammer thrower. Representing USSR, he won a bronze medal in the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.-Athletic career:... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (URS)
Bronze	Ralf Haber Ralf Haber Ralf Haber is a retired East German hammer thrower.His personal best throw was 83.40 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Athens. This is the current German record. -Achievements:-References:*... East Germany (GDR)

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  31.08.1987 – ??:??h	31.08.1987 – ??:??h
  Final Round
  01.09.1987 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

  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 World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....		86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
Event Record		82.68 m	August 9, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Season Best 1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking 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...		83.48 m	June 21, 1987	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record		83.06 m	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1					81.78 m
2	9					76.12 m
3	10					76.06 m
4	12					75.18 m
5	13					75.10 m
6	14					74.80 m
7	15					74.46 m
8	16					74.00 m
9	17					73.58 m
10	19					73.46 m
11	21					72.70 m
12	24					63.70 m
13	25					63.68 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2					79.46 m
2	3					78.60 m
3	4					77.78 m
4	5					77.52 m
5	6					77.42 m
6	7					77.02 m
7	8					76.50 m
8	11					75.64 m
9	18					73.54 m
10	20					73.36 m
11	22					69.54 m
12	23					68.56 m
13	26					63.64 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
								83.06 m	CR
								80.84 m
								80.76 m
4								80.58 m
5								80.18 m
6								80.18 m
7								77.56 m
8								77.06 m
9								76.18 m
10								76.00 m
11								75.34 m
12								74.98 m

See also

• 1984 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Los Angeles)
  Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw
  These are the official results of the men's hammer throw event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There were a total number of 23 participating athletes. The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals...
  
  
• 1986 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Stuttgart)
  1986 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer
  The final of the Men's hammer throw event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany was held on August 30, 1986. The qualification round was staged a deay earlier, on August 29, 1986.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:...
  
  
• 1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
  1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
  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...
  
  
• 1988 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Seoul)
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw
  The Men's Hammer Throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 30 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final took place on Monday September 26, 1988...
  
  
• 1990 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Split)
  1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer
  These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. There were a total number of twenty participating athletes...