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

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

 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 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.

Medalists

Gold	Seppo Räty Seppo Räty Seppo Henrik Räty is a Finnish javelin thrower. His personal best throw was 96.96 m in 1991, which was a world record at the time, however this throw was made using a modified 'Nemeth' javelin which was banned by the IAAF later that year and all records made using this javelin were retrospectively... Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...  (FIN)
Silver	Viktor Yevsyukov Viktor Yevsyukov Viktor Yevsyukov is a retired javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union and later Kazakhstan during his active career. He won the silver medal at the 1987 World Championships in Rome.... 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	Jan Železný Jan Železný Jan Železný is a Czech javelin thrower, world and Olympic champion and world record holder in javelin throw... Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...  (TCH)

Schedule

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

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....		87.66 m	May 31, 1987	Nitra Nitra Nitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. With a population of about 83,572, it is the fifth largest city in Slovakia. Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia and the country's earliest political and cultural center... , Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
Event Record	New javelin design since last championships
Season Best		87.66 m	May 31, 1987	Nitra Nitra Nitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. With a population of about 83,572, it is the fifth largest city in Slovakia. Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia and the country's earliest political and cultural center... , Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record		82.10 m	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
		82.20 m	August 30, 1987
		82.32 m
		82.52 m
		83.54 m

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	align=left	| 77.30	73.90	81.36	81.36 m
2	3	align=left	| 76.30	80.60	—	80.60 m
3	5	align=left	| 70.86	79.20	—	79.20 m
4	6	align=left	| 78.92	76.62	—	78.92 m
5	7	align=left	| 77.98	78.88	77.42	78.88 m
6	9	align=left	| 78.30	75.76	76.62	78.30 m
7	10	align=left	| 78.22	76.50	77.58	78.22 m
8	14	align=left	| 70.12	X	76.48	76.48 m
9	17	align=left	| 70.02	X	75.94	75.94 m
10	18	align=left	| 71.28	75.86	73.90	75.86 m
11	21	align=left	| 73.88	75.48	72.24	75.48 m
12	22	align=left	| 72.48	74.90	73.34	74.90 m
13	25	align=left	| 73.36	71.56	68.56	73.36 m
14	27	align=left	| 72.22	71.48	71.80	72.22 m
15	28	align=left	| 71.88	66.60	68.06	71.88 m
16	30	align=left	| 71.74	68.50	70.30	71.74 m
17	35	align=left	| 61.86	64.32	64.66	64.66 m
18	36	align=left	| X	59.56	61.64	61.64 m
19	37	align=left	| 54.62	57.18	58.38	58.38 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	align=left	|81.26	—	—	81.26 m
2	4	align=left	|71.62	80.58	—	80.58 m
3	8	align=left	|72.40	78.64	70.42	78.64 m
4	11	align=left	|73.44	73.42	78.20	78.20 m
5	12	align=left	|77.78	75.80	76.64	77.78 m
6	13	align=left	|74.98	75.54	77.46	77.46 m
7	15	align=left	|75.94	74.78	76.46	76.46 m
8	16	align=left	|72.28	76.10	73.26	76.10 m
9	19	align=left	|75.64	75.74	68.10	75.74 m
10	20	align=left	|75.52	73.54	X	75.52 m
11	23	align=left	|74.16	X	X	74.16 m
12	24	align=left	|69.82	73.26	73.62	73.62 m
13	26	align=left	|71.00	73.34	70.02	72.34 m
14	29	align=left	|67.08	68.36	71.76	71.76 m
15	31	align=left	|67.94	70.76	70.62	70.76 m
16	32	align=left	|70.44	70.76	65.84	70.76 m
17	33	align=left	|X	X	70.72	70.72 m
18	34	align=left	|67.64	65.92	66.20	67.64 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		79.86	78.08	82.32	76.52	79.44	83.54	83.54 m
		82.10	80.36	X	X	82.52	80.34	82.52 m
		80.56	82.20	79.50	X	79.38	X	82.20 m
4		75.48	80.46	81.28	X	80.76	X	81.28 m
5		69.84	81.02	76.84	71.42	X	X	81.02 m
6		80.24	X	77.98	77.26	77.28	77.72	80.24 m
7		78.14	79.66	74.72	X	74.64	75.52	79.66 m
8		72.52	75.68	78.40	76.76	X	77.48	78.40 m
9		74.48	76.78	77.64				77.64 m
10		75.94	75.62	77.14				77.14 m
11		75.22	74.98	75.46				75.46 m
12		67.86	72.54	X				72.54 m

See also

• 1984 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
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• 1986 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
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• 1987 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1988 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw
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• 1990 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)
  1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin
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