1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Friday September 4, 1987.

Medalists

GoldEast Germany Jürgen Schult
East Germany (GDR)
SilverUnited States John Powell
United States (USA)
BronzeCuba Luis Delis
Cuba (CUB)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
03.09.1987 – ??:??h 03.09.1987 – ??:??h
Final Round
04.09.1987 – 18:50h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
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 Jürgen Schult (GDR)74.08 m January 6, 1986East Germany Neubrandenburg, Neubrandenburg
Event Record Imrich Bugár (TCH)67.72 m August 14, 1983Finland Helsinki, Finland
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record Jürgen Schult (GDR)68.74 m September 4, 1987Italy Rome, Italy

Qualification

  • Held on Thurdsday 1987-09-03
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Luis Delis (CUB) 66.06 m
2.  Rolf Danneberg (FRG) 64.90 m
3.  Romas Ubartas (URS) 64.48 m
4.  John Powell (USA) 63.62 m
5.  Imrich Bugár (TCH) 62.68 m
6.  Bradley Cooper (BAH) 61.70 m
7.  Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) 61.64 m
8.  Dariusz Juzyszyn (POL) 61.38 m
9.  Stefan Fernholm (SWE) 61.36 m
10.  Vesteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) 59.32 m
11.  Georgi Georgiev (BUL) 58.80 m
12.  John Brenner (USA) 58.44 m
13.  Patrick Journoud (FRA) 57.84 m
—  Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (GRE) NM


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 66.04 m
2.  Vaclavas Kidykas (URS) 64.60 m
3.  Volodymyr Zinchenko (URS) 64.30 m
4.  Géjza Valent (TCH) 63.66 m
5.  Alois Hannecker (FRG) 63.34 m
6.  Marco Martino (ITA) 62.26 m
7.  Svein Inge Valvik (NOR) 59.76 m
8.  Lars Sundin (SWE) 59.44 m
9.  Ray Lazdins (CAN) 59.16 m
10.  Randy Heisler (USA) 59.02 m
11.  Kamen Dimitrov (BUL) 58.90 m
—  Göran Svensson (SWE) NM
—  Werner Hartmann (FRG) DNS

Final

RANK FINAL DISTANCE
 Jürgen Schult (GDR) 68.74 m CR
 John Powell (USA) 66.22 m
 Luis Delis (CUB) 66.02 m
4.  Rolf Danneberg (FRG) 65.96 m
5.  Volodymyr Zinchenko (URS) 65.60 m
6.  Romas Ubartas (URS) 65.50 m
7.  Imrich Bugár (TCH) 65.32 m
8.  Vaclavas Kidykas (URS) 63.64 m
9.  Géjza Valent (TCH) 61.98 m
10.  Bradley Cooper (BAH) 61.94 m
11.  Alois Hannecker (FRG) 60.98 m
12.  Marco Martino (ITA) 60.60 m

See also

References


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