1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1987 World Championships 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

GoldSoviet Union Sergey Litvinov
Soviet Union (URS)
SilverSoviet Union Jüri Tamm
Soviet Union (URS)
BronzeEast Germany Ralf Haber
East Germany (GDR)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
31.08.1987 – ??:??h 31.08.1987 – ??:??h
Final Round
01.09.1987 – 15:00h

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 Yuriy Sedykh (URS)86.74 m August 30, 1986West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record Sergey Litvinov (URS)82.68 m August 9, 1983Finland Helsinki, Finland
Season Best Sergey Litvinov (URS)83.48 m June 21, 1987East Germany Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record Sergey Litvinov (URS)83.06 m September 1, 1987Italy Rome, Italy

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
11 Sergey Litvinov (URS)81.78 m
29 Walter Ciofani (FRA)76.12 m
310 Günther Rodehau (GDR)76.06 m
412 Plamen Minev (BUL)75.18 m
513 Juha Tiainen (FIN)75.10 m
614 Jud Logan (USA)74.80 m
715 Kjell Bystedt (SWE)74.46 m
816 Lucio Serrani (ITA)74.00 m
917 Jörg Schäfer (FRG)73.58 m
1019 Viktor Apostolov (BUL)73.46 m
1121 Michael Beierl (AUT)72.70 m
1224 Andrés Charadia (ARG)63.70 m
1325 Gary Halpin (IRL)63.68 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
12 Ralf Haber (GDR)79.46 m
23 Igor Nikulin (URS)78.60 m
34 Heinz Weis (FRG)77.78 m
45 Tibor Gécsek (HUN)77.52 m
56 Jüri Tamm (URS)77.42 m
67 Christoph Sahner (FRG)77.02 m
78 Ivan Tanev (BUL)76.50 m
811 Harri Huhtala (FIN)75.64 m
918 Tore Gustafsson (SWE)73.54 m
1020 Ken Flax (USA)73.36 m
1122 Francisco Fuentes (ESP)69.54 m
1223 Dave Smith (GBR)68.56 m
1326 Angus Cooper (NZL)63.64 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st, gold medalist(s) Sergey Litvinov (URS)83.06 mCR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jüri Tamm (URS)80.84 m
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ralf Haber (GDR)80.76 m
4 Christoph Sahner (FRG)80.58 m
5 Igor Nikulin (URS)80.18 m
6 Heinz Weis (FRG)80.18 m
7 Tibor Gécsek (HUN)77.56 m
8 Plamen Minev (BUL)77.06 m
9 Günther Rodehau (GDR)76.18 m
10 Ivan Tanev (BUL)76.00 m
11 Walter Ciofani (FRA)75.34 m
12 Harri Huhtala (FIN)74.98 m

See also

References


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