1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the
1987 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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

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

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 81.78 m
2 9  Walter Ciofani (FRA) 76.12 m
3 10  Günther Rodehau (GDR) 76.06 m
4 12  Plamen Minev (BUL) 75.18 m
5 13  Juha Tiainen (FIN) 75.10 m
6 14  Jud Logan (USA) 74.80 m
7 15  Kjell Bystedt (SWE) 74.46 m
8 16  Lucio Serrani (ITA) 74.00 m
9 17  Jörg Schäfer (FRG) 73.58 m
10 19  Viktor Apostolov (BUL) 73.46 m
11 21  Michael Beierl (AUT) 72.70 m
12 24  Andrés Charadia (ARG) 63.70 m
13 25  Gary Halpin (IRL) 63.68 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2  Ralf Haber (GDR) 79.46 m
2 3  Igor Nikulin (URS) 78.60 m
3 4  Heinz Weis (FRG) 77.78 m
4 5  Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 77.52 m
5 6  Jüri Tamm (URS) 77.42 m
6 7  Christoph Sahner (FRG) 77.02 m
7 8  Ivan Tanev (BUL) 76.50 m
8 11  Harri Huhtala (FIN) 75.64 m
9 18  Tore Gustafsson (SWE) 73.54 m
10 20  Ken Flax (USA) 73.36 m
11 22  Francisco Fuentes (ESP) 69.54 m
12 23  Dave Smith (GBR) 68.56 m
13 26  Angus Cooper (NZL) 63.64 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 74.76 83.06 80.58 81.50 X 80.64 83.06 m CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jüri Tamm (URS) 78.38 77.94 X 76.88 78.18 80.84 80.84 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ralf Haber (GDR) X 77.92 78.94 79.18 80.76 78.78 80.76 m
4  Christoph Sahner (FRG) 72.38 75.80 76.68 77.32 79.50 80.58 80.58 m
5  Igor Nikulin (URS) 76.62 78.74 79.48 78.18 80.18 80.00 80.18 m
6  Heinz Weis (FRG) 77.70 79.02 78.36 79.26 80.18 78.76 80.18 m
7  Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 76.54 75.80 77.34 77.56 74.94 76.94 77.56 m
8  Plamen Minev (BUL) 75.16 77.06 X X X X 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