1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 1987 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw		women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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

Gold	Seppo Räty Finland (FIN)
Silver	Viktor Yevsyukov Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Jan Železný Czechoslovakia (TCH)

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

• All results shown are in metres

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jan Železný (TCH)	87.66 m	May 31, 1987	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Event Record	New javelin design since last championships
Season Best	Jan Železný (TCH)	87.66 m	May 31, 1987	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Viktor Yevsyukov (URS)	82.10 m	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
	Jan Železný (TCH)	82.20 m	August 30, 1987
	Seppo Räty (FIN)	82.32 m
	Viktor Yevsyukov (URS)	82.52 m
	Seppo Räty (FIN)	83.54 m

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Viktor Yevsyukov (URS)	77.30	73.90	81.36	81.36 m
2	3	Pascal Lefèvre (FRA)	76.30	80.60	—	80.60 m
3	5	Jan Železný (TCH)	70.86	79.20	—	79.20 m
4	6	Duncan Atwood (USA)	78.92	76.62	—	78.92 m
5	7	Mick Hill (GBR)	77.98	78.88	77.42	78.88 m
6	9	Peter Borglund (SWE)	78.30	75.76	76.62	78.30 m
7	10	Seppo Räty (FIN)	78.22	76.50	77.58	78.22 m
8	14	Antonios Papadimitriou (GRE)	70.12	X	76.48	76.48 m
9	17	Sejad Krdžalić (YUG)	70.02	X	75.94	75.94 m
10	18	Roald Bradstock (GBR)	71.28	75.86	73.90	75.86 m
11	21	Emil Tsvetanov (BUL)	73.88	75.48	72.24	75.48 m
12	22	Masami Yoshida (JPN)	72.48	74.90	73.34	74.90 m
13	25	Juan de la Garza (MEX)	73.36	71.56	68.56	73.36 m
14	27	Andreas Linden (FRG)	72.22	71.48	71.80	72.22 m
15	28	Kim Jae-Sang (KOR)	71.88	66.60	68.06	71.88 m
16	30	Zakayo Malekwa (TAN)	71.74	68.50	70.30	71.74 m
17	35	Tarek Chaabani (TUN)	61.86	64.32	64.66	64.66 m
18	36	Bassam Al-Shater (SYR)	X	59.56	61.64	61.64 m
19	37	Romeo Montanes (PHI)	54.62	57.18	58.38	58.38 m

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Tom Petranoff (USA)	81.26	—	—	81.26 m
2	4	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN)	71.62	80.58	—	80.58 m
3	8	David Ottley (GBR)	72.40	78.64	70.42	78.64 m
4	11	Lev Shatilo (URS)	73.44	73.42	78.20	78.20 m
5	12	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	77.78	75.80	76.64	77.78 m
6	13	Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)	74.98	75.54	77.46	77.46 m
7	15	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	75.94	74.78	76.46	76.46 m
8	16	Marek Kaleta (URS)	72.28	76.10	73.26	76.10 m
9	19	Jyrki Blom (FIN)	75.64	75.74	68.10	75.74 m
10	20	Sigurður Einarsson (ISL)	75.52	73.54	X	75.52 m
11	23	Gavin Lovegrove (NZL)	74.16	X	X	74.16 m
12	24	Mirosław Witek (POL)	69.82	73.26	73.62	73.62 m
13	26	Ivan Mustapić (YUG)	71.00	73.34	70.02	72.34 m
14	29	Justin Arop (UGA)	67.08	68.36	71.76	71.76 m
15	31	Mark Babich (USA)	67.94	70.76	70.62	70.76 m
16	32	Fabio de Gaspari (ITA)	70.44	70.76	65.84	70.76 m
17	33	Zdeněk Adamec (TCH)	X	X	70.72	70.72 m
18	34	Mike Mahovlich (CAN)	67.64	65.92	66.20	67.64 m

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Seppo Räty (FIN)	79.86	78.08	82.32	76.52	79.44	83.54	83.54 m
	Viktor Yevsyukov (URS)	82.10	80.36	X	X	82.52	80.34	82.52 m
	Jan Železný (TCH)	80.56	82.20	79.50	X	79.38	X	82.20 m
4	Tom Petranoff (USA)	75.48	80.46	81.28	X	80.76	X	81.28 m
5	Lev Shatilo (URS)	69.84	81.02	76.84	71.42	X	X	81.02 m
6	Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN)	80.24	X	77.98	77.26	77.28	77.72	80.24 m
7	Mick Hill (GBR)	78.14	79.66	74.72	X	74.64	75.52	79.66 m
8	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	72.52	75.68	78.40	76.76	X	77.48	78.40 m
9	David Ottley (GBR)	74.48	76.78	77.64				77.64 m
10	Pascal Lefèvre (FRA)	75.94	75.62	77.14				77.14 m
11	Peter Borglund (SWE)	75.22	74.98	75.46				75.46 m
12	Duncan Atwood (USA)	67.86	72.54	X				72.54 m

• 1984 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)
• 1990 Men's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)

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