1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday September 6, 1987. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists

Gold United Kingdom Fatima Whitbread
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver East Germany Petra Felke
East Germany (GDR)
Bronze West Germany Beate Peters
West Germany (FRG)

Schedule

  • All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round
Group A Group B
05.09.1987 – ??:??h 05.09.1987 – ??:??h
Final Round
06.09.1987 – 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  Petra Felke (GDR) 78.90 m July 29, 1987 East Germany Leipzig, East Germany
Event Record  Tiina Lillak (FIN) 70.82 m August 13, 1983 Finland Helsinki, Finland
Season Best  Petra Felke (GDR) 78.90 m July 29, 1987 East Germany Leipzig, East Germany

Qualification

  • Held on Saturday 1987-09-05
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Petra Felke (GDR) 69.16 m
2.  Tessa Sanderson (GBR) 66.46 m
3.  Beate Peters (FRG) 64.26 m
4.  Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS) 63.04 m
5.  Katalin Hartai (HUN) 62.68 m
6.  Natalya Kolenchukova (URS) 60.78 m
7.  Anna Verouli (GRE) 60.60 m
8.  Zhou Yuanxiang (CHN) 59.46 m
9.  Elisabet Nagy (SWE) 58.72 m
10.  María Caridad Colón (CUB) 57.82 m
11.  Emi Matsui (JPN) 57.78 m
12.  Denise Thiémard (SUI) 56.34 m
13.  Sueli dos Santos (BRA) 55.48 m
14.  Marieta Riera (VEN) 53.38 m
15.  Lee Hui-cheng (TPE) 51.42 m
16.  Mereoni Vibose (FIJ) 48.60 m


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Fatima Whitbread (GBR) 67.00 m
2.  Ingrid Thyssen (FRG) 64.52 m
3.  Ivonne Leal (CUB) 62.60 m
4.  Tiina Lillak (FIN) 62.34 m
5.  Susanne Jung (GDR) 62.26 m
6.  Manuela Alizadeh (FRG) 62.16 m
7.  Natalya Shikolenko (URS) 60.40 m
8.  Céline Chartrand (CAN) 59.06 m
9.  Tuula Laaksalo (FIN) 57.24 m
10.  Li Baolian (CHN) 55.96 m
11.  Trine Solberg (NOR) 55.30 m
12.  Cathie Wilson (USA) 54.80 m
13.  Íris Grönfeldt (ISL) 54.00 m
14.  Iammo Launa (PNG) 42.70 m
—  Laverne Eve (BAH) NM

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Fatima Whitbread (GBR) 76.64 m CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Petra Felke (GDR) 71.76 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Beate Peters (FRG) 68.82 m
4  Tessa Sanderson (GBR) 67.54 m
5  Susanne Jung (GDR) 67.46 m
6  Tiina Lillak (FIN) 66.82 m
7  Natalya Kolenchukova (URS) 65.52 m
8  Ivonne Leal (CUB) 64.90 m
9  Ingrid Thyssen (FRG) 64.12 m
10  Manuela Alizadeh (FRG) 63.40 m
11  Katalin Hartai (HUN) 60.88 m
12  Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS) 60.60 m

See also

References

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