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[]

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
 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.   (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.   (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.   (USA) 54.80 m
13.  Íris Grönfeldt (ISL) 54.00 m
14.   (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

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