1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Template:AthleticsAt1987WorldChampionships These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Friday September 4, 1987.

Medalists

Gold	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Schult East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Template:Flagicon John Powell United States (USA)
Bronze	Template:Flagicon Luis Delis Cuba (CUB)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
03.09.1987 – ??:??h	03.09.1987 – ??:??h
Final Round
04.09.1987 – 18:50h

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	Template:Flagathlete	74.08 m	January 6, 1986	Template:Flagicon Neubrandenburg, Neubrandenburg
Event Record	Template:Flagathlete	67.72 m	August 14, 1983	Template:Flagicon Helsinki, Finland
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Template:Flagathlete	68.74 m	September 4, 1987	Template:Flagicon Rome, Italy

Qualification

• Held on Thurdsday 1987-09-03

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Template:Flagathlete	66.06 m
2.	Template:Flagathlete	64.90 m
3.	Template:Flagathlete	64.48 m
4.	Template:Flagathlete	63.62 m
5.	Template:Flagathlete	62.68 m
6.	Template:Flagathlete	61.70 m
7.	Template:Flagathlete	61.64 m
8.	Template:Flagathlete	61.38 m
9.	Template:Flagathlete	61.36 m
10.	Template:Flagathlete	59.32 m
11.	Template:Flagathlete	58.80 m
12.	Template:Flagathlete	58.44 m
13.	Template:Flagathlete	57.84 m
—	Template:Flagathlete	NM

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Template:Flagathlete	66.04 m
2.	Template:Flagathlete	64.60 m
3.	Template:Flagathlete	64.30 m
4.	Template:Flagathlete	63.66 m
5.	Template:Flagathlete	63.34 m
6.	Template:Flagathlete	62.26 m
7.	Template:Flagathlete	59.76 m
8.	Template:Flagathlete	59.44 m
9.	Template:Flagathlete	59.16 m
10.	Template:Flagathlete	59.02 m
11.	Template:Flagathlete	58.90 m
—	Template:Flagathlete	NM
—	Template:Flagathlete	DNS

Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
File:Med 1.png	Template:Flagathlete	68.74 m CR
File:Med 2.png	Template:Flagathlete	66.22 m
File:Med 3.png	Template:Flagathlete	66.02 m
4.	Template:Flagathlete	65.96 m
5.	Template:Flagathlete	65.60 m
6.	Template:Flagathlete	65.50 m
7.	Template:Flagathlete	65.32 m
8.	Template:Flagathlete	63.64 m
9.	Template:Flagathlete	61.98 m
10.	Template:Flagathlete	61.94 m
11.	Template:Flagathlete	60.98 m
12.	Template:Flagathlete	60.60 m

See also

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

References

• Results