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1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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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

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

Schedule

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

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 m January 6, 1986 East Germany Neubrandenburg, Neubrandenburg
Event Record  Imrich Bugár (TCH) 67.72 m August 14, 1983 Finland Helsinki, Finland
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 68.74 m September 4, 1987 Italy Rome, Italy

Qualification

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  • Held on Thurdsday 1987-09-03
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Luis Delis (CUB) 66.06 m
2.  Rolf Danneberg (FRG) 64.90 m
3.  Romas Ubartas (URS) 64.48 m
4.  John Powell (USA) 63.62 m
5.  Imrich Bugár (TCH) 62.68 m
6.  Bradley Cooper (BAH) 61.70 m
7.  Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) 61.64 m
8.  Dariusz Juzyszyn (POL) 61.38 m
9.  Stefan Fernholm (SWE) 61.36 m
10.  Vesteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) 59.32 m
11.  Georgi Georgiev (BUL) 58.80 m
12.  John Brenner (USA) 58.44 m
13.  Patrick Journoud (FRA) 57.84 m
 Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (GRE) NM


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 66.04 m
2.  Vaclavas Kidykas (URS) 64.60 m
3.  Volodymyr Zinchenko (URS) 64.30 m
4.  Géjza Valent (TCH) 63.66 m
5.  Alois Hannecker (FRG) 63.34 m
6.  Marco Martino (ITA) 62.26 m
7.  Svein Inge Valvik (NOR) 59.76 m
8.  Lars Sundin (SWE) 59.44 m
9.  Ray Lazdins (CAN) 59.16 m
10.  Randy Heisler (USA) 59.02 m
11.  Kamen Dimitrov (BUL) 58.90 m
 Göran Svensson (SWE) NM
 Werner Hartmann (FRG) DNS

Final

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RANK FINAL DISTANCE
 Jürgen Schult (GDR) 68.74 m CR
 John Powell (USA) 66.22 m
 Luis Delis (CUB) 66.02 m
4.  Rolf Danneberg (FRG) 65.96 m
5.  Volodymyr Zinchenko (URS) 65.60 m
6.  Romas Ubartas (URS) 65.50 m
7.  Imrich Bugár (TCH) 65.32 m
8.  Vaclavas Kidykas (URS) 63.64 m
9.  Géjza Valent (TCH) 61.98 m
10.  Bradley Cooper (BAH) 61.94 m
11.  Alois Hannecker (FRG) 60.98 m
12.  Marco Martino (ITA) 60.60 m

See also

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References

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