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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

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

Schedule

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  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

  • 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

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

References