1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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 6 September 1987. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

The winning margin was 4.88 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's javelin throw has been won by more than four metres at these championships, although in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics the winning margins in the women's javelin throw were 5.71 metres and 5.29 metres respectively.

Medalists

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

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
05.09.1987 – ??:??h 05.09.1987 – ??:??h
Final Round
06.09.1987 – 17:30h

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   Petra Felke (GDR) 78.90 m July 29, 1987   Leipzig, East Germany
Event Record   Tiina Lillak (FIN) 70.82 m August 13, 1983   Helsinki, Finland
Season Best   Petra Felke (GDR) 78.90 m July 29, 1987   Leipzig, East Germany

Qualification

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  • 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

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Fatima Whitbread (GBR) 76.64 m CR
    Petra Felke (GDR) 71.76 m
    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

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References

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