# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

These are the official results of the men's shot put event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on 29 August 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Werner Günthör Switzerland (SUI) |
| Silver | Alessandro Andrei Italy (ITA) |
| Bronze | John Brenner United States (USA) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 29.08.1987 – ??:??h | 29.08.1987 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 29.08.1987 – 18:10h ||

## 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 | Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 22.91 m | August 12, 1987 | Viareggio, Italy |
| Event Record | Edward Sarul (POL) | 21.39 m | August 7, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 21.57 m | August 29, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Event Record | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 21.63 m | August 29, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Event Record | John Brenner (USA) | 21.75 m | August 29, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Event Record | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.12 m | August 29, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Event Record | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.23 m | August 29, 1987 | Rome, Italy |

## Qualification

* Held on Saturday 29 August 1987
Group A :
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Alessandro Andrei | Italy (ITA) | 21.57 m |
| 2 | Ulf Timmermann | East Germany (GDR) | 21.11 m |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Lykho | Soviet Union (URS) | 20.99 m |
| 4 | Werner Günthör | Switzerland (SUI) | 20.66 m |
| 5 | Helmut Krieger | Poland (POL) | 19.73 m |
| 6 | Karsten Stolz | West Germany (FRG) | 19.69 m |
| 7 | Gregg Tafralis | United States (USA) | 19.62 m |
| 8 | Georgi Todorov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 19.43 m |
| 9 | Ron Backes | United States (USA) | 19.34 m |
| 10 | Dimitrios Koutsoukis | Greece (GRE) | 19.05 m |
| — | Jan Sagedal | Norway (NOR) | DNS |
Group B :
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Udo Beyer | East Germany (GDR) | 20.95 m |
| 2 | John Brenner | United States (USA) | 20.28 m |
| 3 | Remigius Machura | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 20.27 m |
| 4 | Klaus Bodenmüller | Austria (AUT) | 19.96 m |
| 5 | Sergey Gavryushin | Soviet Union (URS) | 19.96 m |
| 6 | Gert Weil | Chile (CHI) | 19.76 m |
| 7 | Udo Gelhausen | West Germany (FRG) | 19.10 m |
| 8 | Janne Ronkainen | Finland (FIN) | 18.36 m |
| 9 | Lars Sundin | Sweden (SWE) | 17.25 m |
| — | Arne Pedersen | Norway (NOR) | DNS |

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE |
| | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.23 m CR |
| | Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 21.88 m |
| | John Brenner (USA) | 21.75 m |
| 4. | Remigius Machura (TCH) | 21.39 m |
| 5. | Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 21.35 m |
| 6. | Udo Beyer (GDR) | 21.13 m |
| 7. | Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT) | 20.41 m |
| 8. | Sergey Gavryushin (URS) | 20.15 m |
| 9. | Vyacheslav Lykho (URS) | 19.98 m |
| 10. | Gert Weil (CHI) | 19.71 m |
| 11. | Karsten Stolz (FRG) | 19.22 m |
| 12. | Helmut Krieger (POL) | 19.15 m |