# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 31, 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Martina Hellmann East Germany (GDR) |
| Silver | Diana Gansky East Germany (GDR) |
| Bronze | Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria (BUL) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 30.08.1987 – ??:??h | 30.08.1987 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 31.08.1987 – 18:00h ||

## 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 | Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH) | 74.56 m | August 26, 1984 | Nitra, Czechoslovakia |
| Event Record | Martina Hellmann (GDR) | 68.94 m | August 10, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Martina Opitz-Hellmann (GDR) | 71.62 m | August 31, 1987 | Rome, Italy |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 5 | Diana Gansky (GDR) | | | | 63.64 m |
| 2 | 6 | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | | | | 62.80 m |
| 3 | 7 | Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS) | | | | 62.52 m |
| 4 | 9 | Maritza Martén (CUB) | | | | 60.40 m |
| 5 | 10 | Connie Price-Smith (USA) | | | | 59.90 m |
| 6 | 11 | Mariana Lengyel (ROU) | | | | 59.72 m |
| 7 | 16 | Anne Paavolainen-Kansakangas (FIN) | | | | 57.10 m |
| 8 | 17 | Yu Hourun (CHN) | | | | 56.70 m |
| 9 | 20 | Nabila Mouelhi (TUN) | | | | 45.94 m |
| 10 | 21 | Hanane Ahmed Khaled (EGY) | | | | 42.64 m |
| 11 | 22 | Dorie Cortejo (PHI) | | | | 40.98 m |
| 12 | 23 | Morgyn Warner (ZIM) | | | | 38.56 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Ilke Wyludda (GDR) | | | | 68.40 m |
| 2 | 2 | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | | | | 66.86 m |
| 3 | 3 | Martina Hellmann (GDR) | | | | 66.80 m |
| 4 | 4 | Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH) | | | | 64.64 m |
| 5 | 8 | Larisa Korotkevich (URS) | | | | 60.48 m |
| 6 | 12 | Renata Katewicz (POL) | | | | 58.88 m |
| 7 | 13 | Carol Cady (USA) | | | | 58.50 m |
| 8 | 14 | Hou Xuemei (CHN) | | | | 58.26 m |
| 9 | 15 | Anne Salak-Khorina (URS) | | | | 57.76 m |
| 10 | 18 | María Isabel Urrutia (COL) | | | | 53.94 m |
| 11 | 19 | Maria Marello (ITA) | | | | 52.74 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Notes |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Notes |
| | Martina Hellmann (GDR) | 71.08 | 68.90 | 69.66 | 71.62 | X | 67.86 | 71.62 m | CR |
| | Diana Gansky (GDR) | 66.64 | 67.50 | 70.12 | 68.78 | 65.42 | X | 70.12 m | |
| | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | 63.72 | 66.10 | 65.38 | 63.36 | 68.82 | 68.80 | 68.82 m | |
| 4 | Ilke Wyludda (GDR) | 68.20 | 62.60 | 62.06 | 67.64 | 67.06 | 67.44 | 68.20 m | |
| 5 | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | 64.86 | 65.44 | 65.48 | 65.58 | X | 66.58 | 66.58 m | |
| 6 | Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH) | 64.34 | 64.82 | X | 64.46 | 64.03 | 63.88 | 64.82 m | |
| 7 | Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS) | 64.18 | 64.72 | 59.72 | 63.66 | 60.68 | 63.54 | 64.72 m | PB |
| 8 | Mariana Lengyel (ROU) | 62.30 | 59.28 | 59.54 | X | 58.14 | 60.86 | 62.30 m | |
| 9 | Maritza Martén (CUB) | | | | | | | 62.00 m | |
| 10 | Larisa Korotkevich (URS) | | | | | | | 60.74 m | |
| 11 | Renata Katewicz (POL) | | | | | | | 58.22 m | |
| — | Connie Price-Smith (USA) | | | | | | | NM | |