# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 30, 1987. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin (old design). The qualification mark was set at 79.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Seppo Räty Finland (FIN) |
| Silver | Viktor Yevsyukov Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Jan Železný Czechoslovakia (TCH) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 29.08.1987 – 18:00h | 29.08.1987 – 19:00h |
| Final Round ||
| 30.08.1987 – 17:30h ||

## 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 | Jan Železný (TCH) | 87.66 m | May 31, 1987 | Nitra, Czechoslovakia |
| Event Record | New javelin design since last championships | New javelin design since last championships | New javelin design since last championships | New javelin design since last championships |
| Season Best | Jan Železný (TCH) | 87.66 m | May 31, 1987 | Nitra, Czechoslovakia |
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) | 82.10 m | August 29, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Event Record | Jan Železný (TCH) | 82.20 m | August 30, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Event Record | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 82.32 m | August 30, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Event Record | Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) | 82.52 m | August 30, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Event Record | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 83.54 m | August 30, 1987 | Rome, Italy |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) | 77.30 | 73.90 | 81.36 | 81.36 m |
| 2 | 3 | Pascal Lefèvre (FRA) | 76.30 | 80.60 | — | 80.60 m |
| 3 | 5 | Jan Železný (TCH) | 70.86 | 79.20 | — | 79.20 m |
| 4 | 6 | Duncan Atwood (USA) | 78.92 | 76.62 | — | 78.92 m |
| 5 | 7 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 77.98 | 78.88 | 77.42 | 78.88 m |
| 6 | 9 | Peter Borglund (SWE) | 78.30 | 75.76 | 76.62 | 78.30 m |
| 7 | 10 | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 78.22 | 76.50 | 77.58 | 78.22 m |
| 8 | 14 | Antonios Papadimitriou (GRE) | 70.12 | X | 76.48 | 76.48 m |
| 9 | 17 | Sejad Krdžalić (YUG) | 70.02 | X | 75.94 | 75.94 m |
| 10 | 18 | Roald Bradstock (GBR) | 71.28 | 75.86 | 73.90 | 75.86 m |
| 11 | 21 | Emil Tsvetanov (BUL) | 73.88 | 75.48 | 72.24 | 75.48 m |
| 12 | 22 | Masami Yoshida (JPN) | 72.48 | 74.90 | 73.34 | 74.90 m |
| 13 | 25 | Juan de la Garza (MEX) | 73.36 | 71.56 | 68.56 | 73.36 m |
| 14 | 27 | Andreas Linden (FRG) | 72.22 | 71.48 | 71.80 | 72.22 m |
| 15 | 28 | Kim Jae-Sang (KOR) | 71.88 | 66.60 | 68.06 | 71.88 m |
| 16 | 30 | Zakayo Malekwa (TAN) | 71.74 | 68.50 | 70.30 | 71.74 m |
| 17 | 35 | Tarek Chaabani (TUN) | 61.86 | 64.32 | 64.66 | 64.66 m |
| 18 | 36 | Bassam Al-Shater (SYR) | X | 59.56 | 61.64 | 61.64 m |
| 19 | 37 | Romeo Montanes (PHI) | 54.62 | 57.18 | 58.38 | 58.38 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Tom Petranoff (USA) | 81.26 | — | — | 81.26 m |
| 2 | 4 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) | 71.62 | 80.58 | — | 80.58 m |
| 3 | 8 | David Ottley (GBR) | 72.40 | 78.64 | 70.42 | 78.64 m |
| 4 | 11 | Lev Shatilo (URS) | 73.44 | 73.42 | 78.20 | 78.20 m |
| 5 | 12 | Dag Wennlund (SWE) | 77.78 | 75.80 | 76.64 | 77.78 m |
| 6 | 13 | Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL) | 74.98 | 75.54 | 77.46 | 77.46 m |
| 7 | 15 | Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) | 75.94 | 74.78 | 76.46 | 76.46 m |
| 8 | 16 | Marek Kaleta (URS) | 72.28 | 76.10 | 73.26 | 76.10 m |
| 9 | 19 | Jyrki Blom (FIN) | 75.64 | 75.74 | 68.10 | 75.74 m |
| 10 | 20 | Sigurður Einarsson (ISL) | 75.52 | 73.54 | X | 75.52 m |
| 11 | 23 | Gavin Lovegrove (NZL) | 74.16 | X | X | 74.16 m |
| 12 | 24 | Mirosław Witek (POL) | 69.82 | 73.26 | 73.62 | 73.62 m |
| 13 | 26 | Ivan Mustapić (YUG) | 71.00 | 73.34 | 70.02 | 72.34 m |
| 14 | 29 | Justin Arop (UGA) | 67.08 | 68.36 | 71.76 | 71.76 m |
| 15 | 31 | Mark Babich (USA) | 67.94 | 70.76 | 70.62 | 70.76 m |
| 16 | 32 | Fabio de Gaspari (ITA) | 70.44 | 70.76 | 65.84 | 70.76 m |
| 17 | 33 | Zdeněk Adamec (TCH) | X | X | 70.72 | 70.72 m |
| 18 | 34 | Mike Mahovlich (CAN) | 67.64 | 65.92 | 66.20 | 67.64 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Seppo Räty (FIN) | 79.86 | 78.08 | 82.32 | 76.52 | 79.44 | 83.54 | 83.54 m | |
| | Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) | 82.10 | 80.36 | X | X | 82.52 | 80.34 | 82.52 m | |
| | Jan Železný (TCH) | 80.56 | 82.20 | 79.50 | X | 79.38 | X | 82.20 m | |
| 4 | Tom Petranoff (USA) | 75.48 | 80.46 | 81.28 | X | 80.76 | X | 81.28 m | |
| 5 | Lev Shatilo (URS) | 69.84 | 81.02 | 76.84 | 71.42 | X | X | 81.02 m | |
| 6 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) | 80.24 | X | 77.98 | 77.26 | 77.28 | 77.72 | 80.24 m | |
| 7 | Mick Hill (GBR) | 78.14 | 79.66 | 74.72 | X | 74.64 | 75.52 | 79.66 m | |
| 8 | Dag Wennlund (SWE) | 72.52 | 75.68 | 78.40 | 76.76 | X | 77.48 | 78.40 m | |
| 9 | David Ottley (GBR) | 74.48 | 76.78 | 77.64 | | | | 77.64 m | |
| 10 | Pascal Lefèvre (FRA) | 75.94 | 75.62 | 77.14 | | | | 77.14 m | |
| 11 | Peter Borglund (SWE) | 75.22 | 74.98 | 75.46 | | | | 75.46 m | |
| 12 | Duncan Atwood (USA) | 67.86 | 72.54 | X | | | | 72.54 m | |