Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw
# Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 15 and 16 July 1987. It was the first time that the new model javelin was used at the Games.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Marek Kaleta Soviet Union | Sejad Krdžalić Yugoslavia | Volker Hadwich East Germany |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification distance: 70.00 metres

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ? | Marek Kaleta | Soviet Union | 77.54 | Q |
| 2 | ? | Volker Hadwich | East Germany | 76.84 | Q |
| 3 | ? | Peter Blank | West Germany | 76.50 | Q |
| 4 | ? | Sejad Krdžalić | Yugoslavia | 73.76 | Q |
| 5 | ? | Jyrki Blom | Finland | 73.60 | Q |
| 6 | ? | Ivan Mustapić | Yugoslavia | 73.42 | Q |
| 7 | ? | Pascal Lefèvre | France | 72.86 | Q |
| 8 | ? | Brian Crouser | United States | 72.82 | Q |
| 9 | ? | Stéphane Laporte | France | 72.66 | Q |
| 10 | ? | Mark Babich | United States | 72.38 | Q |
| 11 | ? | Fabio De Gaspari | Italy | 72.12 | Q |
| 12 | ? | Nicu Roata | Romania | 72.04 | Q |
| 13 | ? | Einar Vilhjálmsson | Iceland | 71.92 | Q |
| 14 | ? | Wolfram Gambke | West Germany | 71.48 | Q |
| 15 | ? | Tapio Korjus | Finland | 70.60 | Q |
| 16 | ? | Zhao Ming | China | 70.44 | Q |
| 17 | ? | István Csider | Hungary | 69.66 | |
| 18 | ? | Mike Mahovlich | Canada | 69.28 | |
| 19 | ? | Kim Jae-sang | South Korea | 67.60 | |
| 20 | ? | Metin Altintaş | Turkey | 67.54 | |
| 21 | ? | Mike Brennan | Canada | 62.78 | |
| 22 | ? | Marco Talavera | Paraguay | 60.74 | |
| 23 | ? | Carlos Cunha | Portugal | 60.58 | |
| 24 | ? | Jorge Parraguirre | Chile | 57.04 | |
| 25 | ? | Mohamed Yazid Imran | Malaysia | 52.44 | |
| 26 | ? | Darshana Wijegunasinghe | Sri Lanka | 48.34 | |
| 27 | ? | Jorge Coronel | Ecuador | 47.16 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Marek Kaleta | Soviet Union | 81.42 |
| | Sejad Krdžalić | Yugoslavia | 80.26 |
| | Volker Hadwich | East Germany | 78.82 |
| 4 | Nicu Roata | Romania | 77.82 |
| 5 | Peter Blank | West Germany | 74.72 |
| 6 | Fabio De Gaspari | Italy | 74.46 |
| 7 | Jyrki Blom | Finland | 74.16 |
| 8 | Brian Crouser | United States | 74.06 |
| 9 | Wolfram Gambke | West Germany | 74.04 |
| 10 | Tapio Korjus | Finland | 73.82 |
| 11 | Einar Vilhjálmsson | Iceland | 73.64 |
| 12 | Mark Babich | United States | 73.52 |
| 13 | Pascal Lefèvre | France | 73.38 |
| 14 | Ivan Mustapić | Yugoslavia | 72.22 |
| 15 | Stéphane Laporte | France | 70.20 |
| 16 | Zhao Ming | China | 67.50 |
