1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
# 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 September 6, 1987. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

## Medalists

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

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round :

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| 05.09.1987 – ??:??h | 05.09.1987 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 06.09.1987 – 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 | 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

* 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

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | 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 | |
