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

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Friday September 4, 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jürgen Schult East Germany (GDR) |
| - | - |
| Silver | John Powell United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Luis Delis Cuba (CUB) |

## Schedule

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

Qualification Round :

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| 03.09.1987 – ??:??h | 03.09.1987 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 04.09.1987 – 18:50h ||

## 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 | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 74.08 m | January 6, 1986 | Neubrandenburg, Neubrandenburg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Event Record | Imrich Bugár (TCH) | 67.72 m | August 14, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 68.74 m | September 4, 1987 | Rome, Italy |

## Qualification

* Held on Thurdsday 1987-09-03

| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Luis Delis (CUB) | 66.06 m |
| 2. | Rolf Danneberg (FRG) | 64.90 m |
| 3. | Romas Ubartas (URS) | 64.48 m |
| 4. | John Powell (USA) | 63.62 m |
| 5. | Imrich Bugár (TCH) | 62.68 m |
| 6. | Bradley Cooper (BAH) | 61.70 m |
| 7. | Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) | 61.64 m |
| 8. | Dariusz Juzyszyn (POL) | 61.38 m |
| 9. | Stefan Fernholm (SWE) | 61.36 m |
| 10. | Vesteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) | 59.32 m |
| 11. | Georgi Georgiev (BUL) | 58.80 m |
| 12. | John Brenner (USA) | 58.44 m |
| 13. | Patrick Journoud (FRA) | 57.84 m |
| — | Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (GRE) | NM |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 66.04 m |
| 2. | Vaclavas Kidykas (URS) | 64.60 m |
| 3. | Volodymyr Zinchenko (URS) | 64.30 m |
| 4. | Géjza Valent (TCH) | 63.66 m |
| 5. | Alois Hannecker (FRG) | 63.34 m |
| 6. | Marco Martino (ITA) | 62.26 m |
| 7. | Svein Inge Valvik (NOR) | 59.76 m |
| 8. | Lars Sundin (SWE) | 59.44 m |
| 9. | Ray Lazdins (CAN) | 59.16 m |
| 10. | Randy Heisler (USA) | 59.02 m |
| 11. | Kamen Dimitrov (BUL) | 58.90 m |
| — | Göran Svensson (SWE) | NM |
| — | Werner Hartmann (FRG) | DNS |

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE |
| - | - | - |
| | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 68.74 m CR |
| | John Powell (USA) | 66.22 m |
| | Luis Delis (CUB) | 66.02 m |
| 4. | Rolf Danneberg (FRG) | 65.96 m |
| 5. | Volodymyr Zinchenko (URS) | 65.60 m |
| 6. | Romas Ubartas (URS) | 65.50 m |
| 7. | Imrich Bugár (TCH) | 65.32 m |
| 8. | Vaclavas Kidykas (URS) | 63.64 m |
| 9. | Géjza Valent (TCH) | 61.98 m |
| 10. | Bradley Cooper (BAH) | 61.94 m |
| 11. | Alois Hannecker (FRG) | 60.98 m |
| 12. | Marco Martino (ITA) | 60.60 m |
