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Events at the 1987 World Championships
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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)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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

See also

• 1984 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Seoul)
• 1990 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Split)

References

• Results

• Events at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics
• Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships