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1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

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These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 31, 1987.

Medalists

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Gold East Germany Martina Hellmann
East Germany (GDR)
Silver East Germany Diana Gansky
East Germany (GDR)
Bronze Bulgaria Tsvetanka Khristova
Bulgaria (BUL)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
30.08.1987 – ??:??h 30.08.1987 – ??:??h
Final Round
31.08.1987 – 18:00h

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH) 74.56 m August 26, 1984 Czechoslovakia Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Event Record  Martina Hellmann (GDR) 68.94 m August 10, 1983 Finland Helsinki, Finland
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record  Martina Opitz-Hellmann (GDR) 71.62 m August 31, 1987 Italy Rome, Italy

Qualification

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Group A

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 5  Diana Gansky (GDR) 63.64 m
2 6  Svetla Mitkova (BUL) 62.80 m
3 7  Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS) 62.52 m
4 9  Maritza Martén (CUB) 60.40 m
5 10  Connie Price-Smith (USA) 59.90 m
6 11  Mariana Lengyel (ROU) 59.72 m
7 16  Anne Paavolainen-Kansakangas (FIN) 57.10 m
8 17  Yu Hourun (CHN) 56.70 m
9 20  Nabila Mouelhi (TUN) 45.94 m
10 21  Hanane Ahmed Khaled (EGY) 42.64 m
11 22  Dorie Cortejo (PHI) 40.98 m
12 23  Morgyn Warner (ZIM) 38.56 m

Group B

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1  Ilke Wyludda (GDR) 68.40 m
2 2  Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) 66.86 m
3 3  Martina Hellmann (GDR) 66.80 m
4 4  Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH) 64.64 m
5 8  Larisa Korotkevich (URS) 60.48 m
6 12  Renata Katewicz (POL) 58.88 m
7 13  Carol Cady (USA) 58.50 m
8 14  Hou Xuemei (CHN) 58.26 m
9 15  Anne Salak-Khorina (URS) 57.76 m
10 18  María Isabel Urrutia (COL) 53.94 m
11 19  Maria Marello (ITA) 52.74 m

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Martina Hellmann (GDR) 71.08 68.90 69.66 71.62 X 67.86 71.62 m CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Diana Gansky (GDR) 66.64 67.50 70.12 68.78 65.42 X 70.12 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) 63.72 66.10 65.38 63.36 68.82 68.80 68.82 m
4  Ilke Wyludda (GDR) 68.20 62.60 62.06 67.64 67.06 67.44 68.20 m
5  Svetla Mitkova (BUL) 64.86 65.44 65.48 65.58 X 66.58 66.58 m
6  Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH) 64.34 64.82 X 64.46 64.03 63.88 64.82 m
7  Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS) 64.18 64.72 59.72 63.66 60.68 63.54 64.72 m PB
8  Mariana Lengyel (ROU) 62.30 59.28 59.54 X 58.14 60.86 62.30 m
9  Maritza Martén (CUB) 62.00 m
10  Larisa Korotkevich (URS) 60.74 m
11  Renata Katewicz (POL) 58.22 m
 Connie Price-Smith (USA) NM

References

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