1987 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1987 in the Men's hammer throw. One of the main events during this season were the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, where the final of the men's competition was held on Tuesday September 1, 1987. (The women did not compete in the hammer throw until the early 1990s.)

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

1987 World Year Ranking

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	83.48 m	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	1987-06-21
2	82.96 m	Igor Astapkovich (URS)	Novopolotsk, Soviet Union	1987-09-26	PB
3	82.24 m	Vyacheslav Korovin (URS)	Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union	1987-06-20	PB
4	82.02 m	Jüri Tamm (URS)	Bryansk, Soviet Union	1987-07-19
5	82.00 m	Igor Nikulin (URS)	Adler, Soviet Union	1987-05-23
6	81.84 m	Ralf Haber (GDR)	Potsdam, East Germany	1987-08-21	PB
7	81.82 m	Benjaminas Viluckis (URS)	Šiauliai, Soviet Union	1987-07-05
8	81.58 m	Günther Rodehau (GDR)	Potsdam, East Germany	1987-08-21
9	81.10 m	Sergey Ivanov (URS)	Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union	1987-06-27	PB
10	80.74 m	Christoph Sahner (FRG)	Heidenheim an der Brenz, West Germany	1987-05-23
11	80.52 m	Sergey Alay (URS)	Gomel, Soviet Union	1987-07-05	PB
12	80.34 m	Yuriy Syedikh (URS)	Cork, Ireland	1987-07-07
13	80.18 m	Heinz Weis (FRG)	Rome, Italy	1987-09-01	PB
14	80.12 m	Viktor Apostolov (BUL)	Sofia, Bulgaria	1987-08-22	PB
15	80.02 m	Vasiliy Sidorenko (URS)	Baku, Soviet Union	1987-09-13
16	79.84 m	Jörg Schäfer (FRG)	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany	1987-07-12
17	79.70 m	Johann Lindner (AUT)	Schwechat, Austria	1987-06-24	NR
18	79.64 m	Ken Flax (USA)	Corvallis, Oregon, USA	1987-06-05	PB
19	79.58 m	Plamen Minev (BUL)	Sofia, Bulgaria	1987-08-15	PB
20	79.36 m	Jud Logan (USA)	Lexington, United States	1987-04-17
21	79.32 m	Ivan Tanev (BUL)	Drama, Greece	1987-08-09
22	79.14 m	Donatas Plungė (URS)	Kaunas, Soviet Union	1987-07-05
	79.14 m	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	Miskolc, Hungary	1987-08-19	PB
24	79.10 m	Mikhail Popel (URS)	Stayki, Soviet Union	1987-09-13	PB
25	78.86 m	Aleksandr Puchkov (URS)	Petrozavodsk, Soviet Union	1987-07-11	PB

References

• digilander.libero
• apulanta
• hammerthrow.wz