1987 in hammer throw
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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
[edit]| 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
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1987 World Year Ranking
[edit]| 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 |