1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

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


==1987 World Year Ranking==

Rank

Mark

Athlete

Venue

Date

Note

1

'''83.48 m

Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany

1987-06-21

2

'''82.96 m

Novopolotsk, Soviet Union

1987-09-26

PB

3

'''82.24 m

Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union

1987-06-20

PB

4

'''82.02 m

Bryansk, Soviet Union

1987-07-19

5

'''82.00 m

Adler, Soviet Union

1987-05-23

6

'''81.84 m

Potsdam, East Germany

1987-08-21

PB

7

'''81.82 m

Siauliai, Soviet Union

1987-07-05

8

'''81.58 m

Potsdam, East Germany

1987-08-21

9

'''81.10 m

Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union

1987-06-27

PB

10

'''80.74 m

Heidenheim, West Germany

1987-05-23

11

'''80.52 m

Gomel, Soviet Union

1987-07-05

PB

12

'''80.34 m

Cork, Ireland

1987-07-07

13

'''80.18 m

Rome, Italy

1987-09-01

PB

14

'''80.12 m

Sofia, Bulgaria

1987-08-22

PB

15

'''80.02 m

Baku, Soviet Union

1987-09-13

16

'''79.84 m

Gelsenkirchen, West Germany

1987-07-12

17

'''79.70 m

Schwechat, Austria

1987-06-24

NR

18

'''79.64 m

Corvallis, Oregon, USA

1987-06-05

PB

19

'''79.58 m

Sofia, Bulgaria

1987-08-15

PB

20

'''79.36 m

Lexington, United States

1987-04-17

21

'''79.32 m

Drama, Greece

1987-08-09

22

'''79.14 m

Kaunas, Soviet Union

1987-07-05

'''79.14 m

Miskolc, Hungary

1987-08-19

PB

24

'''79.10 m

Stayki, Soviet Union

1987-09-13

PB

25

'''78.86 m

Petrazavodsk, Soviet Union

1987-07-11

PB


==References==