These are the official results of the men's shot put event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on 29 August 1987.
Medalists Gold Werner GünthörSwitzerland (SUI)Silver Alessandro AndreiItaly (ITA)Bronze John BrennerUnited States (USA)
Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B29.08.1987 – ??:??h29.08.1987 – ??:??hFinal Round29.08.1987 – 18:10h
Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best
Records Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships World Record 22.91 m August 12, 1987 Viareggio, Italy Event Record 21.39 m August 7, 1983 Helsinki, Finland Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics ChampionshipsEvent Record 21.57 m August 29, 1987 Rome, Italy 21.63 m 21.75 m 22.12 m 22.23 m
Qualification Held on Saturday 29 August 1987 + Group ARankAthleteNationDistance1Alessandro Andrei 21.57 m2Ulf Timmermann 21.11 m3Vyacheslav Lykho 20.99 m4Werner Günthör 20.66 m5Helmut Krieger 19.73 m6Karsten Stolz 19.69 m7Gregg Tafralis 19.62 m8Georgi Todorov 19.43 m9Ron Backes 19.34 m10Dimitrios Koutsoukis 19.05 m—Jan Sagedal
+ Group BRankAthleteNationDistance1Udo Beyer 20.95 m2John Brenner 20.28 m3Remigius Machura 20.27 m4Klaus Bodenmüller 19.96 m5Sergey Gavryushin 19.96 m6Gert Weil 19.76 m7Udo Gelhausen 19.10 m8Janne Ronkainen 18.36 m9Lars Sundin 17.25 m—Arne Pedersen DNS
Final RANKFINALDISTANCE22.23 m CR21.88 m21.75 m4.21.39 m5.21.35 m6.21.13 m7.20.41 m8.20.15 m9.19.98 m10.19.71 m11.19.22 m12.19.15 m
See also 1984 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart) 1988 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships Shot Put (Split) 1992 Men's Olympic Shot Put (Barcelona)
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