These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday September 6, 1987. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

• All results shown are in metres

• Held on Saturday 1987-09-05

More information RANK, GROUP A ...

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Petra Felke (GDR)	69.16 m
2.	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	66.46 m
3.	Beate Peters (FRG)	64.26 m
4.	Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS)	63.04 m
5.	Katalin Hartai (HUN)	62.68 m
6.	Natalya Kolenchukova (URS)	60.78 m
7.	Anna Verouli (GRE)	60.60 m
8.	Zhou Yuanxiang (CHN)	59.46 m
9.	Elisabet Nagy (SWE)	58.72 m
10.	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	57.82 m
11.	Emi Matsui (JPN)	57.78 m
12.	Denise Thiémard (SUI)	56.34 m
13.	Sueli dos Santos (BRA)	55.48 m
14.	Marieta Riera (VEN)	53.38 m
15.	Lee Hui-cheng (TPE)	51.42 m
16.	Mereoni Vibose (FIJ)	48.60 m

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More information RANK, GROUP B ...

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	67.00 m
2.	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)	64.52 m
3.	Ivonne Leal (CUB)	62.60 m
4.	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	62.34 m
5.	Susanne Jung (GDR)	62.26 m
6.	Manuela Alizadeh (FRG)	62.16 m
7.	Natalya Shikolenko (URS)	60.40 m
8.	Céline Chartrand (CAN)	59.06 m
9.	Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)	57.24 m
10.	Li Baolian (CHN)	55.96 m
11.	Trine Solberg (NOR)	55.30 m
12.	Cathie Wilson (USA)	54.80 m
13.	Íris Grönfeldt (ISL)	54.00 m
14.	Iammo Launa (PNG)	42.70 m
—	Laverne Eve (BAH)	NM

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• 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1984 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)

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