1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
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 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
| Silver |  Italy (ITA) |
| Bronze |  United States (USA) |
Schedule
- All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 29.08.1987 – ??:??h | 29.08.1987 – ??:??h |
| Final Round | |
| 29.08.1987 – 18:10h | |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | | 22.91 m | August 12, 1987 | |
| Event Record |  | 21.39 m | August 7, 1983 |  |
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | | 21.57 m | August 29, 1987 | |
| 21.63 m | |||
| 21.75 m | |||
| 22.12 m | |||
| 22.23 m | |||
Qualification
- Held on Saturday 29 August 1987
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alessandro Andrei | |
21.57 m |
| 2 | Ulf Timmermann |  |
21.11 m |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Lykho |  |
20.99 m |
| 4 | Werner Günthör | |
20.66 m |
| 5 | Helmut Krieger | |
19.73 m |
| 6 | Karsten Stolz |  |
19.69 m |
| 7 | Gregg Tafralis | |
19.62 m |
| 8 | Georgi Todorov | .svg.png){kind=small} |
19.43 m |
| 9 | Ron Backes | |
19.34 m |
| 10 | Dimitrios Koutsoukis |  |
19.05 m |
| — | Jan Sagedal |  |
DNS |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Udo Beyer | |
20.95 m |
| 2 | John Brenner | |
20.28 m |
| 3 | Remigius Machura |  |
20.27 m |
| 4 | Klaus Bodenmüller |  |
19.96 m |
| 5 | Sergey Gavryushin | |
19.96 m |
| 6 | Gert Weil |  |
19.76 m |
| 7 | Udo Gelhausen | |
19.10 m |
| 8 | Janne Ronkainen | |
18.36 m |
| 9 | Lars Sundin |  |
17.25 m |
| — | Arne Pedersen | |
DNS |
Final
| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
 |
|
22.23 m CR |
 |
|
21.88 m |
 |
|
21.75 m |
| 4. | |
21.39 m |
| 5. | |
21.35 m |
| 6. | |
21.13 m |
| 7. | |
20.41 m |
| 8. | |
20.15 m |
| 9. | |
19.98 m |
| 10. | |
19.71 m |
| 11. | |
19.22 m |
| 12. | |
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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