Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 15 and 16 July 1987.^[1]^[2] It was the first time that the new model javelin was used at the Games.

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marek Kaleta Soviet Union	Sejad Krdžalić Yugoslavia	Volker Hadwich East Germany

Qualification distance: 70.00 metres

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	?	Marek Kaleta	Soviet Union	77.54	Q
2	?	Volker Hadwich	East Germany	76.84	Q
3	?	Peter Blank	West Germany	76.50	Q
4	?	Sejad Krdžalić	Yugoslavia	73.76	Q
5	?	Jyrki Blom	Finland	73.60	Q
6	?	Ivan Mustapić	Yugoslavia	73.42	Q
7	?	Pascal Lefèvre	France	72.86	Q^[4]
8	?	Brian Crouser	United States	72.82	Q
9	?	Stéphane Laporte	France	72.66	Q^[4]
10	?	Mark Babich	United States	72.38	Q
11	?	Fabio De Gaspari	Italy	72.12	Q
12	?	Nicu Roata	Romania	72.04	Q
13	?	Einar Vilhjálmsson	Iceland	71.92	Q
14	?	Wolfram Gambke	West Germany	71.48	Q
15	?	Tapio Korjus	Finland	70.60	Q
16	?	Zhao Ming	China	70.44	Q
17	?	István Csider	Hungary	69.66
18	?	Mike Mahovlich	Canada	69.28
19	?	Kim Jae-sang	South Korea	67.60
20	?	Metin Altintaş	Turkey	67.54
21	?	Mike Brennan	Canada	62.78
22	?	Marco Talavera	Paraguay	60.74
23	?	Carlos Cunha	Portugal	60.58	^[5]
24	?	Jorge Parraguirre	Chile	57.04
25	?	Mohamed Yazid Imran	Malaysia	52.44
26	?	Darshana Wijegunasinghe	Sri Lanka	48.34
27	?	Jorge Coronel	Ecuador	47.16

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Marek Kaleta	Soviet Union	81.42
	Sejad Krdžalić	Yugoslavia	80.26
	Volker Hadwich	East Germany	78.82
4	Nicu Roata	Romania	77.82
5	Peter Blank	West Germany	74.72
6	Fabio De Gaspari	Italy	74.46
7	Jyrki Blom	Finland	74.16
8	Brian Crouser	United States	74.06
9	Wolfram Gambke	West Germany	74.04
10	Tapio Korjus	Finland	73.82
11	Einar Vilhjálmsson	Iceland	73.64
12	Mark Babich	United States	73.52
13	Pascal Lefèvre	France	73.38	^[4]
14	Ivan Mustapić	Yugoslavia	72.22
15	Stéphane Laporte	France	70.20	^[4]
16	Zhao Ming	China	67.50

^ Treutlein, Gerhard (4 August 1987). "Die Universiade in Zagreb – Ausblick und Eindrücke" [The Universiade in Zagreb – outlook and impressions]. Leichtathletik (in German). 32/1987. Bartels & Wernitz: 1015–1018. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ "Qualification results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 1987. p. 40. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d French results
^ Portuguese results
^ "Final results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 July 1987. p. 76. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
^ "World Student Games, At Zagreb, Yugoslavia, July 16". United Press International. July 16, 1987. Retrieved 25 January 2020.