Women Javelin Athletics II World Championship Rome, Italy 1987 - Sunday 06th September - Gold Medal: Fatima Whitbread, Great Britain

Women Javelin Athletics II World Championship Rome, Italy 1987 - Sunday 06th September - Gold Medal: Fatima Whitbread, Great Britain

Final		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Fatima Whitbread	Great Britain	76.64m CR	61.80	69.02	71.34	73.16	76.64	72.14
2. Petra Felke-Meier	East Germany	71.76m	70.30	71.76	66.84	X	71.56	X
3. Beate Peters	West Germany	68.82m	68.82	X	62.24	61.12	57.96	X
4. Tessa Sanderson	Great Britain	67.54m	X	67.54	63.54	62.88	62.00	63.66
5. Susanne Jung	East Germany	67.46m	60.36	X	67.46	X	57.96	X
6. Tiina Lillak	Finland	66.82m	56.56	66.82	X	56.80	59.74	X
7. Natalya Kolenchukova-Yermolovich	Soviet Union	65.52m	60.14	65.52	X	X	X	X
8. Ivonne Leal	Cuba	64.90m	61.86	64.90	X	X	X	64.90
9. Ingrid Thyssen	West Germany	64.12m
10.Manuela Alizadeh	West Germany	63.40m
11.Katalin Hartai	Hungary	60.88m
12.Irina Kostyuchenkova	Soviet Union	60.60m

History Women Javelin Throw.

In Helsinki, Fatima Whitbread led for most of the contest before being overtaken in the final round. Four years later, the tables were turned when Whitbread was the one chasing the 71.76 second-round throw of Felke. The Briton, whose participation in the championships had been in doubt because of a shoulder injury, came close with 71.34 in the third round.
Whitbread finally got it right in the fourth round with the third best throw of all-time, 73.16. Felke, the world record holder, was next to throw and fouled. In the fifth round, Whitbread improved again to 76.64.

World Record (old model): Petra Felke-Meier, East Germany 78.90m 29.09.87 Leipzig, East Germany.

Championship Record (old model): Tiina Lilak, Finland 70.82m 13.08.83 Helsinki, Finland.

Qualification - Saturday 05th September

Mark 64.00m - 5 athletes passed nad 7 more were added to the final.

Group A		Distance	Rk.
1. Petra Felke-Meier	East Germany	69.16m	1.
2. Tessa Sanderson	Great Britain	66.46m	3.
3. Beate Peters	West Germany	64.26m	5.
4. Irina Kostyuchenkova	Soviet Union	63.04m	6.
5. Katalin Hartai	Hungary	62.68m	7.
6. Natalya Kolenchukova-Yermolovich	Soviet Union	60.78m	12.
7. Anna Verouli	Greece	60.60m	13.
8. Yuanxiang Zhou	China	59.46m	15.
9. Elisabet Nagy	Sweden	58.72m	17.
10.Maria Caridad Colon	Cuba	57.82m	18.
11.Emi Matsui	Japan	57.78m	19.
12.Denise Thiemard	Switzerland	56.34m	21.
13.Pereira Dos Santos Sueli	Brazil	55.48m	23.
14.Marieta Riera	Venezuela	53.38m	25.
15.Hui-Cheng Lee	Chinese Taipei	51.42m	28.
16.Mereoni Vibose	Fiji	48.60m	29.

Group B		Distance	Rk.
1. Fatima Whitbread	Great Britain	67.00m	2.
2. Ingrid Thyssen	West Germany	64.52m	4.
3. Ivonne Leal	Cuba	62.60m	8.
4. Tiina Lillak	Finland	62.34m	9.
5. Susanne Jung	East Germany	62.26m	10.
6. Manuela Alizadeh	West Germany	62.16m	11.
7. Natalya Shikolenko	Soviet Union	60.40m	14.
8. Celine Chartrand	Canada	59.06m	16.
9. Tuula Laaksalo	Finland	57.24m	20.
10.Baolian Li	China	55.96m	22.
11.Trine Solberg-Hattestad	Norway	55.30m	24.
12.Cathie Wilson	United States	54.80m	26.
13.Iris Gronfeldt	Iceland	54.00m	27.
14.Iammo Launa	Papua New Guinea	42.70m	30.
-. Laverne Eve	Bahamas	NM