Women Discus Athletics II World Championship Rome, Italy 1987 - Monday 31.08 - Gold Medal: Martina Opitz-Hellmann, East Germany

Women Discus Athletics II World Championship Rome, Italy 1987 - Monday 31.08 - Gold Medal: Martina Opitz-Hellmann, East Germany

Final		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Martina Opitz-Hellmann	GDR	71.62m CR	71.08	68.90	69.66	71.62	X	67.86
2. Diana Sachse-Gansky	GDR	70.12m	66.64	67.50	70.12	68.78	65.42	X
3. Tsvetanka Khristova	BUL	68.82m	63.72	66.10	65.38	63.36	68.82	68.80
4. Ilke Wyludda	GDR	68.20m	68.20	62.60	62.06	67.64	67.06	67.44
5. Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas	BUL	66.58m	64.86	65.44	65.48	65.58	X	66.58
6. Zdenka Silhava	TCH	64.82m	64.34	64.82	X	64.46	64.03	63.88
7. Larisa Mikhalchenko	URS	64.72m	64.18	64.72	59.72	63.66	60.68	63.54
8. Mariana Lengyel	ROU	62.30m	62.30	59.28	59.54	X	58.14	60.86
9. Maritza Marten	CUB	62.00m
10.Larisa Korotkevich	URS	60.74m
11.Renata Katewicz	POL	58.22m
-. Connie Price-Smith	USA	NM	X	X	X

Women Discus Throw History

Venue: Olympic Stadium.

Hellmann (née Opitz) became the first athlete to retain a world title. She did so emphatically: with the first throw of the final, she set a championship record of 71.08. This she improved to 71.62 in the fourth round. The only other 70m throw of the contest was by Gansky in the third.
The GDR filled three of the first four places, with world junior record holder Wyludda in fourth spot. World senior record holder Šilhavá placed sixth, just as she had in Helsinki.

Qualification - Sunday 30.08

Mark 62.50m - 7 Athletes passed and 5 more were added to Final.

Group A		Distance	Rk.
1. Diana Sachse-Gansky	GDR	63.64m	5.
2. Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas	BUL	62.80m	6.
3. Larisa Mikhalchenko	URS	62.52m	7.
4. Maritza Marten	CUB	60.40m	9.
5. Connie Price-Smith	USA	59.90m	10.
6. Mariana Lengyel	ROU	59.72m	11.
7. Anne Paavolainen-Kansakangas	FIN	57.10m	16.
8. Hourun Yu	CHN	56.70m	17.
9. Nabila Mouelhi	TUN	45.94m	20.
10.Hanane Ahmed Khaled	EGY	42.64m	21.
11.Dorie Cortejo	PHI	40.98m	22.
12.Morgyn Warner	ZIM	38.56m	23.

Group B		Distance	Rk.
1. Ilke Wyludda	GDR	68.40m	1.
2. Tsvetanka Khristova	BUL	66.86m	2.
3. Martina Opitz-Hellmann	GDR	66.80m	3.
4. Zdenka Silhava	TCH	64.64m	4.
5. Larisa Korotkevich	URS	60.48m	8.
6. Renata Katewicz	POL	58.88m	12.
7. Carol Cady	USA	58.50m	13.
8. Xuemei Hou	CHN	58.26m	14.
9. Anne Salak-Khorina	URS	57.76m	15.
10.Maria Isabel Urrutia	COL	53.94m	18.
11.Maria Marello	ITA	52.74m	19.