1987 World Championships in Athletics

Template:Short description Template:Infobox games The 2nd World Championships in Athletics (Template:Langx) under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.

Men's results

Track

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

100 m Template:DetailsLink	Carl Lewis Template:Flagu	9.931 =Template:AthAbbr	Ray Stewart Template:Flag	10.08	Linford Christie Template:Flagu	10.14
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Calvin Smith Template:Flagu	20.16	Gilles Quénéhervé Template:Flagu	20.16	John Regis Template:Flagu	20.18
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Thomas Schönlebe Template:Flag	44.33 Template:AthAbbr	Innocent Egbunike Template:Flag	44.56	Butch Reynolds Template:Flagu	44.80
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Billy Konchellah Template:Flag	1:43.06 Template:AthAbbr	Peter Elliott Template:Flagu	1:43.41	José Luíz Barbosa Template:Flag	1:43.76
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Abdi Bile Template:Flag	3:36.80	José Luis González Template:Flagu	3:38.03	Jim Spivey Template:Flagu	3:38.82
5000 m Template:DetailsLink	Saïd Aouita Template:Flag	13:26.44	Domingos Castro Template:Flag	13:27.59	Jack Buckner Template:Flagu	13:27.74
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Paul Kipkoech Template:Flag	27:38.63 Template:AthAbbr	Francesco Panetta Template:Flagu	27:48.98	Hansjörg Kunze Template:Flag	27:50.37
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Douglas Wakiihuri Template:Flag	2:11:48	Hussein Ahmed Salah Template:Flag	2:12:30	Gelindo Bordin Template:Flagu	2:12:40
110 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Greg Foster Template:Flagu	13.21	Jon Ridgeon Template:Flagu	13.29	Colin Jackson Template:Flagu	13.38
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Edwin Moses Template:Flagu	47.46 Template:AthAbbr	Danny Harris Template:Flagu	47.48	Harald Schmid Template:Flag	47.48 Template:AthAbbr
3000 m st. Template:DetailsLink	Francesco Panetta Template:Flagu	8:08.57 Template:AthAbbr	Hagen Melzer Template:Flag	8:10.32	William Van Dijck Template:Flagu	8:12.18
20 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Maurizio Damilano Template:Flagu	1:20:45 Template:AthAbbr	Jozef Pribilinec Template:Flag	1:21:07	José Marín Template:Flagu	1:21:24
50 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Hartwig Gauder Template:Flag	3:40:53 Template:AthAbbr	Ronald Weigel Template:Flag	3:41:30	Vyacheslav Ivanenko Template:Flag	3:44:02
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Lee McRae Lee McNeill Harvey Glance Carl Lewis Dennis Mitchell*	37.90	Template:Flagteam Aleksandr Yevgenyev Viktor Bryzgin Vladimir Muravyov Vladimir Krylov Andrey Fedoriv*	38.02 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagteam John Mair Andrew Smith Clive Wright Ray Stewart	38.41
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Danny Everett Roddie Haley Antonio McKay Butch Reynolds Michael Franks* Raymond Pierre*	2:57.29 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagteam Derek Redmond Kriss Akabusi Roger Black Phil Brown Todd Bennett* Mark Thomas*	2:58.86 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagteam Leandro Peñalver Agustín Pavó Lázaro Martínez Roberto Hernández	2:59.16 Template:AthAbbr
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¹ Ben Johnson of Canada originally won the gold medal in 9.83, but he was disqualified in September 1989 after he admitted to using steroids between 1981 and 1988.
* Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

High jump Template:DetailsLink	Patrik Sjöberg Template:Flag	2.38 Template:AthAbbr	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Template:Flag Igor Paklin Template:Flag	2.38 Template:AthAbbr	Not awarded
Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Sergey Bubka Template:Flag	5.85 Template:AthAbbr	Thierry Vigneron Template:Flagu	5.80	Radion Gataullin Template:Flag	5.80
Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Carl Lewis Template:Flagu	8.67 Template:AthAbbr	Robert Emmiyan Template:Flag	8.53	Larry Myricks Template:Flagu	8.331
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Khristo Markov Template:Flag	17.92 Template:AthAbbr and Template:AthAbbr	Mike Conley Template:Flagu	17.67	Oleg Sakirkin Template:Flag	17.43
Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Werner Günthör Template:Flagu	22.23 Template:AthAbbr	Alessandro Andrei Template:Flagu	21.88	John Brenner Template:Flagu	21.75
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Jürgen Schult Template:Flag	68.74 Template:AthAbbr	John Powell Template:Flagu	66.22	Luis Delís Template:Flag	66.02
Hammer throw Template:DetailsLink	Sergey Litvinov Template:Flag	83.06 Template:AthAbbr	Jüri Tamm Template:Flag	80.84	Ralf Haber Template:Flag	80.76
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Seppo Räty Template:Flag	83.54 Template:AthAbbr	Viktor Yevsyukov Template:Flag	82.52	Jan Železný Template:Flag	82.20
Decathlon Template:DetailsLink	Torsten Voss Template:Flag	8680	Siegfried Wentz Template:Flag	8461	Pavel Tarnavetskiy Template:Flag	8375
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¹ Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy originally won the bronze medal with 8.37 m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a pre-arranged fake result for a jump of 7.85 m.<ref name="nyt_19950804">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While Evangelisti had no involvement in or knowledge of the fraud, Italian head coach Sandro Donati, who revealed it, was fired.<ref>The Man Who Knows Too Much Template:Webarchive, Sport Monthly, March 2003, retr from chrisharrisonwriting.com on 2012 10 20</ref>

Women's results

Track

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

100 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	10.90 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	11.00	Template:Flagathlete	11.04
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	21.74 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	21.96	Template:Flagathlete	22.06
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	49.38	Template:Flagathlete	49.94	Template:Flagathlete	50.20
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	1:55.26 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	1:55.32	Template:Flagathlete	1:55.56
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	3:58.56 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	3:58.67	Template:Flagathlete	3:59.27
3000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	8:38.73	Template:Flagathlete	8:39.45	Template:Flagathlete	8:40.30
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	31:05.85	Template:Flagathlete	31:09.40	Template:Flagathlete	31:11.34
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	2:25:17 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	2:32:38	Template:Flagathlete	2:32:53
100 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	12.34 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	12.44	Template:Flagathlete	12.46
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	53.62 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	54.19	Template:Flagathlete	54.31
10 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	44:12 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	44:23	Template:Flagathlete	44:42
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Alice Brown Diane Williams Florence Griffith Pam Marshall	41.58 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagteam Silke Gladisch Cornelia Oschkenat Kerstin Behrendt Marlies Göhr	41.95	Template:Flagteam Irina Slyusar Natalya Pomoschchnikova Natalya German Olga Antonova	42.33
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Dagmar Neubauer Kirsten Emmelmann Petra Muller Sabine Busch Cornelia Ullrich*	3:18.63 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagteam Aelita Yurchenko Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina	3:19.50	Template:Flagteam Diane Dixon Denean Howard Valerie Brisco Lillie Leatherwood	3:21.04
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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

High jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	2.09 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	2.04	Template:Flagathlete	1.99
Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	7.36 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	7.14	Template:Flagathlete	7.13
Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	21.24 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	21.21	Template:Flagathlete	20.76
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	71.62 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	70.12	Template:Flagathlete	68.82
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	76.64 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	71.76	Template:Flagathlete	68.82
Heptathlon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagathlete	7128 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Flagathlete	6564	Template:Flagathlete	6502
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Exhibition events

Two exhibition para-athletics events appeared at the competition, but results did not go towards the overall medal count. The two wheelchair races were the first time disability events had appeared at the championships, and were the first exhibition event of any kind to feature at the World Championships in Athletics. This began a tradition of such events which continued until 2011. Wheelchair exhibition events were contested until that year, bar 1999 and 2009.<ref>Butler, Mark et al. (2013). IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (archived), pp. 306–8. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-06.</ref>

Men's 1500 m wheelchair	Template:Flagathlete	3:54.32	Template:Flagathlete	3:54.90	Template:Flagathlete	3:55.27
Women's 800 m wheelchair	Template:Flagathlete	2:32.52	Template:Flagathlete	2:37.07	Template:Flagathlete	2:39.95

See also

• 1987 in athletics (track and field)

References

• IAAF 1987
• Results