1987 World Championships in Athletics

Template:Short description Template:Template other 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

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m Template:DetailsLink	Carl Lewis Template:Flagu	9.931 =Template:AthAbbr	Ray Stewart Jamaica	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 East Germany	44.33 Template:AthAbbr	Innocent Egbunike Nigeria	44.56	Butch Reynolds Template:Flagu	44.80
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Billy Konchellah Kenya	1:43.06 Template:AthAbbr	Peter Elliott Template:Flagu	1:43.41	José Luíz Barbosa Brazil	1:43.76
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Abdi Bile Somalia	3:36.80	José Luis González Template:Flagu	3:38.03	Jim Spivey Template:Flagu	3:38.82
5000 m Template:DetailsLink	Saïd Aouita Morocco	13:26.44	Domingos Castro Portugal	13:27.59	Jack Buckner Template:Flagu	13:27.74
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Paul Kipkoech Kenya	27:38.63 Template:AthAbbr	Francesco Panetta Template:Flagu	27:48.98	Hansjörg Kunze East Germany	27:50.37
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Douglas Wakiihuri Kenya	2:11:48	Hussein Ahmed Salah Djibouti	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 West Germany	47.48 Template:AthAbbr
3000 m st. Template:DetailsLink	Francesco Panetta Template:Flagu	8:08.57 Template:AthAbbr	Hagen Melzer East Germany	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 Czechoslovakia	1:21:07	José Marín Template:Flagu	1:21:24
50 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Hartwig Gauder East Germany	3:40:53 Template:AthAbbr	Ronald Weigel East Germany	3:41:30	Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union	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
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

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

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump Template:DetailsLink	Patrik Sjöberg Sweden	2.38 Template:AthAbbr	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Soviet Union Igor Paklin Soviet Union	2.38 Template:AthAbbr	Not awarded
Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Sergey Bubka Soviet Union	5.85 Template:AthAbbr	Thierry Vigneron Template:Flagu	5.80	Radion Gataullin Soviet Union	5.80
Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Carl Lewis Template:Flagu	8.67 Template:AthAbbr	Robert Emmiyan Soviet Union	8.53	Larry Myricks Template:Flagu	8.331
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Khristo Markov Bulgaria	17.92 Template:AthAbbr and Template:AthAbbr	Mike Conley Template:Flagu	17.67	Oleg Sakirkin Soviet Union	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 East Germany	68.74 Template:AthAbbr	John Powell Template:Flagu	66.22	Luis Delís Cuba	66.02
Hammer throw Template:DetailsLink	Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union	83.06 Template:AthAbbr	Jüri Tamm Soviet Union	80.84	Ralf Haber East Germany	80.76
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Seppo Räty Finland	83.54 Template:AthAbbr	Viktor Yevsyukov Soviet Union	82.52	Jan Železný Czechoslovakia	82.20
Decathlon Template:DetailsLink	Torsten Voss East Germany	8680	Siegfried Wentz West Germany	8461	Pavel Tarnavetskiy Soviet Union	8375
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

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. While Evangelisti had no involvement in or knowledge of the fraud, Italian head coach Sandro Donati, who revealed it, was fired.

Women's results

Track

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

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.

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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