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1987 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	1987 in athletics
Major world competitions	World Championships
World Indoor Championships
Previous	1986
Next	1988

World Indoor Championships |No. of world records =

This article contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics.

International Events

All-Africa Games
Asian Championships
Central American and Caribbean Championships
European Indoor Championships
Mediterranean Games
Pan American Games
World Championships
World Indoor Championships
World Cross Country Championships
World Student Games

World records

Men

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
2,000 metres	Saïd Aouita	4:50.81	16 July	Paris
5,000 metres	Saïd Aouita	12:58.39	22 July	Rome, Italy
High jump	Patrik Sjöberg	2.42 m	30 June	Stockholm, Sweden
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka	6.03 m	23 June	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Shot put	Alessandro Andrei	22.72m	12 August	Viareggio, Italy
Alessandro Andrei	22.84m	12 August	Viareggio, Italy
Alessandro Andrei	22.91m	12 August	Viareggio, Italy
Javelin (new)	Jan Železný	87.66 m	31 May	Nitra, Czechoslovakia

Carl Lewis (USA) equalled the world record in the men's 100 metres held by countryman Calvin Smith since 1983-07-03, clocking 9.93 seconds on 1987-08-30 at the World Championships in Rome, Italy.

Women

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
100m hurdles	Ginka Zagorcheva	12.25 s	8 August	Drama, Greece
High Jump	Stefka Kostadinova	2.09 m	30 August	Rome, Italy
Shot put	Natalya Lisovskaya	22.60 m	7 June	Moscow, Soviet Union
Natalya Lisovskaya	22.63 m	7 June	Moscow, Soviet Union
Javelin (old)	Petra Meier	78.90 m	29 July	Leipzig, East Germany

Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) equalled the world record in the women's long jump held by East Germany's Heike Drechsler since 1986-06-21, jumping 7.45 metres on 1987-08-13 at a meet in Indianapolis.

Men's Best Year Performers

[[100 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 100 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Carl Lewis	9.931
2.	Linford Christie	10.03
3.	Mark Witherspoon	10.04
4.	Andrés Simón	10.06
5.	Lee McRae	10.07
—	Calvin Smith	10.07

[[200 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 200 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Carl Lewis	19.92
2.	Floyd Heard	19.95
3.	Dwayne Evans	20.08
4.	Calvin Smith	20.10
5.	Attila Kovács	20.11

[[400 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 400 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Butch Reynolds	44.10
2.	Innocent Egbunike	44.17
3.	Thomas Schönlebe	44.33
4.	Danny Everett	44.47
5.	Derek Redmond	44.50

[[800 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 800 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Billy Konchellah	1:43.06
2.	Peter Elliott	1:43.41
—	José Luíz Barbosa	1:43.76
4.	Philippe Collard	1:43.95
5.	Johnny Gray	1:44.09

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 1.500 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saïd Aouita	3:30.69
2.	Steve Cram	3:31.43
3.	Abdi Bile	3:31.71
4.	José Luis González	3:33.01
5.	Peter Elliott	3:33.23

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saïd Aouita	3:46.76
2.	Steve Cram	3:50.08
3.	Abdi Bile	3:50.75
4.	Johan Fourie	3:50.82
5.	John Gladwin	3:51.02

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Dieter Baumann	7:40.25
2.	Francesco Panetta	7:42.73
3.	José Luis González	7:42.93
4.	Frank O'Mara	7:42.99
5.	Sydney Maree	7:43.13

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 5.000 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saïd Aouita	12:58.39
2.	Jack Buckner	13:10.48
3.	José Luis González	13:12.34
4.	José Manuel Abascal	13:12.49
5.	Frank O'Mara	13:13.02

[[10,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 10.000 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Francesco Panetta	27:26.95
2.	Wodajo Bulti	27:29.41
3.	Jean-Louis Prianon	27:34.38
4.	Takeyuki Nakayama	27:35.33
5.	Paul Kipkoech	27:38.63

[[Half marathon]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Matthew Temane	1:00:10

[[Marathon]]

:Main race this year: World Championships Marathon

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Takeyuki Nakayama	2:08:18
2.	Hiromi Taniguchi	2:09:50
3.	El Mostafa Nechchadi	2:10:09
4.	Hugh Jones	2:10:11
5.	Gianni Poli	2:10:15

[[Hurdling|110m hurdles]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 110m hurdles

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Greg Foster	13.17
2.	Tonie Campbell	13.19
3.	Mark McKoy	13.23
4.	Rod Woodson	13.29
—	Jon Ridgeon	13.29
—	Arthur Blake	13.29

[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 400m hurdles

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Edwin Moses	47.46
2.	Danny Harris	47.48
—	Harald Schmid	47.48
4.	Amadou Dia Bâ	48.03
5.	Kevin Young	48.15

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m steeplechase]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 3.000m steeplechase

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Francesco Panetta	8:08.57
2.	Hagen Melzer	8:10.32
3.	William Van Dijck	8:12.18
4.	Julius Korir	8:12.80
5.	Raymond Pannier	8:13.88

[[High jump]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships High Jump

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Patrik Sjöberg	2.42
2.	Igor Paklin	2.38
—	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	2.38
4.	Javier Sotomayor	2.37
5.	Jim Howard	2.36
—	Ján Zvara	2.36

[[Long jump]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Long Jump

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Robert Emmiyan	8.86
2.	Carl Lewis	8.75
3.	Larry Myricks	8.66
4.	Jaime Jefferson	8.51
5.	Giovanni Evangelisti	8.43

[[Triple jump]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Triple Jump

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Khristo Markov	17.92
2.	Mike Conley	17.87
3.	Aleksandr Kovalenko	17.77
4.	Aleksandr Yakovlev	17.65
5.	Oleg Protsenko	17.61

[[Discus throw|Discus]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Discus Throw

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jürgen Schult	69.52
2.	Mike Buncic	68.98
3.	Stefan Fernholm	68.30
4.	Luis Delís	67.92
5.	Alwin Wagner	67.80

[[Shot put]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Shot Put

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Alessandro Andrei	22.91
2.	John Brenner	22.52
3.	Werner Günthör	22.47
4.	Udo Beyer	22.31
5.	Ulf Timmermann	22.01

[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]

Main article: 1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Sergey Litvinov	83.48
2.	Igor Astapkovich	82.96
3.	Vyacheslav Korovin	82.24
4.	Jüri Tamm	82.02
5.	Igor Nikulin	82.00

[[Javelin throw|Javelin (new design)]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Javelin Throw

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jan Železný	87.66
2.	Klaus Tafelmeier	86.64
3.	Mick Hill	85.24
4.	Viktor Yevsyukov	85.16
5.	Lev Shatilo	84.30

[[Pole vault]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Pole Vault

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Sergey Bubka	6.03
2.	Joe Dial	5.96
3.	Radion Gataullin	5.90
4.	Thierry Vigneron	5.85
5.	Mike Tully	5.83

[[Decathlon]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Decathlon

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Torsten Voss	8680
2.	Siegfried Wentz	8645
3.	Pavel Tarnavetskiy	8375
4.	Simon Poelman	8359
5.	Tim Bright	8340

Women's Best Year Performers

[[100 metres]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Anelia Nuneva	10.86
—	Silke Gladisch	10.86
3.	Merlene Ottey	10.87
4.	Marlies Göhr	10.93
5.	Heike Drechsler	10.95

[[200 metres]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Silke Gladisch	21.74
2.	Florence Griffith	21.96
3.	Anelia Nuneva	22.01
4.	Pam Marshall	22.06
—	Merlene Ottey	22.06

[[400 metres]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Olga Bryzgina	49.38
2.	Petra Müller	49.64
3.	Mariya Pinigina	49.87
4.	Lillie Leatherwood	49.95
5.	Olga Nazarova	49.96

[[800 metres]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sigrun Wodars	1:55.26
2.	Christine Wachtel	1:55.32
3.	Lyubov Gurina	1:55.56
4.	Ana Fidelia Quirot	1:55.84
5.	Slobodanka Čolović	1:56.51

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Tatyana Samolenko	3:58.56
2.	Hildegard Körner	3:58.67
3.	Doina Melinte	3:59.27
4.	Cornelia Bürki	3:59.90
5.	Andrea Lange	4:00.07

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Doina Melinte	4:24.05
2.	Elly van Hulst	4:25.13
3.	Diana Richburg	4:25.77
4.	Liz Lynch	4:26.11
5.	Maricica Puică	4:26.70

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ulrike Bruns	8:38.1
2.	Yelena Zhupiyeva	8:38.5
3.	Tatyana Samolenko	8:38.73
4.	Paula Ivan	8:39.28
5.	Maricica Puică	8:39.45

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Liz Lynch	15:01.08
2.	Angela Tooby	15:13.22
3.	Ingrid Kristiansen	15:19.76
4.	Wendy Sly	15:21.45
5.	Maricica Puică	15:23.48

[[10,000 metres]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen	31:05.85
2.	Yelena Zhupiyeva	31:09.40
3.	Kathrin Ullrich	31:11.34
4.	Olga Bondarenko	31:18.38
5.	Liz Lynch	31:19.82

[[Half marathon]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen	1:06:40

[[Marathon]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ingrid Kristiansen	2:22:48
2.	Rosa Mota	2:25:17
3.	Katrin Dörre	2:25:24
4.	Carla Beurskens	2:26:34
5.	Priscilla Welch	2:26:51

[[Hurdling|100m hurdles]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ginka Zagorcheva	12.25
2.	Yordanka Donkova	12.33
3.	Gloria Siebert	12.44
4.	Cornelia Oschkenat	12.45

[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sabine Busch	53.24
2.	Cornelia Ullrich	53.58
3.	Debbie Flintoff-King	53.95
4.	Judi Brown-King	54.23
5.	Sandra Farmer	54.38

[[High jump|High Jump]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Stefka Kostadinova	2.09 m
2.	Tamara Bykova	2.04 m
3.	Louise Ritter	2.01 m
4.	Desiree du Plessis	2.00 m
—	Lyudmila Avdeyenko	2.00 m
—	Svetlana Leseva	2.00 m

[[Long jump|Long Jump]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7.45 m
2.	Heike Drechsler	7.40 m
3.	Yelena Belevskaya	7.39 m
4.	Galina Chistyakova	7.27 m
5.	Irina Valyukevich	7.17 m

[[Shot put]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Natalya Lisovskaya	22.63 m
2.	Claudia Losch	22.19 m
3.	Natalya Akhrimenko	21.34 m
4.	Kathrin Neimke	21.21 m
5.	Ines Müller	21.20 m

[[Javelin throw|Javelin (old design)]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Petra Meier	78.90
2.	Fatima Whitbread	76.64
3.	Ingrid Thyssen	69.68
4.	Susanne Jung	69.60
5.	Beate Peters	68.84

[[Heptathlon]]

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7128
2.	Anke Behmer	6692
3.	Svetlana Buraga	6585
4.	Larisa Nikitina	6564
5.	Jane Frederick	6533

Births

January 1 — Rytis Sakalauskas, Lithuanian sprinter
January 17 — Svetlana Radzivil, Uzbekistani high jumper
January 27 — Liliya Kulyk, Ukrainian triple jumper
March 5 — Vitalij Kozlov, Lithuanian middle-distance runner
April 17 — Atsede Baysa, Ethiopian long-distance runner
April 20 — Elijah Kipterege, Kenyan long-distance runner
April 24 — Franklin Nazareno, Ecuadorian sprinter
July 14 — Margus Hunt, Estonian discus thrower
July 22 — Hugo Chila, Ecuadorian long jumper and triple jumper
August 9 — Marek Niit, Estonian sprinter
September 1 — Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete
September 13 — Vincent Kipruto, Kenyan long-distance runner
October 3 — Ancuța Bobocel, Romanian long-distance runner
November 1 — Jimmy Adar, Ugandan middle-distance runner
November 17 — Nadiya Dusanova, Uzbekistani high jumper
December 1 — Tabarie Henry, United States Virgin Islands sprinter
December 21 — Denis Alekseyev, Russian sprinter

Deaths

March 17 — Georg Lammers (81), German athlete (b. 1905)
October 20 — Jerzy Chromik (56), Polish long-distance runner (b. 1931)

References

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