1987 in athletics (track and field)

This page contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics (track and field).

Contents 1 International Events 2 World Records 2.1 Men 2.2 Women 3 Men's Best Year Performers 3.1 100 metres 3.2 200 metres 3.3 400 metres 3.4 800 metres 3.5 1,500 metres 3.6 Mile 3.7 3,000 metres 3.8 5,000 metres 3.9 10,000 metres 3.10 Half Marathon 3.11 Marathon 3.12 110m Hurdles 3.13 400m Hurdles 3.14 3,000m Steeplechase 3.15 High Jump 3.16 Long Jump 3.17 Triple Jump 3.18 Discus 3.19 Shot Put 3.20 Hammer 3.21 Javelin (new design) 3.22 Pole Vault 3.23 Decathlon 4 Women's Best Year Performers 4.1 100 metres 4.2 200 metres 4.3 400 metres 4.4 800 metres 4.5 1,500 metres 4.6 Mile 4.7 3,000 metres 4.8 5,000 metres 4.9 10,000 metres 4.10 Half Marathon 4.11 Marathon 4.12 100m Hurdles 4.13 400m Hurdles 4.14 High Jump 4.15 Long Jump 4.16 Shot Put 4.17 Javelin (old design) 4.18 Heptathlon 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 References

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
5,000 metres	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	12:58.39	July 22	Rome, Italy
High Jump	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	2.42 m	June 30	Stockholm, Sweden
Javelin (new)	Jan Zelezný (TCH)	87.66 m	May 31	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Pole Vault	Sergey Bubka (URS)	6.03 m	June 23	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Shot Put	Alessandro Andrei (ITA)	22.72m	August 12	Viareggio, Italy
	Alessandro Andrei (ITA)	22.84m	August 12	Viareggio, Italy
	Alessandro Andrei (ITA)	22.91m	August 12	Viareggio, Italy

• Carl Lewis (USA) equals 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 (BUL)	12.25 s	August 8	Drama, Greece
High Jump	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.09 m	August 30	Rome, Italy
Shot Put	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63 m	June 7	Moscow, Soviet Union
Javelin (old)	Petra Meier (GDR)	78.90 m	July 29	Leipzig, East Germany

• Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) equals 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 (USA)	9.93
2.	Linford Christie (GBR)	10.03
3.	Mark Witherspoon (USA)	10.04
4.	Andrés Simón (CUB)	10.06
5.	Lee McRae (USA)	10.07
—	Calvin Smith (USA)	10.07

200 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 200 metres

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

400 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 400 metres

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

800 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 800 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:43.06
2.	Peter Elliott (GBR)	1:43.41
—	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:43.76
4.	Philippe Collard (FRA)	1:43.95
5.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:44.09

1,500 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 1.500 metres

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

Mile

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

3,000 metres

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

5,000 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 5.000 metres

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

10,000 metres

Main race this year: World Championships 10.000 metres

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

Half Marathon

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

Marathon

Main race this year: World Championships Marathon

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

110m Hurdles

Main race this year: World Championships 110m Hurdles

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Greg Foster (USA)	13.17
2.	Tony Campbell (USA)	13.19
3.	Mark McKoy (CAN)	13.23
4.	Rod Woodson (USA)	13.29
—	Jon Ridgeon (GBR)	13.29
—	Arthur Blake (USA)	13.29

400m Hurdles

Main race this year: World Championships 400m Hurdles

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

3,000m Steeplechase

Main race this year: World Championships 3.000m Steeplechase

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

High Jump

Main competition this year: World Championships High Jump

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	2.42
2.	Igor Paklin (URS)	2.38
—	Gennadiy Avdeyenko (URS)	2.38
4.	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.37
5.	Jim Howard (USA)	2.36
—	Ján Zvara (TCH)	2.36

Long Jump

Main competition this year: World Championships Long Jump

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

Triple Jump

Main competition this year: World Championships Triple Jump

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Hristo Markov (BUL)	17.92
2.	Mike Conley (USA)	17.87
3.	Aleksandr Kovalenko (URS)	17.77
4.	Aleksandr Yakovlev (URS)	17.65
5.	Oleg Protsenko (URS)	17.61

Discus

Main competition this year: World Championships Discus Throw

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	69.52
2.	Mike Buncic (USA)	68.98
3.	Stefan Fernholm (SWE)	68.30
4.	Luis Delís (CUB)	67.92
5.	Alwin Wagner (FRG)	67.80

Shot Put

Main competition this year: World Championships Shot Put

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

Hammer

Main competition this year: World Championships Hammer Throw

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

Javelin (new design)

Main competition this year: World Championships Javelin Throw

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

Pole Vault

Main competition this year: World Championships Pole Vault

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Sergey Bubka (URS)	6.03
2.	Joe Dial (USA)	5.96
3.	Rodion Gataullin (URS)	5.90
4.	Thierry Vigneron (FRA)	5.85
5.	Mike Tully (USA)	5.83

Decathlon

Main competition this year: World Championships Decathlon

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Torsten Voss (GDR)	8680
2.	Siegfried Wentz (FRG)	8645
3.	Pavel Tarnavetskiy (URS)	8375
4.	Simon Poelman (NZL)	8359
5.	Tim Bright (USA)	8340

Women's Best Year Performers

100 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Anelia Nuneva (BUL)	10.86
—	Silke Möller (GDR)	10.86
3.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	10.87
4.	Marlies Göhr (GDR)	10.93
5.	Heike Drechsler (GDR)	10.95

200 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Silke Möller (GDR)	21.74
2.	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	21.96
3.	Anelia Nuneva (BUL)	22.01
4.	Pam Marshall (USA)	22.06
—	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.06

400 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Olga Bryzgina (URS)	49.38
2.	Petra Schersing (GDR)	49.64
3.	Mariya Pinigina (URS)	49.87
4.	Lillie Leatherwood (USA)	49.95
5.	Olga Nazarova (URS)	49.96

800 metres

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

1,500 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS)	3:58.56
2.	Hildegard Körner (GDR)	3:58.67
3.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	3:59.27
4.	Cornelia Bürki (SUI)	3:59.90
5.	Andrea Hahmann (GDR)	4:00.07

Mile

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	4:24.05
2.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	4:25.13
3.	Diana Richburg (USA)	4:25.77
4.	Elizabeth McColgan (GBR)	4:26.11
5.	Maricica Puica (ROU)	4:26.70

3,000 metres

RANK	1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ulrike Bruns (GDR)	8:38.1
2.	Yelena Vyazova (URS)	8:38.5
3.	Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS)	8:38.73
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