1987 World Championships in Athletics

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The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6.

1 Men's Results
- 1.1 Track
- 1.2 Field
2 Women's Results
- 2.1 Track
- 2.2 Field
3 Medal table by country
4 References

[edit] Men's Results

[edit] Track

1983 |1987 |1991 |1993 |1995

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Carl Lewis United States	9.93	Ray Stewart Jamaica	10.08	Linford Christie United Kingdom	10.14
200 m	Calvin Smith United States	20.16	Gilles Quenéhervé France	20.16	John Regis United Kingdom	20.18
400 m	Thomas Schönlebe East Germany	44.33	Innocent Egbunike Nigeria	44.56	Butch Reynolds United States	44.80
800 m	Billy Konchellah Kenya	1:43:06	Peter Elliott United Kingdom	1:43:41	José Luiz Barbosa Brazil	1:43:76
1500 m	Abdi Bile Somalia	3:36:80	José Luis González Spain	3:38:03	Jim Spivey United States	3:38:82
5,000 m	Saïd Aouita Morocco	13:26:44	Domingos Castro Portugal	13:27:59	Jack Buckner United Kingdom	13:27:74
10,000 m	Paul Kipkoech Kenya	27:38:63	Francesco Panetta Italy	27:48:98	Hansjörg Kunze East Germany	27:50:26
Marathon	Douglas Wakiihuri Kenya	2:11:48	Ahmed Salah Djibouti	2:12:30	Gelindo Bordin Italy	2:12:40
110 m Hurdles	Greg Foster United States	13.21	Jon Ridgeon United Kingdom	13.29	Colin Jackson United Kingdom	13.38
400 m Hurdles	Edwin Moses United States	47.46	Danny Harris United States	47.48	Harald Schmid West Germany	47.48
3,000 m Steeplechase	Francesco Panetta Italy	8:08:57	Hagen Melzer East Germany	8:10:32	William Van Dijck Belgium	8:12:18
20 km Walk	Maurizio Damilano Italy	1:20:45	Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia	1:21:07	José Marín Spain	1:21:24
50 km Walk	Hartwig Gauder East Germany	3:43:08	Ronald Weigel East Germany	3:43:42	Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union	3:49:03
4 x 100 m Relay	Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis United States	37.90	Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Vladimir Krylov Soviet Union	38.02	John Mair, Andrew Smith, Clive Wright, Ray Stewart Jamaica	38.41
4 x 400 m Relay	Danny Everett, Roddie Haley, Antonio McKay, Butch Reynolds United States	2:57.29	Derek Redmond, Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black, Phil Brown United Kingdom	2:58.86	Leandro Peñalver, Agustin Pavo, Lazaro Martínez, Roberto Hernández Cuba	2:59.16
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

Performances by Ben Johnson in the 100 m race (9.83) has been disqualified by the IAAF since Johnson admitted the use of performance enhancing drugs.

[edit] Field

1983 |1987 |1991 |1993 |1995

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
Long Jump	Carl Lewis United States	8.67	Robert Emmiyan Soviet Union	8.53	Larry Myricks United States	8.33
Triple Jump	Hristo Markov Bulgaria	17.92	Mike Conley United States	17.67	Oleg Sakirkin Soviet Union	17.43
High Jump	Patrik Sjöberg Sweden	2.38	Gennadiy Avdeyenko Soviet Union Igor Paklin Soviet Union	2.38
Pole Vault	Sergey Bubka Soviet Union	5.85	Thierry Vigneron France	5.80	Rodion Gataullin Soviet Union	5.80
Shot Put	Werner Günthör Switzerland	22.23	Alessandro Andrei Italy	21.88	John Brenner United States	21.75
Discus	Jürgen Schult East Germany	68.74	John Powell United States	66.22	Luis Delís Cuba	66.02
Hammer	Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union	83.06	Jüri Tamm Soviet Union	80.84	Ralf Haber East Germany	80.76
Javelin	Seppo Räty Finland	83.54	Viktor Yevsyukov Soviet Union	82.52	Jan Železný Czechoslovakia	82.20
Decathlon	Torsten Voss East Germany	8680	Siegfried Wentz West Germany	8461	Pavel Tarnovetskiy Soviet Union	8375
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

[edit] Women's Results

[edit] Track

1983 |1987 |1991 |1993 |1995

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Silke Gladisch East Germany	10.90	Heike Drechsler East Germany	11.00	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	11.04
200 m	Silke Gladisch East Germany	21.74	Florence Griffith-Joyner United States	21.96	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	22.06
400 m	Olga Bryzgina Soviet Union	49.38	Petra Schersing East Germany	49.94	Kirsten Emmelmann East Germany	50.20
800 m	Sigrun Wodars East Germany	1:55.26	Christine Wachtel East Germany	1:55.32	Lyubov Gurina Soviet Union	1:55.56
1500 m	Tatyana Samolenko Soviet Union	3:58.56	Hildegard Körner East Germany	3:58.67	Doina Melinte Romania	3:59.27
3000 m	Tatyana Samolenko Soviet Union	8:38.73	Marcicia Puica Romania	8:39.45	Ulrike Bruns East Germany	8:40.30
10,000 m	Ingrid Kristiansen Norway	31:05.85	Yelena Zhupiyova Soviet Union	31:09.40	Kathrin Ullrich East Germany	31:11.34
Marathon	Rosa Mota Portugal	2:25:17	Zoya Ivanova Soviet Union	2:32:38	Jocelyne Villeton France	2:32:53
100 m hurdles	Ginka Zagorcheva Bulgaria	12.34	Gloria Siebert East Germany	12.44	Cornelia Oschkenat East Germany	12.46
400 m hurdles	Sabine Busch East Germany	53.62 (CR)	Debbie Flintoff-King Australia	54.19	Cornelia Feuerbach-Ullrich East Germany	54.31
10 km Walk	Irina Strakhova Soviet Union	44:12	Kerry Saxby Australia	43:13	Yan Hong China	43:13
4 x 100 m	Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Pam Marshall United States	41.58	Silke Möller, Cornelia Oschkenat, Kerstin Behrendt, Marlies Göhr East Germany	41.95	Irina Slyusar, Natalya Pomoschchnikova, Natalya German, Olga Antonova Soviet Union	42.33
4 x 400 m	Dagmar Neubauer-Rübsam, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Schersing, Sabine Busch East Germany	3:18.63	Aelita Yurchenko, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pingina, Olga Bryzgina Soviet Union	3:19.50	Diane Dixon, Denean Howard-Hill, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Lillie Leatherwood United States	3:21.04
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

[edit] Field

1983 |1987 |1991 |1993 |1995

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
Long jump	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States	7.36	Yelena Belevskaya Soviet Union	7.14	Heike Drechsler East Germany	7.13
High jump	Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria	2.09 WR	Tamara Bykova Soviet Union	2.04	Susanne Beyer East Germany	1.99
Shot put	Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union	21.24	Kathrin Neimke East Germany	21.21	Ines Müller East Germany	20.76
Discus throw	Martina Hellmann East Germany	71.62	Diana Gansky East Germany	70.12	Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria	68.82
Javelin throw	Fatima Whitbread United Kingdom	76.64	Petra Felke East Germany	71.76	Beate Peters West Germany	68.82
Heptathlon	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States	7128	Larisa Nikitina Soviet Union	6564	Jane Frederick United States	6502
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

[edit] Medal table by country

Position	Country:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:	Total:
1.	East Germany	10	11	9	29
2.	United States	10	4	6	20
3.	USSR	7	13	7	27
4.	Bulgaria	3	0	1	4
5.	Kenya	3	0	0	3
6.	Italy	2	2	1	5
7.	United Kingdom	1	3	4	8
8.	Portugal	1	1	0	2
9=	Finland	1	0	0	1
9=	Morocco	1	0	0	1
9=	Norway	1	0	0	1
9=	Somalia	1	0	0	1
9=	Sweden	1	0	0	1
9=	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
15.	France	0	2	1	3
16.	Jamaica	0	1	3	4
17=	Czechoslovakia	0	1	1	2
17=	Spain	0	1	1	2
17=	West Germany	0	1	1	2
17=	Romania	0	1	1	2
21=	Australia	0	1	0	1
21=	Djibouti	0	1	0	1
21=	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
24	Cuba	0	0	2	2
25=	Belgium	0	0	1	1
25=	Brazil	0	0	1	1
25=	China	0	0	1	1