1987 World Championships in Athletics
From WikiRun
| 1987 World Championships in Athletics | |
| Host city | Rome, Italy |
| Athletes participating | 1,451 |
| Events | 43 |
| Opening ceremony | August 28, 1987 |
| Closing ceremony | September 6, 1987 |
| Main Stadium | Olympic Stadium |
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, 1987.
Contents |
Men's Results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 100 m details |
Carl Lewis United States |
9.93 (WR) |
Ray Stewart Jamaica |
10.08 | Linford Christie Great Britain |
10.14 |
| 200 m details |
Calvin Smith United States |
20.16 | Gilles Quénéhervé France |
20.16 | John Regis Great Britain |
20.18 |
| 400 m details |
Thomas Schönlebe East Germany |
44.33 AR |
Innocent Egbunike Nigeria |
44.56 | Butch Reynolds United States |
44.80 |
| 800 m details |
Billy Konchellah Kenya |
1:43:06 CR |
Peter Elliott Great Britain |
1:43:41 | José Luiz Barbosa Brazil |
1:43:76 |
| 1,500 m details |
Abdi Bile Somalia |
3:36:80 | José Luis González Spain |
3:38:03 | Jim Spivey United States |
3:38:82 |
| 5,000 m details |
Saïd Aouita Morocco |
13:26:44 | Domingos Castro Portugal |
13:27:59 | Jack Buckner Great Britain |
13:27:74 |
| 10,000 m details |
Paul Kipkoech Kenya |
27:38:63 CR |
Francesco Panetta Italy |
27:48:98 | Hansjörg Kunze East Germany |
27:50:26 |
| Marathon details |
Douglas Wakiihuri Kenya |
2:11:48 | Ahmed Salah Djibouti |
2:12:30 | Gelindo Bordin Italy |
2:12:40 |
| 110 m hurdles details |
Greg Foster United States |
13.21 | Jon Ridgeon Great Britain |
13.29 | Colin Jackson Great Britain |
13.38 |
| 400 m hurdles details |
Edwin Moses United States |
47.46 CR |
Danny Harris United States |
47.48 | Harald Schmid West Germany |
47.48 AR |
| 3,000 m st. details |
Francesco Panetta Italy |
8:08:57 CR |
Hagen Melzer East Germany |
8:10:32 | William Van Dijck Belgium |
8:12:18 |
| 20 km walk details |
Maurizio Damilano Italy |
1:20:45 CR |
Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia |
1:21:07 | José Marín Spain |
1:21:24 |
| 50 km walk details |
Hartwig Gauder East Germany |
3:40:53 CR |
Ronald Weigel East Germany |
3:41:30 | Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union |
3:44:02 |
| 4x100 m relay details |
Lee McRae Lee McNeill Harvey Glance Carl Lewis United States |
37.90 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev Viktor Bryzgin Vladimir Muravyov Vladimir Krylov Soviet Union |
38.02 AR |
John Mair Andrew Smith Clive Wright Ray Stewart Jamaica |
38.41 |
| 4x400 m relay details |
Danny Everett Roddie Haley Antonio McKay Butch Reynolds United States |
2:57.29 CR |
Derek Redmond Kriss Akabusi Roger Black Phil Brown Great Britain |
2:58.86 AR |
Leandro Peñalver Agustin Pavo Lazaro Martínez Roberto Hernández  Cuba |
2:59.16 NR |
|
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 |
||||||
Ben Johnson won the 100 m in 9.83, but was disqualified by the IAAF after Johnson admitted to the use of performance enhancing drugs in 1988.
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Long jump details |
Carl Lewis United States |
8.67 (CR) |
Robert Emmiyan Soviet Union |
8.53 | Larry Myricks United States |
8.33 |
| Triple jump details |
Hristo Markov Bulgaria |
17.92 (CR) |
Mike Conley United States |
17.67 | Oleg Sakirkin Soviet Union |
17.43 |
| High jump details |
Patrik Sjöberg Sweden |
2.38 (CR) |
Gennadiy Avdeyenko Soviet Union Igor Paklin Soviet Union |
2.38 (CR) |
||
| Pole vault details |
Sergey Bubka Soviet Union |
5.85 (CR) |
Thierry Vigneron France |
5.80 | Rodion Gataullin Soviet Union |
5.80 |
| Shot put details |
Werner Günthör Switzerland |
22.23 CR |
Alessandro Andrei Italy |
21.88 | John Brenner United States |
21.75 |
| Discus throw details |
Jürgen Schult East Germany |
68.74 (CR) |
John Powell United States |
66.22 | Luis Delís Cuba |
66.02 |
| Hammer throw details |
Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union |
83.06 (CR) |
Jüri Tamm Soviet Union |
80.84 | Ralf Haber East Germany |
80.76 |
| Javelin throw details |
Seppo Räty Finland |
83.54 (CR) |
Viktor Yevsyukov Soviet Union |
82.52 | Jan Železný Czechoslovakia |
82.20 |
| Decathlon details |
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 |
||||||
Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy was originally came third in the long jump at 8.37 m, but it was later determined that field officials had entered a fake result for a jump of 7.85m. [1]
Women's Results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 100 m details |
Silke Gladisch (GDR) |
10.90 (CR) |
Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
11.00 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
11.04 |
| 200 m details |
Silke Gladisch (GDR) |
21.74 (CR) |
Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) |
21.96 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
22.06 |
| 400 m details |
Olga Bryzgina (URS) |
49.38 | Petra Schersing (GDR) |
49.94 | Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR) |
50.20 |
| 800 m details |
Sigrun Wodars (GDR) |
1:55.26 (NR) |
Christine Wachtel (GDR) |
1:55.32 (PB) |
Lyubov Gurina (URS) |
1:55.56 (PB) |
| 1,500 m details |
Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS) |
3:58.56 (CR) |
Hildegard Körner (GDR) |
3:58.67 |  Doina Melinte (ROU) |
3:59.27 |
| 3,000 m details |
Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS) |
8:38.73 | Marcicia Puica (ROU) |
8:39.45 | Ulrike Bruns (GDR) |
8:40.30 |
| 10,000 m details |
 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) |
31:05.85 | Yelena Zhupiyeva (URS) |
31:09.40 | Kathrin Ullrich (GDR) |
31:11.34 |
| Marathon details |
Rosa Mota (POR) |
2:25:17 (CR) |
Zoya Ivanova (URS) |
2:32:38 | Jocelyne Villeton (FRA) |
2:32:53 |
| 100 m hurdles details |
Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) |
12.34 (CR) |
Gloria Siebert (GDR) |
12.44 | Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) |
12.46 |
| 400 m hurdles details |
Sabine Busch (GDR) |
53.62 (CR) |
 Debbie Flintoff (AUS) |
54.19 | Cornelia Feuerbach (GDR) |
54.31 |
| 10 km walk details |
Irina Strakhova (URS) |
44:12 (CR) |
Kerry Saxby (AUS) |
44:23 |  Yan Hong (CHN) |
44:42 |
| 4x100 m relay details |
Alice Brown Diane Williams Florence Griffith-Joyner Pam Marshall United States |
41.58 (CR) |
Silke Möller Cornelia Oschkenat Kerstin Behrendt Marlies Göhr East Germany |
41.95 | Irina Slyusar Natalya Pomoschchnikova Natalya German Olga Antonova Soviet Union |
42.33 |
| 4x400 m relay details |
Dagmar Neubauer Kirsten Emmelmann Petra Schersing Sabine Busch East Germany |
3:18.63 (CR) |
Aelita Yurchenko Olga Nazarova Mariya Pingina Olga Bryzgina Soviet Union |
3:19.50 | Diane Dixon Denean Howard Valerie Brisco 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 |
||||||
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Long jump details |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7.36 (CR) |
Yelena Belevskaya (URS) |
7.14 | Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
7.13 |
| High jump details |
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) |
2.09 (WR) |
Tamara Bykova (URS) |
2.04 | Susanne Beyer (GDR) |
1.99 |
| Shot put details |
Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) |
21.24 (CR) |
Kathrin Neimke (GDR) |
21.21 | Ines Müller (GDR) |
20.76 |
| Discus throw details |
Martina Hellmann (GDR) |
71.62 (CR) |
Diana Gansky (GDR) |
70.12 | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) |
68.82 |
| Javelin throw details |
Fatima Whitbread (GBR) |
76.64 (CR) |
Petra Felke (GDR) |
71.76 | Beate Peters (FRG) |
68.82 |
| Heptathlon details |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7128 (CR) |
Larisa Nikitina (URS) |
6564 | Jane Frederick (USA) |
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 |
||||||
Medal table by country
| Position | Country: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | Total: |
| 1. | East Germany |
10 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 2. | United States |
10 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 3. | Soviet Union |
7 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 4. | Bulgaria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5. | Kenya |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6. | Italy |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7. | Great Britain |
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 |
References
|
||||||||||||||