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{{Infobox Years in Athletics
This page contains an overview of the year [[1987]] in [[athletics (track and field)]].
|Title = 1987 in athletics
|Image =
|ImageSize =
|Caption =
|Major world competitions = {{nowrap|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}<br>{{nowrap|[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
|No. of world records =
|Previous = [[1986 in the sport of athletics|1986]]
|Next = [[1988 in the sport of athletics|1988]]
}}
{{Year nav sports topic5|1987|the sport of athletics}}

This article contains an overview of the year 1987 in [[Sport of athletics|athletics]].


==International Events==
==International Events==
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* [[Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
* [[Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
* [[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
* [[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
* [[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
* [[1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
* [[1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
* [[Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade|World Student Games]]
* [[Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade|World Student Games]]
<br>


==World Records==
==World records==
===Men===
===Men===
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!align="center" style="width: 8em"|EVENT
!align="center" style="width: 17em"|ATHLETE
!align="center" style="width: 17em"|ATHLETE
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!align="center" style="width: 12em"|VENUE
!align="center" style="width: 12em"|VENUE
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[Javelin throw|Javelin (new)]]
|align="center"|[[2000 metres|2,000 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Jan Zelezný]]|TCH}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|align="center" |'''87.66 m'''
|align="center" |'''4:50.81'''
|align="center" |[[May 31]]
|align="center" |16 July
|align="center" |[[Nitra]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
|align="center" |Paris
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[Pole Vault]]
|align="center"|[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Bubka]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|align="center" |'''6.03 m'''
|align="center" |'''12:58.39'''
|align="center" |[[June 23]]
|align="center" |22 July
|align="center" |[[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
|align="center" |[[Rome, Italy]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[High Jump]]
|align="center"|[[High jump]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Patrik Sjöberg]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Patrik Sjöberg]]|SWE}}
|align="center" |'''2.42 m'''
|align="center" |'''2.42 m'''
|align="center" |[[June 30]]
|align="center" |30 June
|align="center" |[[Stockholm, Sweden]]
|align="center" |[[Stockholm, Sweden]]
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[5000 metres|5.000 metres]]
|align="center"|[[Pole vault]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Saïd Aouita]]|MAR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Bubka]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''12:58.39'''
|align="center" |'''6.03 m'''
|align="center" |[[July 22]]
|align="center" |23 June
|align="center" |[[Rome, Italy]]
|align="center" |[[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
|-
|rowspan=3 align="center"|[[Shot put]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Alessandro Andrei]]|ITA}}
|align="center" |'''22.72m'''
|align="center" |12 August
|align="center" |[[Viareggio, Italy]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Alessandro Andrei]]|ITA}}
|align="center" |'''22.84m'''
|align="center" |12 August
|align="center" |[[Viareggio, Italy]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Alessandro Andrei]]|ITA}}
|align="center" |'''22.91m'''
|align="center" |12 August
|align="center" |[[Viareggio, Italy]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Javelin throw|Javelin (new)]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Jan Železný]]|TCH}}
|align="center" |'''87.66 m'''
|align="center" |31 May
|align="center" |[[Nitra]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
|}
|}
<br>
<br>
*''[[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 [[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Rome, Italy]].''
[[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 [[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Rome, Italy]].

<br>
===Women===
===Women===
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|- bgcolor="cccccc"
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!align="center" style="width: 8em"|EVENT
!align="center" style="width: 17em"|ATHLETE
!align="center" style="width: 17em"|ATHLETE
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!align="center" style="width: 12em"|VENUE
!align="center" style="width: 12em"|VENUE
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[Shot Put]]
|align="center"|[[Hurdling|100m hurdles]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Lisovskaya]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''22.63 m'''
|align="center" |[[June 7]]
|align="center" |[[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Javelin throw|Javelin (old)]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Meier]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''78.90 m'''
|align="center" |[[July 29]]
|align="center" |[[Leipzig]], [[East Germany]]
|-
|align="center"|[[Hurdling|100m Hurdles]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ginka Zagorcheva]]|BUL|1971}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ginka Zagorcheva]]|BUL|1971}}
|align="center" |'''12.25 s'''
|align="center" |'''12.25 s'''
|align="center" |[[August 8]]
|align="center" |8 August
|align="center" |[[Drama, Greece]]
|align="center" |[[Drama, Greece]]
|-
|-
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|{{flagathlete|[[Stefka Kostadinova]]|BUL|1971}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Stefka Kostadinova]]|BUL|1971}}
|align="center" |'''2.09 m'''
|align="center" |'''2.09 m'''
|align="center" |[[August 30]]
|align="center" |30 August
|align="center" |[[Rome, Italy]]
|align="center" |[[Rome, Italy]]
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |[[Shot put]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Lisovskaya]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''22.60 m'''
|align="center" |7 June
|align="center" |Moscow, Soviet Union
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Lisovskaya]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''22.63 m'''
|align="center" |7 June
|align="center" |Moscow, Soviet Union
|-
|align="center"|[[Javelin throw|Javelin (old)]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Meier]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''78.90 m'''
|align="center" |29 July
|align="center" |[[Leipzig]], [[East Germany]]
|}
|}
<br>
<br>
*''[[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]].''
[[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 Top Performers==
==Men's Best Year Performers==
===[[100 metres]]===
===[[100 metres]]===
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 100 metres|World Championships 100 metres]]''
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|World Championships 100 metres]]''
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|align="center"|1.
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Carl Lewis]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Carl Lewis]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''9.93'''
|align="center" |'''9.931'''
|-
|-
|align="center"|2.
|align="center"|2.
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|align="center" |'''10.07'''
|align="center" |'''10.07'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[200 metres]]===
===[[200 metres]]===
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 200 metres|World Championships 200 metres]]''
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|World Championships 200 metres]]''
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|-
|-
|align="center"|5.
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Attila Kovács]]|HUN|1957}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Attila Kovács (athlete)|Attila Kovács]]|HUN|1957}}
|align="center" |'''20.11'''
|align="center" |'''20.11'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[400 metres]]===
===[[400 metres]]===
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 400 metres|World Championships 400 metres]]''
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|World Championships 400 metres]]''
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|align="center" |'''44.50'''
|align="center" |'''44.50'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[800 metres]]===
===[[800 metres]]===
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 800 metres|World Championships 800 metres]]''
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|World Championships 800 metres]]''
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
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|- bgcolor="cccccc"
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|-
|-
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"|&mdash;
|{{flagathlete|[[José Luiz Barbosa]]|BRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[José Luíz Barbosa]]|BRA}}
|align="center" |'''1:43.76'''
|align="center" |'''1:43.76'''
|-
|-
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|align="center" |'''1:44.09'''
|align="center" |'''1:44.09'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[1500 metres|1.500 metres]]===
===[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]===
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 1500 metres|World Championships 1.500 metres]]''
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres|World Championships 1.500 metres]]''
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
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|-
|-
|align="center"|4.
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[José Luis González]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[José Luis González (athlete)|José Luis González]]|ESP}}
|align="center" |'''3:33.01'''
|align="center" |'''3:33.01'''
|-
|-
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|align="center" |'''3:33.23'''
|align="center" |'''3:33.23'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Mile run|Mile]]===
===[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
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|-
|-
|align="center"|5.
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[John Gladwin]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[John Gladwin (athlete)|John Gladwin]]|GBR}}
|align="center" |'''3:51.02'''
|align="center" |'''3:51.02'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[3000 metres|3.000 metres]]===
===[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
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|-
|-
|align="center"|1.
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Dieter Baumann]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Dieter Baumann]]|FRG}}
|align="center" |'''7:40.25'''
|align="center" |'''7:40.25'''
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|align="center"|3.
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[José Luis González]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[José Luis González (athlete)|José Luis González]]|ESP}}
|align="center" |'''7:42.93'''
|align="center" |'''7:42.93'''
|-
|-
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|align="center" |'''7:43.13'''
|align="center" |'''7:43.13'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[5000 metres|5.000 metres]]===
===[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]===
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 5000 metres|World Championships 5.000 metres]]''
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|World Championships 5.000 metres]]''
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
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|-
|-
|align="center"|3.
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[José Luis González]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[José Luis González (athlete)|José Luis González]]|ESP}}
|align="center" |'''13:12.34'''
|align="center" |'''13:12.34'''
|-
|-
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|align="center" |'''13:13.02'''
|align="center" |'''13:13.02'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[10000 metres|10.000 metres]]===
===[[10,000 metres]]===
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 10000 metres|World Championships 10.000 metres]]''
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|World Championships 10.000 metres]]''
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
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!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
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|align="center" |'''27:38.63'''
|align="center" |'''27:38.63'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Half Marathon]]===
===[[Half marathon]]===
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|align="center" |'''1:00:10'''
|align="center" |'''1:00:10'''
|}
|}
<br>


===[[Marathon (sport)|Marathon]]===
===[[Marathon]]===
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Marathon|World Championships Marathon]]''
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon|World Championships Marathon]]''
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|align="center" |'''2:10:15'''
|align="center" |'''2:10:15'''
|}
|}
<br>


===[[Hurdling|110m Hurdles]]===
===[[Hurdling|110m hurdles]]===
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 110 metres hurdles|World Championships 110m Hurdles]]''
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|World Championships 110m hurdles]]''
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
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|-
|-
|align="center"|1.
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Foster (hurdling)|Greg Foster]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Foster (hurdler)|Greg Foster]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''13.17'''
|align="center" |'''13.17'''
|-
|-
|align="center"|2.
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tony Campbell (athlete)|Tony Campbell]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tonie Campbell]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''13.19'''
|align="center" |'''13.19'''
|-
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|align="center" |'''13.29'''
|align="center" |'''13.29'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Hurdling|400m Hurdles]]===
===[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]===
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 400 metres hurdles|World Championships 400m Hurdles]]''
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|World Championships 400m hurdles]]''
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
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!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
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|align="center" |'''48.15'''
|align="center" |'''48.15'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Steeplechase|3.000m Steeplechase]]===
===[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m steeplechase]]===
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 3000 metre Steeplechase|World Championships 3.000m Steeplechase]]''
:''Main race this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metre Steeplechase|World Championships 3.000m steeplechase]]''
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!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
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|align="center" |'''8:13.88'''
|align="center" |'''8:13.88'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[High Jump]]===
===[[High jump]]===
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's High Jump|World Championships High Jump]]''
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's High Jump|World Championships High Jump]]''
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|-
|align="center"|&mdash;
|align="center"|&mdash;
|{{flagathlete|[[Gennadiy Avdeyenko]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hennadiy Avdyeyenko]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''2.38'''
|align="center" |'''2.38'''
|-
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|-
|-
|align="center"|5.
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Jim Howard]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jim Howard (athlete)|Jim Howard]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''2.36'''
|align="center" |'''2.36'''
|-
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|align="center" |'''2.36'''
|align="center" |'''2.36'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Long Jump]]===
===[[Long jump]]===
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Long Jump|World Championships Long Jump]]''
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Long Jump|World Championships Long Jump]]''
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|align="center" |'''8.43'''
|align="center" |'''8.43'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Triple Jump]]===
===[[Triple jump]]===
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Triple Jump|World Championships Triple Jump]]''
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Triple Jump|World Championships Triple Jump]]''
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|-
|-
|align="center"|1.
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Hristo Markov]]|BUL|1971}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Khristo Markov]]|BUL|1971}}
|align="center" |'''17.92'''
|align="center" |'''17.92'''
|-
|-
|align="center"|2.
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Mike Conley, Sr.|Mike Conley]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Mike Conley Sr.|Mike Conley]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''17.87'''
|align="center" |'''17.87'''
|-
|-
|align="center"|3.
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Kovalenko]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Kovalenko (athlete)|Aleksandr Kovalenko]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''17.77'''
|align="center" |'''17.77'''
|-
|-
|align="center"|4.
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Yakovlev]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Yakovlev (athlete)|Aleksandr Yakovlev]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''17.65'''
|align="center" |'''17.65'''
|-
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|align="center" |'''17.61'''
|align="center" |'''17.61'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Discus throw|Discus]]===
===[[Discus throw|Discus]]===
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Discus|World Championships Discus Throw]]''
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Discus|World Championships Discus Throw]]''
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|align="center" |'''67.80'''
|align="center" |'''67.80'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Shot Put]]===
===[[Shot put]]===
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Shot Put|World Championships Shot Put]]''
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Shot Put|World Championships Shot Put]]''
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
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|- bgcolor="cccccc"
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!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
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|align="center" |'''22.01'''
|align="center" |'''22.01'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]===
===[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]===
{{main|1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking}}
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer|World Championships Hammer Throw]]''
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|-
|-
|align="center"|1.
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Litvinov]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)|Sergey Litvinov]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''83.48'''
|align="center" |'''83.48'''
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|align="center"|5.
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Igor Nikulin (athlete)|Igor Nikulin]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Igor Nikulin (hammer thrower)|Igor Nikulin]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''82.00'''
|align="center" |'''82.00'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Javelin throw|Javelin (new design)]]===
===[[Javelin throw|Javelin (new design)]]===
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin|World Championships Javelin Throw]]''
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Javelin|World Championships Javelin Throw]]''
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
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!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
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|align="center" |'''84.30'''
|align="center" |'''84.30'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Pole Vault]]===
===[[Pole vault]]===
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Pole Vault|World Championships Pole Vault]]''
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Pole Vault|World Championships Pole Vault]]''
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|-
|-
|align="center"|3.
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Rodion Gataullin]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Radion Gataullin]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''5.90'''
|align="center" |'''5.90'''
|-
|-
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|align="center" |'''5.83'''
|align="center" |'''5.83'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Decathlon]]===
===[[Decathlon]]===
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Decathlon|World Championships Decathlon]]''
:''Main competition this year: [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Decathlon|World Championships Decathlon]]''
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
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!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
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|align="center" |'''8340'''
|align="center" |'''8340'''
|}
|}

<br>
==Women's Top Performers==
==Women's Best Year Performers==
===[[3000 metres|3.000 metres]]===
===[[100 metres]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Anelia Nuneva]]|BUL|1971}}
|align="center" |'''10.86'''
|-
|align="center"|&mdash;
|{{flagathlete|[[Silke Möller|Silke Gladisch]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''10.86'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Merlene Ottey]]|JAM}}
|align="center" |'''10.87'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Marlies Göhr]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''10.93'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Heike Drechsler]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''10.95'''
|}

===[[200 metres]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Silke Möller|Silke Gladisch]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''21.74'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Florence Griffith Joyner|Florence Griffith]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''21.96'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Anelia Nuneva]]|BUL|1971}}
|align="center" |'''22.01'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Pam Marshall]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''22.06'''
|-
|align="center"|&mdash;
|{{flagathlete|[[Merlene Ottey]]|JAM}}
|align="center" |'''22.06'''
|}

===[[400 metres]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Bryzgina]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''49.38'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Schersing|Petra Müller]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''49.64'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Mariya Pinigina]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''49.87'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Lillie Leatherwood]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''49.95'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Nazarova]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''49.96'''
|}

===[[800 metres]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Sigrun Wodars]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''1:55.26'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Christine Wachtel]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''1:55.32'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Lyubov Gurina]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''1:55.56'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ana Fidelia Quirot]]|CUB}}
|align="center" |'''1:55.84'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Slobodanka Čolović]]|YUG}}
|align="center" |'''1:56.51'''
|}

===[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Dorovskikh|Tatyana Samolenko]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''3:58.56'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Hildegard Körner]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''3:58.67'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Doina Melinte]]|ROU|1965}}
|align="center" |'''3:59.27'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Cornelia Bürki]]|SUI}}
|align="center" |'''3:59.90'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrea Hahmann|Andrea Lange]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''4:00.07'''
|}

===[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Doina Melinte]]|ROU|1965}}
|align="center" |'''4:24.05'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Elly van Hulst]]|NED}}
|align="center" |'''4:25.13'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Diana Richburg]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''4:25.77'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Elizabeth McColgan|Liz Lynch]]|GBR}}
|align="center" |'''4:26.11'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Maricica Puică]]|ROU|1965}}
|align="center" |'''4:26.70'''
|}

===[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
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|-
|-
|align="center"|2.
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Vyazova]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova|Yelena Zhupiyeva]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''8:38.5'''
|align="center" |'''8:38.5'''
|-
|-
|align="center"|3.
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Dorovskikh]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Dorovskikh|Tatyana Samolenko]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''8:38.73'''
|align="center" |'''8:38.73'''
|-
|-
|align="center"|4.
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Ivan]]|ROM|1947}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Ivan]]|ROU|1965}}
|align="center" |'''8:39.28'''
|align="center" |'''8:39.28'''
|-
|-
|align="center"|5.
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Maricica Puică]]|ROM|1947}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maricica Puică]]|ROU|1965}}
|align="center" |'''8:39.45'''
|align="center" |'''8:39.45'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[5000 metres|5.000 metres]]===
===[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
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|-
|align="center"|1.
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Elizabeth McColgan]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Liz McColgan|Liz Lynch]]|GBR}}
|align="center" |'''15:01.08'''
|align="center" |'''15:01.08'''
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|align="center"|5.
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Maricica Puică]]|ROM|1947}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maricica Puică]]|ROU|1965}}
|align="center" |'''15:23.48'''
|align="center" |'''15:23.48'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[10000 metres|10.000 metres]]===
===[[10,000 metres]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
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|-
|align="center"|2.
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Vyazova]]|URS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova|Yelena Zhupiyeva]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''31:09.40'''
|align="center" |'''31:09.40'''
|-
|-
|align="center"|3.
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Kathrin Weßel]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kathrin Weßel|Kathrin Ullrich]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''31:11.34'''
|align="center" |'''31:11.34'''
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|align="center"|5.
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Elizabeth McColgan]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Liz McColgan|Liz Lynch]]|GBR}}
|align="center" |'''31:19.82'''
|align="center" |'''31:19.82'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Marathon (sport)|Marathon]]===
===[[Half marathon]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ingrid Kristiansen]]|NOR}}
|align="center" |'''1:06:40'''
|}

===[[Marathon]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
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|align="center" |'''2:26:51'''
|align="center" |'''2:26:51'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Hurdling|100m hurdles]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ginka Zagorcheva]]|BUL|1971}}
|align="center" |'''12.25'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Yordanka Donkova]]|BUL|1971}}
|align="center" |'''12.33'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Gloria Siebert]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''12.44'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Cornelia Oschkenat]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''12.45'''
|}

===[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Sabine Busch]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''53.24'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Cornelia Ullrich]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''53.58'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Debbie Flintoff-King]]|AUS}}
|align="center" |'''53.95'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Judi Brown-King]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''54.23'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Sandra Farmer-Patrick|Sandra Farmer]]|JAM}}
|align="center" |'''54.38'''
|}

===[[High jump|High Jump]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|HEIGHT
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Stefka Kostadinova]]|BUL|1971}}
|align="center" |'''2.09 m'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tamara Bykova]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''2.04 m'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Louise Ritter]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''2.01 m'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Desiree du Plessis]]|RSA|1928}}
|align="center" |'''2.00 m'''
|-
|align="center"|&mdash;
|{{flagathlete|[[Lyudmila Avdeyenko]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''2.00 m'''
|-
|align="center"|&mdash;
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Leseva]]|BUL|1971}}
|align="center" |'''2.00 m'''
|}

===[[Long jump|Long Jump]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|DISTANCE
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Jackie Joyner-Kersee]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''7.45 m'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Heike Drechsler]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''7.40 m'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Belevskaya]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''7.39 m'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Galina Chistyakova]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''7.27 m'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Irina Valyukevich]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''7.17 m'''
|}

===[[Shot put]]===
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|DISTANCE
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Lisovskaya]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''22.63 m'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Claudia Losch]]|FRG}}
|align="center" |'''22.19 m'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Akhrimenko]]|URS}}
|align="center" |'''21.34 m'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Kathrin Neimke]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''21.21 m'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ines Müller]]|GDR}}
|align="center" |'''21.20 m'''
|}

===[[Javelin throw|Javelin (old design)]]===
===[[Javelin throw|Javelin (old design)]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
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|align="center" |'''68.84'''
|align="center" |'''68.84'''
|}
|}

<br>
===[[Heptathlon]]===
===[[Heptathlon]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
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|align="center" |'''6533'''
|align="center" |'''6533'''
|}
|}
<br>


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


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
*[[March 17]] — [[Georg Lammers]] (81), German athlete (b. [[1905]])
*March 17 — [[Georg Lammers]] (81), German athlete (b. 1905)
*October 20 — [[Jerzy Chromik]] (56), Polish long-distance runner (b. 1931)
<br>


==References==
==References==
* [http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/yl/ Year Lists]
* [http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/yl/ Year Lists]
* [http://digilander.libero.it/atletica2/Stagionali/WRL/1987/Index.htm 1987 Year Rankings]
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1987 in athletics
Major world eventsWorld Championships
World Indoor Championships
← 1986
1988 →
Years in the sport of athletics
1987 in sports

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

International Events

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World records

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Men

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

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

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100 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 100 metres
RANK 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Carl Lewis (USA) 9.931
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

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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

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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

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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 Luíz Barbosa (BRA) 1:43.76
4.  Philippe Collard (FRA) 1:43.95
5.  Johnny Gray (USA) 1:44.09

1,500 metres

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Marathon

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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

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Main race this year: World Championships 110m hurdles
RANK 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Greg Foster (USA) 13.17
2.  Tonie 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

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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

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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

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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
—  Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) 2.38
4.  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.37
5.  Jim Howard (USA) 2.36
—  Ján Zvara (TCH) 2.36

Long jump

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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

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Main competition this year: World Championships Triple Jump
RANK 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Khristo 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

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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

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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

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Main article: 1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
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)

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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

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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.  Radion Gataullin (URS) 5.90
4.  Thierry Vigneron (FRA) 5.85
5.  Mike Tully (USA) 5.83

Decathlon

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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

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100 metres

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

200 metres

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

400 metres

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

800 metres

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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

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RANK 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Tatyana Samolenko (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 Lange (GDR) 4:00.07

Mile

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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.  Liz Lynch (GBR) 4:26.11
5.  Maricica Puică (ROU) 4:26.70

3,000 metres

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

5,000 metres

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RANK 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Liz Lynch (GBR) 15:01.08
2.  Angela Tooby (GBR) 15:13.22
3.  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 15:19.76
4.  Wendy Sly (GBR) 15:21.45
5.  Maricica Puică (ROU) 15:23.48

10,000 metres

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RANK 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 31:05.85
2.  Yelena Zhupiyeva (URS) 31:09.40
3.  Kathrin Ullrich (GDR) 31:11.34
4.  Olga Bondarenko (URS) 31:18.38
5.  Liz Lynch (GBR) 31:19.82

Half marathon

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RANK 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1:06:40

Marathon

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RANK 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:22:48
2.  Rosa Mota (POR) 2:25:17
3.  Katrin Dörre (GDR) 2:25:24
4.  Carla Beurskens (NED) 2:26:34
5.  Priscilla Welch (GBR) 2:26:51

100m hurdles

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

400m hurdles

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

High Jump

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

Long Jump

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

Shot put

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

Javelin (old design)

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

Heptathlon

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

Births

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Deaths

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  • 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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