1987 in the sport of athletics

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

International Events

World records

Men

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

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
Shot put	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

100 metres

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

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 Luíz 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.	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

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
—	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (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.	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

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

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.	Radion 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 Gladisch (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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Marathon

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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 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

1987 in the sport of athletics

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World

Regional

Championships	Arab Asian Central American and Caribbean European Cup European Indoor Nordic Indoor South American
Games	All-Africa Games Games of the Small States of Europe Island Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Southeast Asian Games South Pacific Games
Cross country	Balkan Central American and Caribbean South American
Age group	CARIFTA Games Central American and Caribbean U14 European U20 South American U20

National

Indoor	Czechoslovak Dutch English French German East West Italian Polish Soviet Spanish Swedish United States NCAA
Outdoor	Australian Belgian Canadian Chinese Championships Games Czechoslovak Dutch English Finnish French German East West Hungarian Icelandic Italian Jamaican Japanese Norwegian Polish Portuguese South Africa Soviet Spanish Swedish United Kingdom United States NCAA XC NCAA Track

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