1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

None The men's 10,000 metres event featured at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes, with the final being held on 29 August 1987. The winning margin was 10.35 seconds. As of 2024, this is the only time the men's 10,000 metres has been won by more than four seconds at these championships. Medalists GoldKEN Paul KipkoechKenya (KEN)SilverITA Francesco PanettaItaly (ITA)BronzeGDR Hansjörg KunzeEast Germany (GDR) Records Existing records at the start of the event. World RecordFernando Mamede POR27:13.81Stockholm, SwedenJuly 2, 1984Championship RecordFernando Mamede POR27:45.54Helsinki, FinlandAugust 7, 1983 Final RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.pngPaul Kipkoech KEN27:38.63 CRImage:Med 2.pngFrancesco Panetta ITA27:48.98Image:Med 3.pngHansjörg Kunze GDR27:50.374.Arturo Barrios MEX27:59.665.Steve Binns GBR28:03.086.Martin Vrabel TCH28:05.597.Spyros Andriopoulos GRE28:07.17 NR8.Steve Plasencia USA28:11.389.Jean-Louis Prianon FRA28:19.4710.Rolando Vera ECU28:20.2411.Ezequiel Canario POR28:28.2412.Mats Erixon SWE28:29.0813.Paul Arpin FRA28:29.2114.Zhang Guowei CHN28:30.0015.Jon Solly GBR28:31.9716.Salvatore Antibo ITA28:33.7717.Markus Ryffel SUI28:34.5818.Brian Sheriff ZIM28:34.9619.Paul McCloy CAN28:41.8920.Kozu Akutsu JPN28:45.8921.Ed Eyestone USA29:00.3322.Some Muge KEN29:06.4023.Haji Bulbula ETH 198729:10.4524.Wodajo Bulti ETH 198729:17.0925.Habib Romdhani TUN 195929:21.3526.John Treacy IRL29:22.14—Martti Vainio FINDNF—Paul Williams CANDNF—Gerhard Hartmann AUTDNS—Gerard Donakowski USADNS See also 1983 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres (Helsinki) 1986 Men's European Championships 10.000 metres (Stuttgart) 1988 Men's Olympic 10.000 metres (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships 10.000 metres (Split) 1991 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres (Tokyo) References Results Category:10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships