1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

None The Men's Marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy was held on Sunday September 6, 1987. Medalists GoldKEN Douglas WakiihuriKenya (KEN)SilverDJI Hussein Ahmed SalahDjibouti (DJI)BronzeITA Gelindo BordinItaly (ITA) Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markWR world recordWL world leadingAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships World Record Carlos Lopes POR 2:07:12 April 20, 1985 NED Rotterdam, Netherlands Event Record Robert de Castella AUS 2:10:03 August 14, 1983 FIN Helsinki, Finland Season Best Hiromi Taniguchi JPN 2:09:50 May 10, 1987 GBR London, United Kingdom Final ranking RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.pngDouglas Wakiihuri KEN2:11:48Image:Med 2.pngHussein Ahmed Salah DJI2:12:30Image:Med 3.pngGelindo Bordin ITA2:12:404.Steve Moneghetti AUS2:12:495.Hugh Jones GBR2:12:546.Juma Ikangaa TAN2:13:437.Orlando Pizzolato ITA2:14:038.Ravil Kashapov URS2:14:419.Henrik Jørgensen DEN2:14:5810.Dirk Vanderherten BEL2:16:4211.Yakov Tolstikov URS2:16:5512.Martin Vrabel TCH2:16:5813.Salvatore Bettiol ITA2:17:4514.Mirko Vindiš YUG2:18:0915.Tefera Guta ETH 19872:18:2716.Vicente Antón ESP2:19:0017.Herbert Steffny FRG2:19:2418.Honorato Hernández ESP2:20:0019.Michael Spottel FRG2:20:4320.Graham Macky NZL2:20:4321.Don Janicki USA2:20:4622.Masayuki Nishi JPN2:20:5123.Eloi Rodrigues BRA 19682:21:0324.Marti ten Kate NED2:22:2125.Kingston Mills IRL2:22:5226.Yuichiro Osuda JPN2:23:2527.Sam Hlawe SWZ2:24:0928.Alfonso Abellán ESP2:24:2029.Bigboy Matlapeng BOT2:24:4330.Fumiaki Abe JPN2:24:4731.Jeong Man-Hwa KOR2:25:4132.Peter Maher CAN2:26:4033.William Aguirre NCA2:27:1934.Vithanakande Samarasinghe SRI2:28:3535.José Jami ECU2:29:0436.Peter Mitchell AUS2:30:0437.Francis Mukuka ZAM2:30:0538.Justin Gloden LUX2:30:0839.Hsu Gi-sheng TPE2:30:3140.Moacir Marconi BRA 19682:31:3941.Stanimir Nenov BUL 19712:32:4442.Hari Singh IND2:34:2043.Albert Marie SEY 19772:40:4844.Veselin Vasilev BUL 19712:43:1445.Salvator Sahabo BRU2:43:4346.Chandra Bahadur Gurung NEP2:43:5447.William Abrams GUY3:12:33—Ralf Salzmann FRGDNF—Bruno Lafranchi SUIDNF—Policarpio Calizaya BOLDNF—Robert de Castella AUSDNF—Christos Papachristos GREDNF—El Mostafa Nechchadi MARDNF—Dan Grimes USADNF—Geoff Smith GBRDNF—Abebe Mekonnen ETH 1987DNF—Delfim Moreira PORDNF—Martti Vainio FINDNF—Mehmet Terzi TURDNF—Alain Lazare FRADNF—Dave Gordon USADNF—Jorge Yeber ARGDNF—Djama Robleh DJIDNF—James Walker GUMDNF—Samu Samuelu WSMDNF—Bogusław Psujek POLDNF—Allan Zachariassen DENDNF See also 1987 Marathon Year Ranking Men's Olympic Marathon (1988) References Results Results at World Athletics IAAF M Category:Marathons at the World Athletics Championships Category:1987 marathons Category:Men's marathons Category:Marathons in Italy