1987 in the sport of athletics

none 1987 in athletics World ChampionshipsWorld Indoor Championships 1986 1988 1987 the sport of athletics This article contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics. International Events All-Africa Games Asian Championships Central American and Caribbean Championships European Indoor Championships Mediterranean Games Pan American Games World Championships World Indoor Championships World Cross Country Championships World Student Games World records Men EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE2,000 metresSaïd Aouita MAR4:50.8116 JulyParis5,000 metresSaïd Aouita MAR12:58.3922 JulyRome, ItalyHigh jumpPatrik Sjöberg SWE2.42 m30 JuneStockholm, SwedenPole vaultSergey Bubka URS6.03 m23 JunePrague, CzechoslovakiaShot putAlessandro Andrei ITA22.72m12 AugustViareggio, ItalyAlessandro Andrei ITA22.84m12 AugustViareggio, ItalyAlessandro Andrei ITA22.91m12 AugustViareggio, ItalyJavelin (new)Jan Železný TCH87.66 m31 MayNitra, 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 EVENTATHLETEMARKDATEVENUE100m hurdlesGinka Zagorcheva BUL 197112.25 s8 AugustDrama, GreeceHigh JumpStefka Kostadinova BUL 19712.09 m30 AugustRome, ItalyShot putNatalya Lisovskaya URS22.60 m7 JuneMoscow, Soviet UnionNatalya Lisovskaya URS22.63 m7 JuneMoscow, Soviet UnionJavelin (old)Petra Meier GDR78.90 m29 JulyLeipzig, 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 RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Carl Lewis USA9.9312.Linford Christie GBR10.033.Mark Witherspoon USA10.044.Andrés Simón CUB10.065.Lee McRae USA10.07—Calvin Smith USA10.07 200 metres Main race this year: World Championships 200 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Carl Lewis USA19.922.Floyd Heard USA19.953.Dwayne Evans USA20.084.Calvin Smith USA20.105.Attila Kovács HUN 195720.11 400 metres Main race this year: World Championships 400 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Butch Reynolds USA44.102.Innocent Egbunike NGR44.173.Thomas Schönlebe GDR44.334.Danny Everett USA44.475.Derek Redmond GBR44.50 800 metres Main race this year: World Championships 800 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Billy Konchellah KEN1:43.062.Peter Elliott GBR1:43.41—José Luíz Barbosa BRA1:43.764.Philippe Collard FRA1:43.955.Johnny Gray USA1:44.09 1,500 metres Main race this year: World Championships 1.500 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Saïd Aouita MAR3:30.692.Steve Cram GBR3:31.433.Abdi Bile SOM3:31.714.José Luis González ESP3:33.015.Peter Elliott GBR3:33.23 Mile RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Saïd Aouita MAR3:46.762.Steve Cram GBR3:50.083.Abdi Bile SOM3:50.754.Johan Fourie RSA 19283:50.825.John Gladwin GBR3:51.02 3,000 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Dieter Baumann FRG7:40.252.Francesco Panetta ITA7:42.733.José Luis González ESP7:42.934.Frank O'Mara IRL7:42.995.Sydney Maree USA7:43.13 5,000 metres Main race this year: World Championships 5.000 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Saïd Aouita MAR12:58.392.Jack Buckner GBR13:10.483.José Luis González ESP13:12.344.José Manuel Abascal ESP13:12.495.Frank O'Mara IRL13:13.02 10,000 metres Main race this year: World Championships 10.000 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Francesco Panetta ITA27:26.952.Wodajo Bulti ETH 197527:29.413.Jean-Louis Prianon FRA27:34.384.Takeyuki Nakayama JPN27:35.335.Paul Kipkoech KEN27:38.63 Half marathon RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Matthew Temane RSA 19281:00:10 Marathon Main race this year: World Championships Marathon RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Takeyuki Nakayama JPN2:08:182.Hiromi Taniguchi JPN2:09:503.El Mostafa Nechchadi MAR2:10:094.Hugh Jones GBR2:10:115.Gianni Poli ITA2:10:15 110m hurdles Main race this year: World Championships 110m hurdles RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Greg Foster USA13.172.Tonie Campbell USA13.193.Mark McKoy CAN13.234.Rod Woodson USA13.29—Jon Ridgeon GBR13.29—Arthur Blake USA13.29 400m hurdles Main race this year: World Championships 400m hurdles RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Edwin Moses USA47.462.Danny Harris USA47.48—Harald Schmid FRG47.484.Amadou Dia Bâ SEN48.035.Kevin Young USA48.15 3,000m steeplechase RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Francesco Panetta ITA8:08.572.Hagen Melzer GDR8:10.323.William Van Dijck BEL8:12.184.Julius Korir KEN8:12.805.Raymond Pannier FRA8:13.88 High jump RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Patrik Sjöberg SWE2.422.Igor Paklin URS2.38—Hennadiy Avdyeyenko URS2.384.Javier Sotomayor CUB2.375.Jim Howard USA2.36—Ján Zvara TCH2.36 Long jump RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Robert Emmiyan URS8.862.Carl Lewis USA8.753.Larry Myricks USA8.664.Jaime Jefferson CUB8.515.Giovanni Evangelisti ITA8.43 Triple jump RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Khristo Markov BUL 197117.922.Mike Conley USA17.873.Aleksandr Kovalenko URS17.774.Aleksandr Yakovlev URS17.655.Oleg Protsenko URS17.61 Discus RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Jürgen Schult GDR69.522.Mike Buncic USA68.983.Stefan Fernholm SWE68.304.Luis Delís CUB67.925.Alwin Wagner FRG67.80 Shot put RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Alessandro Andrei ITA22.912.John Brenner USA22.523.Werner Günthör SUI22.474.Udo Beyer GDR22.315.Ulf Timmermann GDR22.01 Hammer RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Sergey Litvinov URS83.482.Igor Astapkovich URS82.963.Vyacheslav Korovin URS82.244.Jüri Tamm URS82.025.Igor Nikulin URS82.00 Javelin (new design) RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Jan Železný TCH87.662.Klaus Tafelmeier FRG86.643.Mick Hill GBR85.244.Viktor Yevsyukov URS85.165.Lev Shatilo URS84.30 Pole vault RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Sergey Bubka URS6.032.Joe Dial USA5.963.Radion Gataullin URS5.904.Thierry Vigneron FRA5.855.Mike Tully USA5.83 Decathlon Main competition this year: World Championships Decathlon RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Torsten Voss GDR86802.Siegfried Wentz FRG86453.Pavel Tarnavetskiy URS83754.Simon Poelman NZL83595.Tim Bright USA8340 Women's Best Year Performers 100 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Anelia Nuneva BUL 197110.86—Silke Gladisch GDR10.863.Merlene Ottey JAM10.874.Marlies Göhr GDR10.935.Heike Drechsler GDR10.95 200 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Silke Gladisch GDR21.742.Florence Griffith USA21.963.Anelia Nuneva BUL 197122.014.Pam Marshall USA22.06—Merlene Ottey JAM22.06 400 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Olga Bryzgina URS49.382.Petra Müller GDR49.643.Mariya Pinigina URS49.874.Lillie Leatherwood USA49.955.Olga Nazarova URS49.96 800 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sigrun Wodars GDR1:55.262.Christine Wachtel GDR1:55.323.Lyubov Gurina URS1:55.564.Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB1:55.845.Slobodanka Čolović YUG1:56.51 1,500 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Tatyana Samolenko URS3:58.562.Hildegard Körner GDR3:58.673.Doina Melinte ROU 19653:59.274.Cornelia Bürki SUI3:59.905.Andrea Lange GDR4:00.07 Mile RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Doina Melinte ROU 19654:24.052.Elly van Hulst NED4:25.133.Diana Richburg USA4:25.774.Liz Lynch GBR4:26.115.Maricica Puică ROU 19654:26.70 3,000 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ulrike Bruns GDR8:38.12.Yelena Zhupiyeva URS8:38.53.Tatyana Samolenko URS8:38.734.Paula Ivan ROU 19658:39.285.Maricica Puică ROU 19658:39.45 5,000 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Liz Lynch GBR15:01.082.Angela Tooby GBR15:13.223.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR15:19.764.Wendy Sly GBR15:21.455.Maricica Puică ROU 196515:23.48 10,000 metres RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR31:05.852.Yelena Zhupiyeva URS31:09.403.Kathrin Ullrich GDR31:11.344.Olga Bondarenko URS31:18.385.Liz Lynch GBR31:19.82 Half marathon RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR1:06:40 Marathon RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ingrid Kristiansen NOR2:22:482.Rosa Mota POR2:25:173.Katrin Dörre GDR2:25:244.Carla Beurskens NED2:26:345.Priscilla Welch GBR2:26:51 100m hurdles RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Ginka Zagorcheva BUL 197112.252.Yordanka Donkova BUL 197112.333.Gloria Siebert GDR12.444.Cornelia Oschkenat GDR12.45 400m hurdles RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.Sabine Busch GDR53.242.Cornelia Ullrich GDR53.583.Debbie Flintoff-King AUS53.954.Judi Brown-King USA54.235.Sandra Farmer JAM54.38 High Jump RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSHEIGHT1.Stefka Kostadinova BUL 19712.09 m2.Tamara Bykova URS2.04 m3.Louise Ritter USA2.01 m4.Desiree du Plessis RSA 19282.00 m—Lyudmila Avdeyenko URS2.00 m—Svetlana Leseva BUL 19712.00 m Long Jump RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA7.45 m2.Heike Drechsler GDR7.40 m3.Yelena Belevskaya URS7.39 m4.Galina Chistyakova URS7.27 m5.Irina Valyukevich URS7.17 m Shot put RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Natalya Lisovskaya URS22.63 m2.Claudia Losch FRG22.19 m3.Natalya Akhrimenko URS21.34 m4.Kathrin Neimke GDR21.21 m5.Ines Müller GDR21.20 m Javelin (old design) RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSDISTANCE1.Petra Meier GDR78.902.Fatima Whitbread GBR76.643.Ingrid Thyssen GDR69.684.Susanne Jung GDR69.605.Beate Peters FRG68.84 Heptathlon RANK1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSPOINTS1.Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA71282.Anke Behmer GDR66923.Svetlana Buraga URS65854.Larisa Nikitina URS65645.Jane Frederick USA6533 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 20 — Elijah Kipterege, Kenyan 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 Year Lists 1987 Year Rankings Association of Road Racing Statisticians Category:Sport of athletics by year