1987 World Athletics Championships

Host City Roma
Country ITA
Held 28 August – 6 September 1987
Competitors 155
Countries 27

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
Marathon Men — Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 15 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 16 3
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
50 km Walk Men — Medal 3 2
High Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Women — Medal 3 2
800 m Women — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
Marathon Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 13 3
10 km Walk Women — Medal 3 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Heptathlon Women — Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 10 11 10 31
2 United States USA 10 4 6 20
3 Soviet Union URS 7 12 6 25
4 Bulgaria BUL 3 0 1 4
5 Kenya KEN 3 0 0 3
6 Italy ITA 2 2 1 5
7 Great Britain GBR 1 3 4 8
8 Portugal POR 1 1 0 2
9 Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
= Morocco MAR 1 0 0 1
= Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
= Somalia SOM 1 0 0 1
= Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
= Switzerland SUI 1 0 0 1
15 France FRA 0 2 1 3
16 Australia AUS 0 2 0 2
17 Jamaica JAM 0 1 3 4
18 Germany GER 0 1 2 3
19 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 1 2
= Romania ROU 0 1 1 2
= Spain ESP 0 1 1 2
22 Djibouti DJI 0 1 0 1
= Nigeria NGR 0 1 0 1
24 Cuba CUB 0 0 2 2
25 Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
= Brazil BRA 0 0 1 1
= China CHN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Carl Lewis USA Ray Stewart JAM Linford Christie GBR
200 m, Men Calvin Smith USA Gilles Quénéhervé FRA John Regis GBR
400 m, Men Thomas Schönlebe GDR Innocent Egbunike NGR Butch Reynolds USA
800 m, Men Billy Konchellah KEN Peter Elliott GBR José Luíz Barbosa BRA
1,500 m, Men Abdi Bile SOM José Luis González ESP Jim Spivey USA
5,000 m, Men Saïd Aouita MAR Domingos Castro POR Jack Buckner GBR
10,000 m, Men Paul Kipkoech KEN Francesco Panetta ITA Hansjörg Kunze GDR
Marathon, Men Douglas Wakiihuri KEN Ahmed Salah DJI Gelindo Bordin ITA
110 m Hurdles, Men Greg Foster USA Jon Ridgeon GBR Colin Jackson GBR
400 m Hurdles, Men Edwin Moses USA Danny Harris USA Harald Schmid GER
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Francesco Panetta ITA Hagen Melzer GDR William Van Dijck BEL
4 x 100 m Relay, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS Jamaica JAM
4 x 400 m Relay, Men United States USA Great Britain GBR Cuba CUB
20 km Walk, Men Maurizio Damilano ITA Jozef Pribilinec TCH José Marín ESP
50 km Walk, Men Hartwig Gauder GDR Ronald Weigel GDR Vyacheslav Ivanenko URS
High Jump, Men Patrik Sjöberg SWE Igor Paklin
Hennadiy Avdieienko 		URS
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Pole Vault, Men Sergey Bubka URS Thierry Vigneron FRA Rodion Gataullin URS
Long Jump, Men Carl Lewis USA Robert Emmiyan URS Larry Myricks USA
Triple Jump, Men Hristo Markov BUL Mike Conley USA Oleg Sakirkin URS
Shot Put, Men Werner Günthör SUI Alessandro Andrei ITA John Brenner USA
Discus Throw, Men Jürgen Schult GDR John Powell USA Luis Delís CUB
Hammer Throw, Men Sergey Litvinov URS Jüri Tamm URS Ralf Haber GDR
Javelin Throw, Men Seppo Räty FIN Viktor Yevsyukov URS Jan Železný TCH
Decathlon, Men Torsten Voss GDR Siggi Wentz GER Pavel Tarnovetsky URS
100 m, Women Silke Möller GDR Heike Drechsler GDR Merlene Ottey-Page JAM
200 m, Women Silke Möller GDR Florence Griffith Joyner USA Merlene Ottey-Page JAM
400 m, Women Olha Bryzhina URS Petra Müller GDR Kirsten Emmelmann GDR
800 m, Women Sigrun Wodars-Grau GDR Christine Wachtel GDR Lyubov Gurina URS
1,500 m, Women Tetiana Samolenko-Dorovskykh URS Hildegard Ullrich GDR Doina Beșliu-Melinte ROU
3,000 m, Women Tetiana Samolenko-Dorovskykh URS Maricica Puică ROU Ulrike Klapezynski-Bruns GDR
10,000 m, Women Ingrid Kristiansen NOR Olena V'iazova URS Kathrin Ullrich-Weßel GDR
Marathon, Women Rosa Mota POR Zoya Ivanova URS Jocelyne Villeton FRA
100 m Hurdles, Women Ginka Zagorcheva BUL Gloria Siebert GDR Cornelia Oschkenat GDR
400 m Hurdles, Women Sabine Busch GDR Debbie Flintoff-King AUS Cornelia Ulrich GDR
4 x 100 m Relay, Women United States USA East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS
4 x 400 m Relay, Women East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS United States USA
10 km Walk, Women Irina Strakhova URS Kerry Saxby-Junna AUS Yan Hong CHN
High Jump, Women Stefka Kostadinova BUL Tamara Bykova URS Susanne Beyer GDR
Long Jump, Women Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Yelena Belevskaya URS Heike Drechsler GDR
Shot Put, Women Nataliya Lisovskaya URS Kathrin Neimke GDR Ines Reichenbach-Müller GDR
Discus Throw, Women Martina Hellmann GDR Diana Gansky GDR Tsvetanka Hristova BUL
Javelin Throw, Women Fatima Whitbread GBR Petra Meier-Felke GDR Beate Peters GER
Heptathlon, Women Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Larisa Nikitina URS Jane Frederick USA