1987 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1987 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy.

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)	1:19:30	September 24, 1983	Bergen, Norway
Broken records during the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Carlos Mercenario (MEX)	1:19:24	May 3, 1987	New York City, United States
World Record	Axel Noack (GDR)	1:19:12	June 21, 1987	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	1:19:12	Axel Noack (GDR)	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	21/06/1987	WR
2	1:19:22	Dave Smith (AUS)	Hobart, Australia		AR
3	1:19:24	Carlos Mercenario (MEX)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	AR
4	1:19:32	Viktor Mostovik (URS)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	NR
5	1:19:37	Ernesto Canto (MEX)
6	1:20:04	Anatoliy Gorshkov (URS)	New York, United States	03/05/1987
7	1:20:19	Querubín Moreno (COL)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	AR
8	1:20:40	Ronald Weigel (GDR)
9	1:20:45	Maurizio Damilano (ITA)	Rome, Italy	30/08/1987
10	1:20:45	Reima Salonen (FIN)
11	1:20:51	Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
12	1:21:00	Valdas Kazlauskas (URS)
13	1:21:04	Frants Kostyukevich (URS)
14	1:21:07	Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)	Rome, Italy	30/08/1987
15	1:21:10	Pyotr Kachnovich (URS)
16	1:21:24	Michail Potashov (URS)
17	1:21:24	José Marín (ESP)	Rome, Italy	30/08/1987
18	1:21:27	Roman Mrázek (TCH)
19	1:21:28	Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
20	1:21:35	Pyotr Pochenchuk (URS)

Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	3:38:17	May 25, 1986	Potsdam, East Germany

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	3:40:07	Andrey Perlov (URS)
2	3:40:53	Hartwig Gauder (GDR)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987
3	3:41:30	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987
4	3:42:20	Pavol Szikora (TCH)			NR
5	3:43:14	Dietmar Meisch (GDR)	New York, United States	02/05/1987
6	3:44:02	Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)	New York, United States	02/05/1987
7	3:45:09	Valeriy Suntsov (URS)	New York, United States	02/05/1987
8	3:46:28	Aleksandr Potashov (URS)	New York, United States	02/05/1987
9	3:47:49	Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987	NR
10	3:48:27	Martín Bermúdez (MEX)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987
11	3:48:52	Sandro Bellucci (ITA)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987
12	3:50:19	Venyamin Nikolayev (URS)
13	3:50:48	Manuel Alcalde (ESP)
14	3:52:08	Arturo Bravo (MEX)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987
15	3:52:16	Andrés Marín (ESP)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987
16	3:52:21	Godfried De Jonckheere (BEL)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987	NR
17	3:52:33	Giacomo Poggi (ITA)	New York, United States	02/05/1987
18	3:52:38	François Lapointe (CAN)	New York, United States	02/05/1987
19	3:52:51	Li Baojin (CHN)			AR
20	3:53:30	Raúl González (MEX)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987

Broken records during the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	20:34	September 24, 1987	Hildesheim, West Germany

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	20:34	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	Hildesheim, West Germany	24/09/1987	WR
2	21:25	Maria Reyes Sobrino (ESP)	La Coruña, Spain	16/05/1987	AR
3	21:36	Xu Yongjiu (CHN)
		Ann Jansson (SWE)			NR
5	21:37	Olga Krishtop (URS)
		Yan Hong (CHN)
7	21:41	Yelena Nikolayeva (URS)
8	21:43	Nina Stachrova (URS)
9	21:46	Guan Ping (CHN)
		Olga Kardopolzeva (URS)
11	21:51	Natalya Yermolenko (URS)
12	21:53	Jin Bingjie (CHN)
13	21:57	Susan Cook (AUS)
14	22:01	Natalya Serbinenko (URS)
15	22:02	Irina Tolstik (URS)
16	22:06	Rimma Makarova (URS)
17	22:12	Lidiya Levandovskaya (URS)
		Graciella Mendoza (ESP)
19	22:14	Ann Peel (CAN)
20	22:16	Dana Vavracová (TCH)

Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Yan Hong (CHN)	44:14	March 16, 1985	Jian, PR China
Broken records during the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Olga Krishtop (URS)	43:22	May 3, 1987	New York City, United States
World Record	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	42:52	May 4, 1987	Melbourne, Australia

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	42:52	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	Melbourne, Australia	04/05/1987	WR
2	43:22	Olga Krishtop (URS)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	AR
3	43:35	Irina Strakhova (URS)	New York, United States	03/05/1987
4	43:45	Jin Bingjie (CHN)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	AR
5	43:57	Yelena Nikolayeva (URS)	New York, United States	03/05/1987
6	44:33	Yelena Rodionova (URS)
7	44:42	Yan Hong (CHN)	Rome, Italy	01/09/1987
8	44:45	Lidiya Levandovskaya (URS)
9	44:48	Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP)	Rome, Italy	01/09/1987	NR
10	44:51	Yelena Veremeychuk (URS)
11	44:55	Natalya Spiridonova (URS)
12	45:02	Graciela Mendoza (MEX)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	AR
13	45:04	Natalya Serbinenko (URS)	New York, United States	03/05/1987
14	45:06	Ann Peel (CAN)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	AR
15	45:06	Tamara Kovalenko (URS)
16	45:07	Vera Ossipova (URS)
17	45:07	Natalya Yermolenko (URS)
18	45:09	Dana Vavracová (TCH)			NR
19	45:09	Monica Gunnarsson (SWE)	Rome, Italy	01/09/1987	NR
20	45:15	Olimpiada Ivanova (URS)

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