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
WR
world record
AR
area record
CR
event record
NR
national record
PB
personal best
1987 World Year Ranking [ edit ]
1987 World Year Ranking [ edit ]
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
1987 World Year Ranking [ edit ]
1987 World Year Ranking [ edit ]
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 )