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.

## Abbreviations

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* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

WR | world record

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AR | area record
CR | event record
NR | national record
PB | personal best

## Men's 20 km

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### Records

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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

### 1987 World Year Ranking

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Rank  | Time  | Athlete  | Venue  | Date  | Note

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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) |  |  |

## Men's 50 km

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### Records

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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

### 1987 World Year Ranking

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Rank  | Time  | Athlete  | Venue  | Date  | Note

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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 |

## Women's 5 km

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### Records

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Broken records during the 1987 season in track and field

World Record |  Kerry Saxby (AUS) | 20:34 | September 24, 1987 |  Hildesheim, West Germany

### 1987 World Year Ranking

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Rank  | Time  | Athlete  | Venue  | Date  | Note

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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) |  |  |

## Women's 10 km

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### Records

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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

### 1987 World Year Ranking

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Rank  | Time  | Athlete  | Venue  | Date  | Note

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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) |  |  |

## See also

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* 1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

## References

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* maik-richter
* alltime-athletics

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World Best Year Performance in men's race walking

20 km walk|

* 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX)
* 1981: Dave Smith (AUS)
* 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS)
* 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)
* 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX)
* 1985: Dave Smith (AUS)
* 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN)
* 1987: Axel Noack (GDR)
* 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)
* 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)
* 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH)
* 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS)
* 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE)
* 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX)
* 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX)
* 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)
* 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)
* 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
* 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)
* 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA)
* 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS)
* 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS)
* 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP)
* 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
* 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS)
* 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
* 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN)
* 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS)
* 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS)
* 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS)
* 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
* 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN)
* 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
* 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS)
* 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)
* 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)
* 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN)
* 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN)
* 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS)
* 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)
* 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)
* 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN)
* 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA)

50 km walk|

* 1980: José Marín (ESP)
* 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR)
* 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1983: José Marín (ESP)
* 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS)
* 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS)
* 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
* 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS)
* 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS)
* 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX)
* 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
* 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP)
* 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN)
* 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA)
* 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
* 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS)
* 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ)
* 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)
* 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
* 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN)
* 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
* 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
* 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
* 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
* 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS)
* 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
* 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL)
* 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK)
* 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN)
* 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN)
* 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK)
* 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN)
* 2022: Resham Midhun (IND)

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World Best Year Performance in women's race walking

10 km walk|

* 1983: Xu Yongjiu (CHN)
* 1984: Olga Krishtop (URS)
* 1985: Yan Hong (CHN)
* 1986: Yelena Kuznetsova (URS)
* 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1989: Alina Ivanova (URS)
* 1990: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS)
* 1992: Ileana Salvador (ITA)
* 1993: Li Chunxiu (CHN)
* 1994: Gao Hongmiao (CHN)
* 1995: Larisa Ramazanova (RUS)
* 1996: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
* 1997: Irina Stankina (RUS)
* 1998: Olga Panfyorova (RUS)

20 km walk|

* 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1989: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS)
* 1990: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS)
* 1991: Marina Smyslova (URS)
* 1992: Tamara Romanova (EUN)
* 1993: Ileana Salvador (ITA)
* 1994: Yelena Gruzinova (RUS)
* 1995: Liu Hongyu (CHN)
* 1996: Feng Haixia (CHN)
* 1997: Erica Alfridi (ITA)
* 1998: Tatyana Sibileva (RUS)
* 1999: Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS)
* 2000: Tatyana Gudkova (RUS)
* 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
* 2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
* 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
* 2004: Song Hongjuan (CHN)
* 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
* 2006: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
* 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
* 2008: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
* 2009: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
* 2010: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)
* 2011: Vera Sokolova (RUS)
* 2012: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2013: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2014: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)
* 2015: Liu Hong (CHN)
* 2016: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2017: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2018: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2019: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2020: Elvira Khasanova (RUS)
* 2021: Yang Jiayu (CHN)
* 2022: Elvira Khasanova (RUS)

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