1987 in the sport of athletics

1987 in athletics

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Overview of the events of 1987 in the sport of athletics

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* 1986–87
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* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
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* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

This article contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics.

## International Events

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* 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

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### Men

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EVENT  | ATHLETE  | MARK  | DATE  | VENUE

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2,000 metres |  Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 4:50.81 | 16 July  | Paris
5,000 metres |  Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 12:58.39 | 22 July  | Rome, Italy
High jump |  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.42 m | 30 June  | Stockholm, Sweden
Pole vault |  Sergey Bubka (URS) | 6.03 m | 23 June  | Prague, Czechoslovakia
Shot put |  Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 22.72m | 12 August  | Viareggio, Italy
Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 22.84m | 12 August  | Viareggio, Italy
Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 22.91m | 12 August  | Viareggio, Italy
Javelin (new) |  Jan Železný (TCH) | 87.66 m | 31 May  | Nitra, 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

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EVENT  | ATHLETE  | MARK  | DATE  | VENUE

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100m hurdles |  Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.25 s | 8 August  | Drama, Greece
High Jump |  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.09 m | 30 August  | Rome, Italy
Shot put |  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 22.60 m | 7 June  | Moscow, Soviet Union
Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 22.63 m | 7 June  | Moscow, Soviet Union
Javelin (old) |  Petra Meier (GDR) | 78.90 m | 29 July  | Leipzig, 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

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### 100 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 100 metres
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Carl Lewis (USA) | 9.931
2\.  |  Linford Christie (GBR) | 10.03
3\.  |  Mark Witherspoon (USA) | 10.04
4\.  |  Andrés Simón (CUB) | 10.06
5\.  |  Lee McRae (USA) | 10.07
—  |  Calvin Smith (USA) | 10.07

### 200 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 200 metres
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Carl Lewis (USA) | 19.92
2\.  |  Floyd Heard (USA) | 19.95
3\.  |  Dwayne Evans (USA) | 20.08
4\.  |  Calvin Smith (USA) | 20.10
5\.  |  Attila Kovács (HUN) | 20.11

### 400 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 400 metres
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Butch Reynolds (USA) | 44.10
2\.  |  Innocent Egbunike (NGR) | 44.17
3\.  |  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 44.33
4\.  |  Danny Everett (USA) | 44.47
5\.  |  Derek Redmond (GBR) | 44.50

### 800 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 800 metres
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Billy Konchellah (KEN) | 1:43.06
2\.  |  Peter Elliott (GBR) | 1:43.41
—  |  José Luíz Barbosa (BRA) | 1:43.76
4\.  |  Philippe Collard (FRA) | 1:43.95
5\.  |  Johnny Gray (USA) | 1:44.09

### 1,500 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 1.500 metres
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 3:30.69
2\.  |  Steve Cram (GBR) | 3:31.43
3\.  |  Abdi Bile (SOM) | 3:31.71
4\.  |  José Luis González (ESP) | 3:33.01
5\.  |  Peter Elliott (GBR) | 3:33.23

### Mile

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 3:46.76
2\.  |  Steve Cram (GBR) | 3:50.08
3\.  |  Abdi Bile (SOM) | 3:50.75
4\.  |  Johan Fourie (RSA) | 3:50.82
5\.  |  John Gladwin (GBR) | 3:51.02

### 3,000 metres

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Dieter Baumann (FRG) | 7:40.25
2\.  |  Francesco Panetta (ITA) | 7:42.73
3\.  |  José Luis González (ESP) | 7:42.93
4\.  |  Frank O'Mara (IRL) | 7:42.99
5\.  |  Sydney Maree (USA) | 7:43.13

### 5,000 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 5.000 metres
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 12:58.39
2\.  |  Jack Buckner (GBR) | 13:10.48
3\.  |  José Luis González (ESP) | 13:12.34
4\.  |  José Manuel Abascal (ESP) | 13:12.49
5\.  |  Frank O'Mara (IRL) | 13:13.02

### 10,000 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 10.000 metres
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Francesco Panetta (ITA) | 27:26.95
2\.  |  Wodajo Bulti (ETH) | 27:29.41
3\.  |  Jean-Louis Prianon (FRA) | 27:34.38
4\.  |  Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) | 27:35.33
5\.  |  Paul Kipkoech (KEN) | 27:38.63

### Half marathon

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Matthew Temane (RSA) | 1:00:10

### Marathon

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Main race this year: World Championships Marathon
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) | 2:08:18
2\.  |  Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) | 2:09:50
3\.  |  El Mostafa Nechchadi (MAR) | 2:10:09
4\.  |  Hugh Jones (GBR) | 2:10:11
5\.  |  Gianni Poli (ITA) | 2:10:15

### 110m hurdles

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Main race this year: World Championships 110m hurdles
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Greg Foster (USA) | 13.17
2\.  |  Tonie Campbell (USA) | 13.19
3\.  |  Mark McKoy (CAN) | 13.23
4\.  |  Rod Woodson (USA) | 13.29
—  |  Jon Ridgeon (GBR) | 13.29
—  |  Arthur Blake (USA) | 13.29

### 400m hurdles

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Main race this year: World Championships 400m hurdles
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Edwin Moses (USA) | 47.46
2\.  |  Danny Harris (USA) | 47.48
—  |  Harald Schmid (FRG) | 47.48
4\.  |  Amadou Dia Bâ (SEN) | 48.03
5\.  |  Kevin Young (USA) | 48.15

### 3,000m steeplechase

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Main race this year: World Championships 3.000m steeplechase
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Francesco Panetta (ITA) | 8:08.57
2\.  |  Hagen Melzer (GDR) | 8:10.32
3\.  |  William Van Dijck (BEL) | 8:12.18
4\.  |  Julius Korir (KEN) | 8:12.80
5\.  |  Raymond Pannier (FRA) | 8:13.88

### High jump

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Main competition this year: World Championships High Jump
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | HEIGHT

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1\.  |  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.42
2\.  |  Igor Paklin (URS) | 2.38
—  |  Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) | 2.38
4\.  |  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.37
5\.  |  Jim Howard (USA) | 2.36
—  |  Ján Zvara (TCH) | 2.36

### Long jump

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Main competition this year: World Championships Long Jump
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | DISTANCE

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1\.  |  Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.86
2\.  |  Carl Lewis (USA) | 8.75
3\.  |  Larry Myricks (USA) | 8.66
4\.  |  Jaime Jefferson (CUB) | 8.51
5\.  |  Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) | 8.43

### Triple jump

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Main competition this year: World Championships Triple Jump
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | DISTANCE

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1\.  |  Khristo Markov (BUL) | 17.92
2\.  |  Mike Conley (USA) | 17.87
3\.  |  Aleksandr Kovalenko (URS) | 17.77
4\.  |  Aleksandr Yakovlev (URS) | 17.65
5\.  |  Oleg Protsenko (URS) | 17.61

### Discus

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Main competition this year: World Championships Discus Throw
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | DISTANCE

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1\.  |  Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 69.52
2\.  |  Mike Buncic (USA) | 68.98
3\.  |  Stefan Fernholm (SWE) | 68.30
4\.  |  Luis Delís (CUB) | 67.92
5\.  |  Alwin Wagner (FRG) | 67.80

### Shot put

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Main competition this year: World Championships Shot Put
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | DISTANCE

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1\.  |  Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 22.91
2\.  |  John Brenner (USA) | 22.52
3\.  |  Werner Günthör (SUI) | 22.47
4\.  |  Udo Beyer (GDR) | 22.31
5\.  |  Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 22.01

### Hammer

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Main article: 1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | DISTANCE

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1\.  |  Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 83.48
2\.  |  Igor Astapkovich (URS) | 82.96
3\.  |  Vyacheslav Korovin (URS) | 82.24
4\.  |  Jüri Tamm (URS) | 82.02
5\.  |  Igor Nikulin (URS) | 82.00

### Javelin (new design)

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Main competition this year: World Championships Javelin Throw
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | DISTANCE

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1\.  |  Jan Železný (TCH) | 87.66
2\.  |  Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) | 86.64
3\.  |  Mick Hill (GBR) | 85.24
4\.  |  Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) | 85.16
5\.  |  Lev Shatilo (URS) | 84.30

### Pole vault

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Main competition this year: World Championships Pole Vault
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | HEIGHT

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1\.  |  Sergey Bubka (URS) | 6.03
2\.  |  Joe Dial (USA) | 5.96
3\.  |  Radion Gataullin (URS) | 5.90
4\.  |  Thierry Vigneron (FRA) | 5.85
5\.  |  Mike Tully (USA) | 5.83

### Decathlon

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Main competition this year: World Championships Decathlon
RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | POINTS

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1\.  |  Torsten Voss (GDR) | 8680
2\.  |  Siegfried Wentz (FRG) | 8645
3\.  |  Pavel Tarnavetskiy (URS) | 8375
4\.  |  Simon Poelman (NZL) | 8359
5\.  |  Tim Bright (USA) | 8340

## Women's Best Year Performers

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### 100 metres

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Anelia Nuneva (BUL) | 10.86
—  |  Silke Gladisch (GDR) | 10.86
3\.  |  Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 10.87
4\.  |  Marlies Göhr (GDR) | 10.93
5\.  |  Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 10.95

### 200 metres

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Silke Gladisch (GDR) | 21.74
2\.  |  Florence Griffith (USA) | 21.96
3\.  |  Anelia Nuneva (BUL) | 22.01
4\.  |  Pam Marshall (USA) | 22.06
—  |  Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 22.06

### 400 metres

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Olga Bryzgina (URS) | 49.38
2\.  |  Petra Müller (GDR) | 49.64
3\.  |  Mariya Pinigina (URS) | 49.87
4\.  |  Lillie Leatherwood (USA) | 49.95
5\.  |  Olga Nazarova (URS) | 49.96

### 800 metres

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Sigrun Wodars (GDR) | 1:55.26
2\.  |  Christine Wachtel (GDR) | 1:55.32
3\.  |  Lyubov Gurina (URS) | 1:55.56
4\.  |  Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 1:55.84
5\.  |  Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) | 1:56.51

### 1,500 metres

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Tatyana Samolenko (URS) | 3:58.56
2\.  |  Hildegard Körner (GDR) | 3:58.67
3\.  |  Doina Melinte (ROU) | 3:59.27
4\.  |  Cornelia Bürki (SUI) | 3:59.90
5\.  |  Andrea Lange (GDR) | 4:00.07

### Mile

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Doina Melinte (ROU) | 4:24.05
2\.  |  Elly van Hulst (NED) | 4:25.13
3\.  |  Diana Richburg (USA) | 4:25.77
4\.  |  Liz Lynch (GBR) | 4:26.11
5\.  |  Maricica Puică (ROU) | 4:26.70

### 3,000 metres

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Ulrike Bruns (GDR) | 8:38.1
2\.  |  Yelena Zhupiyeva (URS) | 8:38.5
3\.  |  Tatyana Samolenko (URS) | 8:38.73
4\.  |  Paula Ivan (ROU) | 8:39.28
5\.  |  Maricica Puică (ROU) | 8:39.45

### 5,000 metres

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Liz Lynch (GBR) | 15:01.08
2\.  |  Angela Tooby (GBR) | 15:13.22
3\.  |  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 15:19.76
4\.  |  Wendy Sly (GBR) | 15:21.45
5\.  |  Maricica Puică (ROU) | 15:23.48

### 10,000 metres

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 31:05.85
2\.  |  Yelena Zhupiyeva (URS) | 31:09.40
3\.  |  Kathrin Ullrich (GDR) | 31:11.34
4\.  |  Olga Bondarenko (URS) | 31:18.38
5\.  |  Liz Lynch (GBR) | 31:19.82

### Half marathon

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 1:06:40

### Marathon

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 2:22:48
2\.  |  Rosa Mota (POR) | 2:25:17
3\.  |  Katrin Dörre (GDR) | 2:25:24
4\.  |  Carla Beurskens (NED) | 2:26:34
5\.  |  Priscilla Welch (GBR) | 2:26:51

### 100m hurdles

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.25
2\.  |  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.33
3\.  |  Gloria Siebert (GDR) | 12.44
4\.  |  Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) | 12.45

### 400m hurdles

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | TIME

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1\.  |  Sabine Busch (GDR) | 53.24
2\.  |  Cornelia Ullrich (GDR) | 53.58
3\.  |  Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) | 53.95
4\.  |  Judi Brown-King (USA) | 54.23
5\.  |  Sandra Farmer (JAM) | 54.38

### High Jump

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | HEIGHT

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1\.  |  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.09 m
2\.  |  Tamara Bykova (URS) | 2.04 m
3\.  |  Louise Ritter (USA) | 2.01 m
4\.  |  Desiree du Plessis (RSA) | 2.00 m
—  |  Lyudmila Avdeyenko (URS) | 2.00 m
—  |  Svetlana Leseva (BUL) | 2.00 m

### Long Jump

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | DISTANCE

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1\.  |  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.45 m
2\.  |  Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 7.40 m
3\.  |  Yelena Belevskaya (URS) | 7.39 m
4\.  |  Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 7.27 m
5\.  |  Irina Valyukevich (URS) | 7.17 m

### Shot put

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | DISTANCE

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1\.  |  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 22.63 m
2\.  |  Claudia Losch (FRG) | 22.19 m
3\.  |  Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) | 21.34 m
4\.  |  Kathrin Neimke (GDR) | 21.21 m
5\.  |  Ines Müller (GDR) | 21.20 m

### Javelin (old design)

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | DISTANCE

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1\.  |  Petra Meier (GDR) | 78.90
2\.  |  Fatima Whitbread (GBR) | 76.64
3\.  |  Ingrid Thyssen (GDR) | 69.68
4\.  |  Susanne Jung (GDR) | 69.60
5\.  |  Beate Peters (FRG) | 68.84

### Heptathlon

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RANK  | 1987 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS  | POINTS

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1\.  |  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7128
2\.  |  Anke Behmer (GDR) | 6692
3\.  |  Svetlana Buraga (URS) | 6585
4\.  |  Larisa Nikitina (URS) | 6564
5\.  |  Jane Frederick (USA) | 6533

## Births

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* 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

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* March 17 — Georg Lammers (81), German athlete (b. 1905)
* October 20 — Jerzy Chromik (56), Polish long-distance runner (b. 1931)

## References

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* Year Lists
* 1987 Year Rankings
* Association of Road Racing Statisticians

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