• Source: 1987 in the sport of athletics

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




International Events


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






= Men

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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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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






= 100 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 100 metres




= 200 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 200 metres




= 400 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 400 metres




= 800 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 800 metres




= 1,500 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 1.500 metres




= Mile

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= 3,000 metres

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= 5,000 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 5.000 metres




= 10,000 metres

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Main race this year: World Championships 10.000 metres




= Half marathon

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= Marathon

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Main race this year: World Championships Marathon




= 110m hurdles

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Main race this year: World Championships 110m hurdles




= 400m hurdles

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Main race this year: World Championships 400m hurdles




= 3,000m steeplechase

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Main race this year: World Championships 3.000m steeplechase




= High jump

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Main competition this year: World Championships High Jump




= Long jump

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Main competition this year: World Championships Long Jump




= Triple jump

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Main competition this year: World Championships Triple Jump




= Discus

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Main competition this year: World Championships Discus Throw




= Shot put

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Main competition this year: World Championships Shot Put




= Hammer

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= Javelin (new design)

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Main competition this year: World Championships Javelin Throw




= Pole vault

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Main competition this year: World Championships Pole Vault




= Decathlon

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Main competition this year: World Championships Decathlon




Women's Best Year Performers






= 100 metres

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= 200 metres

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= 400 metres

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= 800 metres

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= 1,500 metres

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= Mile

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= 3,000 metres

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= 5,000 metres

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= 10,000 metres

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= Half marathon

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= Marathon

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= 100m hurdles

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= 400m hurdles

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= High Jump

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= Long Jump

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= Shot put

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= Javelin (old design)

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= Heptathlon

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Births


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 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


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




References


Year Lists
1987 Year Rankings
Association of Road Racing Statisticians

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Dwain Chambers
• Diaulos (balap lari)
• Tim nasional uni rugbi Selandia Baru
• S.S. Lazio
• Stadion Olimpiade (Roma)
• Bilangan riil negatif
• Stadion André Kamperveen
• Daftar olahragawan LGBT
• AstroTurf
• Daftar permainan arkade
• 1987 in the sport of athletics
• 1987 World Championships in Athletics
• List of doping cases in athletics
• Sport in the United Kingdom
• Fatima Whitbread
• List of athletics events
• 1985 in the sport of athletics
• Timeline of changes in the sport of athletics
• 1986 in the sport of athletics
• Track and field