1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships

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The 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Indianapolis, United States in March 1987. The championship had previously been known as the World Indoor Games, which were held once before changing the name.

Being the second championship of its kind, there were a lot of championship records. In fact, new championship records were set for every single women event.

1 Results
- 1.1 Men
- 1.2 Women
2 Medals table
3 External link

[edit] Results

[edit] Men

1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 |

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
60 m	Lee McRae United States	6.50 CR	Mark Witherspoon United States	6.54	Pierfrancesco Pavoni Italy	6.59
200 m	Kirk Baptiste United States	20.73 CR	Bruno Marie-Rose France	20.89	Robson da Silva Brazil	20.92
400 m	Antonio McKay United States	45.98	Roberto Hernández Cuba	46.09	Mike Franks United States	46.19
800 m	José Luiz Barbosa Brazil	1:47.49	Vladimir Graudyn Soviet Union	1:47.68	Faouzi Lahbi Morocco	1:47.79
1500 m	Marcus O'Sullivan Republic of Ireland	3:39.04 CR	José Manuel Abascal Spain	3:39.13	Han Kulker Netherlands	3:39.51
3000 m	Frank O'Mara Republic of Ireland	8.03.32	Paul Donovan Republic of Ireland	8.03.39	Terry Brahm United States	8:03.92
60 m Hurdles	Tonie Campbell United States	7.51 CR	Stéphane Caristan France	7.62	Nigel Walker United Kingdom	7.66
High Jump	Igor Paklin Soviet Union	2.38 CR	Gennadiy Avdeyenko Soviet Union	2.38	Ján Zvara Czechoslovakia	2.34
Pole Vault	Sergey Bubka Soviet Union	5.85 CR	Earl Bell United States	5.80	Thierry Vigneron France	5.80
Long Jump	Larry Myricks United States	8.23 CR	Paul Emordi Nigeria	8.01	Giovanni Evangelisti Italy	8.01
Triple Jump	Mike Conley United States	17.54 CR	Oleg Protsenko Soviet Union	17.26	Frank Rutherford Bahamas	17.02
Shot Put	Ulf Timmermann East Germany	22.24 CR	Werner Günthör Switzerland	21.61	Sergey Smirnov Soviet Union	20.67
5000 Metres Walk	Mikhail Shchennikov Soviet Union	18:27.79 CR	Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia	18:27.80	Ernesto Canto Mexico	18:38.71

[edit] Women

1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 |

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
60 m	Nelli Fiere-Cooman Netherlands	7.08 CR	Anelia Nuneva Bulgaria	7.10	Angela Bailey Canada	7.12
200 m	Heike Drechsler East Germany	22.27 CR	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	22.66	Grace Jackson Jamaica	23.21
400 m	Sabine Busch East Germany	51.66 CR	Lillie Leatherwood United States	52.54	Judit Forgács Hungary	52.68
800 m	Christine Wachtel East Germany	2:01.32 CR	Gabriela Sedláková Czechoslovakia	2:01.85	Lyubov Kiryukhina Soviet Union	2:01.98
1500 m	Doina Melinte Romania	4:05.68 CR	Tatyana Samolenko Soviet Union	4:07.08	Svetlana Kitova Soviet Union	4:07.59
3000 m	Tatyana Samolenko Soviet Union	8:46.52 CR	Olga Bondarenko Soviet Union	8:47.08	Maricica Puica Romania	8:47.92
60 m Hurdles	Cornelia Oschkenat East Germany	7.82 CR	Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria	7.85	Ginka Zagorcheva Bulgaria	7.99
High Jump	Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria	2.05 CR	Susanne Beyer East Germany	2.02	Emilia Dragieva Bulgaria	2.00
Long Jump	Heike Drechsler East Germany	7.10 CR	Helga Radtke East Germany	6.94	Yelena Belevskaya Soviet Union	6.76
Shot Put	Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union	20.52 CR	Ilona Briesenick East Germany	20.28	Claudia Losch West Germany	20.14
3000 Metres Walk	Olga Krishtop Soviet Union	12:05.49 CR	Giuliana Salce Italy	12:36.76	Ann Peel Canada	12:38.97