The 1987 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, West Germany for the second time. The West German city hosted the championships previously in 1979.
The men's competition consisted of six Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak.
This was the 21st championships in canoe sprint.
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| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
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| C-1 500 m | Olaf Heukrodt (GDR) | Petr Procházka (TCH) | Attila Szabó (HUN) | |||
| C-1 1000 m | Olaf Heukrodt (GDR) | Martin Marinov (BUL) | Ivan Klementiev (URS) | |||
| C-1 10000 m | Ivan Šabjan (YUG) | Zsolt Bohács (HUN) | Takhir Kamaletdinov (URS) | |||
| C-2 500 m | Poland Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała |
Soviet Union Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko |
Czechoslovakia Petr Procházka Alon Lochinsky |
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| C-2 1000 m | Soviet Union Yuriy Gurin Valeriy Veshko |
Poland Marek Łbik Marek Dopierała |
East Germany Ulrich Papke Ingo Spelly |
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| C-2 10000 m | Denmark Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen |
Hungary Robert Ridig Pál Pétervári |
United Kingdom Andrew Train Stephen Train |
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-1 500 m | Birgit Schmidt-Fischer (GDR) | Izabela Dylewska (POL) | Agneta Andersson (SWE) | |||
| K-2 500 m | East Germany Birgit Schmidt Anke Nothnagel |
Netherlands Annemiek Derckx Annemarie Cox |
Bulgaria Ogniana Petkova Ivanka Mueriva |
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| K-4 500 m | East Germany Birgit Schmidt Anke Nothnagel Ramona Portwich Ines Rudolph |
Hungary Erika Géczi Rita Kőbán Katalin Povázsán Éva Rakusz |
Soviet Union Irina Salomykova Olga Slapina Guinara Zharafutdinova Engole Nareviciute |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | East Germany | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Poland | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
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