| 2nd World Championships in Athletics | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Rome, Italy |
| Date(s) | August 28 – September 6, 1987 |
| Main Stadium | Stadio Olimpico |
| Nations participating | 159 |
| Athletes participating | 1451 |
| Events | 43 |
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.
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1 Ben Johnson of Canada originally won the 100 m in 9.83, but was disqualified in 1988 after he admitted to the use of performance enhancing drugs.
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
1 Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy originally won the bronze in the long jump with a jump of 8.37 m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a fake result for a jump of 7.85m. [1]
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| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Long jump |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.36 (CR) |
Yelena Belevskaya (URS) | 7.14 | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 7.13 |
| High jump |
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.09 (WR) |
Tamara Bykova (URS) | 2.04 | Susanne Beyer (GDR) | 1.99 |
| Shot put |
Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 21.24 (CR) |
Kathrin Neimke (GDR) | 21.21 | Ines Müller (GDR) | 20.76 |
| Discus throw |
Martina Hellmann (GDR) | 71.62 (CR) |
Diana Gansky (GDR) | 70.12 | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | 68.82 |
| Javelin throw |
Fatima Whitbread (GBR) | 76.64 (CR) |
Petra Felke (GDR) | 71.76 | Beate Peters (FRG) | 68.82 |
| Heptathlon |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7128 (CR) |
Larisa Nikitina (URS) | 6564 | Jane Frederick (USA) | 6502 |
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WR world record |AR Area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | East Germany | 10 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | United States | 10 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 7 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9= | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9= | Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9= | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9= | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9= | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9= | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | France | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19= | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19= | Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19= | Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22= | Djibouti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22= | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25= | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25= | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25= | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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