1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships
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| 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships | |
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| Host city | Indianapolis, United States |
| Date(s) | March 6–8 |
| Main stadium | Hoosier Dome |
| Participation | 419 athletes from 85 nations |
| Events | 24 |
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The 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Indianapolis, United States from March 6 to March 8, 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. New championship records were set for every single women event. There were a total number of 419 participating athletes from 85 countries.
Results
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 m |
 Lee McRae (USA) |
6.50 (CR) |
Mark Witherspoon (USA) |
6.54 |  Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA) |
6.59 |
| 200 m |
Kirk Baptiste (USA) |
20.73 (CR) |
 Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA) |
20.89 |  Robson da Silva (BRA) |
20.92 |
| 400 m |
Antonio McKay (USA) |
45.98 |  Roberto Hernández (CUB) |
46.09 | Michael Franks (USA) |
46.19 |
| 800 m |
José Luiz Barbosa (BRA) |
1:47.49 |  Vladimir Graudyn (URS) |
1:47.68 |  Faouzi Lahbi (MAR) |
1:47.79 |
| 1,500 m |
 Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) |
3:39.04 (CR) |
 José Manuel Abascal (ESP) |
3:39.13 |  Han Kulker (NED) |
3:39.51 |
| 3,000 m |
Frank O'Mara (IRL) |
8.03.32 | Paul Donovan (IRL) |
8.03.39 | Terry Brahm (USA) |
8:03.92 |
| 60 m hurdles |
Tonie Campbell (USA) |
7.51 (CR) |
Stéphane Caristan (FRA) |
7.62 |  Nigel Walker (GBR) |
7.66 |
| High jump |
Igor Paklin (URS) |
2.38 (CR) |
Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) |
2.38 |  Ján Zvara (TCH) |
2.34 |
| Pole vault |
Sergey Bubka (URS) |
5.85 (CR) |
Earl Bell (USA) |
5.80 | Thierry Vigneron (FRA) |
5.80 |
| Long jump |
Larry Myricks (USA) |
8.23 (CR) |
 Paul Emordi (NGR) |
8.01 | Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) |
8.01 |
| Triple jump |
Mike Conley (USA) |
17.54 (CR) |
Oleg Protsenko (URS) |
17.26 |  Frank Rutherford (BAH) |
17.02 |
| Shot put |
 Ulf Timmermann (GDR) |
22.24 (CR) |
 Werner Günthör (SUI) |
21.61 | Sergey Smirnov (URS) |
20.67 |
| 5,000 m walk |
Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) |
18:27.79 (CR) |
Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) |
18:27.80 |  Ernesto Canto (MEX) |
18:38.71 |
- Ben Johnson of Canada originally won the 60 metre with the time 6.45 and was awarded the gold medal, but was later disqualified after the Canadian doping investigation (the Dubin inquiry) instigated by his doping positive at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games.[1]
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 60 m |
Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED) |
7.08 (CR) |
 Anelia Nuneva (BUL) |
7.10 |  Angela Bailey (CAN) |
7.12 |
| 200 m |
Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
22.27 (CR) |
 Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
22.66 | Grace Jackson (JAM) |
23.21 |
| 400 m |
Sabine Busch (GDR) |
51.66 (CR) |
Lillie Leatherwood (USA) |
52.54 |  Judit Forgács (HUN) |
52.68 |
| 800 m |
Christine Wachtel (GDR) |
2:01.32 (CR) |
Gabriela Sedláková (TCH) |
2:01.85 | Lyubov Kiryukhina (URS) |
2:01.98 |
| 1,500 m |
 Doina Melinte (ROU) |
4:05.68 (CR) |
Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS) |
4:07.08 | Svetlana Kitova (URS) |
4:07.59 |
| 3,000 m |
Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS) |
8:46.52 (CR) |
Olga Bondarenko (URS) |
8:47.08 | Maricica Puică (ROU) |
8:47.92 |
| 60 m hurdles |
Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) |
7.82 (CR) |
Yordanka Donkova (BUL) |
7.85 | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) |
7.99 |
| High jump |
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) |
2.05 (CR) |
Susanne Beyer (GDR) |
2.02 | Emilia Dragieva (BUL) |
2.00 |
| Long jump |
Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
7.10 (CR) |
Helga Radtke (GDR) |
6.94 | Yelena Belevskaya (URS) |
6.76 |
| Shot put |
Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) |
20.52 (CR) |
Ilona Briesenick (GDR) |
20.28 |  Claudia Losch (FRG) |
20.14 |
| 3,000 m walk |
Olga Krishtop (URS) |
12:05.49 (CR) |
Giuliana Salce (ITA) |
12:36.76 | Ann Peel (CAN) |
12:38.97 |
- Angella Issajenko of Canada originally came second at the 60 metre with the time 7.08 and was awarded the silver medal, but was later disqualified after the Canadian doping investigation (the Dubin inquiry).[1]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Soviet Union |
6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | United States |
6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | East Germany |
6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Ireland |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Bulgaria |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Romania |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| France |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11 | Italy |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Jamaica |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Cuba |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nigeria |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Spain |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Canada |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Bahamas |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mexico |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Morocco |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United Kingdom |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| West Germany |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
