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.
1st IAAF World Indoor Championships | |
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Dates | March 6–8 |
Host city | Indianapolis, United States |
Venue | Hoosier Dome |
Events | 24 |
Participation | 401 athletes from 85 nations |
Being the second championship of its kind, there were several championship records. New championship records were set for every single women's event. There were a total number of 401 participating athletes from 85 countries.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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60 metres |
Lee McRae (USA) | 6.501 (CR) |
Mark Witherspoon (USA) | 6.54 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA) | 6.59 |
200 metres |
Kirk Baptiste (USA) | 20.73 (CR) |
Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA) | 20.89 | Robson da Silva (BRA) | 20.92 |
400 metres |
Antonio McKay (USA) | 45.98 | Roberto Hernández (CUB) | 46.09 | Michael Franks (USA) | 46.19 |
800 metres |
José Luíz Barbosa (BRA) | 1:47.49 | Vladimir Graudyn (URS) | 1:47.68 | Faouzi Lahbi (MAR) | 1:47.79 |
1500 metres |
Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) | 3:39.04 (CR) |
José Manuel Abascal (ESP) | 3:39.13 | Han Kulker (NED) | 3:39.51 |
3000 metres |
Frank O'Mara (IRL) | 8.03.32 | Paul Donovan (IRL) | 8.03.39 | Terry Brahm (USA) | 8:03.92 |
60 metres hurdles |
Tonie Campbell (USA) | 7.51 (CR) |
Stéphane Caristan (FRA) | 7.62 | Nigel Walker (GBR) | 7.66 |
5000 metres walk |
Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) | 18:27.79 (CR) |
Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) | 18:27.80 | Ernesto Canto (MEX) | 18:38.71 |
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 |
1 Ben Johnson of Canada originally won the 60 metres in 6.41, but was disqualified in September 1989 after admitting to using steroids between 1981 and 1988.[1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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60 metres |
Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED) | 7.08 (CR) |
Aneliya Nuneva (BUL) | 7.101 | Angela Bailey (CAN) | 7.12 |
200 metres |
Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 22.27 (CR) |
Merlene Ottey-Page (JAM) | 22.66 | Grace Jackson (JAM) | 23.21 |
400 metres |
Sabine Busch (GDR) | 51.66 (CR) |
Lillie Leatherwood (USA) | 52.54 | Judit Forgács (HUN) | 52.68 |
800 metres |
Christine Wachtel (GDR) | 2:01.32 (CR) |
Gabriela Sedláková (TCH) | 2:01.85 | Lyubov Kiryukhina (URS) | 2:01.98 |
1500 metres |
Doina Melinte (ROU) | 4:05.68 (CR) |
Tatyana Samolenko (URS) | 4:07.08 | Svetlana Kitova (URS) | 4:07.59 |
3000 metres |
Tatyana Samolenko (URS) | 8:46.52 (CR) |
Olga Bondarenko (URS) | 8:47.08 | Maricica Puică (ROU) | 8:47.92 |
60 metres hurdles |
Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) | 7.82 (CR) |
Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 7.85 | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 7.99 |
3000 metres walk |
Olga Krishtop (URS) | 12:05.49 (CR) |
Giuliana Salce (ITA) | 12:36.76 | Ann Peel (CAN) | 12:38.97 |
High jump |
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.05 (CR) |
Susanne Beyer (GDR) | 2.02 | Emiliya 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 |
1 Angella Issajenko of Canada originally finished second in the 60 metres in 7.08, but was disqualified in September 1989 after admitting to steroid use between 1985 and 1988.[1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
2 | United States (USA) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
3 | East Germany (GDR) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
4 | Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
6 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
18 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (23 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |