This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1987 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy .
All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds WR world record AR area record CR event record NR national record PB personal best
1987 World Year Ranking [ edit ] 1987 World Year Ranking [ edit ] Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note 1 3:40:07 Andrey Perlov (URS ) 2 3:40:53 Hartwig Gauder (GDR ) Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 3 3:41:30 Ronald Weigel (GDR ) Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 4 3:42:20 Pavol Szikora (TCH ) NR 5 3:43:14 Dietmar Meisch (GDR ) New York, United States 02/05/1987 6 3:44:02 Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS ) New York, United States 02/05/1987 7 3:45:09 Valeriy Suntsov (URS ) New York, United States 02/05/1987 8 3:46:28 Aleksandr Potashov (URS ) New York, United States 02/05/1987 9 3:47:49 Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA ) Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 NR 10 3:48:27 Martín Bermúdez (MEX ) Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 11 3:48:52 Sandro Bellucci (ITA ) Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 12 3:50:19 Venyamin Nikolayev (URS ) 13 3:50:48 Manuel Alcalde (ESP ) 14 3:52:08 Arturo Bravo (MEX ) Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 15 3:52:16 Andrés Marín (ESP ) Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 16 3:52:21 Godfried De Jonckheere (BEL ) Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 NR 17 3:52:33 Giacomo Poggi (ITA ) New York, United States 02/05/1987 18 3:52:38 François Lapointe (CAN ) New York, United States 02/05/1987 19 3:52:51 Li Baojin (CHN ) AR 20 3:53:30 Raúl González (MEX ) Rome, Italy 05/09/1987
1987 World Year Ranking [ edit ] 1987 World Year Ranking [ edit ] Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note 1 42:52 Kerry Saxby (AUS ) Melbourne, Australia 04/05/1987 WR 2 43:22 Olga Krishtop (URS ) New York, United States 03/05/1987 AR 3 43:35 Irina Strakhova (URS ) New York, United States 03/05/1987 4 43:45 Jin Bingjie (CHN ) New York, United States 03/05/1987 AR 5 43:57 Yelena Nikolayeva (URS ) New York, United States 03/05/1987 6 44:33 Yelena Rodionova (URS ) 7 44:42 Yan Hong (CHN ) Rome, Italy 01/09/1987 8 44:45 Lidiya Levandovskaya (URS ) 9 44:48 Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP ) Rome, Italy 01/09/1987 NR 10 44:51 Yelena Veremeychuk (URS ) 11 44:55 Natalya Spiridonova (URS ) 12 45:02 Graciela Mendoza (MEX ) New York, United States 03/05/1987 AR 13 45:04 Natalya Serbinenko (URS ) New York, United States 03/05/1987 14 45:06 Ann Peel (CAN ) New York, United States 03/05/1987 AR 15 45:06 Tamara Kovalenko (URS ) 16 45:07 Vera Ossipova (URS ) 17 45:07 Natalya Yermolenko (URS ) 18 45:09 Dana Vavracová (TCH ) NR 19 45:09 Monica Gunnarsson (SWE ) Rome, Italy 01/09/1987 NR 20 45:15 Olimpiada Ivanova (URS )