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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres details |
 Lee McRae (USA) |
6.501 (CR) |
Mark Witherspoon (USA) |
6.54 |  Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA) |
6.59 |
| 200 metres details |
Kirk Baptiste (USA) |
20.73 (CR) |
 Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA) |
20.89 |  Robson da Silva (BRA) |
20.92 |
| 400 metres details |
Antonio McKay (USA) |
45.98 |  Roberto Hernández (CUB) |
46.09 | Michael Franks (USA) |
46.19 |
| 800 metres details |
José Luíz Barbosa (BRA) |
1:47.49 |  Vladimir Graudyn (URS) |
1:47.68 |  Faouzi Lahbi (MAR) |
1:47.79 |
| 1500 metres details |
 Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) |
3:39.04 (CR) |
 José Manuel Abascal (ESP) |
3:39.13 |  Han Kulker (NED) |
3:39.51 |
| 3000 metres details |
Frank O'Mara (IRL) |
8.03.32 | Paul Donovan (IRL) |
8.03.39 | Terry Brahm (USA) |
8:03.92 |
| 60 metres hurdles details |
Tonie Campbell (USA) |
7.51 (CR) |
Stéphane Caristan (FRA) |
7.62 |  Nigel Walker (GBR) |
7.66 |
| 5000 metres walk details |
Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) |
18:27.79 (CR) |
 Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) |
18:27.80 |  Ernesto Canto (MEX) |
18:38.71 |
| High jump details |
Igor Paklin (URS) |
2.38 (CR) |
Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) |
2.38 | Ján Zvara (TCH) |
2.34 |
| Pole vault details |
Sergey Bubka (URS) |
5.85 (CR) |
Earl Bell (USA) |
5.80 | Thierry Vigneron (FRA) |
5.80 |
| Long jump details |
Larry Myricks (USA) |
8.23 (CR) |
 Paul Emordi (NGR) |
8.01 | Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) |
8.01 |
| Triple jump details |
Mike Conley (USA) |
17.54 (CR) |
Oleg Protsenko (URS) |
17.26 |  Frank Rutherford (BAH) |
17.02 |
| Shot put details |
 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres details |
Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED) |
7.08 (CR) |
 Aneliya Nuneva (BUL) |
7.101 |  Angela Bailey (CAN) |
7.12 |
| 200 metres details |
Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
22.27 (CR) |
 Merlene Ottey-Page (JAM) |
22.66 | Grace Jackson (JAM) |
23.21 |
| 400 metres details |
Sabine Busch (GDR) |
51.66 (CR) |
Lillie Leatherwood (USA) |
52.54 |  Judit Forgács (HUN) |
52.68 |
| 800 metres details |
Christine Wachtel (GDR) |
2:01.32 (CR) |
Gabriela Sedláková (TCH) |
2:01.85 | Lyubov Kiryukhina (URS) |
2:01.98 |
| 1500 metres details |
 Doina Melinte (ROU) |
4:05.68 (CR) |
Tatyana Samolenko (URS) |
4:07.08 | Svetlana Kitova (URS) |
4:07.59 |
| 3000 metres details |
Tatyana Samolenko (URS) |
8:46.52 (CR) |
Olga Bondarenko (URS) |
8:47.08 | Maricica Puică (ROU) |
8:47.92 |
| 60 metres hurdles details |
Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) |
7.82 (CR) |
Yordanka Donkova (BUL) |
7.85 | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) |
7.99 |
| 3000 metres walk details |
Olga Krishtop (URS) |
12:05.49 (CR) |
Giuliana Salce (ITA) |
12:36.76 | Ann Peel (CAN) |
12:38.97 |
| High jump details |
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) |
2.05 (CR) |
Susanne Beyer (GDR) |
2.02 | Emiliya Dragieva (BUL) |
2.00 |
| Long jump details |
Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
7.10 (CR) |
Helga Radtke (GDR) |
6.94 | Yelena Belevskaya (URS) |
6.76 |
| Shot put details |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Anguilla (1)
Antigua and Barbuda (3)
Argentina (2)
Aruba (1)
Australia (9)
Austria (4) Bahamas (2)
Bahrain (1)
Barbados (2)
Belgium (4)
Bermuda (2)
Bolivia (1)
Botswana (1) Brazil (3) Bulgaria (12)
Burkina Faso (1)
Burundi (1) Canada (15)
Cayman Islands (1)
Chile (3)
China (8)
Colombia (2)
Costa Rica (1) Cuba (7)
Cyprus (2) Czechoslovakia (7)
Denmark (2)
Dominican Republic (2) East Germany (10)
Ecuador (2)
Egypt (4)
Finland (3) France (12)
Gambia (1) Great Britain (17)
Greece (3)
Guatemala (4) Hungary (6)
Iceland (2)
India (1) Ireland (4) Italy (15)
Ivory Coast (1) Jamaica (8)
Japan (5)
Kenya (10)
Kuwait (1)
Lebanon (2)
Liberia (1)
Malaysia (2)
Mauritius (1) Mexico (6) Morocco (2) Netherlands (9)
Netherlands Antilles (2)
New Zealand (1) Nigeria (11)
Norway (4)
Panama (1)
Paraguay (1)
Peru (2)
Philippines (1)
Poland (6) Romania (10)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (3)
Saint Lucia (1)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
El Salvador (1)
Senegal (2)
Seychelles (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (1) Soviet Union (24) Spain (12)
Swaziland (1)
Sweden (5) Switzerland (7)
Thailand (1) Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Turks and Caicos Islands (2)
Uganda (2) United States (42)
United States Virgin Islands (3) West Germany (14)
Yugoslavia (3)
Zimbabwe (2)