The men's 60 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 and 7 March.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Lee McRae United States
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Mark Witherspoon United States
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Pierfrancesco Pavoni Italy
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Note: Ben Johnsonof
Canada originally won the gold medal in a world record time of 6.41, but he was disqualified in September 1989 after he admitted to steroid use between 1981 and 1988.
The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1][2]
First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.[3][4]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Johnson | Canada |
DQ | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lee McRae | United States |
6.58 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Mark Witherspoon | United States |
6.60 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Antonio Ullo | Italy |
6.65 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy |
6.66 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Bruno Marie-Rose |  France |
6.66 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ronald Desruelles |  Belgium |
6.67 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Christian Haas |  West Germany |
6.67 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Valentin Atanasov |  Bulgaria |
6.67 | |
| 9 | 1 | Antoine Richard | France |
6.69 | |
| 10 | 2 | Li Tao |  China |
6.70 | =NR |
| 11 | 2 | William Trott |  Bermuda |
6.71 | |
| 12 | 1 | Andrés Simón |  Cuba |
6.72 | |
| 13 | 2 | Elliot Bunney |  Great Britain |
6.74 | |
| 14 | 2 | Rohan Wade |  Jamaica |
6.81 | |
| 15 | 1 | Attila Kovács |  Hungary |
6.83 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
6 | Lee McRae | United States |
6.50 | WR, CR |
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4 | Mark Witherspoon | United States |
6.54 | PB |
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5 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy |
6.59 | |
| 4 | 2 | Antonio Ullo | Italy |
6.64 | |
| 5 | 8 | Ronald Desruelles | Belgium |
6.67 | |
| 6 | 7 | Bruno Marie-Rose | France |
6.68 | |
| 6 | 1 | Christian Haas | West Germany |
6.68 | |
| DSQ | 3 | Ben Johnson | Canada |
6.41 |
