These are the official results of the women's heptathlon competition at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, including six non-finishers. The competition started on 31 August and ended on 1 September 1987. The winning margin was 564 points. As of 2024, this is the only time the heptathlon has been won by more than 400 points at these championships.

The corresponding Olympic record is 517 points which was set in 2004 by Carolina Klüft of Sweden.

Medalists Gold Jackie Joyner-KerseeUnited States (USA)Silver Larisa NikitinaSoviet Union (URS)Bronze Jane FrederickUnited States (USA)

Schedule August 31, 1987

September 1, 1987

Records Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships World Record 7161 August 2, 1986 Houston, United States Event Record 6714 August 9, 1983 Helsinki, Finland Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships Event Record 7128 September 1, 1987 Rome, Italy

Results

RankAthletePoints100mhHJSP200mLJJT800m7128 CR12.911.9016.0022.957.1445.682:16.29656413.771.8715.6624.486.3355.242:27.01650213.651.7816.3024.696.3346.622:13.77646013.591.8113.7723.546.6735.822:09.03632513.091.7513.1124.096.5941.842:17.91629613.651.8113.3924.176.4638.642:12.76622813.461.8413.2224.416.1235.422:08.12621113.371.7815.1223.996.1043.402:27.45616713.241.8112.6324.686.5635.642:17.5910614913.501.8113.2123.756.2038.242:20.5811613913.641.7213.2224.236.2534.702:05.1712604213.761.7213.4624.456.2936.842:13.9913604013.771.7213.1124.186.1840.142:16.1014598213.151.7513.3624.175.8933.762:15.5815584213.841.7512.8624.805.8036.722:13.8316579114.271.7811.7825.165.9238.962:14.0317566414.481.7514.0425.675.9441.062:29.9018562114.141.7512.4225.495.7737.742:20.9419560814.351.6612.8525.276.1035.802:19.7714.401.6613.6125.106.2539.06DNS15.191.5110.3527.285.1434.70DNS14.151.7514.0625.59DNS14.761.6610.6914.62DNS

See also 1983 Women's World Championships Heptathlon (Helsinki) 1984 Women's Olympic Heptathlon (Los Angeles) 1986 Women's European Championships Heptathlon (Stuttgart) 1987 Hypo-Meeting 1988 Women's Olympic Heptathlon (Seoul) 1990 Women's European Championships Heptathlon (Split) 1991 Women's World Championships Heptathlon (Tokyo) 1992 Women's Olympic Heptathlon (Barcelona)

References Results IAAF Statistics Handbook Daegu 2011, Part 3 of 5, Page 263