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.
Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds WR world recordAR area recordCR event recordNR national recordPB personal best
Men's 20 km
Records Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field World Record 1:19:30 September 24, 1983 Bergen, Norway Broken records during the 1987 season in track and field World Record 1:19:24 May 3, 1987 New York City, United States World Record 1:19:12 June 21, 1987 Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
1987 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:19:12 Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany 21/06/1987 WR 2 1:19:22 Hobart, Australia AR 3 1:19:24 New York, United States 03/05/1987 AR 4 1:19:32 New York, United States 03/05/1987 NR 5 1:19:37 6 1:20:04 New York, United States 03/05/1987 7 1:20:19 New York, United States 03/05/1987 AR 8 1:20:40 9 1:20:45 Rome, Italy 30/08/1987 10 1:20:45 11 1:20:51 12 1:21:00 13 1:21:04 14 1:21:07 Rome, Italy 30/08/1987 15 1:21:10 16 1:21:24 17 1:21:24 Rome, Italy 30/08/1987 18 1:21:27 19 1:21:28 20 1:21:35
Men's 50 km
Records Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field World Record 3:38:17 May 25, 1986 Potsdam, East Germany
1987 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 3:40:07 2 3:40:53 Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 3 3:41:30 Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 4 3:42:20 NR 5 3:43:14 New York, United States 02/05/1987 6 3:44:02 New York, United States 02/05/1987 7 3:45:09 New York, United States 02/05/1987 8 3:46:28 New York, United States 02/05/1987 9 3:47:49 Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 NR 10 3:48:27 Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 11 3:48:52 Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 12 3:50:19 13 3:50:48 14 3:52:08 Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 15 3:52:16 Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 16 3:52:21 Rome, Italy 05/09/1987 NR 17 3:52:33 New York, United States 02/05/1987 18 3:52:38 New York, United States 02/05/1987 19 3:52:51 AR 20 3:53:30 Rome, Italy 05/09/1987
Women's 5 km
Records Broken records during the 1987 season in track and field World Record 20:34 September 24, 1987 Hildesheim, West Germany
1987 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 20:34 Hildesheim, West Germany 24/09/1987 WR 2 21:25 La Coruña, Spain 16/05/1987 AR 3 21:36 NR 5 21:37 7 21:41 8 21:43 9 21:46 11 21:51 12 21:53 13 21:57 14 22:01 15 22:02 16 22:06 17 22:12 19 22:14 20 22:16
Women's 10 km
Records Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field World Record 44:14 March 16, 1985 Jian, PR China Broken records during the 1987 season in track and field World Record 43:22 May 3, 1987 New York City, United States World Record 42:52 May 4, 1987 Melbourne, Australia
1987 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 42:52 Melbourne, Australia 04/05/1987 WR 2 43:22 New York, United States 03/05/1987 AR 3 43:35 New York, United States 03/05/1987 4 43:45 New York, United States 03/05/1987 AR 5 43:57 New York, United States 03/05/1987 6 44:33 7 44:42 Rome, Italy 01/09/1987 8 44:45 9 44:48 Rome, Italy 01/09/1987 NR 10 44:51 11 44:55 12 45:02 New York, United States 03/05/1987 AR 13 45:04 New York, United States 03/05/1987 14 45:06 New York, United States 03/05/1987 AR 15 45:06 16 45:07 17 45:07 18 45:09 NR 19 45:09 Rome, Italy 01/09/1987 NR 20 45:15
See also 1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
References maik-richter alltime-athletics