The 1987 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bourg St.-Maurice, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time. It was the 20th edition. Bourg St.-Maurice hosted the event previously in 1969.
| Event | align=center bgcolor="gold" | Gold | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="silver" | Silver | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | 200.87 | 210.68 | 211.33 | |||||||||
| C1 team | Jon Lugbill David Hearn Bruce Lessels | 242.02 | Jean Sennelier Thierry Humeau Jacky Avril | 248.89 | Juraj Ontko Jozef Hajdučík Jaroslav Slúčik | 264.84 | ||||||
| C2 | Pierre Calori Jacques Calori | 218.61 | Lecky Haller Jamie McEwan | 222.24 | Milan Kučera Miroslav Hajdučík | 227.86 | ||||||
| C2 team | Pierre Calori & Jacques Calori Michel Saidi & Jérôme Daval Gilles Lelievre & Jérôme Daille | 260.18 | Jiří Rohan & Miroslav Šimek Miroslav Hajdučík & Milan Kučera Viktor Beneš & Ondřej Mohout | 261.01 | Frank Hemmer & Thomas Loose Günther Wolkenaer & Fredi Zimmermann Stephan Bittner & Volker Nerlich | 265.34 |
| Event | align=center bgcolor="gold" | Gold | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="silver" | Silver | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K1 | 191.77 | 192.81 | 192.92 | |||||||||
| K1 team | Richard Fox Melvyn Jones Russell Smith | 214.33 | Jernej Abramič Marjan Štrukelj Janez Skok | 217.18 | Christophe Prigent Laurent Brissaud Manuel Brissaud | 218.86 |
| Event | align=center bgcolor="gold" | Gold | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="silver" | Silver | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points | align=center bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze | align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF" | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K1 | 216.64 | 218.92 | 222.22 | |||||||||
| K1 team | Margit Messelhäuser Ulla Steinle Elisabeth Micheler | 273.40 | Myriam Jerusalmi Marie-Françoise Grange-Prigent Sylvie Arnaud | 282.63 | Cathy Hearn Dana Chladek Maylon Hanold | 286.95 |