1987 in race walking explained

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

WR world record
AR area record
CR event record
NR national record
PB personal best

Men's 20 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field
1:19:30 September 24, 1983
Broken records during the 1987 season in track and field
1:19:24 May 3, 1987 New York City, United States
1:19:12 June 21, 1987

1987 World Year Ranking

RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote
1 1:19:12 Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany 21/06/1987 WR
2 1:19:22 Hobart, Australia
3 1:19:24 New York, United States 03/05/1987
4 1:19:32 New York, United States 03/05/1987NR
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
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

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
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
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
20 3:53:30 Rome, Italy 05/09/1987

Women's 5 km

1987 World Year Ranking

RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote
1 20:34 Hildesheim, West Germany 24/09/1987WR
2 21:25 La Coruña, Spain 16/05/1987
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
44:14 March 16, 1985
Broken records during the 1987 season in track and field
43:22 May 3, 1987
42:52 May 4, 1987

1987 World Year Ranking

RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote
1 42:52 Melbourne, Australia 04/05/1987 WR
2 43:22 New York, United States 03/05/1987
3 43:35 New York, United States 03/05/1987
4 43:45 New York, United States 03/05/1987
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
10 44:51
11 44:55
12 45:02 New York, United States 03/05/1987
13 45:04 New York, United States 03/05/1987
14 45:06 New York, United States 03/05/1987
15 45:06
16 45:07
17 45:07
18 45:09 NR
19 45:09 Rome, Italy 01/09/1987NR
20 45:15

See also

References