1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon explained

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-Kersee United States (USA)
Silver	Larisa Nikitina Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Jane Frederick United States (USA)

Schedule

August 31, 1987

September 1, 1987

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
		7161	August 2, 1986
		6714	August 9, 1983
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
		7128	September 1, 1987

Results

Rank	Athlete	Points	100mh	HJ	SP	200m	LJ	JT	800m
		7128 CR	12.91	1.90	16.00	22.95	7.14	45.68	2:16.29
		6564	13.77	1.87	15.66	24.48	6.33	55.24	2:27.01
		6502	13.65	1.78	16.30	24.69	6.33	46.62	2:13.77
		6460	13.59	1.81	13.77	23.54	6.67	35.82	2:09.03
		6325	13.09	1.75	13.11	24.09	6.59	41.84	2:17.91
		6296	13.65	1.81	13.39	24.17	6.46	38.64	2:12.76
		6228	13.46	1.84	13.22	24.41	6.12	35.42	2:08.12
		6211	13.37	1.78	15.12	23.99	6.10	43.40	2:27.45
		6167	13.24	1.81	12.63	24.68	6.56	35.64	2:17.59
10		6149	13.50	1.81	13.21	23.75	6.20	38.24	2:20.58
11		6139	13.64	1.72	13.22	24.23	6.25	34.70	2:05.17
12		6042	13.76	1.72	13.46	24.45	6.29	36.84	2:13.99
13		6040	13.77	1.72	13.11	24.18	6.18	40.14	2:16.10
14		5982	13.15	1.75	13.36	24.17	5.89	33.76	2:15.58
15		5842	13.84	1.75	12.86	24.80	5.80	36.72	2:13.83
16		5791	14.27	1.78	11.78	25.16	5.92	38.96	2:14.03
17		5664	14.48	1.75	14.04	25.67	5.94	41.06	2:29.90
18		5621	14.14	1.75	12.42	25.49	5.77	37.74	2:20.94
19		5608	14.35	1.66	12.85	25.27	6.10	35.80	2:19.77
			14.40	1.66	13.61	25.10	6.25	39.06	DNS
			15.19	1.51	10.35	27.28	5.14	34.70	DNS
			14.15	1.75	14.06	25.59	DNS
			14.76	1.66	10.69
			14.62	DNS

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