These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes, including ten non-finishers. The competition started on September 3, 1987, and ended on September 4, 1987.
| Gold | Torsten Voss East Germany (GDR) | |
| Silver | Siegfried Wentz West Germany (FRG) | |
| Bronze | Pavel Tarnavetskiy Soviet Union (URS) |
Thursday, September 3
Friday, September 4
| Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8847 | August 9, 1984 | ||||
| 8714 | August 13, 1983 | ||||
| 8645 | May 24, 1987 | ||||
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships | |||||
| 8680 | September 4, 1987 | ||||
| RANK | FINAL RANKING | POINTS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8680 | |||
| 8461 | |||
| 8375 | |||
| 4. | 8307 | ||
| 5. | 8304 | ||
| 6. | 8296 | ||
| 7. | 8178 | ||
| 8. | 8174 | ||
| 9. | 8124 | ||
| 10. | 8062 | ||
| 11. | 8034 | ||
| 12. | 8030 | ||
| 13. | 8017 | ||
| 14. | 7733 | ||
| 15. | 7696 | ||
| 16. | 7574 | ||
| 17. | 7537 | ||
| 18. | 6474 | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF |