Rome (Italy)
28th August - 6th September 1987
(Stadio Olimpico)
100 m - 30-08-1987
1. Carl Lewis - USA - 9.93
(equals World record)
2. Raymond Stewart - Jamaica - 10.08
3. Linford Christie - Great Britain - 10.14
1. Ben Jonhson - Canada - 9.83 (WR)
(disqualfied for doping)
200 m - 03-09-1987
1. Calvin Smith - USA - 20.16
2. Gilles Quénéhervé - France - 20.16
3. John Regis - Great Britain - 20.18
400 m - 03-09-1987
1. Thomas Schönlebe - East Germany - 44.33
(European record)
2. Innocent Egbunike - Nigeria - 44.56
3. Harry Reynolds - USA - 44.80
800 m - 01-09-1987
1. Billy Konchellah - Kenya - 1:43.06
(Championship record)
2. Peter Elliott - Great Britain - 1:43.41
3. José Luiz Barbosa - Brazil - 1:43.76
1500 m - 06-09-1987
1. Abdi Bile - Somalia - 3:36.80
2. José Luis González - Spain - 3:38.03
3. Jim Spivey - USA - 3:38.82
5000 m - 06-09-1987
1. Saďd Aouita - Morocco - 13:26.44
2. Domingos Castro - Portugal - 13:27.59
3. Jack Buckner - Great Britain - 13:27.74
10000 m - 29-08-1987
1. Paul Kipkoech - Kenya - 27:38.63
(Championship record)
2. Francesco Panetta - Italy - 27:48.98
3. Hansjörg Kunze - East Germany - 27:50.37
marathon - 06-09-1987
1. Douglas Wakiihuri - Kenya - 2:11:48
2. Hussein Ahmed Salah - Djibouti - 2:12:30
3. Gelindo Bordin - Italy - 2:12:40
110 m hurdles - 03-09-1987
1. Greg Foster - USA - 13.21
2. Jonathan Ridgeon - Great Britain - 13.29
3. Colin Jackson - Great Britain - 13.38
400m hurdles - 01-09-1987
1. Edwin Moses - USA - 47.46
(Championship record)
2. Danny Harris - USA - 47.48
3. Harald Schmid - West Germany - 47.48
(European record
3000 m steeple - 05-09-1987
1. Francesco Panetta - Italy - 8:08.57
(Championship record)
2. Hagen Melzer - East Germany - 8:12.32
3. William Van Dijck - Belgium - 8:12.18
20 km walk - 30-08-1987
1. Maurizio Damilano - Italy - 1:20:45
(Championship record)
2. Jozef Pribilinec - Chechoslovakia - 1:21:07
3. Josep Marín - Spain - 1:21:24
50 km walk - 05-09-1987
1. Hartwig Gauder - East Germany - 3:40:53
(Championship record)
2. Ronald Weigel - East Germany - 3:41:30
3. Vyacheslav Ivanenko - Soviet Union - 3:44:02
4 x 100 m - 06-09-1987
1. United States - 37.90
(Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis)
2. Soviet Union - 38.02
(European record)
(Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Vladimir Krylov)
3. Jamaica - 38.41
(John Mair, Andrew Smith, Clive Wright, Ray Stewart)
4 x 400 m - 06-09-1987
1. United States - 2:57.29
(Championship record)
(Danny Everett, Roddie Haley, Antonio McKay, Harry Reynolds) )
2. Great Britain - 2:58.86
(European record)
(Derek Redmond, Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black, Philip Brown)
3. Cuba - 2:59.16
(national record)
(Leandro Peńalver, Agustin Pavó, Lázaro Martínez, Roberto Hernández)
4. West Germany - 2:59.96
(national record)
(Norbert Dobeleit, Mark Henrich, Edgar Itt, Harald Schmid)
long jump - 05-09-1987
1. Carl Lewis - USA - 8,67 m
(Championship record)
2. Robert Emmiyan - Soviet Union - 8,53 m
3. Larry Myricks - USA - 8,33 m
triple jump - 31-08-1987
1. Khristo Markov - Bulgaria - 17,92 m
(Championship record)
2. Mike Conley - USA - 17,67 m
3. Oleg Sakirkin - Soviet Union - 17,43 m
high jump - 06-09-1987
1. Patrik Sjöberg - Sweden - 2,38 m
(Championship record)
2=. Igor Paklin - Soviet Union - 2,38 m
2=. Hennadiy Avdyeyenko - Soviet Union - 2,38 m
pole vault - 05-09-1987
1. Sergey Bubka - Ukraine - 5,85 m
(Championship record)
2. Thierry Vigneron - France - 5,80 m
3. Radion Gataullin - Soviet Union - 5,80 m
shot put - 29-08-1987
1. Werner Günthör - Switzerland - 22,23 m
(Championship record)
2. Alessandro Andrei - Italy - 21,88 m
3. John Brenner - USA - 21,75 m
discus throw - 04-09-1987
1. Jürgen Schult - East Germany - 68,74 m
(Championship record)
2. John Powell - USA - 66,22 m
3. Luis Delis - Cuba - 66,02 m
javelin throw - 30-08-1987
1. Seppo Räty - Finland - 83,54 m
2. Viktor Yevsyukov - Soviet Union - 82,52 m
3. Jan elezný - Chzekoslovakia - 82,20 m
hammer throw - 01-09-1987
1. Sergey Litvinov - Soviet Union - 83,06 m
(Championship record)
2. Jüri Tamm - Soviet Union - 80,84 m
3. Ralf Haber - East Germany - 80,76 m
decathlon - 03/04-09-1987
1. Torsten Voss - East Germany - 8680 points
2. Siegfried Wentz - West Germany - 8461 points
3. Pavel Tarnavetskiy - Soviet Union - 8375 points
