1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The Women's Marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy was held on Saturday August 29, 1987.

Medalists

Gold	Rosa Mota Portugal (POR)
Silver	Zoya Ivanova Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Jocelyne Villeton France (FRA)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2:21:06	April 21, 1985	London, United Kingdom
Event Record	Grete Waitz (NOR)	2:28:09	August 7, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Season Best	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2:22:48	May 10, 1987	London, United Kingdom
Broken records at the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Rosa Mota (POR)	2:25:17	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	John Wick (POR)	1:09:02	CR
	Zoya Ivanova (URS)	2:32:38
	Jocelyne Villeton (FRA)	2:32:53
4	Bente Moe (NOR)	2:33:21
5	Yelena Tsukhlo (URS)	2:33:55
6	Yekaterina Khramenkova (URS)	2:34:23
7	Nancy Ditz (USA)	2:34:54
8	Sinikka Keskitalo (FIN)	2:35:16
9	Karolina Szabo (HUN)	2:36:18
10	Miyuki Yamashita (JPN)	2:36:55
11	Angie Pain (GBR)	2:38:12
12	Antonella Bizioli (ITA)	2:38:52
13	Mercedes C class (ESP)	2:38:58
14	Uta Pippig (GDR)	2:39:30
15	Agnes Pardaens (BEL)	2:39:52
16	Odette Lapierre (CAN)	2:40:20
17	Paula Fudge (GBR)	2:42:42
18	Genoveva Eichenmann (SUI)	2:43:07
19	Maria Luisa Irizar (ESP)	2:43:54
20	Emma Scaunich (ITA)	2:44:32
21	Evy Palm (SWE)	2:44:41
22	Veronique Marot (GBR)	2:45:02
23	Gabriela Wolf (FRG)	2:45:13
24	Christine Kennedy (IRL)	2:45:47
25	Hazel Stewart (NZL)	2:48:41
26	Eriko Asai (JPN)	2:48:44
27	Marcianne Mukamurenzi (RWA)	2:49:38	NR
28	Rita Borralho (POR)	2:52:26
29	Dorothy Goertzen (CAN)	2:53:11
30	Cornelia Melis (ARU)	2:59:31
31	Gina Coello (HON)	3:01:53	NR
32	Maria del Pilar Menendez (GUA)	3:16:20
33	Juli Ogbourn (GUM)	3:50:56
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Cathy Twomey (USA)	DNF
—	Lisa Martin (AUS)	DNF
—	Renata Kokowska (POL)	DNF
—	Kimberly Rosenquist-Jones (USA)	DNF
—	Maria Rebelo (FRA)	DNF
—	Rita Marchisio (ITA)	DNF
—	Monika Schäfer (FRG)	DNF
—	Angélica de Almeida (BRA)	DNF
—	Susan Stone (CAN)	DNF

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships Marathon (Athens)
• 1984 Women's Olympic Marathon (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Marathon (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Marathon Year Ranking
• 1988 Women's Olympic Marathon (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Marathon (Split)

References

• Results