1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Women's 10 km Walk event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Tuesday 1 September 1987.

Medalists

Gold	Irina Strakhova Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Kerry Saxby-Junna Australia (AUS)
Bronze	Yan Hong China (CHN)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World record	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	42:52	May 4, 1987	Melbourne, Australia
Event record	New event

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Irina Strakhova (URS)	44:12
	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	44:23
	Yan Hong (CHN)	44:42
4	Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP)	44:48	NR
5	Yelena Nikolayeva (URS)	44:54
6	Monica Gunnarsson (SWE)	45:09	NR
7	Jin Bingjie (CHN)	45:24
8	Ann Peel (CAN)	45:27
9	Maria Reyes Sobrino (ESP)	45:37
10	Dana Vavracová (TCH)	46:10
11	Ann Jansson (SWE)	46:15
12	Susan Cook (AUS)	46:20
13	Lisa Langford (GBR)	46:23
14	Janice McCaffrey (CAN)	46:41
15	Lynn Weik (USA)	46:51
16	Beate Gummelt (GDR)	47:00
17	María Colín (MEX)	47:23
18	Giuliana Salce (ITA)	47:28
19	Sari Essayah (FIN)	47:30
20	Debbi Lawrence (USA)	47:31
21	Alison Baker (CAN)	47:48
22	Suzanne Griesbach (FRA)	48:06
23	Sirkka Oikarinen (FIN)	48:25
24	Maryanne Torrellas (USA)	48:27
25	Beverley Allen (GBR)	48:50
26	Solvi Furnes (NOR)	49:18
27	Graciela Mendoza (MEX)	49:46
28	Hideko Hirayama (JPN)	49:50	NR
29	Emilia Cano (ESP)	50:11
30	Mirva Hämäläinen (FIN)	52:03
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Guan Ping (CHN)	DSQ
—	Olga Krishtop (URS)	DSQ
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Lorraine Jachno (AUS)	DNF
—	Maria Grazia Orsani (ITA)	DNF
—	Barbara Kollorz (FRG)	DNF

See also

• 1986 Women's European Championships 10km Walk (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Race Walking Year Ranking
• 1990 Women's European Championships 10km Walk (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 10km Walk (Barcelona)

References

• Results
• Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite