1987 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1987 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy.

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

WR	world record
AR	area record
CR	event record
NR	national record
PB	personal best

Men's 20 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)	1:19:30	September 24, 1983	Bergen, Norway
Broken records during the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Carlos Mercenario (MEX)	1:19:24	May 3, 1987	New York City, United States
World Record	Axel Noack (GDR)	1:19:12	June 21, 1987	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany

1987 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	1:19:12	Axel Noack (GDR)	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	21/06/1987	WR
2	1:19:22	Dave Smith (AUS)	Hobart, Australia		AR
3	1:19:24	Carlos Mercenario (MEX)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	AR
4	1:19:32	Viktor Mostovik (URS)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	NR
5	1:19:37	Ernesto Canto (MEX)
6	1:20:04	Anatoliy Gorshkov (URS)	New York, United States	03/05/1987
7	1:20:19	Querubín Moreno (COL)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	AR
8	1:20:40	Ronald Weigel (GDR)
9	1:20:45	Maurizio Damilano (ITA)	Rome, Italy	30/08/1987
10	1:20:45	Reima Salonen (FIN)
11	1:20:51	Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
12	1:21:00	Valdas Kazlauskas (URS)
13	1:21:04	Frants Kostyukevich (URS)
14	1:21:07	Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)	Rome, Italy	30/08/1987
15	1:21:10	Pyotr Kachnovich (URS)
16	1:21:24	Michail Potashov (URS)
17	1:21:24	José Marín (ESP)	Rome, Italy	30/08/1987
18	1:21:27	Roman Mrázek (TCH)
19	1:21:28	Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
20	1:21:35	Pyotr Pochenchuk (URS)

Men's 50 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	3:38:17	May 25, 1986	Potsdam, East Germany

1987 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	3:40:07	Andrey Perlov (URS)
2	3:40:53	Hartwig Gauder (GDR)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987
3	3:41:30	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987
4	3:42:20	Pavol Szikora (TCH)			NR
5	3:43:14	Dietmar Meisch (GDR)	New York, United States	02/05/1987
6	3:44:02	Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)	New York, United States	02/05/1987
7	3:45:09	Valeriy Suntsov (URS)	New York, United States	02/05/1987
8	3:46:28	Aleksandr Potashov (URS)	New York, United States	02/05/1987
9	3:47:49	Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987	NR
10	3:48:27	Martín Bermúdez (MEX)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987
11	3:48:52	Sandro Bellucci (ITA)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987
12	3:50:19	Venyamin Nikolayev (URS)
13	3:50:48	Manuel Alcalde (ESP)
14	3:52:08	Arturo Bravo (MEX)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987
15	3:52:16	Andrés Marín (ESP)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987
16	3:52:21	Godfried De Jonckheere (BEL)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987	NR
17	3:52:33	Giacomo Poggi (ITA)	New York, United States	02/05/1987
18	3:52:38	François Lapointe (CAN)	New York, United States	02/05/1987
19	3:52:51	Li Baojin (CHN)			AR
20	3:53:30	Raúl González (MEX)	Rome, Italy	05/09/1987

Women's 5 km

Records

Broken records during the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	20:34	September 24, 1987	Hildesheim, West Germany

1987 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	20:34	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	Hildesheim, West Germany	24/09/1987	WR
2	21:25	Maria Reyes Sobrino (ESP)	La Coruña, Spain	16/05/1987	AR
3	21:36	Xu Yongjiu (CHN)
		Ann Jansson (SWE)			NR
5	21:37	Olga Krishtop (URS)
		Yan Hong (CHN)
7	21:41	Yelena Nikolayeva (URS)
8	21:43	Nina Stachrova (URS)
9	21:46	Guan Ping (CHN)
		Olga Kardopolzeva (URS)
11	21:51	Natalya Yermolenko (URS)
12	21:53	Jin Bingjie (CHN)
13	21:57	Susan Cook (AUS)
14	22:01	Natalya Serbinenko (URS)
15	22:02	Irina Tolstik (URS)
16	22:06	Rimma Makarova (URS)
17	22:12	Lidiya Levandovskaya (URS)
		Graciella Mendoza (ESP)
19	22:14	Ann Peel (CAN)
20	22:16	Dana Vavracová (TCH)

Women's 10 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Yan Hong (CHN)	44:14	March 16, 1985	Jian, PR China
Broken records during the 1987 season in track and field
World Record	Olga Krishtop (URS)	43:22	May 3, 1987	New York City, United States
World Record	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	42:52	May 4, 1987	Melbourne, Australia

1987 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	42:52	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	Melbourne, Australia	04/05/1987	WR
2	43:22	Olga Krishtop (URS)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	AR
3	43:35	Irina Strakhova (URS)	New York, United States	03/05/1987
4	43:45	Jin Bingjie (CHN)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	AR
5	43:57	Yelena Nikolayeva (URS)	New York, United States	03/05/1987
6	44:33	Yelena Rodionova (URS)
7	44:42	Yan Hong (CHN)	Rome, Italy	01/09/1987
8	44:45	Lidiya Levandovskaya (URS)
9	44:48	Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP)	Rome, Italy	01/09/1987	NR
10	44:51	Yelena Veremeychuk (URS)
11	44:55	Natalya Spiridonova (URS)
12	45:02	Graciela Mendoza (MEX)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	AR
13	45:04	Natalya Serbinenko (URS)	New York, United States	03/05/1987
14	45:06	Ann Peel (CAN)	New York, United States	03/05/1987	AR
15	45:06	Tamara Kovalenko (URS)
16	45:07	Vera Ossipova (URS)
17	45:07	Natalya Yermolenko (URS)
18	45:09	Dana Vavracová (TCH)			NR
19	45:09	Monica Gunnarsson (SWE)	Rome, Italy	01/09/1987	NR
20	45:15	Olimpiada Ivanova (URS)

See also

• 1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

References

• maik-richter
• alltime-athletics