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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
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