The 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Indianapolis, United States from March 6 to March 8, 1987. The championship had previously been known as the World Indoor Games, which were held once before changing the name.
| 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | March 6–8 |
| Host city | Indianapolis, United States |
| Venue | Hoosier Dome |
| Events | 24 |
| Participation | 401 athletes from 85 nations |
Being the second championship of its kind, there were several championship records. New championship records were set for every single women's event. There were a total number of 401 participating athletes from 85 countries.
Results
editMen
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |
Lee McRae (USA) | 6.501 (CR) |
Mark Witherspoon (USA) | 6.54 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA) | 6.59 |
| 200 metres |
Kirk Baptiste (USA) | 20.73 (CR) |
Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA) | 20.89 | Robson da Silva (BRA) | 20.92 |
| 400 metres |
Antonio McKay (USA) | 45.98 | Roberto Hernández (CUB) | 46.09 | Michael Franks (USA) | 46.19 |
| 800 metres |
José Luíz Barbosa (BRA) | 1:47.49 | Vladimir Graudyn (URS) | 1:47.68 | Faouzi Lahbi (MAR) | 1:47.79 |
| 1500 metres |
Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) | 3:39.04 (CR) |
José Manuel Abascal (ESP) | 3:39.13 | Han Kulker (NED) | 3:39.51 |
| 3000 metres |
Frank O'Mara (IRL) | 8.03.32 | Paul Donovan (IRL) | 8.03.39 | Terry Brahm (USA) | 8:03.92 |
| 60 metres hurdles |
Tonie Campbell (USA) | 7.51 (CR) |
Stéphane Caristan (FRA) | 7.62 | Nigel Walker (GBR) | 7.66 |
| 5000 metres walk |
Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) | 18:27.79 (CR) |
Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) | 18:27.80 | Ernesto Canto (MEX) | 18:38.71 |
| High jump |
Igor Paklin (URS) | 2.38 (CR) |
Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) | 2.38 | Ján Zvara (TCH) | 2.34 |
| Pole vault |
Sergey Bubka (URS) | 5.85 (CR) |
Earl Bell (USA) | 5.80 | Thierry Vigneron (FRA) | 5.80 |
| Long jump |
Larry Myricks (USA) | 8.23 (CR) |
Paul Emordi (NGR) | 8.01 | Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) | 8.01 |
| Triple jump |
Mike Conley (USA) | 17.54 (CR) |
Oleg Protsenko (URS) | 17.26 | Frank Rutherford (BAH) | 17.02 |
| Shot put |
Ulf Timmermann (GDR) | 22.24 (CR) |
Werner Günthör (SUI) | 21.61 | Sergey Smirnov (URS) | 20.67 |
1 Ben Johnson of Canada originally won the 60 metres in 6.41, but was disqualified in September 1989 after admitting to using steroids between 1981 and 1988.[1]
Women
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |
Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED) | 7.08 (CR) |
Aneliya Nuneva (BUL) | 7.101 | Angela Bailey (CAN) | 7.12 |
| 200 metres |
Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 22.27 (CR) |
Merlene Ottey-Page (JAM) | 22.66 | Grace Jackson (JAM) | 23.21 |
| 400 metres |
Sabine Busch (GDR) | 51.66 (CR) |
Lillie Leatherwood (USA) | 52.54 | Judit Forgács (HUN) | 52.68 |
| 800 metres |
Christine Wachtel (GDR) | 2:01.32 (CR) |
Gabriela Sedláková (TCH) | 2:01.85 | Lyubov Kiryukhina (URS) | 2:01.98 |
| 1500 metres |
Doina Melinte (ROU) | 4:05.68 (CR) |
Tatyana Samolenko (URS) | 4:07.08 | Svetlana Kitova (URS) | 4:07.59 |
| 3000 metres |
Tatyana Samolenko (URS) | 8:46.52 (CR) |
Olga Bondarenko (URS) | 8:47.08 | Maricica Puică (ROU) | 8:47.92 |
| 60 metres hurdles |
Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) | 7.82 (CR) |
Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 7.85 | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 7.99 |
| 3000 metres walk |
Olga Krishtop (URS) | 12:05.49 (CR) |
Giuliana Salce (ITA) | 12:36.76 | Ann Peel (CAN) | 12:38.97 |
| High jump |
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.05 (CR) |
Susanne Beyer (GDR) | 2.02 | Emiliya Dragieva (BUL) | 2.00 |
| Long jump |
Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 7.10 (CR) |
Helga Radtke (GDR) | 6.94 | Yelena Belevskaya (URS) | 6.76 |
| Shot put |
Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.52 (CR) |
Ilona Briesenick (GDR) | 20.28 | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 20.14 |
1 Angella Issajenko of Canada originally finished second in the 60 metres in 7.08, but was disqualified in September 1989 after admitting to steroid use between 1985 and 1988.[1]
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | |
Participating nations
edit- Anguilla (1)
- Antigua and Barbuda (3)
- Argentina (2)
- Aruba (1)
- Australia (9)
- Austria (4)
- Bahamas (2)
- Bahrain (1)
- Barbados (2)
- Belgium (4)
- Bermuda (2)
- Bolivia (1)
- Botswana (1)
- Brazil (3)
- Bulgaria (12)
- Burkina Faso (1)
- Burundi (1)
- Canada (15)
- Cayman Islands (1)
- Chile (3)
- China (8)
- Colombia (2)
- Costa Rica (1)
- Cuba (7)
- Cyprus (2)
- Czechoslovakia (7)
- Denmark (2)
- Dominican Republic (2)
- East Germany (10)
- Ecuador (2)
- Egypt (4)
- Finland (3)
- France (12)
- Gambia (1)
- Great Britain (17)
- Greece (3)
- Guatemala (4)
- Hungary (6)
- Iceland (2)
- India (1)
- Ireland (4)
- Italy (15)
- Ivory Coast (1)
- Jamaica (8)
- Japan (5)
- Kenya (10)
- Kuwait (1)
- Lebanon (2)
- Liberia (1)
- Malaysia (2)
- Mauritius (1)
- Mexico (6)
- Morocco (2)
- Netherlands (9)
- Netherlands Antilles (2)
- New Zealand (1)
- Nigeria (11)
- Norway (4)
- Panama (1)
- Paraguay (1)
- Peru (2)
- Philippines (1)
- Poland (6)
- Romania (10)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (3)
- Saint Lucia (1)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
- El Salvador (1)
- Senegal (2)
- Seychelles (1)
- Trinidad and Tobago (1)
- Soviet Union (24)
- Spain (12)
- Swaziland (1)
- Sweden (5)
- Switzerland (7)
- Thailand (1)
- Trinidad and Tobago (1)
- Turks and Caicos Islands (2)
- Uganda (2)
- United States (42)
- United States Virgin Islands (3)
- West Germany (14)
- Yugoslavia (3)
- Zimbabwe (2)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Mark Butler (ed.), "DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS", IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 47–48, retrieved September 27, 2015[permanent dead link]
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