1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

Events at the 1987 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon competition at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, including six non-finishers. The competition started on August 31, 1987 and ended on September 1, 1987.

Medalists

Gold	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States (USA)
Silver	Larisa Nikitina Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Jane Frederick United States (USA)

Schedule

• August 31, 1987
  1. 100 m hurdles
  2. High Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. 200 m
• September 1, 1987
  5. Long Jump
  6. Javelin Throw
  7. 800 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jackie Joyner (USA)	7161	August 2, 1986	Houston, United States
Event Record	Ramona Neubert (GDR)	6714	August 9, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7128	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy

Results

Rank	Athlete	Points	100h	HJ	SP	200	LJ	JT	800
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7128 CR	12.91	1.90	16.00	22.95	7.14	45.68	2:16.29
	Larisa Nikitina (URS)	6564	13.77	1.87	15.66	24.48	6.33	55.24	2:27.01
	Jane Frederick (USA)	6502	13.65	1.78	16.30	24.69	6.33	46.62	2:13.77
4	Anke Vater-Behmer (GDR)	6460	13.59	1.81	13.77	23.54	6.67	35.82	2:09.03
5	Liliana Năstase (ROU)	6325	13.09	1.75	13.11	24.09	6.59	41.84	2:17.91
6	Marion Reichelt (GDR)	6296	13.65	1.81	13.39	24.17	6.46	38.64	2:12.76
7	Marianna Maslennikova (URS)	6228	13.46	1.84	13.22	24.41	6.12	35.42	2:08.12
8	Zhu Yuqing (CHN)	6211	13.37	1.78	15.12	23.99	6.10	43.40	2:27.45
9	Kim Hagger (GBR)	6167	13.24	1.81	12.63	24.68	6.56	35.64	2:17.59
10	Jane Flemming (AUS)	6149	13.50	1.81	13.21	23.75	6.20	38.24	2:20.58
11	Nadine Debois (FRA)	6139	13.64	1.72	13.22	24.23	6.25	34.70	2:05.17
12	Cindy Greiner (USA)	6042	13.76	1.72	13.46	24.45	6.29	36.84	2:13.99
13	Tineke Hidding (NED)	6040	13.77	1.72	13.11	24.18	6.18	40.14	2:16.10
14	Svetlana Buraga (URS)	5982	13.15	1.75	13.36	24.17	5.89	33.76	2:15.58
15	Joanne Mulliner (GBR)	5842	13.84	1.75	12.86	24.80	5.80	36.72	2:13.83
16	Ragne Kytölä (FIN)	5791	14.27	1.78	11.78	25.16	5.92	38.96	2:14.03
17	Cornelia Heinrich (FRG)	5664	14.48	1.75	14.04	25.67	5.94	41.06	2:29.90
18	Sabine Braun (FRG)	5621	14.14	1.75	12.42	25.49	5.77	37.74	2:20.94
19	Connie Polman-Tuin (CAN)	5608	14.35	1.66	12.85	25.27	6.10	35.80	2:19.77
	Eva Karblom (SWE)	DNF	14.40	1.66	13.61	25.10	6.25	39.06	DNS
	Ingrid Meilicke (PAR)	DNF	15.19	1.51	10.35	27.28	5.14	34.70	DNS
	Zuzana Lajbnerová (TCH)	DNF	14.15	1.75	14.06	25.59	DNS
	Manuela Marxer (LIE)	DNF	14.76	1.66	10.69	DNS
	Chantal Beaugeant (FRA)	DNF	14.62	DNS
	Alessandra Becatti (ITA)	DNF	DNF

See also

• 1983 Women's World Championships Heptathlon (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Olympic Heptathlon (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Heptathlon (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Hypo-Meeting
• 1988 Women's Olympic Heptathlon (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Heptathlon (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships Heptathlon (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic Heptathlon (Barcelona)

References

• Results
• IAAF Statistics Handbook Daegu 2011, Part 3 of 5, Page 263