1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships
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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.
Being the second championship of its kind, there were a lot of championship records. In fact, new championship records were set for every single women event. There were a total number of 419 participating athletes from 85 countries.
IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics
The International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships were inaugurated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed in 1987 as they are known today.-History:...
were held in Indianapolis
Indianapolis
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, United States
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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.
Being the second championship of its kind, there were a lot of championship records. In fact, new championship records were set for every single women event. There were a total number of 419 participating athletes from 85 countries.
Men
| 60 m |
|6.50 (CR) |
|6.54 | |6.59 |
| 200 m |
|20.73 (CR) |
|20.89 | |20.92 |
| 400 m |
|45.98 | |46.09 | |46.19 |
| 800 m |
|1:47.49 | |1:47.68 | |1:47.79 |
| 1,500 m |
|3:39.04 (CR) |
|3:39.13 | |3:39.51 |
| 3,000 m |
|8.03.32 | |8.03.39 | |8:03.92 |
| 60 m hurdles |
|7.51 (CR) |
|7.62 | |7.66 |
| 5,000 m walk |
|18:27.79 (CR) |
|18:27.80 | |18:38.71 |
| High jump |
|2.38 (CR) |
|2.38 | |2.34 |
| Pole vault |
|5.85 (CR) |
|5.80 | |5.80 |
| Long jump |
|8.23 (CR) |
|8.01 | |8.01 |
| Triple jump |
|17.54 (CR) |
|17.26 | |17.02 |
| Shot put |
|22.24 (CR) |
|21.61 | |20.67 |
Women
| 60 m |
|7.08 (CR) |
|7.10 | |7.12 |
| 200 m |
|22.27 (CR) |
|22.66 | |23.21 |
| 400 m |
|51.66 (CR) |
|52.54 | |52.68 |
| 800 m |
|2:01.32 (CR) |
|2:01.85 | |2:01.98 |
| 1,500 m |
|4:05.68 (CR) |
|4:07.08 | |4:07.59 |
| 3,000 m |
|8:46.52 (CR) |
|8:47.08 | |8:47.92 |
| 60 m hurdles |
|7.82 (CR) |
|7.85 | |7.99 |
| High jump |
|2.05 (CR) |
|2.02 | |2.00 |
| Long jump |
|7.10 (CR) |
|6.94 | |6.76 |
| Shot put |
|20.52 (CR) |
|20.28 | |20.14 |
| 3,000 m walk |
|12:05.49 (CR) |
|12:36.76 | |12:38.97 |
Medal table
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Bulgaria |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Romania |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||