World Athletics Championships 1987 / women's heptathlon

World Athletics Championships 1987
discipline	Heptathlon
gender	Women
Attendees	25 athletes from 17 countries
venue	Rome
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Rome
Competition phase	August 31st to September 1st
Medalists Jackie Joyner-Kersee ( USA )   Larissa Nikitina ( URS )   Jane Frederick ( USA )

The Olympic Stadium in Rome

The heptathlon for women in the 1987 World Championships in Athletics took place on 31 August and 1 September 1987 in Rome , Italy , instead.

25 athletes from 17 August countries took part in the competition. The athletes from the United States won two medals in this competition, gold and bronze. The gold medal was won by the 1984 Olympic runner-up Jackie Joyner-Kersee with 7128 points, which was a new championship record. Three days later she also became world champion in the long jump . The silver medal went to Larissa Nikitina , later Larissa Turtschinskaja, from the Soviet Union with 6564 points, and the bronze medal went to Jane Frederick with 6402 points.

Records

Existing records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7158 points	Houston , United States	1./2. August 1986
World Cup record	Ramona Neubert	6770 points	World Championships in Helsinki , Finland	8/9 August 1983

Comment on the world championship record:
According to the rating valid at the world championships in 1983 , Ramona Neubert had scored 6714 points. The 6770 points given above are the values ​​converted according to the points table currently in force.

Record improvement

World Champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee from the United States improved the existing World Cup record on August 31st / 1st. September by 358 points to 7128 points.

execution

The rating was based on the points table from 1985, which is still valid today. The seven disciplines of the heptathlon took place over two days:

• Day 1 (August 31): 100-meter hurdles , high jump , shot put , 200-meter run
• Day 2 (September 1st): long jump , javelin throw , 800 meter run

Final score

August 31/1. September 1987

space	Athlete	country	Points		100 m hill	High	Bullet	200 m		Day 1 (pts)		Far	spear	800 m
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	7128 CR		12.91 s 1138 p	1.90 m 1106 p	16.00 m 928 p	22.95 s 1084 p		4256		7.14 m 1220 p	45.68 m 777 p	2: 16.29 min 875 p
	Larissa Nikitina	URS	6564		13.77 s 1011 P.	1.87 m 1067 p	15.66 m 905 p	24.48 s 935 P.		3918		6.33 m 953 P.	55.24 m 962 p	2: 27.01 min 731 p
	Jane Frederick	United States	6502		13.65 s 1028 P.	1.78 m 953 p	16.30 m 948 p	24.69 s 915 P.		3844		6.33 m 953 P.	46.62 m 795 p	2: 13.77 min 910 p
4th	Anke Behmer	GDR	6460		13.59 s 1037 P.	1.81 m 991 p	13.77 m 779 p	23.54 s 1025 p		3832		6.67 m 1062 p	35.82 m 587 p	2: 09.03 min 979 P.
5	Liliana Năstase	ROME	6325		13.09 s 1111 p	1.75 m 916 p	13.11 m 735 p	24.09 s 972 P.		3734		6.59 m 1036 p	41.84 m 703 P.	2: 17.91 min 852 P.
6th	Marion Reichelt	GDR	6296		13.65 s 1028 P.	1.81 m 991 p	13.39 m 753 p	24.17 s 964 P.		3736		6.46 m 994 P.	38.64 m 641 p	2: 12.76 min 925 P.
7th	Marianna Maslennikova	URS	6228		13.46 s 1056 P.	1.84 m 1029 p	13.22 m 742 p	24.41 s 942 P.		3769		6.12 m 887 p	35.42 m 580 p	2: 08.12 min 992 P.
8th	Zhu Yuqing	CHN	6211 AS		13.37 s 1069 P.	1.78 m 953 p	15.12 m 869 p	23.99 s 982 P.		3873		6.10 m 880 p	43.40 m 733 p	2: 27.45 min 725 p
9	Kim Hagger	GBR	6167		13.24 s 1089 p	1.81 m 991 p	12.63 m 703 P.	24.68 s 916 P.		3699		6.56 m 1027 p	35.64 m 584 p	2: 17.59 min 857 P.
10	Jane Flemming	OUT	6149		13.50 s 1050 p	1.81 m 991 p	13.21 m 741 P.	23.75 s 1005 P.		3787		6.20 m 912 P	38.24 m 634 P.	2: 20.58 min 816 p
11	Nadine Debois	FRA	6139		13.64 s 1030 p	1.72 m 879 p	13.22 m 742 p	24.23 s 959 P.		3610		6.25 m 927 p	34.70 m 566 p	2: 05.17 min 1036 P.
12	Cindy Greiner	United States	6042		13.76 s 1013 P.	1.72 m 879 p	13.46 m 758 p	24.45 s 938 P.		3588		6.29 m 940 p	36.84 m 607 p	2: 13.99 min 907 P.
13	Tineke Hidding	NED	6040		13.77 s 1011 P.	1.72 m 879 p	13.11 m 735 p	24.18 s 963 P.		3588		6.18 m 905 P.	40.14 m 670 p	2: 16.10 min 877 P.
14th	Svyatlana Buraha	URS	5982		13.15 s 1102 P.	1.75 m 916 p	13.36 m 751 P.	24.17 s 964 P.		3733		5.89 m 816 p	33.76 m 548 p	2: 15.58 min, 885 P.
15th	Joanne Mulliner	GBR	5842		13.84 s 1001 P.	1.75 m 916 p	12.86 m 718 p	24.80 s 905 P.		3540		5.80 m 789 P	36.72 m 604 p	2: 13.83 min 909 P.
16	Ragne Kytölä	FIN	5791		14.27 s 941 p	1.78 m 953 p	11.78 m 647 p	25.16 s 872 P.		3413		5.92 m 825 p	38.96 m 647 p	2: 14.03 min 906 P.
17th	Cornelia Heinrich	FRG	5664		14.48 s 912 P.	1.75 m 916 p	14.04 m 797 p	25.67 s 826 P.		3451		5.94 m 831 p	41.06 m 688 p	2: 29.90 min 694 P.
18th	Sabine Braun	FRG	5621		14.14 s 959 P.	1.75 m 916 p	12.42 m 688 p	25.49 s 842 p		3405		5.77 m 780 p	37.74 m 625 p	2: 20.94 min 811 p
19th	Connie Polman-Tuin	CAN	5608		14.35 s 929 p	1.66 m 806 P	12.85 m 717 p	25.27 s 862 P.		3314		6.10 m 880 p	35.80 m 587 p	2: 19.77 min, 827 P.
DNF	Eva Karblom	SWE	4951		14.40 s 923 p	1.66 m 806 P	13.61 m 768 p	25.10 s 878 P.		3375		6.25 m 927 p	39.06 m 627 p	DNS
	Ingrid Meilicke	PAR	3854		15.19 s 817 P.	1.51 m 632 p	10.35 m 552 p	27.28 s 689 P.		2690		5.14 m 598 p	34.70 m 566 p	DNS
	Zuzana Lajbnerová	TCH	3504		14.15 s 957 P.	1.75 m 916 p	14.06 m 798 p	25.59 s 833 p		3504		DNS
	Manuela Marxer	LIE	2255		14.76 s 874 P.	1.66 m 806 P	10.69 m 575 p	DNS		(2255)
	Chantal Beaugeant	FRA	892		14.62 s 892 P.	DNS				(892)
	Alessandra Becatti	ITA	0		DNF 0 P	DNS				(0)

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  World champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee, 1984 Olympic runner-up and three days later also world champion in the long jump

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  Anke Behmer, former Anke father, took fourth place

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  Liliana Năstase came in fifth

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  Tineke Hidding reached number thirteen

Video

• Heptathlon Final, IAAF World Championships London 2017 on youtube.com, accessed on April 10, 2020
• 1987 World - Rome Heptathlon Long Jump Jackie Joyner- Kersee 7m14 on youtube.com, accessed on April 10, 2020

Web links and sources

• IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed April 10, 2020
• Women Heptathlon Athletics II World Championship Rome (ITA) 1987 at todor66.com, accessed April 10, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Women Heptathlon, Rome 1987, p. 352 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on April 10, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Heptathlon women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 10, 2020