1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 1st IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships were held from 6 to 8 March 1987 at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis ( Indiana ).

  • 2.2.1 60 m
  • 2.2.2 200 m
  • 2.2.3 400 m
  • 2.2.4 800 m
  • 2.2.5 1500 m
  • 2.2.6 3000 m
  • 2.2.7 60m hurdles
  • 2.2.8 3000 m, walking
  • 2.2.9 High Jump
  • 2.2.10 Long Jump
  • 2.2.11 Shot Put

General

17 years after the first official Indoor Athletics European Championships and two years after the World Indoor Games in Paris in 1985 thus took over the world athletics body IAAF officially the auspices of the World Indoor Championships.

It was attended by a total of 419 athletes from 85 countries, which reached athletes from 39 countries and a finale athletes from 23 countries won medals.

There were a total of five indoor world records or Hallenweltbestleistungen obtained:

  • Lee McRae ran 6.50 s over 60 meters. (Originally Ben Johnson won in 6.41 s, but this performance was later annulled due to doping ).
  • Mikhail Schtschennikow went 18:27,79 min over 5000 meters.
  • Heike Drechsler ran 22.27 s over 200 meters.
  • Stefka Kostadinowa jumped 2.05 m.
  • Olga Krischtop went 12:05,49 min over 3000 meters.

Results

60 m

Finals on March 7

Ben Johnson came in 6.41 s as the finish line first. He 's traveled as a world record holder with 6.44 and ran 6.49 in the semifinals s When Johnson after the doping scandal at the 1988 Olympics was locked in Seoul, the IAAF also underlined all his achievements and medals from the year 1987. Lee McRae was declared in retrospect the world champion and world record holder.

200 m

Final on 8 March

The run went down a little, there a world record was succeeded in the high jump immediately before the start Stefka Kostadinowa.

400 m

Finals on March 7

800 m

Final on 8 March

Redwine and Kwizera made ​​the pace, but Barbosa took the beginning of the last round, the tip and ran to his greatest success.

1500 m

Finals on March 7

In the second heat the Irishman Eamonn Coghlan fell, got up and ran again to the top, but was then überspurtet on the home stretch of Campbell and Baumann. A protest of the Irish team leadership did not bring him into the final.

In the final Spivey led to the 800 -meter interval, then Abascal took the lead, but his hand down the stretch to really only second best Irish could not keep.

3000 m

Final on 8 March

Donovan and O'Mara had already won the heats. The two Irishmen abducted in reliance on their strength in the final sprint up the pace, but could Rowland and Padilla follow, as the two a long sprint ansetzten. Donovan made ​​his last 100 meters or three places well and made for an Irish double victory.

60m hurdles

Final on 8 March

Mark McKoy was initially in the lead, but Foster caught up. Foster ran to the left of McKoy, and because Foster with the left leg, McKoy but the hurdle crossed with the right leg first, the risk of a collision was quite large. At the fourth hurdle, the two favorites collided and fell to the ground. Campbell was now able to gain confidence.

5000 m, walking

Finals on March 7

Schtschennikow made ​​the pace, Pribilinec moved after 4000 meters at the pace and closed on the leaders. On the final lap, the lead changed hands several times, in the end won the 19 -year-old Russian with a world record and a margin of one hundredth of a second.

High Jump

Finals on March 7

As the two leaders to 2.38 m had no mistrial at 2.40 m but both failed, it was decided on gold and silver in the jump. Paklin won the jump with 2.36m.

Without a valid amount excreted with Patrik Sjöberg and Carlo Thränhardt from two jumpers in the final, who had jumped ahead of the world championships world records in the hall.

Pole vault

Final on 8 March

Bubka jumped in first attempt over 5.65m. He tore 5.85 m in the first, mastered the height but in the second trial. Then he waited until his competitors had torn their last attempts.

Long-jump

Finals on March 6

Triple Jump

Final on 8 March

Conley was a week earlier jumped to 17.76 m indoor world record. In Indianapolis Prozenko led to the last attempt by Conley.

Shot Put

Finals on March 7

Timmermann came up to the indoor world record of Günthör up to two centimeters.

Women

60 m

Finals on March 6

Nelli Cooman won gossamer before the simultaneous Issajenko who was disqualified two years later retroactively for doping.

200 m

Finals on March 7

400 m

Final on 8 March

Petra Müller surprisingly different from the semi-finals. Her teammate Sabine Busch ran out an unchallenged start - to-finish victory, however, was initially disqualified for exceeding their car and declared the winner after a protest again. Leatherwood was 100 meters before the finish in last place in the final sprint and passed four runners. So they won the only women's medal for the host country.

800 m

Finals on March 7

1500 m

Final on 8 March

3000 m

Finals on March 7

European Indoor champion Murray tried to dissolve at high speed from the rest of the field, but was caught before the start of the last lap of the three Eastern European women, who made up the medals among themselves.

60m hurdles

Finals on March 7

3000 m, walking

Finals on March 6

The Australian Kerry Saxby made ​​the pace and broke away along with Krischtop from the field, but was disqualified in the final round. Krischtop improved the world record to 26.08 seconds.

High Jump

Final on 8 March

It was the first competition ever, in which three women overcame a height of two meters.

Long-jump

Finals on March 7

Heike Drechsler had improved the indoor world record to 7.32 m one week before the World Championships and stayed with three jumps ahead of her teammate Radtke.

Shot Put

Finals on March 6

Medal Tally

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