| 2nd World Championships in Athletics | |
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| Host city | Rome, Italy |
| Date(s) | August 28 – September 6, 1987 |
| Main Stadium | Stadio Olimpico |
| Nations participating | 159 |
| Athletes participating | 1451 |
| Events | 43 |
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6.
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Men's Results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
Ben Johnson won the 100 m in 9.83, but was disqualified by the IAAF after Johnson admitted to the use of performance enhancing drugs in 1988.
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy was originally came third in the long jump at 8.37 m, but it was later determined that field officials had entered a fake result for a jump of 7.85m. [1]
Women's Results
Track
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
Field
1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Long jump details |
 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7.36 (CR) |
 Yelena Belevskaya (URS) |
7.14 |  Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
7.13 |
| High jump details |
 Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) |
2.09 (WR) |
Tamara Bykova (URS) |
2.04 | Susanne Beyer (GDR) |
1.99 |
| Shot put details |
Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) |
21.24 (CR) |
Kathrin Neimke (GDR) |
21.21 | Ines Müller (GDR) |
20.76 |
| Discus throw details |
Martina Hellmann (GDR) |
71.62 (CR) |
Diana Gansky (GDR) |
70.12 | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) |
68.82 |
| Javelin throw details |
 Fatima Whitbread (GBR) |
76.64 (CR) |
Petra Felke (GDR) |
71.76 |  Beate Peters (FRG) |
68.82 |
| Heptathlon details |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7128 (CR) |
Larisa Nikitina (URS) |
6564 | Jane Frederick (USA) |
6502 |
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AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record |
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Medal table by country
| Position | Country: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | Total: |
| 1. | East Germany |
10 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 2. | United States |
10 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 3. | Soviet Union |
7 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 4. | Bulgaria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5. |  Kenya |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6. |  Italy |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7. | United Kingdom |
1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8. |  Portugal |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9= |  Finland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9= |  Morocco |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9= |  Norway |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9= |  Somalia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9= |  Sweden |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9= |  Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15. |  France |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16. |  Australia |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17. |  Jamaica |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18= |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18= |  Spain |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18= | West Germany |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18= |  Romania |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22= |  Djibouti |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22= |  Nigeria |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 |  Cuba |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25= |  Belgium |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25= |  Brazil |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25= |  China |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
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