1987 IAAF Grand Prix Final
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Host city | Brussels, Belgium |
|---|---|
| Events | 17 |
| Dates | 11 September |
| Main venue | King Baudouin Stadium |
The 1987 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the third edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 11 September at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium. Tonie Campbell (110 metres hurdles) and Merlene Ottey (100 metres) were the overall points winners of the tournament.
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 metres |  Carl Lewis (USA) | 20.31 | Thomas Jefferson (USA) | 20.43 | James Butler (USA) | 20.58 |
| 400 metres | Danny Everett (USA) | 45.28 |  Innocent Egbunike (NGR) | 45.34 | Mike Franks (USA) | 45.45 |
| 1500 metres |  Abdi Bile (SOM) | 3:31.80 | Jim Spivey (USA) | 3:36.87 |  Markus Hacksteiner (SUI) | 3:37.91 |
| 5000 metres |  Arturo Barrios (MEX) | 13:28.34 | Sydney Maree (USA) | 13:29.73 |  Paul Williams (CAN) | 13:31.75 |
| 110 m hurdles | Tonie Campbell (USA) | 13.35 | Greg Foster (USA) | 13.36 | Mark McKoy (CAN) | 13.42 |
| Pole vault |  Sergey Bubka (URS) | 5.80 m | Earl Bell (USA) | 5.70 m |  Thierry Vigneron (FRA) | 5.60 m |
| Long jump | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.20 m | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.14 m | Larry Myricks (USA) | 8.06 m |
| Discus throw |  Alois Hannecker (FRG) | 63.84 m |  Luis Delís (CUB) | 62.02 m | Romas Ubartas (URS) | 61.76 m |
| Javelin throw | Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) | 84.02 m | Tom Petranoff (USA) | 83.24 m |  Jan Železný (TCH) | 79.26 m |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 11.09 | Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) | 11.19 |  Anelia Nuneva (BUL) | 11.27 |
| 800 metres | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 1:58.80 |  Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) | 2:00.18 |  Shireen Bailey (GBR) | 2:00.27 |
| One mile |  Doina Melinte (ROM) | 4:24.05 |  Elly van Hulst (NED) | 4:25.13 | Paula Ivan (ROM) | 4:27.62 |
| 3000 metres | Yelena Romanova (URS) | 8:41.15 | Maricica Puică (ROM) | 8:42.30 | Liz Lynch (GBR) | 8:42.93 |
| 400 m hurdles |  Sabine Busch (GDR) | 54.28 |  Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) | 54.56 | Sandra Farmer (JAM) | 55.30 |
| High jump | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 1.99 m | Svetlana Isaeva (BUL) | 1.97 m | Tamara Bykova (URS) | 1.97 m |
| Long jump | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.07 m | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 6.92 m | Helga Radtke (GDR) | 6.84 m |
| Shot put | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.57 m | Heike Hartwig (GDR) | 19.93 m | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 19.68 m |
