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1987 IAAF Grand Prix Final

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1987 IAAF Grand Prix Final
Host cityBrussels, Belgium
Events17
Dates11 September
Main venueKing 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.

Medal summary

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Men

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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

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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

Points leaders

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall  Tonie Campbell (USA) 63  Greg Foster (USA) 59  Sergey Bubka (URS) 58
200 metres  Thomas Jefferson (USA) 53  Calvin Smith (USA) 52  Robson da Silva (BRA) 43
400 metres  Innocent Egbunike (NGR) 55  Danny Everett (USA) 40  Derek Redmond (GBR) 38
1500 metres  Abdi Bile (SOM) 52  Jim Spivey (USA) 34  Mike Hillardt (AUS) 34
5000 metres  Arturo Barrios (MEX) 46  Sydney Maree (USA) 32  Doug Padilla (USA) 31
110 m hurdles  Tonie Campbell (USA) 63  Greg Foster (USA) 59  Mark McKoy (CAN) 46
Pole vault  Sergey Bubka (URS) 58  Thierry Vigneron (FRA) 55  Earl Bell (USA) 46.5
Long jump  Larry Myricks (USA) 57  Robert Emmiyan (URS) 50  Mike Powell (USA) 41
Discus throw  Romas Ubartas (URS) 50  Imrich Bugár (TCH) 46  Bradley Cooper (BAH) 41
Javelin throw  Tom Petranoff (USA) 51  Mick Hill (GBR) 49  Viktor Yevsyukov (URS) 43

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 63  Doina Melinte (ROM) 63  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 61
100 metres  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 63  Anelia Nuneva (BUL) 55  Angela Bailey (CAN) 41
800 metres  Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 58  Doina Melinte (ROM) 44  Kirsty Wade (GBR) 39
One mile  Elly van Hulst (NED) 36  Paula Ivan (ROM) 28  Doina Melinte (ROM) 27
3000 metres  Maricica Puică (ROM) 39  Mary Knisely (USA) 33  Liz Lynch (GBR) 27
400 m hurdles  Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) 55  Sandra Farmer (JAM) 50  Judi Brown-King (USA) 37
High jump  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 61  Louise Ritter (USA) 53  Svetlana Isaeva (BUL) 44
Long jump  Vali Ionescu (ROM) 45  Lyudmila Ninova (BUL) 42  Jennifer Inniss (USA) 40
Shot put  Helena Fibingerová (TCH) 55  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 51  Ramona Pagel (USA) 29

References

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