The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the

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were held in the Stadio Olimpico in

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, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.

Men's results

Track

1983 , 1987 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 ¹

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of Canada originally won the gold medal in 9.83, but he was disqualified in September 1989 after he admitted to using steroids between 1981 and 1988.
* Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1983 , 1987 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 ¹ Giovanni Evangelisti of Italy originally won the bronze medal with 8.37 m, but it was later determined that Italian field officials had entered a pre-arranged fake result for a jump of 7.85 m

While Evangelisti had no involvement in or knowledge of the fraud, Italian head coach

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, who revealed it, was fired.

Women's results

Track

1983 , 1987 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1983 , 1987 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995

Exhibition events

Two exhibition

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events appeared at the competition, but results did not go towards the overall medal count. The two

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s were the first time disability events had appeared at the championships, and were the first exhibition event of any kind to feature at the World Championships in Athletics. This began a tradition of such events which continued until 2011. Wheelchair exhibition events were contested until that year, bar 1999 and 2009.Butler, Mark et al. (2013)
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Medal table

References

IAAF 1987

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Men's results

Track

Field

Women's results

Track

Field

Exhibition events

Medal table

See also

References