1987 IAAF Grand Prix Final
# 1987 IAAF Grand Prix Final

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

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 |
