1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10 kilometres walk
# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Women's 10 km Walk event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Tuesday 1 September 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Irina Strakhova Soviet Union (URS) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Kerry Saxby-Junna Australia (AUS) |
| Bronze | Yan Hong China (CHN) |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

| DNS | did not start |
| - | - |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| WL | world leading |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships :

| World record | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) | 42:52 | May 4, 1987 | Melbourne, Australia |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Event record | New event | New event | New event | New event |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Irina Strakhova (URS) | 44:12 | |
| | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) | 44:23 | |
| | Yan Hong (CHN) | 44:42 | |
| 4 | Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP) | 44:48 | NR |
| 5 | Yelena Nikolayeva (URS) | 44:54 | |
| 6 | Monica Gunnarsson (SWE) | 45:09 | NR |
| 7 | Jin Bingjie (CHN) | 45:24 | |
| 8 | Ann Peel (CAN) | 45:27 | |
| 9 | Maria Reyes Sobrino (ESP) | 45:37 | |
| 10 | Dana Vavracová (TCH) | 46:10 | |
| 11 | Ann Jansson (SWE) | 46:15 | |
| 12 | Susan Cook (AUS) | 46:20 | |
| 13 | Lisa Langford (GBR) | 46:23 | |
| 14 | Janice McCaffrey (CAN) | 46:41 | |
| 15 | Lynn Weik (USA) | 46:51 | |
| 16 | Beate Gummelt (GDR) | 47:00 | |
| 17 | María Colín (MEX) | 47:23 | |
| 18 | Giuliana Salce (ITA) | 47:28 | |
| 19 | Sari Essayah (FIN) | 47:30 | |
| 20 | Debbi Lawrence (USA) | 47:31 | |
| 21 | Alison Baker (CAN) | 47:48 | |
| 22 | Suzanne Griesbach (FRA) | 48:06 | |
| 23 | Sirkka Oikarinen (FIN) | 48:25 | |
| 24 | Maryanne Torrellas (USA) | 48:27 | |
| 25 | Beverley Allen (GBR) | 48:50 | |
| 26 | Solvi Furnes (NOR) | 49:18 | |
| 27 | Graciela Mendoza (MEX) | 49:46 | |
| 28 | Hideko Hirayama (JPN) | 49:50 | NR |
| 29 | Emilia Cano (ESP) | 50:11 | |
| 30 | Mirva Hämäläinen (FIN) | 52:03 | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Guan Ping (CHN) | DSQ | |
| — | Olga Krishtop (URS) | DSQ | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Lorraine Jachno (AUS) | DNF | |
| — | Maria Grazia Orsani (ITA) | DNF | |
| — | Barbara Kollorz (FRG) | DNF | |
