1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres Hurdles event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Friday September 4, 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ginka Zagorcheva Bulgaria (BUL) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Gloria Uibel-Siebert East Germany (GDR) |
| Bronze | Cornelia Oschkenat East Germany (GDR) |

## Final

| RANK | FINAL wind -0.5 | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.34 CR |
| | Gloria Uibel-Siebert (GDR) | 12.44 |
| | Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) | 12.46 |
| 4. | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.49 |
| 5. | Anne Piquereau (FRA) | 12.82 |
| 6. | Laurence Elloy (FRA) | 12.83 |
| 7. | Claudia Zackiewicz (FRG) | 12.98 |
| 8. | LaVonna Martin (USA) | 13.06 |

## Semi-finals

* Held on Friday 1987-09-04

| RANK | HEAT 1 wind -0.2 | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) | 12.65 |
| 2. | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.75 |
| 3. | LaVonna Martin (USA) | 12.94 |
| 4. | Anne Piquereau (FRA) | 12.95 |
| 5. | Florence Colle (FRA) | 13.04 |
| 6. | Sally Gunnell (GBR) | 13.06 |
| 7. | Rita Heggli (SUI) | 13.20 |
| 8. | Nancy Vallecilla (ECU) | 13.28 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 wind -0.9 | TIME |
| 1. | Gloria Uibel-Siebert (GDR) | 12.68 |
| 2. | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.76 |
| 3. | Laurence Elloy (FRA) | 12.88 |
| 4. | Claudia Zackiewicz (FRG) | 13.01 |
| 5. | Stephanie Hightower (USA) | 13.12 |
| 6. | Sophia Hunter (USA) | 13.26 |
| 7. | Aliuska López (CUB) | 13.31 |
| 8. | Patrizia Lombardo (ITA) | 13.38 |

## Qualifying heats

* Held on Thursday 1987-09-03

| RANK | HEAT 1 wind -1.0 | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.51 |
| 2. | Anne Piquereau (FRA) | 13.24 |
| 3. | Aliuska López (CUB) | 13.24 |
| 4. | Rita Heggli (SUI) | 13.32 |
| 5. | Wendy Jeal (GBR) | 13.41 |
| 6. | Diana Yankey (GHA) | 13.90 |
| 7. | Helga Halldorsdottir (ISL) | 13.97 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 wind -0.8 | TIME |
| 1. | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.97 |
| 2. | Florence Colle (FRA) | 13.20 |
| 3. | Stephanie Hightower (USA) | 13.22 |
| 4. | Nancy Vallecilla (ECU) | 13.30 |
| 5. | Lesley-Ann Skeete (GBR) | 13.40 |
| 6. | Tiina Lindgren (FIN) | 13.76 |
| 7. | Chen Wen-Ing (TPE) | 14.12 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 wind -0.8 | TIME |
| 1. | Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) | 12.83 |
| 2. | Sally Gunnell (GBR) | 13.02 |
| 3. | LaVonna Martin (USA) | 13.19 |
| 4. | Patrizia Lombardo (ITA) | 13.25 |
| 5. | Karin Malmbratt (SWE) | 13.45 |
| 6. | Karen Nelson (CAN) | 13.60 |
| RANK | HEAT 4 wind -1.6 | TIME |
| 1. | Gloria Uibel-Siebert (GDR) | 12.81 |
| 2. | Laurence Elloy (FRA) | 13.08 |
| 3. | Claudia Zackiewicz (FRG) | 13.15 |
| 4. | Sophia Hunter (USA) | 13.19 |
| 5. | Yinghua Feng (CHN) | 13.85 |
| 6. | Sandra Taváres (MEX) | 13.86 |
