1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes, including ten non-finishers. The competition started on September 3, 1987, and ended on September 4, 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Torsten Voss East Germany (GDR) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Siegfried Wentz West Germany (FRG) |
| Bronze | Pavel Tarnavetskiy Soviet Union (URS) |

## Schedule

    Thursday, September 3
    100 mLong JumpShot PutHigh Jump400 m
    Friday, September 4
    110 m hurdlesDiscus ThrowPole VaultJavelin Throw1,500 m

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships :

| World Record | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8847 | August 9, 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Event Record | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8714 | August 13, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Season Best | Siegfried Wentz (FRG) | 8645 | May 24, 1987 | Götzis, Austria |
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Season Best | Torsten Voss (GDR) | 8680 | September 4, 1987 | Rome, Italy |

## Final

| RANK | FINAL RANKING | POINTS |
| - | - | - |
| | Torsten Voss (GDR) | 8680 |
| | Siegfried Wentz (FRG) | 8461 |
| | Pavel Tarnavetskiy (URS) | 8375 |
| 4. | Christian Plaziat (FRA) | 8307 |
| 5. | Christian Schenk (GDR) | 8304 |
| 6. | Simon Poelman (NZL) | 8296 |
| 7. | Alain Blondel (FRA) | 8178 |
| 8. | Aleksandr Nevskiy (URS) | 8174 |
| 9. | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8124 |
| 10. | William Motti (FRA) | 8062 |
| 11. | Beat Gähwiler (SUI) | 8034 |
| 12. | Gary Kinder (USA) | 8030 |
| 13. | Rob Muzzio (USA) | 8017 |
| 14. | Michael Neugebauer (FRG) | 7733 |
| 15. | Mikael Olander (SWE) | 7696 |
| 16. | Veroslav Valenta (TCH) | 7574 |
| 17. | Lars Warming (DEN) | 7537 |
| 18. | Paul Hewlett (IVB) | 6474 |
| — | Pedro da Silva (BRA) | DNF |
| — | Dave Steen (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Valter Külvet (URS) | DNF |
| — | Petri Keskitalo (FIN) | DNF |
| — | Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) | DNF |
| — | Marco Rossi (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Lee Fu-an (TPE) | DNF |
| — | Tim Bright (USA) | DNF |
| — | Mike Smith (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Robert de Wit (NED) | DNF |
