# 1987 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 1987 European Athletics Junior Championships was the ninth edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Birmingham, United Kingdom between 6 and 9 August.

## Men's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Jamie Henderson (GBR) | 10.21 | Andrzej Popa (POL) | 10.44 | Sven Matthes (GDR) | 10.47 |
| 200 m | Marcus Adam (GBR) | 20.95 | Andrzej Popa (POL) | 21.11 | Jamie Henderson (GBR) | 21.18 |
| 400 m | Peter Crampton (GBR) | 46.03 | Tomasz Jędrusik (POL) | 46.31 | Tamás Molnár (HUN) | 46.68 |
| 800 m | Tomás de Teresa (ESP) | 1:49.37 | António Abrantes (POR) | 1:49.74 | Vincent Terrier (FRA) | 1:49.85 |
| 1500 m | Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA) | 3:52.10 | Mario Neumann (GDR) | 3:52.85 | Sergey Melnikov (URS) | 3:53.48 |
| 5000 m | Simon Mugglestone (GBR) | 14:12.83 | Giuliano Baccani (ITA) | 14:18.39 | Luc Krotwaar (NED) | 14:20.44 |
| 10,000 m | Jens Karrass (GDR) | 29:19.38 | Haydar Dogan (TUR) | 29:23.45 | Zoltán Káldy (HUN) | 29:26.84 |
| 110 m hurdles | Tony Jarrett (GBR) | 13.72 | Florian Schwarthoff (FRG) | 13.81 | Paul Gray (GBR) | 14.16 |
| 400 m hurdles | Niklas Wallenlind (SWE) | 50.65 | Yvon Delrue (BEL) | 50.96 | Stéphane Leger (FRA) | 51.37 |
| 3000 s'chase | Andreas Fischer (FRG) | 8:54.83 | Vyacheslav Koshelev (URS) | 8:55.93 | Arto Kuusisto (FIN) | 9:02.53 |
| 20 km run | Zoltán Holba (HUN) | 1:03:22 | Valery Chesak (URS) | 1:03:39 | Marco Di Lieto (ITA) | 1:03:57 |
| 10,000 m walk | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) | 39:44.71 | Valentí Massana (ESP) | 41:26.51 | German Nieto (ESP) | 41:38.29 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Great Britain (GBR) Ray Burke Tony Jarrett Jamie Henderson Marcus Adam | 40.20 | West Germany (FRG) Stephan Schütz Michael Schwab Oliver Schmidt Björn Sinnhuber | 40.21 | East Germany (GDR) Lars Olbrich Sven Matthes Torsten Gratz Heiko Barthel | 40.52 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Great Britain (GBR) Richard Hill Gary Patterson Gareth Bakewell Peter Crampton | 3:07.89 | Poland (POL) Mariusz Rzadzinski Wojciech Lach Dariusz Rychter Tomasz Jędrusik | 3:08.72 | Soviet Union (URS) Nikolay Gritsay Vadim Zadoynov Vladimir Lytkin Vladimir Chubrovskiy | 3:09.55 |
| High jump | Artur Partyka (POL) | 2.19 m | Joël Vincent (FRA) | 2.15 m | Jarosław Kotewicz (POL) Aleksandr Khabarov (URS) | 2.15 m |
| Pole vault | Roman Barabashov (URS) | 5.40 m | Marco Schröder (GDR) István Bagyula (HUN) | 5.30 m | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Long jump | Vladimir Ochkan (URS) | 8.17 m | Stewart Faulkner (GBR) | 7.67 m | Milan Gombala (TCH) | 7.63 m |
| Triple jump | Guido Schumann (GDR) | 16.45 m | Roman Sintelyev (URS) | 16.33 m | Georges Sainte-Rose (FRA) | 16.30 m (w) |
| Shot put | Pyotr Pogorelyi (URS) | 18.48 m | Yevgeniy Palchikov (URS) | 18.16 m | Jonny Reinhardt (GDR) | 18.16 m |
| Discus throw | Sergey Pachin (URS) | 59.96 m | Vyacheslav Demakov (URS) | 56.58 m | Gunnar Minstedt (GDR) | 55.84 m |
| Hammer throw | Jörn Hübner (GDR) | 72.10 m | Oleksandr Krykun (URS) | 70.92 m | Claus Dethloff (FRG) | 69.30 m |
| Javelin throw | Steve Backley (GBR) | 75.14 m | Uladzimir Sasimovich (URS) | 73.24 m | Raymond Hecht (GDR) | 72.78 m |
| Decathlon | Patrick Eseimokumoh (GDR) | 7614 pts | Roman Frolov (URS) | 7389 pts | Barry Walsh (IRL) | 7336 pts |

## Women's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Diana Dietz (GDR) | 11.39 | Tamaris Fiebig (GDR) | 11.51 | Odiah Sidibé (FRA) | 11.66 |
| 200 m | Diana Dietz (GDR) | 23.18 | Oksana Kovalyova (URS) | 23.51 | Tamaris Fiebig (GDR) | 23.80 |
| 400 m | Uta Rohländer (GDR) | 52.46 | Stefanie Fabert (GDR) | 52.90 | Linda Kisabaka (FRG) | 53.89 |
| 800 m | Birte Bruhns (GDR) | 2:00.56 | Catalina Gheorghiu (ROM) | 2:01.33 | Daniele Steinecke (GDR) | 2:02.08 |
| 1500 m | Snežana Pajkić (YUG) | 4:16.09 | Simona Staicu (ROM) | 4:16.69 | Olga Nazarkina (URS) | 4:18.61 |
| 3000 m | Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | 8:56.33 | Doina Calenic (ROM) | 9:06.14 | Doina Homneac (ROM) | 9:11.30 |
| 10,000 m | Birgit Jerschabek (GDR) | 33:44.37 | Larisa Alekseyeva (URS) | 33:54.59 | Anzhela Shumeyko (URS) | 34:43.37 |
| 100 m hurdles | Birgit Wolf (FRG) | 13.34 | Anne Espetvedt (NOR) | 13.39 | Helena Fernström (SWE) | 13.52 |
| 400 m hurdles | Silvia Rieger (FRG) | 57.44 | Ann Maenhout (BEL) | 57.47 | Irena Dominc (YUG) | 58.11 |
| 5000 m walk | Oksana Shchastnaya (URS) | 21:30.92 | Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP) | 21:36.92 | Kathrin Born (GDR) | 22:01.25 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Tamaris Fiebig Diana Dietz Katrin Henke Katrin Krabbe | 44.62 | Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Lapshina Svetlana Doronina Natalya Bulatova Oksana Kovalyova | 44.80 | France (FRA) Anne Leseur Cécile Peyre Elsa Devassoigne Odiah Sidibé | 45.66 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Stefanie Fabert Daniele Steinecke Birte Bruhns Uta Rohländer | 3:32.17 | West Germany (FRG) Jessica Kawohl Ruth Scheppan Silvia Rieger Linda Kisabaka | 3:38.49 | Great Britain (GBR) Jillian Reynolds Tracy Goddard Nicki Lamb Jayne Heathcote | 3:39.84 |
| High jump | Karen Scholz (GDR) | 1.88 m | Alina Astafei (ROM) | 1.88 m | Heike Balck (GDR) Yelena Yelesina (URS) | 1.84 m |
| Long jump | Fiona May (GBR) | 6.64 m (w) | Mirela Belu (ROM) | 6.44 m (w) | Susen Tiedtke (GDR) | 6.39 m (w) |
| Shot put | Ilke Wyludda (GDR) | 19.45 m | Ines Wittich (GDR) | 19.34 m | Svetlana Krivelyova (URS) | 16.64 m |
| Discus throw | Ilke Wyludda (GDR) | 70.58 m | Astrid Kumbernuss (GDR) | 63.56 m | Anzhela Baralyuk (URS) | 54.64v |
| Javelin throw (old model) | Anja Reiter (GDR) | 64.88 m | Malgorzata Kielczewska (POL) | 58.40 m | Karen Forkel (GDR) | 57.00 m |
| Heptathlon | Peggy Beer (GDR) | 6068 pts | Yelena Petushkova (URS) | 5750 pts | Christiane Scharf (FRG) | 5689 pts |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 16 | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 9 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 12 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 15 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 41 | 42 | 42 | 125 |