# Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade

Athletics events were contested at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia between 13 and 19 July 1987.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s) details | Lee McRae (USA) | 10.07 | Brian Cooper (USA) | 10.21 | Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA) | 10.25 |
| 200 metres (wind: +1.4 m/s) details | Wallace Spearmon, Sr. (USA) | 20.42 | Floyd Heard (USA) | 20.44 | Edgardo Guilbe (PUR) | 20.92 |
| 400 metres details | Mike Franks (USA) | 45.33 | Moses Ugbisie (NGR) | 45.37 | Raymond Pierre (USA) | 45.67 |
| 800 metres details | Slobodan Popović (YUG) | 1:46.13 | Moussa Fall (SEN) | 1:46.71 | Luis Toledo (MEX) | 1:47.07 |
| 1500 metres details | Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GDR) | 3:44.87 | Rob Harrison (GBR) | 3:45.13 | Andrey Ponomaryov (URS) | 3:45.52 |
| 5000 metres details | Anacleto Jiménez (ESP) | 14:08.15 | Michael Blackmore (USA) | 14:08.30 | David Swain (GBR) | 14:09.21 |
| 10,000 metres details | Axel Krippschock (GDR) | 29:07.02 | Spyros Andriopoulos (GRE) | 29:08.65 | Pat Porter (USA) | 29:20.95 |
| Marathon details | Takahiro Izumi (JPN) | 2:24:23 | Takahashi Murakami (JPN) | 2:24:55 | Viktor Gural (URS) | 2:27:01 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s) details | Jon Ridgeon (GBR) | 13.29 | Arthur Blake (USA) | 13.38 | Keith Talley (USA) | 13.40 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Dave Patrick (USA) | 48.75 | Athanasios Kalogiannis (GRE) | 48.80 | Ryoichi Yoshida (JPN) | 49.20 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Valeriy Vandyak (URS) | 8:33.23 | Juan Ramón Conde (CUB) | 8:33.86 | Shigeyuki Aikyo (JPN) | 8:34.23 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Lee McRae Floyd Heard Lorenzo Daniel Wallace Spearmon Sr. Michael Marsh Brian Cooper | 38.66 | France (FRA) Pierre Boutry Christophe Boyer Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Dufernez | 39.42 | Japan (JPN) Shinji Aoto Takashi Ichikawa Hirohisa Ota Hiroki Fuwa | 39.57 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Raymond Pierre Lorenzo Daniel David Patrick Kevin Robinzine | 3:01.78 | Yugoslavia (YUG) Branislav Karaulić Slobodan Popović Slobodan Branković Ismail Mačev | 3:03.95 | Soviet Union (URS) Oleg Fatun Valery Starodubtsev Tagir Zemskov Vladimir Prosin | 3:05.85 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA) | 1:25:02 | Giacomo Poggi (ITA) | 1:25:17 | Pierluigi Fiorella (ITA) | 1:26:58 |
| High jump details | James Lott (USA) | 2.30 | Sašo Apostolovski (YUG) | 2.30 | Sorin Matei (ROM) | 2.30 |
| Pole vault details | Viktor Spasov (URS) | 5.65 | Radion Gataullin (URS) | 5.60 | Scott Davis (USA) | 5.60 |
| Long jump details | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.19 | Paul Emordi (NGR) | 8.11 | Sergey Zaozerskiy (URS) | 8.06 |
| Triple jump details | Charles Simpkins (USA) | 17.16 | Kenny Harrison (USA) | 17.07 | Māris Bružiks (URS) | 16.90 |
| Shot put details | Klaus Görmer (GDR) | 20.38 | Vladimir Yaryshkin (URS) | 20.12 | Ron Backes (USA) | 20.09 |
| Discus throw details | Randy Heisler (USA) | 62.38 | Vaclavas Kidykas (URS) | 61.72 | Kostas Georgakopoulos (GRE) | 60.54 |
| Hammer throw details | Igor Astapkovich (URS) | 78.46 | Heinz Weis (FRG) | 76.98 | Lucio Serrani (ITA) | 75.70 |
| Javelin throw details | Marek Kaleta (URS) | 81.42 | Sejad Krdžalić (YUG) | 80.26 | Volker Hadwich (GDR) | 78.82 |
| Decathlon details | Siegfried Wentz (FRG) | 8348 | Jim Connolly (USA) | 8026 | Patrick Gellens (FRA) | 7786 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s) details | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 11.09 | Irina Slyusar (URS) | 11.34 | Tina Iheagwam (NGR) | 11.40 |
| 200 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s) details | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 22.44 | Mary Onyali (NGR) | 22.64 | Dannette Young (USA) | 22.72 |
| 400 metres details | Denean Howard (USA) | 51.07 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova (URS) | 51.32 | Sandie Richards (JAM) | 51.42 |
| 800 metres details | Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) | 1:56.88 | Mitica Junghiatu (ROM) | 1:59.28 | Joetta Clark (USA) | 1:59.92 |
| 1500 metres details | Paula Ivan (ROM) | 4:01.32 | Svetlana Kitova (URS) | 4.03.03 | Mitica Junghiatu (ROM) | 4:03.04 |
| 3000 metres details | Paula Ivan (ROM) | 8:53.61 | Anne Schweitzer (USA) | 8:59.56 | Natalya Artyomova (URS) | 9:02.98 |
| 10,000 metres details | Patty Murray (USA) | 33:11.26 | Zhong Huandi (CHN) | 33:11.59 | Yelena Uskova (URS) | 33:14.71 |
| Marathon details | Natalya Bardina (URS) | 2:46:30 | Takako Kanesashi (JPN) | 2:46:33 | Karlene Erickson (USA) | 3:03:00 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.5 m/s) details | Heike Theele (GDR) | 12.84 | Aliuska López (CUB) | 12.84 | Florence Colle (FRA) | 12.84 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 55.21 | Nicoleta Carutasu (ROM) | 55.35 | Sophia Hunter (USA) | 55.45 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Wendy Vereen Jackie Washington Dannette Young Gwen Torrence | 42.90 | Soviet Union (URS) Nadezhda Roshchupkina Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova Yelena Vinogradova Irina Slyusar | 43.17 | Nigeria (NGR) Tina Iheagwam Lynda Eseimokumoh Mary Onyali Falilat Ogunkoya | 43.71 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Sonia Fridy Denise Mitchell Rochelle Stevens Denean Howard | 3:27.16 | Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Vinogradova Tatyana Ledovskaya Larisa Lesnykh Lyudmila Dzhigalova | 3:27.65 | Nigeria (NGR) Sadia Sowunmi Kehinde Vaughan Airat Bakare Maria Usifo | 3:33.37 |
| 5000 metres walk details | Li Sujie (CHN) | 21:51.50 | Yelena Rodionova (URS) | 22:00.01 | Ann Peel (CAN) | 22:01.09 |
| High jump details | Svetlana Isaeva (BUL) | 1.95 | Natalya Golodnova (URS) | 1.91 | Megumi Sato (JPN) | 1.88 |
| Long jump details | Marieta Ilcu (ROM) | 6.81 | Ljudmila Ninova (BUL) | 6.78 | Heike Grabe (GDR) | 6.74 |
| Shot put details | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.48 | Kathrin Neimke (GDR) | 20.07 | Larisa Peleshenko (URS) | 19.49 |
| Discus throw details | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | 67.96 | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 64.12 | Hou Xuemei (CHN) | 64.04 |
| Javelin throw details | Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS) | 66.72 | Susanne Jung (GDR) | 65.36 | Brigitte Graune (FRG) | 61.24 |
| Heptathlon details | Liliana Năstase (ROM) | 6364 | Yelena Davydova (URS) | 6272 | Zuzana Lajbnerová (TCH) | 6224 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 15 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 7 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Romania (ROM) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |