# 1987 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1987 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 26–27 at Jaguar Stadium on the campus of San Jose City College in San Jose, California. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress.
As recently as six years before this meet, only two individuals had ever long jumped 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m). Here, three different individuals jumped further.

## Results
### Men track events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 meters (+1.8 m/s) | Mark Witherspoon | 10.04 | Carl Lewis | 10.05 | Lee McRae | 10.08 |
| 200 meters (+0.4 m/s) | Carl Lewis | 20.12 | Wallace Spearmon | 20.33 | Calvin Smith | 20.34 |
| 400 meters | Butch Reynolds | 44.46 | Roddie Haley | 44.83 | Antonio McKay | 45.24 |
| 800 meters | Johnny Gray | 1:45.15 | Stanley Redwine | 1:45.47 | David Mack | 1:46.49 |
| 1500 meters | Jim Spivey | 3:43.66 | Steve Scott | 3:44.10 | Charles Marsala | 3:44.73 |
| 5000 meters | Sydney Maree | 13:51.45 | Doug Padilla | 13:52.61 | Terry Brahm | 13:56.80 |
| 10,000 meters | Gerard Donakowski | 28:25.10 | Steve Plasencia | 28:27.57 | Ed Eyestone | 28:28.85 |
| 110 meters hurdles (+2.8 m/s) | Greg Foster | 13.15 | Cletus Clark | 13.28 | Jack Pierce | 13.29 |
| 400 meters hurdles | Edwin Moses | 47.99 | Danny Harris | 48.7 | David Patrick | 48.76 |
| 3000 meters steeplechase | Henry Marsh | 8:20.26 | Brian Abshire | 8:20.83 | Brian Diemer | 8:20.95 |
| 20 kilometres race walk | Tim Lewis | 1:24:12 | Carl Schueler | 1:26:10 | Ray Sharp | 1:27:00 |

### Men field events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Jerome Carter | 2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Lee Balkin | 2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Thomas McCants | 2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in) |
| Pole vault | Joe Dial | 5.80 m (19 ft 1⁄4 in) =CR | Earl Bell | 5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | Billy Olson | 5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in) |
| Long jump | Carl Lewis | 8.65 m (28 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Larry Myricks | 8.63 m (28 ft 3+3⁄4 in) | Mike Conley | 8.55 m (28 ft 1⁄2 in)w |
| Triple jump | Mike Conley | 17.87 m (58 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Willie Banks | 17.60 m (57 ft 8+3⁄4 in)w | Charlie Simpkins | 17.59 m (57 ft 8+1⁄2 in)w |
| Shot put | John Brenner | 21.26 m (69 ft 9 in) | Gregg Tafralis | 20.81 m (68 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Garry Frank | 19.84 m (65 ft 1 in) |
| Discus throw | John Powell | 66.22 m (217 ft 3 in) | Randy Heisler | 64.38 m (211 ft 2 in) | John Brenner | 62.84 m (206 ft 2 in) |
| Hammer throw | Jud Logan | 79.04 m (259 ft 3 in),CR | Bill Green | 77.12 m (253 ft 0 in) | Ken Flax | 76.98 m (252 ft 6 in) |
| Javelin throw | Duncan Atwood | 82.72 m (271 ft 4 in) | Tom Petranoff | 79.80 m (261 ft 9 in) | Mark Babich | 79.12 m (259 ft 6 in) |
| Decathlon | Tim Bright | 8340 | Rob Muzzio | 8134 | Gary Kinder | 8053 |

### Women track events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 meters (+2.8 m/s) | Diane Williams | 10.93w | Alice Brown | 10.95w | Pam Marshall | 10.99w |
| 200 meters (+1.3 m/s) | Pam Marshall | 21.6hw | Florence Griffith | 21.7hw | Grace Jackson Jamaica Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica Evelyn Ashford | 21.8hw 21.8hw 21.9hw |
| 400 meters | Lillie Leatherwood | 50.62 | Diane Dixon | 51.02 | Denean Hill | 51.28 |
| 800 meters | Essie Washington | 1:59.07 | Delisa Floyd | 1:59.20 | Joetta Clark-Diggs | 1:59.45 |
| 1500 meters | Regina Jacobs | 4:03.70 | Linda Sheskey | 4:05.80 | Angela Chalmers Canada Chris Pfitzinger New Zealand Diana Richburg | 4:06.43 4:06.47 4:07.32 |
| 3000 meters | Mary Knisely | 8:57.60 | Cindy Bremser | 8:58.80 | Leslie Seymour | 9:02.64 |
| 5000 meters | Nan Davis | 15:57.46 | Maureen Cogan | 16:08.81 | Sylvia Mosqueda | 16:34.50 |
| 10,000 meters | Lynn Jennings | 32:19.95 | Francie Larrieu Smith | 32:45.43 | Lynn Nelson | 32:52.55 |
| 100 meters hurdles (-1.2 m/s) | LaVonna Martin-Floreal | 12.80 CR | Stephanie Hightower | 12.99 | Sophia Hunter | 13.05 |
| 400 meters hurdles | Judi Brown-King | 54.45 CR | Sandra Farmer-Patrick Jamaica LaTanya Sheffield | 54.69 55.05 | Schowonda Williams | 55.3 |
| 10 kilometres race walk | Maryanne Torrellas | 47:23.8 AR, CR | Lynn Weik | 47:36.5 | Debbi Lawrence | 48:30.3 |

### Women field events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Coleen Sommer | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | Louise Ritter | 1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in) | Phyllis Bluntson | 1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in) |
| Long jump | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 7.12 m (23 ft 4+1⁄4 in) | Jennifer Inniss | 6.75 m (22 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Sheila Echols | 6.55 m (21 ft 5+3⁄4 in) |
| Triple jump | Sheila Hudson | 13.85 m (45 ft 5+1⁄4 in) WR, AR, CR | Wendy Brown | 13.51 m (44 ft 3+3⁄4 in) | Terri Turner-Hairston | 12.98 m (42 ft 7 in) |
| Shot put | Ramona Pagel | 18.97 m (62 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | Pam Dukes | 18.11 m (59 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Bonnie Dasse | 17.96 m (58 ft 11 in) |
| Discus throw | Connie Price-Smith | 64.76 m (212 ft 5 in) | Carol Cady | 63.06 m (206 ft 10 in) | Ramona Pagel | 61.92 m (203 ft 1 in) |
| Javelin throw | Karin Smith | 62.08 m (203 ft 8 in) | Lynda Sutfin | 60.04 m (196 ft 11 in) | Cathie Wilson | 59.20 m (194 ft 2 in) |
| Heptathlon | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 6979 CR | Jane Frederick | 6389 | Cindy Greiner | 6275 |