# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

These are the official results of the women's heptathlon competition at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, including six non-finishers. The competition started on 31 August and ended on 1 September 1987. The winning margin was 564 points. As of 2024, this is the only time the heptathlon has been won by more than 400 points at these championships.
The corresponding Olympic record is 517 points which was set in 2004 by Carolina Klüft of Sweden.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States (USA) |
| Silver | Larisa Nikitina Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Jane Frederick United States (USA) |

## Schedule

    August 31, 1987
    100 m hurdlesHigh JumpShot Put200 m
    September 1, 1987
    Long JumpJavelin Throw800 m

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Jackie Joyner (USA) | 7161 | August 2, 1986 | Houston, United States |
| Event Record | Ramona Neubert (GDR) | 6714 | August 9, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7128 | September 1, 1987 | Rome, Italy |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Points | 100mh | HJ | SP | 200m | LJ | JT | 800m |
| | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7128 CR | 12.91 | 1.90 | 16.00 | 22.95 | 7.14 | 45.68 | 2:16.29 |
| | Larisa Nikitina (URS) | 6564 | 13.77 | 1.87 | 15.66 | 24.48 | 6.33 | 55.24 | 2:27.01 |
| | Jane Frederick (USA) | 6502 | 13.65 | 1.78 | 16.30 | 24.69 | 6.33 | 46.62 | 2:13.77 |
| 4 | Anke Behmer (GDR) | 6460 | 13.59 | 1.81 | 13.77 | 23.54 | 6.67 | 35.82 | 2:09.03 |
| 5 | Liliana Năstase (ROU) | 6325 | 13.09 | 1.75 | 13.11 | 24.09 | 6.59 | 41.84 | 2:17.91 |
| 6 | Marion Reichelt (GDR) | 6296 | 13.65 | 1.81 | 13.39 | 24.17 | 6.46 | 38.64 | 2:12.76 |
| 7 | Marianna Maslennikova (URS) | 6228 | 13.46 | 1.84 | 13.22 | 24.41 | 6.12 | 35.42 | 2:08.12 |
| 8 | Zhu Yuqing (CHN) | 6211 | 13.37 | 1.78 | 15.12 | 23.99 | 6.10 | 43.40 | 2:27.45 |
| 9 | Kim Hagger (GBR) | 6167 | 13.24 | 1.81 | 12.63 | 24.68 | 6.56 | 35.64 | 2:17.59 |
| 10 | Jane Flemming (AUS) | 6149 | 13.50 | 1.81 | 13.21 | 23.75 | 6.20 | 38.24 | 2:20.58 |
| 11 | Nadine Debois (FRA) | 6139 | 13.64 | 1.72 | 13.22 | 24.23 | 6.25 | 34.70 | 2:05.17 |
| 12 | Cindy Greiner (USA) | 6042 | 13.76 | 1.72 | 13.46 | 24.45 | 6.29 | 36.84 | 2:13.99 |
| 13 | Tineke Hidding (NED) | 6040 | 13.77 | 1.72 | 13.11 | 24.18 | 6.18 | 40.14 | 2:16.10 |
| 14 | Svetlana Buraga (URS) | 5982 | 13.15 | 1.75 | 13.36 | 24.17 | 5.89 | 33.76 | 2:15.58 |
| 15 | Joanne Mulliner (GBR) | 5842 | 13.84 | 1.75 | 12.86 | 24.80 | 5.80 | 36.72 | 2:13.83 |
| 16 | Ragne Kytölä (FIN) | 5791 | 14.27 | 1.78 | 11.78 | 25.16 | 5.92 | 38.96 | 2:14.03 |
| 17 | Cornelia Heinrich (FRG) | 5664 | 14.48 | 1.75 | 14.04 | 25.67 | 5.94 | 41.06 | 2:29.90 |
| 18 | Sabine Braun (FRG) | 5621 | 14.14 | 1.75 | 12.42 | 25.49 | 5.77 | 37.74 | 2:20.94 |
| 19 | Connie Polman-Tuin (CAN) | 5608 | 14.35 | 1.66 | 12.85 | 25.27 | 6.10 | 35.80 | 2:19.77 |
| | Eva Karblom (SWE) | DNF | 14.40 | 1.66 | 13.61 | 25.10 | 6.25 | 39.06 | DNS |
| | Ingrid Meilicke (PAR) | DNF | 15.19 | 1.51 | 10.35 | 27.28 | 5.14 | 34.70 | DNS |
| | Zuzana Lajbnerová (TCH) | DNF | 14.15 | 1.75 | 14.06 | 25.59 | DNS | | |
| | Manuela Marxer (LIE) | DNF | 14.76 | 1.66 | 10.69 | DNS | | | |
| | Chantal Beaugeant (FRA) | DNF | 14.62 | DNS | | | | | |
| | Alessandra Becatti (ITA) | DNF | DNF | | | | | | |