1987 World Championships in Athletics
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987. Men's results. Track. 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 <nowiki>*</nowiki> Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. Field. 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 Women's results. Track. 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. Field. 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 |  1995 Exhibition events. Two exhibition para-athletics events appeared at the competition, but results did not go towards the overall medal count. The two wheelchair races were the first time disability events had appeared at the championships, and were the first exhibition event of any kind to feature at the World Championships in Athletics. This began a tradition of such events which continued until 2011. Wheelchair exhibition events were contested until that year, bar 1999 and 2009.