1987 IAAF World Track and Field Championships - Day 9

Women's 4x100 Meter Relay-semifinals Women's 4x100 Meter Relay-final Gold: United States Silver: East Germany Bronze: Soviet Union Men's 4x100 Meter Relay-final Gold: United States Silver: Soviet Union Bronze: Jamaica Women's Javelin Throw-final Gold: Fatima Whitbread GBR Silver: Petra Felke GDR Bronze: Beate Peters GDR Men's Marathon Gold: Douglas Wakiihuri KEN Silver: Ahmed Salah DJI Bronze: Gelindo Bordon ITA Men's High Jump-final Gold: Patrik Sjöberg SWE Silver: Gennadi Adveyenko URS Silver: Igor Paklin URS Men's 1500 Meter Run-final Gold: Abdi Bile SOM Silver: Jose Luis Gonzalez ESP Bronze: Jim Spivey USA Women's 4x400 Meter Relay-final Gold: East Germany Silver: Soviet Union Bronze: United States Men's 5000 Meter Run-final Gold: Said Aouita MAR Silver: Domiongos Castro POR Bronze: Jack Buckner GBR Men's 4x400 Meter Relay-final Gold: United States Silver: Great Britain Bronze: Cuba