1987 in Czechoslovakia

Events from the year 1987 in Czechoslovakia.

Incumbents

 * President: Gustáv Husák.
 * Prime Minister: Lubomír Štrougal.

Events

 * 21 February – The 1987 Winter Universiade opens in Štrbské Pleso, closing seven days later.
 * July – The fourth and final reactor in the Dukovany Nuclear Power Station is put into operation.
 * 17 December – Gustáv Husák resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.

Film

 * Why? (Proč?), directed by Karel Smyczek is released.
 * Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker (O princezně Jasněnce a létajícím ševci), directed by Zdeněk Troška, is released.

Births

 * 27 May – Martina Sáblíková, winner of the gold medal in speed skating at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Deaths

 * 6 May – Stanislav Lusk, rower, gold medal winner at the 1952 Summer Olympics (born 1931).