Talk:1987 World Championships in Athletics

Maiden Name/ Married Name Usage
On this page I noticed that under the womens results the 1500m and 3000m were won by Dorovskikh. This is incorrect. Although that became her married name, her name when she won these events was Samolenko and I believe results should reflect this. 82.132.136.163 (talk) 13:26, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * The IP is correct. While all the computerized records added her married name subsequently, older records like this show the name she won the championship under.  From the best information I can find she got married c1989, after the 1988 Olympics, I'll add.  I am correcting the results here. Trackinfo (talk) 16:40, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Further research shows she spells her first name with an "e" so I'm correcting that as well. Trackinfo (talk) 17:00, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Avdeyenko got silver?
There are sources saying Paklin took 2.35 on his second attempt and Avdeyenko on his third attempt. This should define Paklin as the sole silver medalist, at least according to the general tie-breaking rules outlined in the article High jump. Was there another set of tie-breaking rules at hand in Rome in 1987? In that case I think this should be sourced.--Paracel63 (talk) 11:21, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * An interesting rule oddity to pick up on! Reviewing the jump series from the IAAF 2013 World Championships in Athletics Handbook shows both had two failures and a clearance at 2.38, while Avdeyenko indeed had one more failure at the previous height. However, Avdeyenko had a clean sheet before that point while Paklin had one failure at 2.29 (although this is confusingly shown as "oxo" rather than "xo"; pretty sure this is a typo). Combine that with the old rule mentioned on this page about taking into account all previous failures and you have your answer about why this medal was shared. This info is missing from the high jump article and we could do with a short section on historical rules. any ideas on when this rule was in effect? SFB 21:59, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info! I had a hunch this was the case, but I struggled to find the amount of jumps mentioned on the web. So I guess it's a rule taking into account the total number of jumps in the competition (final) as a whole? This should be compatible with the wording here (a section lacking any reference, BTW).--Paracel63 (talk) 00:57, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

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