User:Rielliott/Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics

Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome, Italy, from 28 August to 6 September 1987. It was the second World Championships to be held.

Medalists
Note that the table below takes account of reassignment of medals following retrospective action by the IAAF.

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final
 * Linford Christie originally finished in 4th place but was promoted to 3rd following disqualification of Ben Johnson after positive drugs tests in 1988.

Results

 * Key
 * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
 * Q = Qualified for the next round
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
 * NR = National record
 * AR = Area/Continental record
 * PB = Personal best
 * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
 * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

 * Track and road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Decathlon

Women

 * Track and road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Heptathlon