| Events at the 1987 World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Sunday, August 30, 1987.
| Gold | Italy (ITA) |
| Silver | Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
| Bronze | Spain (ESP) |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| CR | event record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | 1:19.12 | June 21, 1987 | | |
| Event Record | 1:20.49 | August 7, 1983 | | |
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | 1:20.45 | August 30, 1987 | | |
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| | 1:20.45 CR | |
| | 1:21.07 | |
| | 1:21.24 | |
| 4. | 1:21.53 | |
| 5. | 1:22.53 | |
| 6. | 1:23.01 | |
| 7. | 1:23.38 | |
| 8. | 1:23.42 | |
| 9. | 1:23.51 | |
| 10. | 1:24.14 | |
| 11. | 1:24.37 | |
| 12. | 1:24.46 | |
| 13. | 1:24.51 | |
| 14. | 1:25.01 | |
| 15. | 1:25.08 | |
| 16. | 1:25.10 | |
| 17. | 1:25.12 | |
| 18. | 1:25.24 | |
| 19. | 1:26.00 | |
| 20. | 1:26.09 | |
| 21. | 1:27.06 | |
| 22. | 1:27.24 | |
| 23. | 1:27.27 | |
| 24. | 1:27.32 | |
| 25. | 1:27.33 | |
| 26. | 1:27.34 | |
| 27. | 1:27.40 | |
| 28. | 1:28.07 | |
| 29. | 1:28.08 | |
| 30. | 1:28.29 | |
| 31. | 1:28.40 | |
| 32. | 1:28.44 | |
| 33. | 1:29.22 | |
| 34. | 1:32.36 | |
| 35. | 1:34.26 | |
| — | DNF | |
| — | DNF | |
| — | DSQ | |
| — | DSQ | |
| — | DSQ | |
| — | DSQ | |
| — | DSQ |