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1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships

Field	Value
Name	1st IAAF World Indoor Championships
Logo	Indianapolis 1987 logo.jpg
Host city	Indianapolis, United States
Nations participating	85
Athletes participating	401
Events	24
Dates	March 6–8
Stadium	Hoosier Dome
Previous	1985 Paris
Next	1989 Budapest

The 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Indianapolis, United States from March 6 to March 8, 1987. The championship had previously been known as the World Indoor Games, which were held once before changing the name.

Being the second championship of its kind, there were several championship records. New championship records were set for every single women's event. There were a total number of 401 participating athletes from 85 countries.

Results

Men

1 Ben Johnson of Canada originally won the 60 metres in 6.41, but was disqualified in September 1989 after admitting to using steroids between 1981 and 1988.

Women

1 Angella Issajenko of Canada originally finished second in the 60 metres in 7.08, but was disqualified in September 1989 after admitting to steroid use between 1985 and 1988.

Medal table

Participating nations

(1)
(3)
Argentina (2)
(1)
Australia (9)
(4)
(2)
(1)
(2)
Belgium (4)
(2)
(1)
(1)
Brazil (3)
Bulgaria (12)
(1)
(1)
Canada (15)
(1)
Chile (3)
China (8)
(2)
(1)
(7)
(2)
(7)
(2)
(2)
(10)
(2)
(4)
(3)
France (12)
(1)
Great Britain (17)
(3)
(4)
(6)
(2)
India (1)
(4)
Italy (15)
(1)
(8)
Japan (5)
(10)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(1)
Mexico (6)
(2)
Netherlands (9)
(2)
New Zealand (1)
(11)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(2)
Philippines (1)
Poland (6)
Romania (10)
(3)
Saint Lucia (1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
Seychelles (1)
(1)
(24)
Spain (12)
Swaziland (1)
Sweden (5)
Switzerland (7)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(2)
United States (42)
(3)
(14)
(3)
(2)

References

(August 2019). "IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014". [[IAAF]].

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