These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes, including ten non-finishers. The competition started on September 3, 1987, and ended on September 4, 1987.
Medalists
edit| Gold |  Torsten VossEast Germany (GDR) |
| Silver |  Siegfried WentzWest Germany (FRG) |
| Bronze |  Pavel TarnavetskiySoviet Union (URS) |
Schedule
edit- Thursday, September 3
- 100 m
- Long Jump
- Shot Put
- High Jump
- 400 m
- Friday, September 4
- 110 m hurdles
- Discus Throw
- Pole Vault
- Javelin Throw
- 1,500 m
Records
edit| Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Daley Thompson (GBR) |
8847 | August 9, 1984 |  Los Angeles, United States
|
| Event Record | Daley Thompson (GBR) |
8714 | August 13, 1983 |  Helsinki, Finland
|
| Season Best | Siegfried Wentz (FRG) |
8645 | May 24, 1987 |  Götzis, Austria
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| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Season Best | Torsten Voss (GDR) |
8680 | September 4, 1987 |  Rome, Italy
|
Final
edit| RANK | FINAL RANKING | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
|
Torsten Voss (GDR)
|
8680 |
|
Siegfried Wentz (FRG)
|
8461 |
|
Pavel Tarnavetskiy (URS)
|
8375 |
| 4. |  Christian Plaziat (FRA)
|
8307 |
| 5. | Christian Schenk (GDR)
|
8304 |
| 6. |  Simon Poelman (NZL)
|
8296 |
| 7. | Alain Blondel (FRA)
|
8178 |
| 8. | Aleksandr Nevskiy (URS)
|
8174 |
| 9. | Daley Thompson (GBR)
|
8124 |
| 10. | William Motti (FRA)
|
8062 |
| 11. |  Beat Gähwiler (SUI)
|
8034 |
| 12. | Gary Kinder (USA)
|
8030 |
| 13. | Rob Muzzio (USA)
|
8017 |
| 14. | Michael Neugebauer (FRG)
|
7733 |
| 15. |  Mikael Olander (SWE)
|
7696 |
| 16. |  Veroslav Valenta (TCH)
|
7574 |
| 17. |  Lars Warming (DEN)
|
7537 |
| 18. |  Paul Hewlett (IVB)
|
6474 |
| — |  Pedro da Silva (BRA)
|
DNF |
| — |  Dave Steen (CAN)
|
DNF |
| — | Valter Külvet (URS)
|
DNF |
| — | Petri Keskitalo (FIN)
|
DNF |
| — | Jürgen Hingsen (FRG)
|
DNF |
| — | Marco Rossi (ITA)
|
DNF |
| — |  Lee Fu-an (TPE)
|
DNF |
| — | Tim Bright (USA)
|
DNF |
| — | Mike Smith (CAN)
|
DNF |
| — |  Robert de Wit (NED)
|
DNF |