1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles

The men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6-8 March 1987.

The winning margin was 0.11 seconds, a record which stood until 2024 when Grant Holloway of the United States increased it to 0.14 seconds when he beat Lorenzo Simonelli of Italy.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tonie Campbell United States	Stéphane Caristan France	Nigel Walker Great Britain

Results

Heats

The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Greg Foster	United States	7.46	Q, CR
2	1	Mark McKoy	Canada	7.56	Q
3	2	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	7.63	Q
4	3	Tonie Campbell	United States	7.64	Q
5	1	Arto Bryggare	Finland	7.66	Q
6	1	Nigel Walker	Great Britain	7.67	q
7	2	Javier Moracho	Spain	7.73	q
8	1	Andrew Parker	Jamaica	7.75
9	3	Stéphane Caristan	France	7.77	Q
10	1	Ulf Söderman	Sweden	7.84
10	3	György Bakos	Hungary	7.84
12	3	Don Wright	Australia	7.90
13	3	Carlos Sala	Spain	7.92
14	2	Liviu Giurgian	Romania	8.05
15	2	Luigi Bertocchi	Italy	8.13
16	3	Judex Lefou	Mauritius	8.38	NR
17	2	Mauricio Carranza	El Salvador	9.01	NR
18	2	Hisham Makin Mohamed	Egypt	10.11	NR
	1	Marcelin Dally	Ivory Coast	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Tonie Campbell	United States	7.51	PB
	7	Stéphane Caristan	France	7.62
	8	Nigel Walker	Great Britain	7.66
4	6	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	7.68
5	2	Arto Bryggare	Finland	7.68
6	1	Javier Moracho	Spain	7.89
	4	Mark McKoy	Canada	DNF
	5	Greg Foster	United States	DQ