1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Women's 10 km Walk event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Tuesday 1 September 1987.

Gold	Irina Strakhova Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Kerry Saxby-Junna Australia (AUS)
Bronze	Yan Hong China (CHN)

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World record	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	42:52	May 4, 1987	Melbourne, Australia
Event record	New event

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Irina Strakhova (URS)	44:12
	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	44:23
	Yan Hong (CHN)	44:42
4	Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP)	44:48	NR
5	Yelena Nikolayeva (URS)	44:54
6	Monica Gunnarsson (SWE)	45:09	NR
7	Jin Bingjie (CHN)	45:24
8	Ann Peel (CAN)	45:27
9	Maria Reyes Sobrino (ESP)	45:37
10	Dana Vavracová (TCH)	46:10
11	Ann Jansson (SWE)	46:15
12	Susan Cook (AUS)	46:20
13	Lisa Langford (GBR)	46:23
14	Janice McCaffrey (CAN)	46:41
15	Lynn Weik (USA)	46:51
16	Beate Gummelt (GDR)	47:00
17	María Colín (MEX)	47:23
18	Giuliana Salce (ITA)	47:28
19	Sari Essayah (FIN)	47:30
20	Debbi Lawrence (USA)	47:31
21	Alison Baker (CAN)	47:48
22	Suzanne Griesbach (FRA)	48:06
23	Sirkka Oikarinen (FIN)	48:25
24	Maryanne Torrellas (USA)	48:27
25	Beverley Allen (GBR)	48:50
26	Solvi Furnes (NOR)	49:18
27	Graciela Mendoza (MEX)	49:46
28	Hideko Hirayama (JPN)	49:50	NR
29	Emilia Cano (ESP)	50:11
30	Mirva Hämäläinen (FIN)	52:03
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Guan Ping (CHN)	DSQ
—	Olga Krishtop (URS)	DSQ
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Lorraine Jachno (AUS)	DNF
—	Maria Grazia Orsani (ITA)	DNF
—	Barbara Kollorz (FRG)	DNF

Medalists