Australian Aths History

Australia at the Games

World Indoor Championships - 1987       Indianapolis, USA (6-8 Mar)
1st Championships      

 
Men   Event   Position   Result
Peter BEAMES (Vic)    Triple Jump   14/23   Qual DNQ 16.05m
Michael 'Mike' HILLARDT (Qld)    1500 metres   5/19   Ht2 1st 3:42.66; Final 5th 3:39.77
Andrew JACHNO (Vic)    5,000 metres Walk   15/17   15th 20:19.74
Michael MORGAN (Vic)    Long Jump   16/19   16th 7.38m
David 'Dave' SMITH (Vic)    5,000 metres Walk   5/17   5th 18:52.20
Donald 'Don' WRIGHT (Qld)    60 metres Hurdles   12/19   Ht3 4th 7.90
 
Women   Event   Position   Result
Susan COOK (Orr) (Vic)    3,000 metres Walk   15/19   15th 13:45.75
Diane HOLDEN (NSW)    60 metres   7/28   Ht2 2nd 7.37; SF2 4th 7.32; Final 8th 7.43 (Moved up from 8th in 1992 after Issajenko DQ)
Kerry SAXBY-JUNNA (Saxby) (NSW)    3,000 metres Walk     Disqualified
Krishna STANTON (Wood) (ACT)    3,000 metres   4/12   4th 8:48.38

Overall Team Rank: 19 (7pts)
Men's Team Rank: 19 (4pts)
Women's Team Rank: 14 (3pts)

419 athletes participated from 85 countries

 

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