The 1987 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, West Germany for the second time. The West German city hosted the championships previously in 1979.
The men's competition consisted of six Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak.
This was the 21st championships in canoe sprint.
Medal summary Men's Canoe Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeC-1 500 m C-1 1000 m C-1 10000 m C-2 500 m Marek ŁbikMarek Dopierała Yuriy GurinValeriy Veshko Petr ProcházkaAlon LochinskyC-2 1000 m Yuriy GurinValeriy Veshko Marek ŁbikMarek Dopierała Ulrich PapkeIngo SpellyC-2 10000 m Arne NielssonChristian Frederiksen Róbert RidegPál Pétervári Andrew TrainStephen Train
Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-1 1000 m K-1 10000 m K-2 500 m Ferenc CsipesLászló Fidel Ian FergusonPaul MacDonald Per-Inge BengtssonKarl-Axel SundqvistK-2 1000 m Ian FergusonPaul MacDonald Philippe BoccaraPascal Boucherit Thomas GähmeThomas VaskeK-2 10000 m Philippe BoccaraPascal Boucherit Thor NielsenLars Koch Ferenc CsipesSándor HódosiK-4 500 m Aleksandr MotuzenkoSergey KirsanovArtūras VietaViktor Denisov Robert ChwiałkowskiKazimierz KrzyżańskiGrzegorz KrawcówWojciech Kurpiewski Reiner SchollThomas PfrangVolker KreutzerThomas ReineckK-4 1000 m Zsolt GyulayFerenc CsipesLászló FidelZoltán Kovács Per-Inge BengtssonLars-Erik MobergKarl-Axel SundqvistBengt Andersson Aleksandr MatushenkoSergey KirsanovArtūras VietaViktor DenisovK-4 10000 m Harald AmundsenArne SletsjøeMorten IvarsenArne Johan Almeland Zoltán BerkesZoltán BöjtiLászló NieberlKálmán Petrovics Gilber SchneiderOliver KegelCarsten LömkerThomas Reineck
Women's Kayak Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze TimeK-1 500 m K-2 500 m Birgit SchmidtAnke Nothnagel Annemiek DerckxAnnemarie Cox Ogniana PetkovaIvanka MuerivaK-4 500 m Birgit SchmidtAnke NothnagelRamona PortwichInes Rudolph Erika GécziRita KőbánKatalin PovázsánÉva Rakusz Irina SalomykovaOlga SlapinaGuinara ZharafutdinovaSnieguole Nareviciute
Medals table
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