1987 Nordic Indoor Athletics Championships

The 1987 Nordic Indoor Athletics Championships was the second and final edition of the international indoor athletics competition between Nordic countries and was held in Oslo, Norway. It consisted of 22 individual track and field events, 12 for men and 10 for women.

Finland won the most golds for a second year, at nine. Sweden won the most medals overall at 23. The hosts Norway had the second highest medal haul at 21, while Denmark managed only two medals. Two women won medals in two events: Ringa Ropo of Finland won minor medals in the women's jumps and 800 metres champion also won a 1500 metres bronze.

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	(SWE)	6.82	(FIN)	6.83	(FIN)	6.83
200 metres	(NOR)	22.14	(SWE)	22.38	(NOR)	22.68
400 metres	(SWE)	48.45	(SWE)	48.90	Niklas Wallenlind (SWE)	49.10
800 metres	Ronny Olsson (SWE)	1:51.58	(SWE)	1:52.30	(NOR)	1:52.69
1500 metres	Ari Suhonen (FIN)	3:49.84	(FIN)	3:50.25	Johnny Kroon (SWE)	3:50.57
3000 metres	Risto Ulmala (FIN)	8:05.97	(NOR)	8:06.34	(SWE)	8:11.76
60 m hurdles	Arto Bryggare (FIN)	7.64	Ulf Söderman (SWE)	7.84	Erik Jensen (DEN)	7.99
High jump	(FIN)	2.15 m	(NOR)   (DEN)	2.09 m	Not awarded
Pole vault	(FIN)	5.40 m	(FIN)	5.25 m	(FIN)	5.15 m
Long jump	Jarmo Kärnä (FIN)	7.81 m	Juha Plosila (FIN)	7.76 m	(NOR)	7.52 m
Triple jump	Arne Holm (SWE)	16.72 m	(FIN)	15.74 m	(SWE)	15.55 m
Shot put	Jan Sagedal (NOR)	19.96 m	(FIN)	18.38 m	(NOR)	18.17 m

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Sisko Markkanen (FIN)	7.45	Lena Möller (SWE)	7.47	(NOR)	7.50
200 metres	(SWE)	24.55	(SWE)	24.85	(NOR)	24.91
400 metres	Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE)	53.78	(SWE)	55.39	(NOR)	55.65
800 metres	(NOR)	2:08.26	Jill McCabe (SWE)	2:08.52	(NOR)	2:08.83
1500 metres	Christin Sørum (NOR)	4:17.15	(NOR)	4:17.31	(NOR)	4:17.32
3000 metres	Satu Levelä (FIN)	9:17.77	Anita Håkenstad (NOR)	9:19.16	(FIN)	9:27.14
3000 metres	(SWE)	8.29	(NOR)	8.37	(SWE)	8.51
High jump	Hanne Haugland (NOR)	1.91 m	(SWE)	1.84 m	Ringa Ropo (FIN)	1.84 m
Long jump	(FIN)	6.45 m	Ringa Ropo (FIN)	6.44 m	(SWE)	6.13 m
Shot put	(NOR)	15.16 m	(SWE)	15.04 m	(NOR)	14.89 m

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)	9	7	4	20
2	Sweden (SWE)	7	10	6	23
3	Norway (NOR)	6	5	10	21
4	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	1	2
Totals (4 nations)		22	23	21	66

References[]

• Nordic Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-05-20.