1987 World Archery Championships

The 1987 World Archery Championships was the 34th edition of the event. It was held in Adelaide, Australia in March 1987 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).

It marked the first time that the competition took a knockout format.^[1]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	Vladimir Yesheyev  Soviet Union	Andreas Lippoldt  West Germany	Jay Barrs  United States
Women's individual	Ma Xiangjun  China	Wang Hee-kyung  South Korea	Yao Yawen  China
Men's team	West Germany	United States	China
Women's team	Soviet Union	South Korea	France

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	2	0	0	2
2	West Germany	1	1	0	2
3	China	1	0	2	3
4	South Korea	0	2	0	2
5	United States	0	1	1	2
6	France	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

• World Archery website
• Complete results