The 1987 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 39th edition of the men's doubles championship. ^{[1] [2]} Wei Qingguang and Chen Longcan won the title after defeating Ilija Lupulesku and Zoran Primorac in the final by two sets to one.^[3]

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	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Wei Qingguang Chen Longcan	21	21
		Jan Harkamp Lars Hauth	13	11							Wei Qingguang Chen Longcan	21	21
		Yoshihito Miyazaki Seiji Ono	21	21							Miyazaki Ono	19	12
		Kim Ki-taik Kim Wan	17	11																Wei Qingguang Chen Longcan	11	21	21
		Andrzej Grubba Leszek Kucharski	25	17	21															Grubba Kucharski	21	15	10
		Andrei Mazunov Boris Rozenberg	23	21	15						Grubba Kucharski	21	21
		Chu Jong-Chol Kim Song Hui	21	21							Chu Chong Choi Kim Song Hui	17	6
		Chih Chin-Long Hsu Lung-Chan	18	18																									Wei Qingguang Chen Longcan	21	12	22
		Ahn Jae-hyung Yoo Nam-kyu	21	21																									Lupulesku Primorac	17	21	20
		Peong Tah Seng Tan Liang Check	7	11							Ahn Jae-hyung Yoo Nam-kyu	16	21	22
		Chen Xinhua Wang Hao	21	21							Chen Xinhua Wang Hao	21	17	20
		Jacques Secrétin Patrick Birocheau	15	17																Ahn Jae-hyung Yoo Nam-kyu	21	17	20
		Ilija Lupulesku Zoran Primorac	21	16	21															Lupulesku Primorac	15	21	22
		Juzo Nukazuka Kiyoshi Saito	11	21	15						Lupulesku Primorac	22	21
		Wu Wen-Chia Huang Huei-Chien	19	26	6						He Zhiwen Jiang Jialiang	20	15
		He Zhiwen Jiang Jialiang	21	24	21

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists