Men's singles at the 1987 IBF World Championships
Venue	Capital Indoor Stadium
Location	Beijing, China
Dates	May 18, 1987 (1987-05-18) – May 24, 1987 (1987-05-24)
Medalists
Yang Yang    China   Morten Frost    Denmark   Zhao Jianhua    China   Icuk Sugiarto    Indonesia
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Events at the 1987 IBF World Championships
Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women	mixed
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The 1987 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in Beijing, China, in 1987. Following the results of the men's singles.

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		Morten Frost	15	15
		Shokichi Miyamori	5	0					Morten Frost	15	15
		Serian Wiyatno	15	15					Serian Wiyatno	2	4
		Lai Hung	4	2												Morten Frost	15	15
		Jonas Herrgardh	15	15												Li Mao	6	8
		Klaus Fischer	6	3					Jonas Herrgardh	9	0
		Li Mao	15	15					Li Mao	15	15
		Graeme Robson	1	1																			Morten Frost	15	15
		Rashid Sidek	15	15																			Rashid Sidek	7	5
		Syed Modi	9	6					Rashid Sidek	15	15
		Andrey Antropov	15	8	15				Andrey Antropov	3	8
		Tariq Farooq	8	15	10											Rashid Sidek	5	15	15
		Sompol Kukasemkij														Eddy Kurniawan	15	7	10
									Sompol Kukasemkij	15	8	5
		Eddy Kurniawan	15	15					Eddy Kurniawan	7	15	15
		Chung Byung Yun	10	8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		Zhao Jianhua	15	15
		Hermawan Susanto	3	3					Zhao Jianhua	15	15
		Hamid Khan	15	15					Hamid Khan	5	11
		Peter Rawlek	10	8												Zhao Jianhua	15	15
		Jan-Eric Antonsson	15	15												Jan-Eric Antonsson	2	4
		Tom Haengtsson	4	8					Jan-Eric Antonsson	17	15
		Shuuji Matsuno	17	17					Shuuji Matsuno	15	6
		Tan Kim Soon	14	14																			Zhao Jianhua	15	15
		Zhang Qingwu	13	15	15																		Zhang Qingwu	4	2
		Park Sung-bae	18	7	4				Zhang Qingwu	16	15	15
		Darren Hall	15	15					Darren Hall	18	8	11
		Anthony Gallagher	12	6												Zhang Qingwu	7	15	15
		Hiroki Eto	15	15												Jens-Peter Nierhoff	15	1	7
		Gustav Adolphson	7	6					Hiroki Eto	12	4
		Jens-Peter Nierhoff							Jens-Peter Nierhoff	15	15

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		Ib Frederiksen	15	15
		Kun O-Suk	4	3					Ib Frederiksen	15	13	15
		Misbun Sidek	15	15					Misbun Sidek	6	15	10
		Lau Wing Cheok	12	6												Ib Frederiksen	12	15	15
		Xu Biao	15	15												Xu Biao	15	11	2
		Yeung Yik-Kei	7	2					Xu Biao	18	15
		Pierre Pelupessy	15	15					Pierre Pelupessy	17	5
		Chan Chi-Choi	8	11																			Ib Frederiksen	3	15	9
		Yang Yang	15	15																			Yang Yang	15	11	15
		Shinji Matsuura	3	2					Yang Yang	15	13	15
		Allan Budikusuma	15	15					Allan Budikusuma	11	15	3
		Kwan Yoke Meng	3	12												Yang Yang	15	15
		Nick Yates	15	15												Nick Yates	6	9
		Sang Yong Bae	10	5					Nick Yates	15	15
		Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15	15					Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	5	3
		Heinz Fischer	6	12

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		Xiong Guobao	15	15
		Poul Erik Hoyer	11	10					Xiong Guobao	15	18
		Alex White	15	15					Alex White	5	13
		Tony Alston	5	8												Xiong Guobao	15	15
		Sze Yu	15	15												Sze Yu	10	11
		Chris Jogis	10	6					Sze Yu	15	15
		Eddy Ismanto	15	15					Eddy Ismanto	8	9
		Prakash Padukone	8	11																			Xiong Guobao	7	13
		Icuk Sugiarto	15	15																			Icuk Sugiarto	15	15
		Ulf Johansson	8	6					Icuk Sugiarto	15	15
		Volker Eiber	3	15	10				Ian Johnson	4	4
		Ian Johnson	15	11	15											Icuk Sugiarto	15	15
		Sung Han-kuk	15	15												Sung Han-kuk	9	7
		Hiroshi Nishiyama	4	2					Sung Han-kuk		15	15
		Chong Weng Kai	15	15					Chong Weng Kai	15	6	9
		Mike Butler	11	7

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Morten Frost	15	15
	8	Rashid Sidek	7	5
									Morten Frost	15	15
									Zhao Jianhua	12	11
	4	Zhao Jianhua	15	15
	5	Zhang Qingwu	4	2
																Morten Frost	2	15	12
																Yang Yang	15	13	15
	3	Ib Frederiksen	3	15	9
	6	Yang Yang	15	11	15
									Yang Yang	15	15
									Icuk Sugiarto	11	5
	2	Xiong Guobao	7	13
	7	Icuk Sugiarto	15	15

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