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The women's 10,000 metres event featured at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final being held on 4 September 1987.

Medalists

Gold	Ingrid Kristiansen Norway (NOR)
Silver	Yelena Zhupiyeva Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Kathrin Ullrich East Germany (GDR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World record	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	30:13.74	Oslo, Norway	July 5, 1986
Championship record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	31:05.85
	Yelena Zhupiyeva (URS)	31:09.40
	Kathrin Ullrich (GDR)	31:11.34
4.	Olga Bondarenko (URS)	31:18.38
5.	Liz Lynch (GBR)	31:19.82
6.	Lynn Jennings (USA)	31:45.43
7.	Albertina Machado (POR)	31:46.61
8.	Wang Xiuting (CHN)	31:48.88
9.	Angela Tooby (GBR)	31:55.30
10.	Kerstin Preßler (FRG)	31:56.80
11.	Martine Oppliger (SUI)	32:07.49
12.	Marleen Renders (BEL)	32:12.51
13.	Lynn Nelson (USA)	32:22.88
14.	Christine McMiken (NZL)	32:25.67
15.	Francie Larrieu Smith (USA)	32:30.00
16.	Nancy Tinari (CAN)	32:31.55
17.	Aurora Cunha (POR)	32:44.42
18.	Kumi Araki (JPN)	33:15.08
19.	Ana Isabel Alonso (ESP)	33:20.65
20.	Tuija Toivonen (FIN)	33:25.46
21.	Lorraine Moller (NZL)	34:07.26
—	Lieve Slegers (BEL)	DNF

Heats

Held on Monday 31 August 1987

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Kathrin Ullrich (GDR)	33:07.92
2.	Liz Lynch (GBR)	33:09.26
3.	Aurora Cunha (POR)	33:09.86
4.	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	33:10.37
5.	Marleen Renders (BEL)	33:10.95
6.	Lynn Jennings (USA)	33:16.18
7.	Angela Tooby (GBR)	33:20.14
8.	Martine Oppliger (SUI)	33:22.25
9.	Nancy Tinari (CAN)	33:24.20
10.	Kumi Araki (JPN)	33:24.37
11.	Ana Isabel Alonso (ESP)	33:38.37
12.	Christine McMiken (NZL)	33:41.10
13.	Tuija Toivonen (FIN)	33:46.05
14.	Midde Hamrin (SWE)	34:10.36
15.	Danièle Kaber (LUX)	34:24.52
16.	Monica Regonesi (CHI)	34:57.64
17.	Leah Malot (KEN)	36:23.66
—	Maria Curatolo (ITA)	DNF
—	Yelena Romanova (URS)	DNF
—	Karolina Szabo (HUN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Yelena Zhupiyeva (URS)	33:32.05
2.	Olga Bondarenko (URS)	33:34.79
3.	Kerstin Preßler (FRG)	33:35.49
4.	Lorraine Moller (NZL)	33:35.73
5.	Wang Xiuting (CHN)	33:36.07
6.	Francie Larrieu Smith (USA)	33:37.36
7.	Albertina Machado (POR)	33:40.87
8.	Lynn Nelson (USA)	33:43.71
9.	Lieve Slegers (BEL)	33:48.91
10.	Susan Crehan (GBR)	33:54.99
11.	Sue Lee (CAN)	34:14.92
12.	Sue Berenda (CAN)	34:15.48
13.	Conceição Ferreira (POR)	34:43.35
14.	Rose Lamb (IRL)	35:00.17
15.	Michelle Bush-Cuke (CAY)	35:30.96
—	Päivi Tikkanen (FIN)	DNF
—	Cristina Tomasini (ITA)	DNF
—	Beverley Lord (GUY)	DNF

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