1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race

The Senior women's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Warszawa, Poland, at the Służewiec Racecourse on March 22, 1987. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald and in the Evening Times.

Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result

An unofficial count yields the participation of 152 athletes from 34 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.

• 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

1. 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
2. 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
3. 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
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6. 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
7. 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
8. 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
9. 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
10. 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
11. 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
12. 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
13. 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
14. 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
15. 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
16. 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
17. 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
18. 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
19. 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
20. 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race