title: 1987 Berlin Marathon
text: # 1987 Berlin Marathon
  
  The 1987 Berlin Marathon was the 14th running of the annual marathon race held in Berlin, West Germany, held on 4 October. Tanzania's Suleiman Nyambui won the men's race in 2:11:11 hours, while the women's race was won by West Germany's Kerstin Preßler in 2:31:22. Gregor Golombek (1:46:52) and Margit Quell (2:21:29), both of West Germany, won the men's and women's wheelchair races. A total of 12,674 runners finished the race, comprising 11,651 men and 1023 women.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Suleiman Nyambui | Tanzania | 2:11:11 |
  | | Rafael Marques | Portugal | 2:13:23 |
  | | Japhet Mashishanga | Tanzania | 2:13:27 |
  | 4 | John Vermeule | Netherlands | 2:13:35 |
  | 5 | Peter Lyrenmann | Switzerland | 2:13:40 |
  | 6 | Jean Weijts | Belgium | 2:13:41 |
  | 7 | Mohammed Rutiginga | Tanzania | 2:14:04 |
  | 8 | Richard Vollenbroek | Netherlands | 2:14:08 |
  | 9 | Martin Grüning | West Germany | 2:14:16 |
  | 10 | Kjeld Johnsen | Denmark | 2:14:32 |
  | 11 | Peter Dall | Denmark | 2:14:36 |
  | 12 | Mustapha Leghnider | Morocco | 2:14:45 |
  | 13 | Tadeusz Lawicki | Poland | 2:14:58 |
  | 14 | Andrzej Kaniak | Poland | 2:15:10 |
  | 15 | Delfim Moreira | Portugal | 2:15:20 |
  | 16 | Martin McCarthy | United Kingdom | 2:15:33 |
  | 17 | Jozef Mitka | Poland | 2:15:43 |
  | 18 | Ian Patten | United Kingdom | 2:15:48 |
  | 19 | Sören Hellmark | Sweden | 2:15:50 |
  | 20 | Eddy Hellebuyck | Belgium | 2:16:07 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Kerstin Preßler | West Germany | 2:31:22 |
  | | Wanda Panfil | Poland | 2:32:01 |
  | | Sissel Grottenberg | Norway | 2:32:57 |
  | 4 | Cassandra Mihailovic | France | 2:34:09 |
  | 5 | Magda Ilands | Belgium | 2:34:23 |
  | 6 | Heather MacDuff | United Kingdom | 2:36:22 |
  | 7 | Gabriela Gorzynska | Poland | 2:38:17 |
  | 8 | Małgorzata Birbach | Poland | 2:38:52 |
  | 9 | Rosmarie Müller | Switzerland | 2:39:04 |
  | 10 | Krystyna Chylińska | Poland | 2:39:22 |
  | 11 | Ailish Smyth | Ireland | 2:39:36 |
  | 12 | Anna Iskra | Poland | 2:39:38 |
  | 13 | Tove Lorentzen | Denmark | 2:40:32 |
  | 14 | Ágnes Sipka | Hungary | 2:40:33 |
  | 15 | Irina Hulanicka | Soviet Union | 2:41:52 |
  | 16 | Vibeke Nielsen | Denmark | 2:44:56 |
  | 17 | Maria Kawiorska | Poland | 2:45:55 |
  | 18 | Ilona Zsilak | Hungary | 2:46:50 |
  | 19 | Irena Czuta | Poland | 2:47:00 |
  | 20 | Christiane Berethalmy | Austria | 2:47:35 |
  