1987 in sports

See also:

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
• Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500
• NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt
• CART Racing - Bobby Rahal won the season championship
• Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Sr.
• Formula One Championship - Nelson Piquet of Brazil
• 24 hours of Le Mans: won by the team of Derek Bell / Hans-Joachim Stuck / Al Holbert driving a Porsche 962C
• Rally racing - Juha Kankkunen in a Lancia won the World Rally Championship
• the team of Miki Biasion / Tiziano Siviero won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Delta HF 4x4
• Drag racing:
• Dick LaHaie won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.
• Darrell Gwynn won Top Fuel at the NHRA Winston Finals