The FIL World Luge Championships 1987 took place in Igls, Austria for the second time, having done so previously in 1977.
Men's singles edit
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Markus Prock (AUT)
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| Silver |  Jens Müller (GDR)
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| Bronze |  Sergey Danilin (URS)
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Prock wins Austria's first medal at the world championships since 1978.
Women's singles edit
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Cerstin Schmidt (GDR)
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| Silver | Gabriele Kohlisch (GDR)
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| Bronze | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss (GDR)
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Men's doubles edit
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann, Jochen Pietzsch)
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| Silver |  West Germany (Stefan Ilsanker, Georg Hackl)
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| Bronze | West Germany (Thomas Schwab, Wolfgang Staudinger)
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Hoffmann and Pietzsch become the first lugers to win three straight World Championship events.
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |