The 1987 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 17th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.^[1] The event was held on 20 September 1987 in Mühldorf, Germany, which was West Germany at the time.^[2]

The world title was won by Karl Maier of West Germany for the third time.^[3][4]

Pos	Rider	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Heat Pts	Total Pts
1	Karl Maier	5	5	3	5	4	22
2	Simon Wigg	1	5	5	5	5	21
3	Shawn Moran	5	4	4	3	3	19
4	Martin Hagon	5	4	5	4	1	19
5	Egon Müller	4	3	5	3	0	15
6	Heinz Huber	3	3	4	2	2	14
7	Erik Gundersen	4	1	1	4	E	10
8	Steve Baker	4	2	3	1	E	10
9	Gerd Riss	2	3	2	2	E	9
10	Lubomír Jedek	3	2	2	1	E	8
11	Alois Wiesböck	1	1	4	0	E	6
12	Finn Rune Jensen	1	5	0	ef	E	6
13	Trevor Banks	0	2	3	E	E	5
14	Klaus Lausch	0	4	-	E	E	4
15	Erik Stenlund	2	f	1	E	E	3
16	Kai Niemi	3	0	0	E	E	3
17	Chris Morton	ef	1	1	E	E	2
18	Pavel Karnas	2	0	0	E	E	2
19	Simon Cross	-	-	2	E	E	2

• E = eliminated (no further ride)
• f = fell
• ef = engine failure
• x = excluded