The 1987 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bourg St.-Maurice, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time. It was the 20th edition. Bourg St.-Maurice hosted the event previously in 1969.

Medal summary

Men's

Canoe

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
C1	Jon Lugbill (USA)	200.87	David Hearn (USA)	210.68	Bruce Lessels (USA)	211.33
C1 team	United States Jon Lugbill David Hearn Bruce Lessels	242.02	France Jean Sennelier Thierry Humeau Jacky Avril	248.89	Czechoslovakia Juraj Ontko Jozef Hajdučík Jaroslav Slúčik	264.84
C2	France Pierre Calori Jacques Calori	218.61	United States Lecky Haller Jamie McEwan	222.24	Czechoslovakia Milan Kučera Miroslav Hajdučík	227.86
C2 team	France Pierre Calori & Jacques Calori Michel Saidi & Jérôme Daval Gilles Lelievre & Jérôme Daille	260.18	Czechoslovakia Jiří Rohan & Miroslav Šimek Miroslav Hajdučík & Milan Kučera Viktor Beneš & Ondřej Mohout	261.01	West Germany Frank Hemmer & Thomas Loose Günther Wolkenaer & Fredi Zimmermann Stephan Bittner & Volker Nerlich	265.34

Kayak

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K1	Toni Prijon (FRG)	191.77	Jernej Abramič (YUG)	192.81	Marjan Štrukelj (YUG)	192.92
K1 team	United Kingdom Richard Fox Melvyn Jones Russell Smith	214.33	Yugoslavia Jernej Abramič Marjan Štrukelj Janez Skok	217.18	France Christophe Prigent Laurent Brissaud Manuel Brissaud	218.86

Women's

Kayak

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K1	Elizabeth Sharman (GBR)	216.64	Myriam Jerusalmi (FRA)	218.92	Elisabeth Micheler (FRG)	222.22
K1 team	West Germany Margit Messelhäuser Ulla Steinle Elisabeth Micheler	273.40	France Myriam Jerusalmi Marie-Françoise Grange-Prigent Sylvie Arnaud	282.63	United States Cathy Hearn Dana Chladek Maylon Hanold	286.95

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	3	1	6
2	United States (USA)	2	2	2	6
3	West Germany (FRG)	2	0	2	4
4	Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	0	2
5	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	2	1	3
6	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	2	3
Totals (6 entries)		8	8	8	24