| 169th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 10 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally of the 1000 Lakes |
| Edition: | 37th |
| Date: | from Thursday 27-Aug-1987 to Sunday 30-Aug-1987 |
| Rally HQ: | Jyvaskyla, Central Finland; Finland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Veikko Partanen |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 170 | |
| Starters: | 165 | |
| Finishers: | 66 | (40.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 52 | |
| Shortest: | 2.67 | km | (SS1 Harju 1) |
| Longest: | 30.11 | km | (SS46 Konivuori) |
| Slowest: | 73.94 | km/h | (SS43 Harju 2) |
| Fastest: | 111.69 | km/h | (SS2 OKO) |
| Planned stage distance: | 509.48 | km | (30.1% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 499.65 | km | (29.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,191.80 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,691.45 | km |
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