The 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadio Olimpico on September 5 and September 6.
Medals Gold: Silver: Bronze:Lee McRaeLee McNeillHarvey GlanceCarl LewisDennis Mitchell*Aleksandr YevgenyevViktor BryzginVladimir MuravyovVladimir KrylovAndrey Fedoriv*John MairAndrew SmithClive WrightRay StewartGreg Meghoo* Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Records Existing records at the start of the event. World Record37.83Los Angeles, USAAugust 11, 1984Championship Record37.86Helsinki, FinlandAugust 10, 1983
Results All times shown are in seconds.
Final RankTeamNameResultNotes Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis37.90 Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Vladimir Krylov38.02 John Mair, Andrew Smith, Clive Wright, Ray Stewart38.414 Ben Johnson, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Mike Dwyer) 38.475 Fritz Heer, Volker Westhagemann, Christian Haas, Norbert Dobeleit) 38.736 István Nagy, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács39.047 Ezio Madonia, Domenico Gorla, Paolo Catalano, Pierfrancesco Pavoni 39.628 Li Tao, Cai Jianming, Li Feng, Zheng Chen 39.93
Semi-finals
Heat 1 RankTeamNameResultNotes1 Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Vladimir Krylov38.29 Q2Ben Johnson, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Mike Dwyer38.50 Q3 Fritz Heer, Volker Westhagemann, Christian Haas, Norbert Dobeleit38.84 Q4 Ezio Madonia, Stefano Tilli, Paolo Catalano, Pierfrancesco Pavoni39.52 Q5 Kaoru Matsubara, Hirohisa Ota, Masahiro Nagura, Hiroki Fuwa39.716Miguel Ángel García, Juan José Prado, Angel Heras, José Javier Arqués39.747 John Myles-Mills, Emmanuel Tuffour, Salaam Gariba, Eric Akogyiram39.948 Charles-Louis Seck, Hamidou Diawara, Joseph Dias, Amadou Mbaye40.22
Heat 2 RankTeamNameResultNotes1 Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Dennis Mitchell38.33 Q2John Mair, Andrew Smith, Clive Wright, Ray Stewart 38.66 Q3István Nagy, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács 38.78 Q4Li Tao, Cai Jianming, Li Feng, Zheng Chen 39.05 Q5Ricardo Chacon, Leandro Peñalver, Sergio Querol, Andrés Simón39.086Joilto Bonfim, Carlos de Oliveira, Arnaldo de Oliveira Silva, Robson da Silva39.227Lai Cheng-Chuan, Lee Shiun-Long, Chang Yih-Yuan, Cheng Hsin-Fu 39.908Arnaldo Abrantes, Pedro Curvelo, Luís Cunha, Luís Barroso40.24
Heats Heat 1 RankCountryNameResultNotes1 Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Dennis Mitchell38.80 Q2 István Nagy, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács 39.11 Q3 Kaoru Matsubara, Hirohisa Ota, Masahiro Nagura, Hiroki Fuwa39.49 Q4 Li Tao, Cai Jianming, Li Feng, Zheng Chen39.63 Q5 Enrique Talavera, Juan José Prado, Miguel Ángel García, José Javier Arqués40.20 q6 Moses Musonge, Joseph Ssali, Sunday Olweny, Edward Bitoga40.22** Lincoln Asquith, John Regis, Mike McFarlane, Clarence Callender DQ
Heat 2 RankCountryNameResultNotes1 Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Andrey Fedoriv38.98 Q2 Fritz Heer, Volker Westhagemann, Christian Haas, Norbert Dobeleit39.10 Q3 Joilto Bonfim, Carlos de Oliveira, Arnaldo de Oliveira Silva, Robson da Silva39.57 Q4 Ezio Madonia, Stefano Tilli, Paolo Catalano, Pierfrancesco Pavoni39.58 Q5 John Myles-Mills, Emmanuel Tuffour, Salaam Gariba, Eric Akogyiram39.77 q6 Lai Cheng-Chuan, Lee Shiun-Long, Chang Yih-Yuan, Cheng Hsin-Fu40.05 q
Heat 3 RankTeamNameResultNotes1 Ben Johnson, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Mike Dwyer38.76 Q2John Mair, Andrew Smith, Greg Meghoo, Clive Wright38.88 Q3Ricardo Chacon, Leandro Peñalver, Sergio Querol, Andrés Simón39.44 Q4Charles-Louis Seck, Hamidou Diawara, Joseph Dias, Amadou Mbaye39.83 Q5Arnaldo Abrantes, Pedro Curvelo, Luís Cunha, Luís Barroso 40.10 q**Augustine Olobia, Patrick Nwankwo, Innocent Egbunike, Chidi ImohDNS
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References
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