1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	1987 World Championships
Venue:	Stadio Olimpico
Dates:	1 September (heats and quarter-finals) 3 September (semi-finals and final)
Competitors:	47
Win Value:	20.16
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Gilles Quénéhervé
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	John Regis
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	1983
Next:	1991

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday 1987-09-03.

Medalists

Gold	Calvin Smith United States (USA)
Silver	Gilles Quénéhervé France (FRA)
Bronze	John Regis Great Britain (GBR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record		19.72	Mexico City, Mexico	September 12, 1979
Championship Record		20.14	Helsinki, Finland	August 14, 1983

Final

RANK	FINAL wind -0.4	TIME
		20.16
		20.16
		20.18
4.		20.22
5.		20.23
6.		20.25
7.		20.45
8.		20.78

Semifinals

• Held on Thursday 1987-09-03

RANK	HEAT 1 wind +0.5	TIME
1.		20.54
2.		20.54
3.		20.69
4.		20.78
5.		20.87
6.		20.99
7.		21.22
8.		21.28

RANK	HEAT 2 wind +1.2	TIME
1.		20.31
2.		20.31
3.		20.34
4.		20.38
5.		20.47
6.		20.50
7.		20.86
8.		20.90

Quarterfinals

• Held on Tuesday 1987-09-01

RANK	HEAT 1 wind -1.5	TIME
1.		20.56
2.		20.79
3.		21.11
4.		21.11
5.		21.12
6.		21.37
7.		21.39
8.		21.68

RANK	HEAT 2 wind -1.3	TIME
1.		20.38
2.		20.64
3.		20.88
4.		20.89
5.		20.94
6.		21.20
7.		26.25
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 3 wind +0.4	TIME
1.		20.48
2.		20.55
3.		20.60
4.		20.86
5.		20.87
6.		20.98
7.		21.15
8.		21.23

RANK	HEAT 4 wind +0.8	TIME
1.		20.48
2.		20.61
3.		20.65
4.		20.67
5.		20.90
6.		21.12
7.		21.26
8.		21.46

Qualifying heats

• Held on Tuesday 1987-09-01

RANK	HEAT 1 wind +0.5	TIME
1.		20.37
2.		20.77
3.		20.89
4.		21.14
5.		21.19
6.		21.26
7.		21.53
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2 wind -0.9	TIME
1.		20.77
2.		20.82
3.		20.89
4.		20.94
5.		21.01
6.		21.47
7.		21.67
8.		21.93

RANK	HEAT 3 wind -0.1	TIME
1.		20.59
2.		20.88
3.		21.11
4.		21.15
5.		21.33
6.		21.51
7.		21.62
8.		23.41

RANK	HEAT 4 wind +0.7	TIME
1.		20.56
2.		20.62
3.		20.82
4.		20.93
5.		21.06
6.		21.15
7.		21.48
8.		23.07

RANK	HEAT 5 wind -0.8	TIME
1.		20.62
2.		20.80
3.		20.84
4.		20.96
5.		21.04
6.		21.36
7.		22.06
8.		22.45

RANK	HEAT 6 wind +0.3	TIME
1.		20.76
2.		20.80
3.		20.82
4.		21.03
5.		21.23
6.		21.37
7.		23.66

See also

• 1982 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 200 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 200 metres (Tokyo)

References

• Results