1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

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 McRae Lee McNeill Harvey Glance Carl Lewis Dennis Mitchell	Aleksandr Yevgenyev Viktor Bryzgin Vladimir Muravyov Vladimir Krylov Andrey Fedoriv	John Mair Andrew Smith Clive Wright Ray Stewart

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record		37.83	Los Angeles, USA	August 11, 1984
Championship Record		37.86	Helsinki, Finland	August 10, 1983

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Final

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
		Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis	37.90
		Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Vladimir Krylov	38.02
		John Mair, Andrew Smith, Clive Wright, Ray Stewart	38.41
4		Ben Johnson, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Mike Dwyer)	38.47
5		Fritz Heer, Volker Westhagemann, Christian Haas, Norbert Dobeleit)	38.73
6		István Nagy, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács	39.04
7			39.62
8			39.93

Semi-finals

Heat 1

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1		Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Vladimir Krylov	38.29	Q
2		Ben Johnson, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Mike Dwyer	38.50	Q
3		Fritz Heer, Volker Westhagemann, Christian Haas, Norbert Dobeleit	38.84	Q
4		Ezio Madonia, Stefano Tilli, Paolo Catalano, Pierfrancesco Pavoni	39.52	Q
5		Kaoru Matsubara, Hirohisa Ota, Masahiro Nagura, Hiroki Fuwa	39.71
6		Miguel Ángel García, Juan José Prado, Angel Heras, José Javier Arqués	39.74
7		John Myles-Mills, Emmanuel Tuffour, Salaam Gariba, Eric Akogyiram	39.94
8		Charles-Louis Seck, Hamidou Diawara, Joseph Dias, Amadou Mbaye	40.22

Heat 2

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1		Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Dennis Mitchell	38.33	Q
2			38.66	Q
3			38.78	Q
4			39.05	Q
5		Ricardo Chacon, Leandro Peñalver, Sergio Querol, Andrés Simón	39.08
6		Joilto Bonfim, Carlos de Oliveira, Arnaldo de Oliveira Silva, Robson da Silva	39.22
7			39.90
8		Arnaldo Abrantes, Pedro Curvelo, Luís Cunha, Luís Barroso	40.24

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Country	Name	Result	Notes
1		Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Dennis Mitchell	38.80	Q
2			39.11	Q
3		Kaoru Matsubara, Hirohisa Ota, Masahiro Nagura, Hiroki Fuwa	39.49	Q
4		Li Tao, Cai Jianming, Li Feng, Zheng Chen	39.63	Q
5		Enrique Talavera, Juan José Prado, Miguel Ángel García, José Javier Arqués	40.20	q
6		Moses Musonge, Joseph Ssali, Sunday Olweny, Edward Bitoga	40.22
			DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Country	Name	Result	Notes
1		Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Andrey Fedoriv	38.98	Q
2		Fritz Heer, Volker Westhagemann, Christian Haas, Norbert Dobeleit	39.10	Q
3		Joilto Bonfim, Carlos de Oliveira, Arnaldo de Oliveira Silva, Robson da Silva	39.57	Q
4		Ezio Madonia, Stefano Tilli, Paolo Catalano, Pierfrancesco Pavoni	39.58	Q
5		John Myles-Mills, Emmanuel Tuffour, Salaam Gariba, Eric Akogyiram	39.77	q
6		Lai Cheng-Chuan, Lee Shiun-Long, Chang Yih-Yuan, Cheng Hsin-Fu	40.05	q

Heat 3

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1		Ben Johnson, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Mike Dwyer	38.76	Q
2		John Mair, Andrew Smith, Clive Wright, Ray Stewart	38.88	Q
3		Ricardo Chacon, Leandro Peñalver, Sergio Querol, Andrés Simón	39.44	Q
4		Charles-Louis Seck, Hamidou Diawara, Joseph Dias, Amadou Mbaye	39.83	Q
5			40.10	q
		Augustine Olobia, Patrick Nwankwo, Innocent Egbunike, Chidi Imoh	DNS

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