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 Record19.72Mexico City, MexicoSeptember 12, 1979
Championship Record20.14Helsinki, FinlandAugust 14, 1983

Final

RANKFINAL wind -0.4TIME
20.16
20.16
20.18
4.20.22
5.20.23
6.20.25
7.20.45
8.20.78

Semifinals

RANKHEAT 1 wind +0.5TIME
1.20.54
2.20.54
3.20.69
4.20.78
5.20.87
6.20.99
7.21.22
8.21.28

RANKHEAT 2 wind +1.2TIME
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

RANKHEAT 1 wind -1.5TIME
1.20.56
2.20.79
3.21.11
4.21.11
5.21.12
6.21.37
7.21.39
8.21.68

RANKHEAT 2 wind -1.3TIME
1.20.38
2.20.64
3.20.88
4.20.89
5.20.94
6.21.20
7.26.25
DNS

RANKHEAT 3 wind +0.4TIME
1.20.48
2.20.55
3.20.60
4.20.86
5.20.87
6.20.98
7.21.15
8.21.23

RANKHEAT 4 wind +0.8TIME
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

RANKHEAT 1 wind +0.5TIME
1.20.37
2.20.77
3.20.89
4.21.14
5.21.19
6.21.26
7.21.53
DNS

RANKHEAT 2 wind -0.9TIME
1.20.77
2.20.82
3.20.89
4.20.94
5.21.01
6.21.47
7.21.67
8.21.93

RANKHEAT 3 wind -0.1TIME
1.20.59
2.20.88
3.21.11
4.21.15
5.21.33
6.21.51
7.21.62
8.23.41

RANKHEAT 4 wind +0.7TIME
1.20.56
2.20.62
3.20.82
4.20.93
5.21.06
6.21.15
7.21.48
8.23.07

RANKHEAT 5 wind -0.8TIME
1.20.62
2.20.80
3.20.84
4.20.96
5.21.04
6.21.36
7.22.06
8.22.45

RANKHEAT 6 wind +0.3TIME
1.20.76
2.20.80
3.20.82
4.21.03
5.21.23
6.21.37
7.23.66

See also

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