1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres
Competition:	1987 World Championships
Venue:	Stadio Olimpico
Dates:	30 August (heats) 31 August (quarter-finals) 1 September (semi-finals) 3 September (final)
Competitors:	48
Win Value:	44.33
Gold:	Thomas Schönlebe
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Innocent Egbunike
Silvernoc:	NGA
Bronze:	Butch Reynolds
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1983
Next:	1991

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 48 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday 3rd September 1987. The winning margin was 0.23 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Thomas Schönlebe East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Innocent Egbunike Nigeria (NGA)
Bronze	Harry Reynolds United States (USA)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	43.86	Mexico City, Mexico	October 18, 1968
Championship Record	45.05	Helsinki, Finland	August 10, 1983

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		44.33 AR
		44.56
		44.80
4.		44.99
5.		45.06
6.		45.34
7.		46.27
8.		46.77

Semifinals

Held on Sunday 1987-09-01

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		44.26
2.		44.56
3.		44.83
4.		45.21
5.		45.26
6.		45.62
7.		45.67
8.		45.73
9.		45.76

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		44.50
2.		44.69
3.		44.73
4.		44.94
5.		44.97
6.		45.19
7.		45.72
8.		45.93

Quarterfinals

Held on Saturday 1987-08-31

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		45.03
2.		45.33
3.		45.50
4.		45.58
5.		46.05
6.		46.19
7.		46.45
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		44.81
2.		44.94
3.		45.14
4.		45.14
5.		45.81
6.		45.94
7.		45.94
8.		46.76

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		45.46
2.		45.49
3.		45.49
4.		45.65
5.		45.76
6.		45.93
7.		46.46
8.		46.54

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		45.27
2.		45.30
3.		45.33
4.		45.76
5.		45.85
6.		45.92
7.		46.49
8.		46.68

Qualifying heats

Held on Saturday 1987-08-30

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		45.51
2.		45.68
3.		45.86
4.		46.15
5.		46.23
6.		46.56
7.		46.89
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		45.39
2.		45.84
3.		45.99
4.		46.26
5.		46.58
6.		47.25
7.		48.06
8.		50.14

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		45.65
2.		45.70
3.		45.74
4.		45.76
5.		45.83
6.		46.30
7.		46.39
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		45.55
2.		45.85
3.		46.30
4.		46.37
5.		46.78
6.		47.30
7.		47.39
8.		48.40

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		45.33
2.		45.52
3.		45.73
4.		45.93
5.		46.49
6.		46.54
7.		46.80
8.		47.32

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		45.68
2.		45.91
3.		45.94
4.		46.08
5.		46.25
6.		46.26
7.		47.10
8.		49.19

References

Results