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

The 4 x 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:
 United States
Lee McRae
Lee McNeill
Harvey Glance
Carl Lewis
Dennis Mitchell*
 Soviet Union
Aleksandr Yevgenyev
Viktor Bryzgin
Vladimir Muravyov
Vladimir Krylov
Andrey Fedoriv*
 Jamaica
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  United States (USA) 37.83 Los Angeles, USA August 11, 1984
Championship Record  United States (USA) 37.86 Helsinki, Finland August 10, 1983

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Final

Rank Team Name Result Notes
 United States Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis 37.90
 Soviet Union Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Vladimir Krylov 38.02 AR
 Jamaica John Mair, Andrew Smith, Clive Wright, Ray Stewart 38.41
4  Canada Ben Johnson, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Mike Dwyer) 38.47
5  West Germany Fritz Heer, Volker Westhagemann, Christian Haas, Norbert Dobeleit) 38.73
6  Hungary István Nagy, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács 39.04
7  Italy Ezio Madonia, Domenico Gorla, Paolo Catalano, Pierfrancesco Pavoni 39.62
8  China Li Tao, Cai Jianming, Li Feng, Zheng Chen 39.93

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

Rank Team Name Result Notes
1  United States Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Dennis Mitchell 38.33 Q
2  Jamaica John Mair, Andrew Smith, Clive Wright, Ray Stewart 38.66 Q
3  Hungary István Nagy, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács 38.78 Q
4  China Li Tao, Cai Jianming, Li Feng, Zheng Chen 39.05 AR Q
5  Cuba Ricardo Chacon, Leandro Peñalver, Sergio Querol, Andrés Simón 39.08
6  Brazil Joilto Bonfim, Carlos De Oliveira, Arnaldo de Oliveira Silva, Robson da Silva 39.22
7  Chinese Taipei Lai Cheng-Chuan, Lee Shiun-Long, Chang Yih-Yuan, Cheng Hsin-Fu 39.90
8  Portugal Arnaldo Abrantes, Pedro Curvelo, Luís Cunha, Luís Barroso 40.24

Heat 1

Rank Country Name Result Notes
1  United States Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Dennis Mitchell 38.80 Q
2  Hungary István Nagy, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács 39.11 Q
3  Japan Kaoru Matsubara, Hirohisa Ota, Masahiro Nagura, Hiroki Fuwa 39.49 Q
4  China Li Tao, Cai Jianming, Li Feng, Zheng Chen 39.63 Q
5  Spain Enrique Talavera, Juan José Prado, Miguel Ángel García, José Javier Arqués 40.20 q
6  Uganda Moses Musonge, Joseph Ssali, Sunday Olweny, Edward Bitoga 40.22
**  Great Britain Lincoln Asquith, John Regis, Mike McFarlane, Clarence Callender DQ

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

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

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