1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The 4 × 400 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:
 East Germany
Dagmar Neubauer
Kirsten Emmelmann
Petra Muller
Sabine Busch
Cornelia Ullrich*
 Soviet Union
Aelita Yurchenko
Olga Nazarova
Mariya Pinigina
Olga Bryzgina
 United States
Diane Dixon
Denean Howard
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Lillie Leatherwood

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Results

All times shown are in minutes.

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
 East Germany Dagmar Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Muller, Sabine Busch 3:18.63 CR
 Soviet Union Aelita Yurchenko, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina 3:19.50
 United States Diane Dixon, Denean Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Lillie Leatherwood 3:21.04
4  Canada Charmaine Crooks, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne-Wiggins, Jillian Richardson 3:24.11
5  West Germany Ute Thimm, Helga Arendt, Gudrun Abt, Gisela Kinzel 3:24.94
6  Jamaica Cathy Rattray-Williams, Sandra Farmer, Ilrey Oliver, Sandie Richards 3:27.51
7  France Nathalie Simon, Nadine Debois, Helene Huart, Fabienne Ficher 3:27.60
8  Bulgaria Tsvetanka Ilieva, Rositsa Stamenova, Pepa Pavlova, Yuliana Marinova 3:30.24

Heat 1

Rank Team Name Result Notes
1  Soviet Union Aelita Yurchenko, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina 3:20.75 Q
2  United States Diane Dixon, Denean Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Lillie Leatherwood 3:22.32 Q
3  Canada Charmaine Crooks, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne-Wiggins, Jillian Richardson 3:24.50 Q
4  France Nathalie Simon, Nadine Debois, Helene Huart, Fabienne Ficher 3:27.76 q
5  Cuba Ester Petitón, Odalys Hernandez, Tania Fernandez, Ana Fidelia Quirot 3:29.78
6  Kenya Geraldine Shitandayi, Florence Wanjiru, Esther Kavaya, Francisca Chepkurui 3:30.16
7  Brazil Suzete Montalvao, Maria Do Carmo Fialho, Soraya Vieira Telles, Maria Magnólia Souza Figueiredo 3:30.91 AR
8  India Vandana Shanbag, Vandana Rao, Shiny Wilson, P.T. Usha 3:31.55 AR

Heat 2

Rank Team Name Result Notes
1  East Germany Kirsten Emmelmann, Dagmar Neubauer, Cornelia Ullrich, Petra Muller 3:22.97 Q
2  Bulgaria Malena Andonova, Rositsa Stamenova, Pepa Pavlova, Yuliana Marinova 3:25.85 Q
3  West Germany Karin Lix, Helga Arendt, Gudrun Abt, Gisela Kinzel 3:26.75 Q
4  Jamaica Cathy Rattray-Williams, Sandie Richards, Sandra Farmer, Ilrey Oliver 3:27.13 q
5  Hungary Erzsebet Szabo, Erika Szopori, Noémi Bátori, Judit Forgács 3:31.56
6  Italy Rossana Morabito, Cosetta Campana, Nevia Pistrino, Erica Rossi 3:31.72
7  Spain Rosa Colorado, Cristina Pérez, Montserrat Pujol, Blanca Lacambra 3:32.01
8  Ireland Michelle Walsh-Carroll, Barbara Johnson, Patricia Walsh, Patricia Amond 3:32.56

References


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