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
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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
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