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

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The 4 x 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:
 United States
Danny Everett
Roddie Haley
Antonio McKay
Harry Reynolds
Michael Franks*
Raymond Pierre*
 Great Britain
Derek Redmond
Kriss Akabusi
Roger Black
Philip Brown
Todd Bennett*
Mark Thomas*
 Cuba
Leandro Peñalver
Agustin Pavó
Lázaro Martínez
Roberto Hernández

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Records[]

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record  United States (USA) 2:56.16 Mexico City, Mexico October 20, 1968
Championship Record  Soviet Union (URS) 3:00.79 Helsinki, Finland August 14, 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
Gold medal icon.svg  United States Danny Everett, Roddie Haley, Antonio McKay, Butch Reynolds 2:57.29 CR
Silver medal icon.svg  Great Britain Derek Redmond, Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black, Philip Brown) 2:58.86 AR
Bronze medal icon.svg  Cuba Leandro Peñalver, Agustin Pavó, Lázaro Martínez, Roberto Hernández 2:59.16 NR
4  West Germany Norbert Dobeleit, Mark Henrich, Edgar Itt, Harald Schmid) 2:59.96 NR
5  Kenya , John Anzrah, , David Kitur 3:01.67
6  Jamaica Mark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron 3:04.53
**  Soviet Union Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin, Vladimir Krylov DNF
**  Nigeria Moses Ugbisie, , Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike DNS

Semi-finals[]

Heat 1[]

Rank Team Name Result Notes
1  Cuba Leandro Peñalver, Agustin Pavó, Lázaro Martínez, Roberto Hernández 3:00.99 Q
2  Great Britain , Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown) 3:01.47 Q
3  Soviet Union , Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin 3:01.61 Q
4  Nigeria Moses Ugbisie, , Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike 3:01.92 Q
5  Canada , Courtney Brown, John Graham, Anton Skerritt 3:02.90
6  France Aldo Canti, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Patrick Barré, Yann Quentrec 3:03.41
7  Japan , Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, Susumu Takano 3:04.86
8  Spain Cayetano Cornet, Antonio Sánchez, José Alonso, Angel Heras 3:06.41

Heat 2[]

Rank Team Name Result Notes
1  United States Danny Everett, Michael Franks, Raymond Pierre[, Antonio McKay 2:59.06 CR Q
2  Kenya , , David Kitur, John Anzrah 3:00.73 Q
3  Jamaica Mark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron 3:01.08 NR Q
4  West Germany , Edgar Itt, Klaus Just, Mark Henrich 3:01.18 Q
5  Yugoslavia Branislav Karaulić, Slobodan Popović, Slobodan Branković, Ismail Mačev 3:03.30 NR
6  Italy Marcello Pantone, Vito Petrella, Tiziano Gemelli, Roberto Ribaud 3:03.91
7  Australia Robert Stone, Gary Minihan, Peter Stubbs, Darren Clark 3:04.59
**  East Germany Jens Carlowitz, Frank Möller, Mathias Schersing, Thomas Schönlebe DNF

Heats[]

Heat 1[]

Rank Team Name Result Notes
1  United States Danny Everett, Michael Franks, Raymond Pierre, Antonio McKay 3:03.00 Q
2  East Germany Mathias Schersing, Michael Schimmer, Jens Carlowitz, Thomas Schönlebe 3:03.57 Q
3  Yugoslavia Branislav Karaulić, Slobodan Popović, Slobodan Branković, Ismail Mačev 3:03.89 Q
4  Nigeria Moses Ugbisie, , Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike 3:03.90 Q
5  Canada , Courtney Brown, John Graham, Anton Skerritt 3:04.08 q
6  Spain Cayetano Cornet, Antonio Sánchez, José Alonso, Angel Heras 3:05.02 q
7  Ivory Coast Akissi Kpidi, Zongo Kuyo, , René Mélédjé 3:05.34
8  Ireland , , , 3:07.18

Heat 2[]

Rank Team Name Result Notes
1  Kenya , , Tito Sawe, John Anzrah 3:02.32 Q
2  Cuba Leandro Peñalver, Agustin Pavó, Lázaro Martínez, Roberto Hernández 3:02.62 Q
3  Soviet Union , Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin 3:02.79 Q
4  Jamaica Mark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron 3:05.11 Q
5  Czechoslovakia , , Jozef Kucej, 3:05.44
6  Brazil Washington Rodrigues, Sérgio Menezes, Gerson A. Souza, José Luíz Barbosa 3:05.64

Heat 3[]

Rank Team Name Result Notes
1  Great Britain , Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown 3:03.75 Q
2  Japan , Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, Susumu Takano 3:03.86 Q
3  West Germany , Mark Henrich, Klaus Just, Edgar Itt 3:03.87 Q
4  Australia Robert Stone, Gary Minihan, , Darren Clark 3:04.22 Q
5  Italy Marcello Pantone, Vito Petrella, Andrea Montanari, Roberto Ribaud 3:04.64 q
6  France Aldo Canti, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Patrick Barré, Yann Quentrec 3:04.64 q
7  Chinese Taipei , , , 3:11.45

References[]

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