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

Events at the 1987 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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:
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.

Final

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
	United States	Danny Everett, Roddie Haley, Antonio McKay, Butch Reynolds	2:57.29	CR
	Great Britain	Derek Redmond, Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black, Philip Brown)	2:58.86	AR
	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	Joseph Sainah, John Anzrah, Elijah Bitok, 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, Joseph Falaye, 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	Mark Thomas, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown	3:01.47	Q
3	Soviet Union	Arkadiy Kornilov, Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin	3:01.61	Q
4	Nigeria	Moses Ugbisie, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike	3:01.92	Q
5	Canada	Andre Smith, 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	Koichi Konakatomi, 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	Joseph Sainah, Elijah Bitok, 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	Peter Schwelm, 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, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike	3:03.90	Q
5	Canada	Andre Smith, 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, Djedjemel Anatole, René Mélédjé	3:05.34
8	Ireland	Kieran Finn, Gerry Delaney, John Barry, Peter Sinclair	3:07.18

Heat 2

Rank	Team	Name	Result	Notes
1	Kenya	Joseph Sainah, Elijah Bitok, 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	Arkadiy Kornilov, 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	Jindrich Roun, Stanislav Navesnak, Jozef Kucej, Lubos Balosak	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	Mark Thomas, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown	3:03.75	Q
2	Japan	Koichi Konakatomi, Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, Susumu Takano	3:03.86	Q
3	West Germany	Peter Schwelm, Mark Henrich, Klaus Just, Edgar Itt	3:03.87	Q
4	Australia	Robert Stone, Gary Minihan, Peter Stubbs, 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	Lin Kuang-liang, Hsu Ruo-ta, Lee Shiun-long, Lin Tsai-tien	3:11.45

References

• IAAF results, heats (Archived 2009-09-04)
• IAAF results, semi-finals
• IAAF results, final

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