1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
Introduction These are the official results of the '''Men's 400 metres''' event at the '''1987 IAAF World Championships''' in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 48 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday 1987-09-03.
Medalists '''Gold''' Thomas Schönlebe''East Germany (GDR)'''''Silver''' Innocent Egbunike''Nigeria (NGA)'''''Bronze''' Harry Reynolds''United States (USA)''
Records Existing records at the start of the event. '''World Record''''''43.86'''Mexico City, MexicoOctober 18, 1968'''Championship Record''''''45.05'''Helsinki, FinlandAugust 10, 1983
Final RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.png'''44.33''' ARImage:Med 2.png'''44.56'''Image:Med 3.png'''44.80'''4.'''44.99'''5.'''45.06'''6.'''45.34'''7.'''46.27'''8. '''46.77'''
Semifinals *Held on Sunday 1987-09-01RANKHEAT 1TIME1.'''44.26'''2.'''44.56'''3.'''44.83'''4.'''45.21'''5.'''45.26'''6.'''45.62'''7.'''45.67'''8.'''45.73'''9. '''45.76'''RANKHEAT 2TIME1.'''44.50'''2.'''44.69'''3.'''44.73'''4.'''44.94'''5.'''44.97'''6.'''45.19'''7.'''45.72'''8. '''45.93'''
Quarterfinals *Held on Saturday 1987-08-31RANKHEAT 1TIME1.'''45.03'''2.'''45.33'''3.'''45.50'''4.'''45.58'''5.'''46.05'''6.'''46.19'''7. '''46.45''''''DNS'''RANKHEAT 2TIME1.'''44.81'''2.'''44.94'''3.'''45.14'''4.'''45.14'''5.'''45.81'''6.'''45.94'''7.'''45.94'''8. '''46.76'''RANKHEAT 3TIME1.'''45.46'''2.'''45.49'''3.'''45.49'''4.'''45.65'''5.'''45.76'''6.'''45.93'''7.'''46.46'''8. '''46.54'''RANKHEAT 4TIME1.'''45.27'''2.'''45.30'''3.'''45.33'''4.'''45.76'''5.'''45.85'''6.'''45.92'''7.'''46.49'''8. '''46.68'''
Qualifying heats *Held on Saturday 1987-08-30RANKHEAT 1TIME1.'''45.51'''2.'''45.68'''3.'''45.86'''4.'''46.15'''5.'''46.23'''6.'''46.56'''7. '''46.89''''''DNS'''RANKHEAT 2TIME1.'''45.39'''2.'''45.84'''3.'''45.99'''4.'''46.26'''5.'''46.58'''6.'''47.25'''7.'''48.06'''8. '''50.14'''RANKHEAT 3TIME1.'''45.65'''2.'''45.70'''3.'''45.74'''4.'''45.76'''5.'''45.83'''6.'''46.30'''7. '''46.39''''''DNS'''RANKHEAT 4TIME1.'''45.55'''2.'''45.85'''3.'''46.30'''4.'''46.37'''5.'''46.78'''6.'''47.30'''7.'''47.39'''8. '''48.40'''RANKHEAT 5TIME1.'''45.33'''2.'''45.52'''3.'''45.73'''4.'''45.93'''5.'''46.49'''6.'''46.54'''7.'''46.80'''8. '''47.32'''RANKHEAT 6TIME1.'''45.68'''2.'''45.91'''3.'''45.94'''4.'''46.08'''5.'''46.25'''6.'''46.26'''7.'''47.10'''8. '''49.19'''
References *  Results