1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
Introduction These are the official results of the '''Men's 100 metres''' event at the '''1987 IAAF World Championships''' in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 56 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 30 August 1987.Ben Johnson of Canada initially won the final in a world record time of 9.83 seconds, but he was disqualified by the IAAF on 30 September 1989 after he admitted to the use of performance-enhancing drugs between 1981 and 1988.
Medalists '''Gold''' Carl Lewis''United States (USA)'''''Silver''' Raymond Stewart''Jamaica (JAM)'''''Bronze''' Linford Christie''Great Britain (GBR)''
Records Existing records at the start of the event. '''World Record''''''9.93'''Colorado Springs, USAJuly 3, 1983'''Championship Record''''''10.07'''Helsinki, FinlandAugust 8, 1983
Final RANKFINAL wind +1.0TIMEImage:Med 1.png'''9.93''' '''=WR'''Image:Med 2.png'''10.08'''Image:Med 3.png'''10.14'''4.'''10.20'''5.'''10.25'''6.'''10.34'''7. '''16.23''''''DSQ''''''9.83'''
Semifinals *Held on Sunday 1987-08-30RANKHEAT 1 wind -0.3TIME1.'''10.15'''2.'''10.25'''3.'''10.33'''4.'''10.37'''5.'''10.37'''6.'''10.40'''7.'''10.41'''8. '''10.51'''RANKHEAT 2 wind -1.3TIME1. '''10.03''' '''CR'''2.'''10.12'''3.'''10.22'''4.'''10.23'''5.'''10.24'''6.'''10.29'''7.'''10.38'''8. '''10.53'''
Quarterfinals *Held on Saturday 1987-08-29RANKHEAT 1 wind -2.9TIME1.'''10.38'''2.'''10.40'''3.'''10.52'''4.'''10.53'''5.'''10.65'''6.'''10.69'''7.'''10.70'''8. '''10.80'''RANKHEAT 2 wind -1.5TIME1.'''10.29'''2.'''10.35'''3.'''10.35'''4.'''10.39'''5.'''10.43'''6.'''10.43'''7.'''10.53'''8. '''10.67'''RANKHEAT 3 wind -0.1TIME1.'''10.20'''2.'''10.21'''3.'''10.28'''4.'''10.31'''5.'''10.37'''6.'''10.38'''7.'''10.45'''8. '''10.46'''RANKHEAT 4 wind -0.4TIME1.'''10.14'''2.'''10.14'''3.'''10.23'''4.'''10.37'''5.'''10.37'''6.'''10.46'''7.'''10.48'''8. '''10.49'''
Qualifying heats *Held on Saturday 1987-08-29RANKHEAT 1 wind +1.8TIME1.'''10.23'''2.'''10.39'''3.'''10.39'''4.'''10.41'''5.'''10.65'''6.'''10.65'''7.'''10.96'''8. '''11.09'''RANKHEAT 2 wind +1.3TIME1.'''10.29'''2.'''10.33'''3.'''10.34'''4.'''10.34'''5.'''10.39'''6.'''10.68'''7.'''11.04'''8. '''11.56'''RANKHEAT 3 wind +0.4TIME1.'''10.42'''2.'''10.49'''3.'''10.53'''4.'''10.68'''5. '''10.89''''''DNS''''''DNS''''''DNS'''RANKHEAT 4 wind +1.6TIME1.'''10.24'''2.'''10.25'''3.'''10.29'''4.'''10.43'''5.'''10.52'''6.'''10.69'''7.'''11.04'''8. '''11.32'''RANKHEAT 5 wind +0.6TIME1.'''10.24'''2.'''10.39'''3.'''10.41'''4.'''10.43'''5.'''10.43'''6.'''10.48'''7.'''11.18'''8. '''11.77'''RANKHEAT 6 wind +1.5TIME1.'''10.05'''2.'''10.26'''3.'''10.39'''4.'''10.43'''5.'''10.50'''6.'''10.64'''7. '''11.37''''''DNS'''RANKHEAT 7 wind +2.5TIME1.'''10.22'''2.'''10.22'''3.'''10.30'''4.'''10.37'''5.'''10.41'''6.'''10.81'''7. '''11.48''''''DNS'''
References *  Results