1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Introduction 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:'''Danny EverettRoddie HaleyAntonio McKayHarry ReynoldsMichael Franks*Raymond Pierre*Derek RedmondKriss AkabusiRoger BlackPhilip BrownTodd Bennett*Mark Thomas*Leandro PeñalverAgustin PavóLázaro MartínezRoberto HernándezNote: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Records Existing records at the start of the event. '''World Record''''''2:56.16'''Mexico City, MexicoOctober 20, 1968'''Championship Record''''''3:00.79'''Helsinki, FinlandAugust 14, 1983
Results All times shown are in seconds.===Final===RankTeamNameResultNotesImage:Gold medal icon.svgDanny Everett, Roddie Haley, Antonio McKay, Butch Reynolds 2:57.29 Image:Silver medal icon.svgDerek Redmond, Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black, Philip Brown)2:58.86 Image:Bronze medal icon.svgLeandro Peñalver, Agustin Pavó, Lázaro Martínez, Roberto Hernández 2:59.16 4Norbert Dobeleit, Mark Henrich, Edgar Itt, Harald Schmid2:59.96 5Joseph Sainah, John Anzrah, Elijah Bitok, David Kitur 3:01.676Mark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron 3:04.53**Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin, Vladimir KrylovDNF**Moses Ugbisie, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent EgbunikeDNS===Semi-finals=======Heat 1====RankTeamNameResultNotes1Leandro Peñalver, Agustin Pavó, Lázaro Martínez, Roberto Hernández3:00.99 '''Q'''2Mark Thomas, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown3:01.47 '''Q'''3Arkadiy Kornilov, Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin3:01.61 '''Q'''4Moses Ugbisie, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike3:01.92 '''Q'''5Andre Smith, Courtney Brown, John Graham, Anton Skerritt3:02.906Aldo Canti, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Patrick Barré, Yann Quentrec3:03.417Koichi Konakatomi, Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, Susumu Takano3:04.868Cayetano Cornet, Antonio Sánchez, José Alonso, Angel Heras3:06.41====Heat 2====RankTeamNameResultNotes1Danny Everett, Michael Franks, Raymond Pierre, Antonio McKay2:59.06  '''Q'''2Joseph Sainah, Elijah Bitok, David Kitur, John Anzrah3:00.73 '''Q'''3Mark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron3:01.08  '''Q'''4Peter Schwelm, Edgar Itt, Klaus Just, Mark Henrich 3:01.18 '''Q'''5Branislav Karaulić, Slobodan Popović, Slobodan Branković, Ismail Mačev3:03.30 6Marcello Pantone, Vito Petrella, Tiziano Gemelli, Roberto Ribaud 3:03.917Robert Stone, Gary Minihan, Peter Stubbs, Darren Clark3:04.59**Jens Carlowitz, Frank Möller, Mathias Schersing, Thomas SchönlebeDNF===Heats=======Heat 1====RankTeamNameResultNotes1Danny Everett, Michael Franks, Raymond Pierre, Antonio McKay3:03.00 '''Q'''2Mathias Schersing, Michael Schimmer, Jens Carlowitz, Thomas Schönlebe3:03.57 '''Q'''3Branislav Karaulić, Slobodan Popović, Slobodan Branković, Ismail Mačev3:03.89 '''Q'''4Moses Ugbisie, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike3:03.90 '''Q'''5Andre Smith, Courtney Brown, John Graham, Anton Skerritt3:04.08 '''q'''6Cayetano Cornet, Antonio Sánchez, José Alonso, Angel Heras3:05.02 '''q'''7Akissi Kpidi, Zongo Kuyo, Djedjemel Anatole, René Mélédjé3:05.348Kieran Finn, Gerry Delaney, John Barry, Peter Sinclair3:07.18====Heat 2====RankTeamNameResultNotes1Joseph Sainah, Elijah Bitok, Tito Sawe, John Anzrah3:02.32 '''Q'''2Leandro Peñalver, Agustin Pavó, Lázaro Martínez, Roberto Hernández3:02.62 '''Q'''3Arkadiy Kornilov, Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin3:02.79 '''Q'''4Mark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron3:05.11 '''Q'''5Jindrich Roun, Stanislav Navesnak, Jozef Kucej, Lubos Balosak3:05.446Washington Rodrigues, Sérgio Menezes, Gerson A. Souza, José Luíz Barbosa3:05.64====Heat 3====RankTeamNameResultNotes1Mark Thomas, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown3:03.75 '''Q'''2Koichi Konakatomi, Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, Susumu Takano3:03.86 '''Q'''3Peter Schwelm, Mark Henrich, Klaus Just, Edgar Itt3:03.87 '''Q'''4Robert Stone, Gary Minihan, Peter Stubbs, Darren Clark3:04.22 '''Q'''5Marcello Pantone, Vito Petrella, Andrea Montanari, Roberto Ribaud3:04.64 '''q'''6Aldo Canti, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Patrick Barré, Yann Quentrec3:04.64 '''q'''7Lin Kuang-liang, Hsu Ruo-ta, Lee Shiun-long, Lin Tsai-tien3:11.45
References * IAAF results, heats ( Archived 2009-09-04)* IAAF results, semi-finals* IAAF results, final