__NOTOC__ The 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadio Olimpico on September 5 and September 6.
Medals Gold Silver BronzeAlice BrownDiane WilliamsFlorence GriffithPam MarshallSilke GladischCornelia OschkenatKerstin BehrendtMarlies GöhrIrina SlyusarNatalya PomoshchnikovaNatalya GermanOlga Antonova
Results All times shown are in seconds.
Final RankTeamAthletesResultsNotesAlice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith, Pam Marshall 41.58Silke Gladisch, Cornelia Oschkenat, Kerstin Behrendt, Marlies Göhr 41.95Irina Slyusar, Natalya Pomoshchnikova, Natalya German, Olga Antonova 42.334Ginka Zagorcheva, Anelia Nuneva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Valya Demireva 42.715Silke-Beate Knoll, Ulrike Sarvari, Andrea Thomas, Ute Thimm43.206Angela Bailey, Angela Phipps, Angella Issajenko, Keturah Anderson43.267Eusebia Riquelme, Aliuska López, Susana Armenteros, Liliana Allen43.668Françoise Leroux, Marie-Christine Cazier, Laurence Bily, Muriel Leroy43.75
Heats
Heat 1 RankTeamNameResultNotes1Silke Gladisch, Cornelia Oschkenat, Kerstin Behrendt, Marlies Göhr42.96 Q2Angela Bailey, Angela Phipps, Angella Issajenko, Keturah Anderson43.30 Q3Silke-Beate Knoll, Ulrike Sarvari, Andrea Thomas, Ute Thimm43.32 Q4Ginka Zagorcheva, Anelia Nuneva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Valya Demireva43.50 q5Beatrice Utondu, Tina Iheagwam, Mary Onyali, Falilat Ogunkoya43.956Mercy Addy, Diana Yankey, Cynthia Quartey, Martha Appiah44.28 —Ines Ribeiro, Claudilea Dos Santos, Sheila De Oliveira, Cleide AmaralDNS
Heat 2 RankTeamNameResultNotes1Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith, Pam Marshall41.96Q2Irina Slyusar, Natalya Pomoshchnikova, Natalya German, Olga Antonova42.47Q3Eusebia Riquelme, Aliuska López, Susana Armenteros, Liliana Allen43.53 Q4Françoise Leroux, Marie-Christine Cazier, Laurence Bily, Muriel Leroy43.59 q5Eleanor Cohen, Joan Baptiste, Wendy Hoyte, Paula Dunn44.216Rita Angotzi, Patrizia Lombardo, Annarita Balzani, Marisa Masullo44.497Ashwini Nachappa, Vandana Shanbag, Sany Joseph, Vandana Rao46.32
References IAAF results, heats IAAF results, final