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:Dagmar NeubauerKirsten EmmelmannPetra MullerSabine BuschCornelia Ullrich*Aelita YurchenkoOlga NazarovaMariya PiniginaOlga BryzginaDiane DixonDenean HowardValerie Brisco-HooksLillie Leatherwood Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Results All times shown are in minutes.
Final RankTeamNameResultNotesDagmar Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Muller, Sabine Busch3:18.63Aelita Yurchenko, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina 3:19.50Diane Dixon, Denean Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Lillie Leatherwood 3:21.044Charmaine Crooks, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne-Wiggins, Jillian Richardson 3:24.115Ute Thimm, Helga Arendt, Gudrun Abt, Gisela Kinzel 3:24.946Cathy Rattray-Williams, Sandra Farmer, Ilrey Oliver, Sandie Richards 3:27.517Nathalie Simon, Nadine Debois, Hélène Huart, Fabienne Ficher 3:27.608Tsvetanka Ilieva, Rositsa Stamenova, Pepa Pavlova, Yuliana Marinova3:30.24
Heats Heat 1 RankTeamNameResultNotes1Aelita Yurchenko, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina3:20.75 Q2Diane Dixon, Denean Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Lillie Leatherwood3:22.32 Q3Charmaine Crooks, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne-Wiggins, Jillian Richardson3:24.50 Q4Nathalie Simon, Nadine Debois, Hélène Huart, Fabienne Ficher3:27.76 q5Ester Petitón, Odalys Hernandez, Tania Fernández, Ana Fidelia Quirot3:29.786Geraldine Shitandayi, Florence Wanjiru, Esther Kavaya, Francisca Chepkurui3:30.167Suzete Montalvão, Maria do Carmo Fialho, Soraya Vieira Telles, Maria Magnólia Souza Figueiredo3:30.918Vandana Shanbag, Vandana Rao, Shiny Wilson, P.T. Usha3:31.55
Heat 2 RankTeamNameResultNotes1Kirsten Emmelmann, Dagmar Neubauer, Cornelia Ullrich, Petra Muller3:22.97 Q2Malena Andonova, Rositsa Stamenova, Pepa Pavlova, Yuliana Marinova3:25.85 Q3Karin Lix, Helga Arendt, Gudrun Abt, Gisela Kinzel3:26.75 Q4Cathy Rattray-Williams, Sandie Richards, Sandra Farmer, Ilrey Oliver3:27.13 q5Erzsebet Szabo, Erika Szopori, Noémi Bátori, Judit Forgács3:31.566Rossana Morabito, Cosetta Campana, Nevia Pistrino, Erica Rossi3:31.727Rosa Colorado, Cristina Pérez, Montserrat Pujol, Blanca Lacambra3:32.018Michelle Walsh-Carroll, Barbara Johnson, Patricia Walsh, Patricia Amond3:32.56
References IAAF results, heats IAAF results, final