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 Hernández Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Records Existing records at the start of the event. World Record2:56.16Mexico City, MexicoOctober 20, 1968Championship Record3:00.79Helsinki, FinlandAugust 14, 1983
Results All times shown are in seconds.
Final RankTeamNameResultNotesDanny Everett, Roddie Haley, Antonio McKay, Butch Reynolds 2:57.29 Derek Redmond, Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black, Philip Brown)2:58.86 Leandro 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 Q2Mark Thomas, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown3:01.47 Q3Arkadiy Kornilov, Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin3:01.61 Q4Moses Ugbisie, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike3:01.92 Q5Andre 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 Q2Joseph Sainah, Elijah Bitok, David Kitur, John Anzrah3:00.73 Q3Mark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron3:01.08 Q4Peter Schwelm, Edgar Itt, Klaus Just, Mark Henrich 3:01.18 Q5Branislav 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 Q2Mathias Schersing, Michael Schimmer, Jens Carlowitz, Thomas Schönlebe3:03.57 Q3Branislav Karaulić, Slobodan Popović, Slobodan Branković, Ismail Mačev3:03.89 Q4Moses Ugbisie, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike3:03.90 Q5Andre Smith, Courtney Brown, John Graham, Anton Skerritt3:04.08 q6Cayetano Cornet, Antonio Sánchez, José Alonso, Angel Heras3:05.02 q7Akissi 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 Q2Leandro Peñalver, Agustin Pavó, Lázaro Martínez, Roberto Hernández3:02.62 Q3Arkadiy Kornilov, Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin3:02.79 Q4Mark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron3:05.11 Q5Jindrich Roun, Stanislav Navesnak, Jozef Kucej, Lubos Balosak3:05.446Washington Rodrigues, Sérgio Menezes, Gerson A. Souza, José Luíz Barbosa3:05.647Fabián Garbolino, Dardo Angerami, Luis Migueles, José María Beduino3:12.96
Heat 3 RankTeamNameResultNotes1Mark Thomas, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown3:03.75 Q2Koichi Konakatomi, Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, Susumu Takano3:03.86 Q3Peter Schwelm, Mark Henrich, Klaus Just, Edgar Itt3:03.87 Q4Robert Stone, Gary Minihan, Peter Stubbs, Darren Clark3:04.22 Q5Marcello Pantone, Vito Petrella, Andrea Montanari, Roberto Ribaud3:04.64 q6Aldo Canti, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Patrick Barré, Yann Quentrec3:04.64 q7Lin 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 Full results (September 1987)