The 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics Stadio Olimpico on September 5 and September 6.
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Records [ edit ] Existing records at the start of the event.
Results [ edit ] All times shown are in seconds.
AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place
Rank Team Name Result Notes United States Danny Everett , Roddie Haley , Antonio McKay , Butch Reynolds 2:57.29 CR Great Britain Derek Redmond , Kriss Akabusi , Roger Black , Philip Brown) 2:58.86 AR Cuba Leandro Peñalver , Agustin Pavó , Lázaro Martínez , Roberto Hernández 2:59.16 NR 4 West Germany Norbert Dobeleit , Mark Henrich , Edgar Itt , Harald Schmid 2:59.96 NR 5 Kenya Joseph Sainah , John Anzrah , Elijah Bitok , David Kitur 3:01.67 6 Jamaica Mark Senior , Devon Morris , Winthrop Graham , Bert Cameron 3:04.53 ** Soviet Union Yevgeniy Lomtyev , Vladimir Prosin , Aleksandr Kurochkin , Vladimir Krylov DNF ** Nigeria Moses Ugbisie , Joseph Falaye , Henry Amike , Innocent Egbunike DNS
Semi-finals [ edit ] Rank Team Name Result Notes 1 Cuba Leandro Peñalver , Agustin Pavó , Lázaro Martínez , Roberto Hernández 3:00.99 Q 2 Great Britain Mark Thomas , Kriss Akabusi , Todd Bennett , Philip Brown 3:01.47 Q 3 Soviet Union Arkadiy Kornilov , Yevgeniy Lomtyev , Vladimir Prosin , Aleksandr Kurochkin 3:01.61 Q 4 Nigeria Moses Ugbisie , Joseph Falaye , Henry Amike , Innocent Egbunike 3:01.92 Q 5 Canada Andre Smith , Courtney Brown , John Graham , Anton Skerritt 3:02.90 6 France Aldo Canti , Jean-Jacques Boussemart , Patrick Barré , Yann Quentrec 3:03.41 7 Japan Koichi Konakatomi , Kenji Yamauchi , Hiromi Kawasumi , Susumu Takano 3:04.86 8 Spain Cayetano Cornet , Antonio Sánchez , José Alonso , Angel Heras 3:06.41
Rank Team Name Result Notes 1 United States Danny Everett , Michael Franks , Raymond Pierre , Antonio McKay 2:59.06 CR Q 2 Kenya Joseph Sainah , Elijah Bitok , David Kitur , John Anzrah 3:00.73 Q 3 Jamaica Mark Senior , Devon Morris , Winthrop Graham , Bert Cameron 3:01.08 NR Q 4 West Germany Peter Schwelm , Edgar Itt , Klaus Just , Mark Henrich 3:01.18 Q 5 Yugoslavia Branislav Karaulić , Slobodan Popović , Slobodan Branković , Ismail Mačev 3:03.30 NR 6 Italy Marcello Pantone , Vito Petrella , Tiziano Gemelli , Roberto Ribaud 3:03.91 7 Australia Robert Stone , Gary Minihan , Peter Stubbs , Darren Clark 3:04.59 ** East Germany Jens Carlowitz , Frank Möller , Mathias Schersing , Thomas Schönlebe DNF
Rank Team Name Result Notes 1 United States Danny Everett , Michael Franks , Raymond Pierre , Antonio McKay 3:03.00 Q 2 East Germany Mathias Schersing , Michael Schimmer , Jens Carlowitz , Thomas Schönlebe 3:03.57 Q 3 Yugoslavia Branislav Karaulić , Slobodan Popović , Slobodan Branković , Ismail Mačev 3:03.89 Q 4 Nigeria Moses Ugbisie , Joseph Falaye , Henry Amike , Innocent Egbunike 3:03.90 Q 5 Canada Andre Smith , Courtney Brown , John Graham , Anton Skerritt 3:04.08 q 6 Spain Cayetano Cornet , Antonio Sánchez , José Alonso , Angel Heras 3:05.02 q 7 Ivory Coast Akissi Kpidi , Zongo Kuyo , Djedjemel Anatole , René Mélédjé 3:05.34 8 Ireland Kieran Finn , Gerry Delaney , John Barry , Peter Sinclair 3:07.18
Rank Team Name Result Notes 1 Kenya Joseph Sainah , Elijah Bitok , Tito Sawe , John Anzrah 3:02.32 Q 2 Cuba Leandro Peñalver , Agustin Pavó , Lázaro Martínez , Roberto Hernández 3:02.62 Q 3 Soviet Union Arkadiy Kornilov , Yevgeniy Lomtyev , Vladimir Prosin , Aleksandr Kurochkin 3:02.79 Q 4 Jamaica Mark Senior , Devon Morris , Winthrop Graham , Bert Cameron 3:05.11 Q 5 Czechoslovakia Jindrich Roun , Stanislav Navesnak , Jozef Kucej , Lubos Balosak 3:05.44 6 Brazil Washington Rodrigues , Sérgio Menezes , Gerson A. Souza , José Luíz Barbosa 3:05.64
Rank Team Name Result Notes 1 Great Britain Mark Thomas , Kriss Akabusi , Todd Bennett , Philip Brown 3:03.75 Q 2 Japan Koichi Konakatomi , Kenji Yamauchi , Hiromi Kawasumi , Susumu Takano 3:03.86 Q 3 West Germany Peter Schwelm , Mark Henrich , Klaus Just , Edgar Itt 3:03.87 Q 4 Australia Robert Stone , Gary Minihan , Peter Stubbs , Darren Clark 3:04.22 Q 5 Italy Marcello Pantone , Vito Petrella , Andrea Montanari , Roberto Ribaud 3:04.64 q 6 France Aldo Canti , Jean-Jacques Boussemart , Patrick Barré , Yann Quentrec 3:04.64 q 7 Chinese Taipei Lin Kuang-liang , Hsu Ruo-ta , Lee Shiun-long , Lin Tsai-tien 3:11.45
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