IAAF World Championships
Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA)
29 AUG–06 SEP 1987
OW
Men's 4x100 Metres Relay
Final
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States Lee MCRAE, Lee MCNEILL, Harvey GLANCE, Carl LEWIS | USA | 37.90 | |
| 2. | Soviet Union Aleksandr YEVGENYEV, Viktor BRYZGIN, Vladimir MURAVYOV, Vladimir KRYLOV | URS | 38.02 | |
| 3. | Jamaica John MAIR, Andrew SMITH, Clive WRIGHT, Raymond STEWART | JAM | 38.41 | |
| 4. | Federal Republic of Germany Fritz-Werner HEER, Volker WESTHAGEMANN, Christian HAAS, Norbert DOBELEIT | FRG | 38.73 | |
| 5. | Hungary István NAGY, László KARAFFA, István TATÁR, Attila KOVÁCS | HUN | 39.04 | |
| 6. | Italy Ezio MADONIA, Domenico GORLA, Paolo CATALANO, Pierfrancesco PAVONI | ITA | 39.62 | |
| 7. | PR of China Tao LI, Jianming CAI, Feng LI, Zheng CHEN | CHN | 39.93 | |
| - | Canada Ben JOHNSON, Atlee MAHORN, Desai WILLIAMS, Mike DWYER | CAN | DQ |
Semifinal - Heat 1
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Soviet Union Aleksandr YEVGENYEV, Viktor BRYZGIN, Vladimir MURAVYOV, Vladimir KRYLOV | URS | 38.29 | |
| 2. | Federal Republic of Germany Fritz-Werner HEER, Volker WESTHAGEMANN, Christian HAAS, Norbert DOBELEIT | FRG | 38.84 | |
| 3. | Italy Ezio MADONIA, Stefano TILLI, Paolo CATALANO, Pierfrancesco PAVONI | ITA | 39.52 | |
| 4. | Japan Kaoru MATSUBARA, Hirohisa OTA, Masahiro NAGURA, Hiroki FUWA | JPN | 39.71 | |
| 5. | Spain Miguel Ángel GARCÍA, Juan José PRADO, Ángel HERAS, José Javier ARQUÉS | ESP | 39.74 | |
| 6. | Ghana John MYLES-MILLS, Emmanuel TUFFOUR, Salaam GARIBA, Eric AKOGYIRAM | GHA | 39.94 | |
| 7. | Senegal Charles-Louis SECK, Hamidou DIAWARA, Joseph DIAZ, Amadou M'BAYE | SEN | 40.22 | |
| - | Canada Ben JOHNSON, Atlee MAHORN, Desai WILLIAMS, Mike DWYER | CAN | DQ |
Semifinal - Heat 2
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States Lee MCRAE, Lee MCNEILL, Harvey GLANCE, Dennis MITCHELL | USA | 38.33 | |
| 2. | Jamaica John MAIR, Andrew SMITH, Clive WRIGHT, Raymond STEWART | JAM | 38.66 | |
| 3. | Hungary István NAGY, László KARAFFA, István TATÁR, Attila KOVÁCS | HUN | 38.78 | |
| 4. | PR of China Tao LI, Jianming CAI, Feng LI, Zheng CHEN | CHN | 39.05 | |
| 5. | Cuba Ricardo CHACÓN, Leandro PENALVER, Sergio QUEROL, Andres SIMÓN | CUB | 39.08 | |
| 6. | Brazil Jailto BONFIM, Carlos DE OLIVEIRA, Arnaldo OLIVEIRA, Robson DA SILVA | BRA | 39.22 | |
| 7. | Chinese Taipei Cheng-Chuan LAI, Shiunn-Long LEE, Yih-Yuan CHANG, Hsin-Fu CHENG | TPE | 39.90 | |
| 8. | Portugal Arnaldo ABRANTES, Pedro CURVELO, Luís CUNHA, Luis BARROSO | POR | 40.24 |
Round 1 - Heat 1
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States Lee MCRAE, Lee MCNEILL, Harvey GLANCE, Dennis MITCHELL | USA | 38.80 | |
| 2. | Hungary István NAGY, László KARAFFA, István TATÁR, Attila KOVÁCS | HUN | 39.11 | |
| 3. | Japan Kaoru MATSUBARA, Hirohisa OTA, Masahiro NAGURA, Hiroki FUWA | JPN | 39.49 | |
| 4. | PR of China Tao LI, Jianming CAI, Feng LI, Zheng CHEN | CHN | 39.63 | |
| 5. | Spain Enrique TALAVERA, Juan José PRADO, Miguel Ángel GARCÍA, José Javier ARQUÉS | ESP | 40.20 | |
| 6. | Uganda Moses MUSONGE, Joseph SSALI, Sunday OLWENY, Edward BITOGA | UGA | 40.22 | |
| Great Britain & NI Lincoln ASQUITH, John REGIS, Mike MCFARLANE, Clarence CALLENDER | GBR | DQ |
Round 1 - Heat 2
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Soviet Union Aleksandr YEVGENYEV, Viktor BRYZGIN, Vladimir MURAVYOV, Andrey FEDORIV | URS | 38.98 | |
| 2. | Federal Republic of Germany Fritz-Werner HEER, Volker WESTHAGEMANN, Christian HAAS, Norbert DOBELEIT | FRG | 39.10 | |
| 3. | Brazil Jailto BONFIM, Carlos DE OLIVEIRA, Arnaldo OLIVEIRA, Robson DA SILVA | BRA | 39.57 | |
| 4. | Italy Ezio MADONIA, Stefano TILLI, Paolo CATALANO, Pierfrancesco PAVONI | ITA | 39.58 | |
| 5. | Ghana John MYLES-MILLS, Emmanuel TUFFOUR, Salaam GARIBA, Eric AKOGYIRAM | GHA | 39.77 | |
| 6. | Chinese Taipei Cheng-Chuan LAI, Shiunn-Long LEE, Yih-Yuan CHANG, Hsin-Fu CHENG | TPE | 40.05 |
Round 1 - Heat 3
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jamaica John MAIR, Andrew SMITH, Clive WRIGHT, Raymond STEWART | JAM | 38.88 | |
| 2. | Cuba Ricardo CHACÓN, Leandro PENALVER, Sergio QUEROL, Andres SIMÓN | CUB | 39.44 | |
| 3. | Senegal Charles-Louis SECK, Hamidou DIAWARA, Joseph DIAZ, Amadou M'BAYE | SEN | 39.83 | |
| 4. | Portugal Arnaldo ABRANTES, Pedro CURVELO, Luís CUNHA, Luis BARROSO | POR | 40.10 | |
| Nigeria Augustine OLOBIA, Patrick NWANKWO, Innocent EGBUNIKE, Chidi IMOH | NGR | DNS | ||
| - | Canada Ben JOHNSON, Atlee MAHORN, Desai WILLIAMS, Mike DWYER | CAN | DQ |