1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

None Men's 100 metres 1987 IAAF World Championships Stadio Olimpico 29 August (heats and quarter-finals)30 August (semi-finals and final) 56 9.93 WR Carl Lewis USA Ray Stewart JAM Linford Christie GBR 1983 1991 These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 56 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 30 August 1987. Ben Johnson of Canada initially won the final in a world record time of 9.83 seconds, but he was disqualified by the IAAF on 30 September 1989 after he admitted to the use of performance-enhancing drugs between 1981 and 1988. Records Existing records at the start of the event. World RecordCalvin Smith USA9.93Colorado Springs, USAJuly 3, 1983Championship RecordCarl Lewis USA10.07Helsinki, FinlandAugust 8, 1983 Results Qualifying heats Held on 29 August 1987. The first 4 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified to the quarter-finals. Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Raymond Stewart 10.23 Q 2 Ronald Desruelles 10.39 Q 3 Mike McFarlane 10.39 Q 4 Cheng Hsin-fu 10.41 Q 5 Mark Witherspoon 10.65 6 Leandro Peñalver 10.65 7 Earl Hazel 10.96 8 Robert Loua 11.09 Wind: +1.8 m/s Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Max Morinière 10.29 Q 2 Aleksandr Yevgenyev 10.33 Q 3 Andrés Simón 10.34 Q 4 Lee McRae 10.34 Q 5 Christian Haas 10.39 q 6 Oussen Issa Allassane 10.68 7 Ziad Hanna 11.04 8 Amawi Mohd Eid Ismail 11.56 Wind: +1.3 m/s Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Robson da Silva 10.42 Q 2 Achmed de Kom 10.49 Q 3 Vladimir Muravyov 10.53 Q 4 Harouna Pale 10.68 Q 5 Théophile Nkounkou 10.89 — Allan Wells DNS — Greg Barnes DNS — Youssouf Ali DNS Wind: +0.4 m/s Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Pierfrancesco Pavoni 10.24 Q 2 Viktor Bryzgin 10.25 Q 3 Linford Christie 10.29 Q 4 Hiroki Fuwa 10.43 Q 5 Li Tao 10.52 6 Julien Thode 10.69 7 Óscar Fernández 11.04 8 Alan Zammit 11.32 Wind: +1.6 m/s Heat 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Ben Johnson 10.24 Q 2 Andrew Smith 10.39 Q 3 José Javier Arqués 10.41 Q 4 Charles-Louis Seck 10.43 Q 5 Patrick Nwankwo 10.43 q 6 Mustapha Kamel Selmi 10.48 q 7 Rodney Cox 11.18 8 Gilbert Bessi 11.77 Wind: +0.6 m/s Heat 6 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl Lewis 10.05 Q 2 Attila Kovács 10.26 Q 3 Valentin Atanasov 10.39 Q 4 Ricardo Chacón 10.43 Q 5 Dirk Schweisfurth 10.50 6 Arnaldo Abrantes 10.64 7 Rick Hiram 11.37 — Trevor Davis DNS Wind: +1.5 m/s Heat 7 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Chidi Imoh 10.22 Q 2 Andreas Berger 10.22 Q 3 Desai Williams 10.30 Q 4 Eric Akogyiram 10.37 Q 5 Joilto Bonfim 10.41 q 6 Jerry Jeremiah 10.81 7 Ibrahim Mohamed-Waheed 11.48 — Takale Tuna DNS Wind: +2.5 m/s Quarter-finals Held on 29 August 1987. The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified to the quarter-finals. Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl Lewis 10.38 Q 2 Linford Christie 10.40 Q 3 Attila Kovács 10.52 Q 4 Robson da Silva 10.53 5 Christian Haas 10.65 6 Ronald Desruelles 10.69 7 Ricardo Chacón 10.70 8 Vladimir Muravyov 10.80 Wind: -2.9 m/s Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Viktor Bryzgin 10.29 Q 2 Andreas Berger 10.35 Q 3 Mike McFarlane 10.35 Q 4 Max Morinière 10.39 5 Charles-Louis Seck 10.43 6 Desai Williams 10.43 7 Cheng Hsin-fu 10.53 8 Harouna Pale 10.67 Wind: -1.5 m/s Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Chidi Imoh 10.20 Q 2 Lee McRae 10.21 Q 3 Pierfrancesco Pavoni 10.28 Q 4 Eric Akogyiram 10.31 q 5 Valentin Atanasov 10.37 q 6 Hiroki Fuwa 10.38 7 Achmed de Kom 10.45 8 Joilto Bonfim 10.46 Wind: -0.1 m/s Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Raymond Stewart 10.14 Q 2 Ben Johnson 10.14 Q 3 Andrés Simón 10.23 Q 4 Aleksandr Yevgenyev 10.37 q 5 Andrew Smith 10.37 q 6 José Javier Arqués 10.46 7 Mustapha Kamel Selmi 10.48 8 Patrick Nwankwo 10.49 Wind: -0.4 m/s Semi-finals Held on 30 August 1987. The first 4 athletes in each heat (Q) qualified to the final. Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Ben Johnson 10.15 Q 2 Linford Christie 10.25 Q 3 Pierfrancesco Pavoni 10.33 Q 4 Lee McRae 10.37 Q 5 Andreas Berger 10.37 6 Eric Akogyiram 10.40 7 Andrew Smith 10.41 8 Aleksandr Yevgenyev 10.51 Wind: -0.3 m/s Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl Lewis 10.03 Q, CR World Championships in Athletics 2 Raymond Stewart 10.12 Q 3 Attila Kovács 10.22 Q 4 Viktor Bryzgin 10.23 Q 5 Andrés Simón 10.24 6 Chidi Imoh 10.29 7 Mike McFarlane 10.38 8 Valentin Atanasov 10.53 Wind: -1.3 m/s Final Held on 30 August 1987. Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Carl Lewis 9.93 WR Raymond Stewart 10.08 Linford Christie 10.14 4 Attila Kovács 10.20 5 Viktor Bryzgin 10.25 6 Lee McRae 10.34 7 Pierfrancesco Pavoni 16.23 DSQ Ben Johnson 9.83 Wind: +1.0 m/s References Results Category:100 metres at the World Athletics Championships