1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

None The 4 × 100 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:United StatesLee McRaeLee McNeillHarvey GlanceCarl LewisDennis Mitchell*Soviet UnionAleksandr YevgenyevViktor BryzginVladimir MuravyovVladimir KrylovAndrey Fedoriv*JamaicaJohn MairAndrew SmithClive WrightRay StewartGreg Meghoo* Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. Records Existing records at the start of the event. World RecordUnited States USA37.83Los Angeles, USAAugust 11, 1984Championship RecordUnited States USA37.86Helsinki, FinlandAugust 10, 1983 Results All times shown are in seconds. Final RankTeamNameResultNotesImage:Gold medal icon.svgUnited States Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis37.90Image:Silver medal icon.svgSoviet Union Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Vladimir Krylov38.02 ARImage:Bronze medal icon.svgJamaica John Mair, Andrew Smith, Clive Wright, Ray Stewart38.414Canada Ben Johnson, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Mike Dwyer) 38.475West Germany Fritz Heer, Volker Westhagemann, Christian Haas, Norbert Dobeleit) 38.736Hungary István Nagy, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács39.047Italy Ezio Madonia, Domenico Gorla, Paolo Catalano, Pierfrancesco Pavoni 39.628China Li Tao, Cai Jianming, Li Feng, Zheng Chen 39.93 Semi-finals Heat 1 RankTeamNameResultNotes1Soviet Union Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Vladimir Krylov38.29 Q2CanadaBen Johnson, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Mike Dwyer38.50 Q3West Germany Fritz Heer, Volker Westhagemann, Christian Haas, Norbert Dobeleit38.84 Q4Italy Ezio Madonia, Stefano Tilli, Paolo Catalano, Pierfrancesco Pavoni39.52 Q5Japan Kaoru Matsubara, Hirohisa Ota, Masahiro Nagura, Hiroki Fuwa39.716SpainMiguel Ángel García, Juan José Prado, Angel Heras, José Javier Arqués39.747Ghana John Myles-Mills, Emmanuel Tuffour, Salaam Gariba, Eric Akogyiram39.948Senegal Charles-Louis Seck, Hamidou Diawara, Joseph Dias, Amadou Mbaye40.22 Heat 2 RankTeamNameResultNotes1United States Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Dennis Mitchell38.33 Q2JamaicaJohn Mair, Andrew Smith, Clive Wright, Ray Stewart 38.66 Q3HungaryIstván Nagy, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács 38.78 Q4ChinaLi Tao, Cai Jianming, Li Feng, Zheng Chen 39.05 AR Q5CubaRicardo Chacon, Leandro Peñalver, Sergio Querol, Andrés Simón39.086Brazil 1968Joilto Bonfim, Carlos de Oliveira, Arnaldo de Oliveira Silva, Robson da Silva39.227Chinese TaipeiLai Cheng-Chuan, Lee Shiun-Long, Chang Yih-Yuan, Cheng Hsin-Fu 39.908PortugalArnaldo Abrantes, Pedro Curvelo, Luís Cunha, Luís Barroso40.24 Heats Heat 1 RankCountryNameResultNotes1United States Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Dennis Mitchell38.80 Q2Hungary István Nagy, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács 39.11 Q3Japan Kaoru Matsubara, Hirohisa Ota, Masahiro Nagura, Hiroki Fuwa39.49 Q4China Li Tao, Cai Jianming, Li Feng, Zheng Chen39.63 Q5Spain Enrique Talavera, Juan José Prado, Miguel Ángel García, José Javier Arqués40.20 q6Uganda Moses Musonge, Joseph Ssali, Sunday Olweny, Edward Bitoga40.22**United Kingdom Great Britain Lincoln Asquith, John Regis, Mike McFarlane, Clarence Callender DQ Heat 2 RankCountryNameResultNotes1Soviet Union Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Muravyov, Andrey Fedoriv38.98 Q2West Germany Fritz Heer, Volker Westhagemann, Christian Haas, Norbert Dobeleit39.10 Q3Brazil 1968 Joilto Bonfim, Carlos de Oliveira, Arnaldo de Oliveira Silva, Robson da Silva39.57 Q4Italy Ezio Madonia, Stefano Tilli, Paolo Catalano, Pierfrancesco Pavoni39.58 Q5Ghana John Myles-Mills, Emmanuel Tuffour, Salaam Gariba, Eric Akogyiram39.77 q6Chinese Taipei Lai Cheng-Chuan, Lee Shiun-Long, Chang Yih-Yuan, Cheng Hsin-Fu40.05 q Heat 3 RankTeamNameResultNotes1Canada Ben Johnson, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Mike Dwyer38.76 Q2JamaicaJohn Mair, Andrew Smith, Greg Meghoo, Clive WrightThough World Athletics lists Jamaica's heat runners as Mair, Smith, Wright, and Stewart, contemporary reports and other records list their first-round team as Mair, Smith, Meghoo, and Wright.72308 Greg MeghooMen 400 RELAY https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-register-guard-men-400-relay/206036979/ The Register-Guard 15 September 2026 24 6 Sep 198738.88 Q3CubaRicardo Chacon, Leandro Peñalver, Sergio Querol, Andrés Simón39.44 Q4SenegalCharles-Louis Seck, Hamidou Diawara, Joseph Dias, Amadou Mbaye39.83 Q5PortugalArnaldo Abrantes, Pedro Curvelo, Luís Cunha, Luís Barroso 40.10 q**NigeriaAugustine Olobia, Patrick Nwankwo, Innocent Egbunike, Chidi ImohDNS Notes References IAAF results, heats IAAF results, semi-finals IAAF results, final 4 x 100 metres relay men Category:Relays at the World Athletics Championships