1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

None 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:United StatesDanny EverettRoddie HaleyAntonio McKayHarry ReynoldsMichael Franks*Raymond Pierre*Great BritainDerek RedmondKriss AkabusiRoger BlackPhilip BrownTodd Bennett*Mark Thomas*CubaLeandro PeñalverAgustin PavóLázaro MartínezRoberto Hernández Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. Records Existing records at the start of the event. World RecordUnited States USA2:56.16Mexico City, MexicoOctober 20, 1968Championship RecordSoviet Union URS3:00.79Helsinki, FinlandAugust 14, 1983 Results All times shown are in seconds. Final RankTeamNameResultNotesImage:Gold medal icon.svgUnited StatesDanny Everett, Roddie Haley, Antonio McKay, Butch Reynolds 2:57.29 CRImage:Silver medal icon.svgGreat BritainDerek Redmond, Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black, Philip Brown)2:58.86 ARImage:Bronze medal icon.svgCubaLeandro Peñalver, Agustin Pavó, Lázaro Martínez, Roberto Hernández 2:59.16 NR4West GermanyNorbert Dobeleit, Mark Henrich, Edgar Itt, Harald Schmid2:59.96 NR5KenyaJoseph Sainah, John Anzrah, Elijah Bitok, David Kitur 3:01.676JamaicaMark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron 3:04.53**Soviet UnionYevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin, Vladimir KrylovDNF**NigeriaMoses Ugbisie, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent EgbunikeDNS Semi-finals Heat 1 RankTeamNameResultNotes1CubaLeandro Peñalver, Agustin Pavó, Lázaro Martínez, Roberto Hernández3:00.99 Q2Great BritainMark Thomas, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown3:01.47 Q3Soviet UnionArkadiy Kornilov, Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin3:01.61 Q4NigeriaMoses Ugbisie, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike3:01.92 Q5CanadaAndre Smith, Courtney Brown, John Graham, Anton Skerritt3:02.906FranceAldo Canti, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Patrick Barré, Yann Quentrec3:03.417JapanKoichi Konakatomi, Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, Susumu Takano3:04.868SpainCayetano Cornet, Antonio Sánchez, José Alonso, Angel Heras3:06.41 Heat 2 RankTeamNameResultNotes1United StatesDanny Everett, Michael Franks, Raymond Pierre, Antonio McKay2:59.06 CR Q2KenyaJoseph Sainah, Elijah Bitok, David Kitur, John Anzrah3:00.73 Q3JamaicaMark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron3:01.08 NR Q4West GermanyPeter Schwelm, Edgar Itt, Klaus Just, Mark Henrich 3:01.18 Q5YugoslaviaBranislav Karaulić, Slobodan Popović, Slobodan Branković, Ismail Mačev3:03.30 NR6ItalyMarcello Pantone, Vito Petrella, Tiziano Gemelli, Roberto Ribaud 3:03.917AustraliaRobert Stone, Gary Minihan, Peter Stubbs, Darren Clark3:04.59**East GermanyJens Carlowitz, Frank Möller, Mathias Schersing, Thomas SchönlebeDNF Heats Heat 1 RankTeamNameResultNotes1United StatesDanny Everett, Michael Franks, Raymond Pierre, Antonio McKay3:03.00 Q2East GermanyMathias Schersing, Michael Schimmer, Jens Carlowitz, Thomas Schönlebe3:03.57 Q3YugoslaviaBranislav Karaulić, Slobodan Popović, Slobodan Branković, Ismail Mačev3:03.89 Q4NigeriaMoses Ugbisie, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike3:03.90 Q5CanadaAndre Smith, Courtney Brown, John Graham, Anton Skerritt3:04.08 q6SpainCayetano Cornet, Antonio Sánchez, José Alonso, Angel Heras3:05.02 q7Ivory CoastAkissi Kpidi, Zongo Kuyo, Djedjemel Anatole, René Mélédjé3:05.348IrelandKieran Finn, Gerry Delaney, John Barry, Peter Sinclair3:07.18 Heat 2 RankTeamNameResultNotes1KenyaJoseph Sainah, Elijah Bitok, Tito Sawe, John Anzrah3:02.32 Q2CubaLeandro Peñalver, Agustin Pavó, Lázaro Martínez, Roberto Hernández3:02.62 Q3Soviet UnionArkadiy Kornilov, Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin3:02.79 Q4JamaicaMark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron3:05.11 Q5CzechoslovakiaJindrich Roun, Stanislav Navesnak, Jozef Kucej, Lubos Balosak3:05.446Brazil 1968Washington Rodrigues, Sérgio Menezes, Gerson A. Souza, José Luíz Barbosa3:05.647ArgentinaFabián Garbolino, Dardo Angerami, Luis Migueles, José María Beduino3:12.96 Heat 3 RankTeamNameResultNotes1Great BritainMark Thomas, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown3:03.75 Q2JapanKoichi Konakatomi, Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, Susumu Takano3:03.86 Q3West GermanyPeter Schwelm, Mark Henrich, Klaus Just, Edgar Itt3:03.87 Q4AustraliaRobert Stone, Gary Minihan, Peter Stubbs, Darren Clark3:04.22 Q5ItalyMarcello Pantone, Vito Petrella, Andrea Montanari, Roberto Ribaud3:04.64 q6FranceAldo Canti, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Patrick Barré, Yann Quentrec3:04.64 q7Chinese TaipeiLin 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) 4 x 400 metres relay men Category:Relays at the World Athletics Championships