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Events at the
1987 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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 States
Alice Brown
Diane Williams
Florence Griffith
Pam Marshall 		 East Germany
Silke Gladisch
Cornelia Oschkenat
Kerstin Behrendt
Marlies Göhr 		 Soviet Union
Irina Slyusar
Natalya Pomoshchnikova
Natalya German
Olga Antonova

Results

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

Final

Rank Team Athletes Results Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith, Pam Marshall 41.58 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  East Germany Silke Gladisch, Cornelia Oschkenat, Kerstin Behrendt, Marlies Göhr 41.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union Irina Slyusar, Natalya Pomoshchnikova, Natalya German, Olga Antonova 42.33
4  Bulgaria Ginka Zagorcheva, Anelia Nuneva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Valya Demireva 42.71
5  West Germany Silke-Beate Knoll, Ulrike Sarvari, Andrea Thomas, Ute Thimm 43.20
6  Canada Angela Bailey, Angela Phipps, Angella Issajenko, Keturah Anderson 43.26
7  Cuba Eusebia Riquelme, Aliuska López, Susana Armenteros, Liliana Allen 43.66
8  France Françoise Leroux, Marie-Christine Cazier, Laurence Bily, Muriel Leroy 43.75

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Team Name Result Notes
1  East Germany Silke Gladisch, Cornelia Oschkenat, Kerstin Behrendt, Marlies Göhr 42.96 Q
2  Canada Angela Bailey, Angela Phipps, Angella Issajenko, Keturah Anderson 43.30 Q
3  West Germany Silke-Beate Knoll, Ulrike Sarvari, Andrea Thomas, Ute Thimm 43.32 Q
4  Bulgaria Ginka Zagorcheva, Anelia Nuneva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Valya Demireva 43.50 q
5  Nigeria Beatrice Utondu, Tina Iheagwam, Mary Onyali, Falilat Ogunkoya 43.95
6  Ghana Mercy Addy, Diana Yankey, Cynthia Quartey, Martha Appiah 44.28
—  Brazil Ines Ribeiro, Claudilea Dos Santos, Sheila De Oliveira, Cleide Amaral DNS

Heat 2

Rank Team Name Result Notes
1  United States Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith, Pam Marshall 41.96 Q
2  Soviet Union Irina Slyusar, Natalya Pomoshchnikova, Natalya German, Olga Antonova 42.47 Q
3  Cuba Eusebia Riquelme, Aliuska López, Susana Armenteros, Liliana Allen 43.53 Q
4  France Françoise Leroux, Marie-Christine Cazier, Laurence Bily, Muriel Leroy 43.59 q
5  Great Britain Eleanor Cohen, Joan Baptiste, Wendy Hoyte, Paula Dunn 44.21
6  Italy Rita Angotzi, Patrizia Lombardo, Annarita Balzani, Marisa Masullo 44.49
7  India Ashwini Nachappa, Vandana Shanbag, Sany Joseph, Vandana Rao 46.32

References

4 × 100 metres relay at the World Athletics Championships
Complete event overview
Men
Women
World champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay
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