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

The 4 x 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-Möller
Cornelia Oschkenat
Kerstin Behrendt
Marlies Göhr		  Soviet Union
Irina Slyusar
Natalya Pomoshchnikova
Natalya German
Olga Antonova

Results

Heats

All times shown are in seconds.

WR world record | 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)

DNF = did not finish | 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

Heat 1

  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-Omagbemi, Falilat Ogunkoya) 43.95
  6.  Ghana (Mercy Addy, Diana Yankey, Cynthia Quartey, Martha Appiah) 44.28

Heat 2

  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-Ballo, 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

Final

  1.  United States (Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith, Pam Marshall) 41.58 (CR)
  2.  East Germany (Silke Gladisch, Cornelia Oschkenat, Kerstin Behrendt, Marlies Göhr) 41.95
  3.  Soviet Union (Irina Slyusar, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, 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 Taylor-Issajenko, Keturah Anderson) 43.26
  7.  Cuba (Eusebia Riquelme, Aliuska López, Susana Armenteros, Liliana Allen) 43.66
  8.  France (Françoise Leroux, Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo, Laurence Bily, Muriel Leroy) 43.75

References

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