1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
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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
[edit]Results
[edit]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
[edit]| Rank | Team | Athletes | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
 United States
|
Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith, Pam Marshall | 41.58 | CR |
|
 East Germany
|
Silke Gladisch, Cornelia Oschkenat, Kerstin Behrendt, Marlies Göhr | 41.95 | |
|
 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
[edit]Heat 1
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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 |
