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

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

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Final

Rank	Team	Athletes	Results	Notes
			41.58
			41.95
			42.33
4			42.71
5		Silke-Beate Knoll, Ulrike Sarvari, Andrea Thomas, Ute Thimm	43.20
6		Angela Bailey, Angela Phipps, Angella Issajenko, Keturah Anderson	43.26
7		Eusebia Riquelme, Aliuska López, Susana Armenteros, Liliana Allen	43.66
8		Françoise Leroux, Marie-Christine Cazier, Laurence Bily, Muriel Leroy	43.75

Heats

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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

References

• IAAF results, heats
• IAAF results, final