1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 56 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 30 August 1987.

Men's 100 metres
at the 1987 World Championships
VenueStadio Olimpico
Dates29 August (heats and quarter-finals)
30 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors56
Winning time9.93 WR
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Jamaica
bronze medal    Great Britain
← 1983
1991 →

Ben Johnson of Canada initially won the final in a world record time of 9.83 seconds, but he was disqualified by the IAAF on 30 September 1989 after he admitted to the use of performance-enhancing drugs between 1981 and 1988.

Medalists edit

Gold   Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
Silver   Raymond Stewart
Jamaica (JAM)
Bronze   Linford Christie
Great Britain (GBR)

Records edit

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record   Calvin Smith (USA) 9.93 Colorado Springs, USA July 3, 1983
Championship Record   Carl Lewis (USA) 10.07 Helsinki, Finland August 8, 1983

Final edit

RANK FINAL wind +1.0 TIME
    Carl Lewis (USA) 9.93 =WR
    Raymond Stewart (JAM) 10.08
    Linford Christie (GBR) 10.14
4.   Attila Kovács (HUN) 10.20
5.   Viktor Bryzgin (URS) 10.25
6.   Lee McRae (USA) 10.34
7.   Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA) 16.23
DSQ   Ben Johnson (CAN) 9.83

Semifinals edit

  • Held on Sunday 1987-08-30
RANK HEAT 1 wind -0.3 TIME
1.   Ben Johnson (CAN) 10.15
2.   Linford Christie (GBR) 10.25
3.   Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA) 10.33
4.   Lee McRae (USA) 10.37
5.   Andreas Berger (AUT) 10.37
6.   Eric Akogyiram (GHA) 10.40
7.   Andrew Smith (JAM) 10.41
8.   Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS) 10.51


RANK HEAT 2 wind -1.3 TIME
1.   Carl Lewis (USA) 10.03 CR
2.   Raymond Stewart (JAM) 10.12
3.   Attila Kovács (HUN) 10.22
4.   Viktor Bryzgin (URS) 10.23
5.   Andrés Simón (CUB) 10.24
6.   Chidi Imoh (NGR) 10.29
7.   Mike McFarlane (GBR) 10.38
8.   Valentin Atanasov (BUL) 10.53

Quarterfinals edit

  • Held on Saturday 1987-08-29
RANK HEAT 1 wind -2.9 TIME
1.   Carl Lewis (USA) 10.38
2.   Linford Christie (GBR) 10.40
3.   Attila Kovács (HUN) 10.52
4.   Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.53
5.   Christian Haas (FRG) 10.65
6.   Ronald Desruelles (BEL) 10.69
7.   Ricardo Chacón (CUB) 10.70
8.   Vladimir Muravyov (URS) 10.80


RANK HEAT 2 wind -1.5 TIME
1.   Viktor Bryzgin (URS) 10.29
2.   Andreas Berger (AUT) 10.35
3.   Mike McFarlane (GBR) 10.35
4.   Max Morinière (FRA) 10.39
5.   Charles-Louis Seck (SEN) 10.43
6.   Desai Williams (CAN) 10.43
7.   Cheng Hsin-Fu (TPE) 10.53
8.   Harouna Pale (BUR) 10.67


RANK HEAT 3 wind -0.1 TIME
1.   Chidi Imoh (NGR) 10.20
2.   Lee McRae (USA) 10.21
3.   Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA) 10.28
4.   Eric Akogyiram (GHA) 10.31
5.   Valentin Atanasov (BUL) 10.37
6.   Hiroki Fuwa (JPN) 10.38
7.   Achmed de Kom (NED) 10.45
8.   Joilto Bonfim (BRA) 10.46


RANK HEAT 4 wind -0.4 TIME
1.   Raymond Stewart (JAM) 10.14
2.   Ben Johnson (CAN) 10.14
3.   Andrés Simón (CUB) 10.23
4.   Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS) 10.37
5.   Andrew Smith (JAM) 10.37
6.   José Javier Arqués (ESP) 10.46
7.   Mustapha Kamel Selmi (ALG) 10.48
8.   Patrick Nwankwo (NGR) 10.49

Qualifying heats edit

  • Held on Saturday 1987-08-29
RANK HEAT 1 wind +1.8 TIME
1.   Raymond Stewart (JAM) 10.23
2.   Ronald Desruelles (BEL) 10.39
3.   Mike McFarlane (GBR) 10.39
4.   Cheng Hsin-Fu (TPE) 10.41
5.   Mark Witherspoon (USA) 10.65
6.   Leandro Peñalver (CUB) 10.65
7.   Earl Hazel (SKN) 10.96
8.   Robert Loua (GUI) 11.09


RANK HEAT 2 wind +1.3 TIME
1.   Max Morinière (FRA) 10.29
2.   Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS) 10.33
3.   Andrés Simón (CUB) 10.34
4.   Lee McRae (USA) 10.34
5.   Christian Haas (FRG) 10.39
6.   Oussen Issa Allassane (BEN) 10.68
7.   Ziad Hanna (LIB) 11.04
8.   Amawi Mohd Eid Ismail (PLE) 11.56


RANK HEAT 3 wind +0.4 TIME
1.   Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.42
2.   Achmed de Kom (NED) 10.49
3.   Vladimir Muravyov (URS) 10.53
4.   Harouna Pale (BUR) 10.68
5.   Théophile Nkounkou (CGO) 10.89
  Allan Wells (GBR) DNS
  Greg Barnes (ISV) DNS
  Youssouf Ali (COM) DNS


RANK HEAT 4 wind +1.6 TIME
1.   Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA) 10.24
2.   Viktor Bryzgin (URS) 10.25
3.   Linford Christie (GBR) 10.29
4.   Hiroki Fuwa (JPN) 10.43
5.   Tao Li (CHN) 10.52
6.   Julien Thode (AHO) 10.69
7.   Óscar Fernández (PER) 11.04
8.   Alan Zammit (MLT) 11.32


RANK HEAT 5 wind +0.6 TIME
1.   Ben Johnson (CAN) 10.24
2.   Andrew Smith (JAM) 10.39
3.   José Javier Arqués (ESP) 10.41
4.   Charles-Louis Seck (SEN) 10.43
5.   Patrick Nwankwo (NGR) 10.43
6.   Mustapha Kamel Selmi (ALG) 10.48
7.   Rodney Cox (TCA) 11.18
8.   Gilbert Bessi (MON) 11.77


RANK HEAT 6 wind +1.5 TIME
1.   Carl Lewis (USA) 10.05
2.   Attila Kovács (HUN) 10.26
3.   Valentin Atanasov (BUL) 10.39
4.   Ricardo Chacón (CUB) 10.43
5.   Dirk Schweisfurth (FRG) 10.50
6.   Arnaldo Abrantes (POR) 10.64
7.   Rick Hiram (NRU) 11.37
  Trevor Davis (AIA) DNS


RANK HEAT 7 wind +2.5 TIME
1.   Chidi Imoh (NGR) 10.22w
2.   Andreas Berger (AUT) 10.22w
3.   Desai Williams (CAN) 10.30w
4.   Eric Akogyiram (GHA) 10.37w
5.   Joilto Bonfim (BRA) 10.41w
6.   Jerry Jeremiah (VAN) 10.81w
7.   Ibrahim Mohamed-Waheed (MDV) 11.48w
  Takale Tuna (PNG) DNS

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