1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Championship
The 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadio Olimpico on September 5 and September 6.
Medals
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Results
All times shown are in minutes.
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
Name
Result
Notes
East Germany
Dagmar Neubauer , Kirsten Emmelmann , Petra Muller , Sabine Busch
3:18.63
CR
Soviet Union
Aelita Yurchenko , Olga Nazarova , Mariya Pinigina , Olga Bryzgina
3:19.50
United States
Diane Dixon , Denean Howard , Valerie Brisco-Hooks , Lillie Leatherwood
3:21.04
4
Canada
Charmaine Crooks , Molly Killingbeck , Marita Payne-Wiggins , Jillian Richardson
3:24.11
5
West Germany
Ute Thimm , Helga Arendt , Gudrun Abt , Gisela Kinzel
3:24.94
6
Jamaica
Cathy Rattray-Williams , Sandra Farmer , Ilrey Oliver , Sandie Richards
3:27.51
7
France
Nathalie Simon , Nadine Debois , Hélène Huart , Fabienne Ficher
3:27.60
8
Bulgaria
Tsvetanka Ilieva , Rositsa Stamenova , Pepa Pavlova , Yuliana Marinova
3:30.24
Heats
Heat 1
Rank
Team
Name
Result
Notes
1
Soviet Union
Aelita Yurchenko , Olga Nazarova , Mariya Pinigina , Olga Bryzgina
3:20.75
Q
2
United States
Diane Dixon , Denean Howard , Valerie Brisco-Hooks , Lillie Leatherwood
3:22.32
Q
3
Canada
Charmaine Crooks , Molly Killingbeck , Marita Payne-Wiggins , Jillian Richardson
3:24.50
Q
4
France
Nathalie Simon , Nadine Debois , Hélène Huart , Fabienne Ficher
3:27.76
q
5
Cuba
Ester Petitón , Odalys Hernandez , Tania Fernández , Ana Fidelia Quirot
3:29.78
6
Kenya
Geraldine Shitandayi , Florence Wanjiru , Esther Kavaya , Francisca Chepkurui
3:30.16
7
Brazil
Suzete Montalvão , Maria do Carmo Fialho , Soraya Vieira Telles , Maria Magnólia Souza Figueiredo
3:30.91
AR
8
India
Vandana Shanbag , Vandana Rao , Shiny Wilson , P.T. Usha
3:31.55
AR
Heat 2
Rank
Team
Name
Result
Notes
1
East Germany
Kirsten Emmelmann , Dagmar Neubauer , Cornelia Ullrich , Petra Muller
3:22.97
Q
2
Bulgaria
Malena Andonova , Rositsa Stamenova , Pepa Pavlova , Yuliana Marinova
3:25.85
Q
3
West Germany
Karin Lix , Helga Arendt , Gudrun Abt , Gisela Kinzel
3:26.75
Q
4
Jamaica
Cathy Rattray-Williams , Sandie Richards , Sandra Farmer , Ilrey Oliver
3:27.13
q
5
Hungary
Erzsebet Szabo , Erika Szopori , Noémi Bátori , Judit Forgács
3:31.56
6
Italy
Rossana Morabito , Cosetta Campana , Nevia Pistrino , Erica Rossi
3:31.72
7
Spain
Rosa Colorado , Cristina Pérez , Montserrat Pujol , Blanca Lacambra
3:32.01
8
Ireland
Michelle Walsh-Carroll , Barbara Johnson , Patricia Walsh , Patricia Amond
3:32.56
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