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 IAAF World Championships
Venue	Stadio Olimpico
Dates	29 August (heats and quarter-finals) 30 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors	56
Winning time	9.93 WR
Medalists
Carl Lewis    United States   Ray Stewart    Jamaica   Linford Christie    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

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

Records

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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

References

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