1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres


These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 48 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday 1987-09-03.

Medalists

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.
World Record43.86Mexico City, MexicoOctober 18, 1968
Championship Record45.05Helsinki, FinlandAugust 10, 1983

Final

Semifinals

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.44.26
2.44.56
3.44.83
4.45.21
5.45.26
6.45.62
7.45.67
8.45.73
9.45.76

RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.44.50
2.44.69
3.44.73
4.44.94
5.44.97
6.45.19
7.45.72
8.45.93

Quarterfinals

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.45.03
2.45.33
3.45.50
4.45.58
5.46.05
6.46.19
7.46.45
DNS

RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.44.81
2.44.94
3.45.14
4.45.14
5.45.81
6.45.94
7.45.94
8.46.76

RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.45.46
2.45.49
3.45.49
4.45.65
5.45.76
6.45.93
7.46.46
8.46.54

RANKHEAT 4TIME
1.45.27
2.45.30
3.45.33
4.45.76
5.45.85
6.45.92
7.46.49
8.46.68

Qualifying heats

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.45.51
2.45.68
3.45.86
4.46.15
5.46.23
6.46.56
7.46.89
DNS

RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.45.39
2.45.84
3.45.99
4.46.26
5.46.58
6.47.25
7.48.06
8.50.14

RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.45.65
2.45.70
3.45.74
4.45.76
5.45.83
6.46.30
7.46.39
DNS

RANKHEAT 4TIME
1.45.55
2.45.85
3.46.30
4.46.37
5.46.78
6.47.30
7.47.39
8.48.40

RANKHEAT 5TIME
1.45.33
2.45.52
3.45.73
4.45.93
5.46.49
6.46.54
7.46.80
8.47.32

RANKHEAT 6TIME
1.45.68
2.45.91
3.45.94
4.46.08
5.46.25
6.46.26
7.47.10
8.49.19