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1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

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Field	Value
event	Men's 100 metres
competition	1987 IAAF World Championships
venue	Stadio Olimpico
dates	29 August (heats and quarter-finals)
30 August (semi-finals and final)
competitors	56
win_value	9.93
gold	Carl Lewis
goldNOC	USA
silver	Ray Stewart
silverNOC	JAM
bronze	Linford Christie
bronzeNOC	GBR
prev	1983
next	1991

30 August (semi-finals and final) 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.

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.

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

Results

Qualifying heats

Held on 29 August 1987. The first 4 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified to the quarter-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Raymond Stewart	10.23
2	Ronald Desruelles	10.39
3	Mike McFarlane	10.39
4	Cheng Hsin-fu	10.41
5	Mark Witherspoon	10.65
6	Leandro Peñalver	10.65
7	Earl Hazel	10.96
8	Robert Loua	11.09
	Wind: +1.8 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Max Morinière	10.29
2	Aleksandr Yevgenyev	10.33
3	Andrés Simón	10.34
4	Lee McRae	10.34
5	Christian Haas	10.39
6	Oussen Issa Allassane	10.68
7	Ziad Hanna	11.04
8	Amawi Mohd Eid Ismail	11.56
	Wind: +1.3 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Robson da Silva	10.42
2	Achmed de Kom	10.49
3	Vladimir Muravyov	10.53
4	Harouna Pale	10.68
5	Théophile Nkounkou	10.89
—	Allan Wells
—	Greg Barnes
—	Youssouf Ali
	Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	10.24
2	Viktor Bryzgin	10.25
3	Linford Christie	10.29
4	Hiroki Fuwa	10.43
5	Li Tao	10.52
6	Julien Thode	10.69
7	Óscar Fernández	11.04
8	Alan Zammit	11.32
	Wind: +1.6 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Ben Johnson	10.24
2	Andrew Smith	10.39
3	José Javier Arqués	10.41
4	Charles-Louis Seck	10.43
5	Patrick Nwankwo	10.43
6	Mustapha Kamel Selmi	10.48
7	Rodney Cox	11.18
8	Gilbert Bessi	11.77
	Wind: +0.6 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Carl Lewis	10.05
2	Attila Kovács	10.26
3	Valentin Atanasov	10.39
4	Ricardo Chacón	10.43
5	Dirk Schweisfurth	10.50
6	Arnaldo Abrantes	10.64
7	Rick Hiram	11.37
—	Trevor Davis
	Wind: +1.5 m/s

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Chidi Imoh	10.22
2	Andreas Berger	10.22
3	Desai Williams	10.30
4	Eric Akogyiram	10.37
5	Joilto Bonfim	10.41
6	Jerry Jeremiah	10.81
7	Ibrahim Mohamed-Waheed	11.48
—	Takale Tuna
	Wind: +2.5 m/s

Quarter-finals

Held on 29 August 1987. The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified to the quarter-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Carl Lewis	10.38
2	Linford Christie	10.40
3	Attila Kovács	10.52
4	Robson da Silva	10.53
5	Christian Haas	10.65
6	Ronald Desruelles	10.69
7	Ricardo Chacón	10.70
8	Vladimir Muravyov	10.80
	Wind: -2.9 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Viktor Bryzgin	10.29
2	Andreas Berger	10.35
3	Mike McFarlane	10.35
4	Max Morinière	10.39
5	Charles-Louis Seck	10.43
6	Desai Williams	10.43
7	Cheng Hsin-fu	10.53
8	Harouna Pale	10.67
	Wind: -1.5 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Chidi Imoh	10.20
2	Lee McRae	10.21
3	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	10.28
4	Eric Akogyiram	10.31
5	Valentin Atanasov	10.37
6	Hiroki Fuwa	10.38
7	Achmed de Kom	10.45
8	Joilto Bonfim	10.46
	Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Raymond Stewart	10.14
2	Ben Johnson	10.14
3	Andrés Simón	10.23
4	Aleksandr Yevgenyev	10.37
5	Andrew Smith	10.37
6	José Javier Arqués	10.46
7	Mustapha Kamel Selmi	10.48
8	Patrick Nwankwo	10.49
	Wind: -0.4 m/s

Semi-finals

Held on 30 August 1987. The first 4 athletes in each heat (Q) qualified to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Ben Johnson	10.15
2	Linford Christie	10.25
3	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	10.33
4	Lee McRae	10.37
5	Andreas Berger	10.37
6	Eric Akogyiram	10.40
7	Andrew Smith	10.41
8	Aleksandr Yevgenyev	10.51
	Wind: -0.3 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Carl Lewis	10.03	,
2	Raymond Stewart	10.12
3	Attila Kovács	10.22
4	Viktor Bryzgin	10.23
5	Andrés Simón	10.24
6	Chidi Imoh	10.29
7	Mike McFarlane	10.38
8	Valentin Atanasov	10.53
	Wind: -1.3 m/s

Final

Held on 30 August 1987.

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Carl Lewis	9.93	****
	Raymond Stewart	10.08
	Linford Christie	10.14
4	Attila Kovács	10.20
5	Viktor Bryzgin	10.25
6	Lee McRae	10.34
7	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	16.23
	Ben Johnson	9.83
	Wind: +1.0 m/s

References

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