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1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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Field	Value
event	Men's 400 metres
competition	1987 World Championships
venue	Stadio Olimpico
dates	30 August (heats)
31 August (quarter-finals)
1 September (semi-finals)
3 September (final)
competitors	48
win_value	44.33
gold	Thomas Schönlebe
goldNOC	GDR
silver	Innocent Egbunike
silverNOC	NGA
bronze	Butch Reynolds
bronzeNOC	USA
prev	1983
next	1991

31 August (quarter-finals) 1 September (semi-finals) 3 September (final) 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 3rd September 1987. The winning margin was 0.23 seconds.

Medalists

Bronze	USA Harry Reynolds
United States (USA)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
[[Image:Med 1.png]]	Thomas Schönlebe	44.33 AR
[[Image:Med 2.png]]	Innocent Egbunike	44.56
[[Image:Med 3.png]]	Butch Reynolds	44.80
4.	Roberto Hernández	44.99
5.	Derek Redmond	45.06
6.	David Kitur	45.34
7.	Gabriel Tiacoh	46.27
8.	Roddie Haley	46.77

Semifinals

Held on Sunday 1987-09-01

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Innocent Egbunike	44.26
2.	Thomas Schönlebe	44.56
3.	Roberto Hernández	44.83
4.	Roddie Haley	45.21
5.	Marcel Arnold	45.26
6.	Anton Skerritt	45.62
7.	Mathias Schersing	45.67
8.	Aleksandr Kurochkin	45.73
9.	Devon Morris	45.76

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Derek Redmond	44.50
2.	Gabriel Tiacoh	44.69
3.	David Kitur	44.73
4.	Harry Reynolds	44.94
5.	Jens Carlowitz	44.97
6.	Bert Cameron	45.19
7.	Moses Ugbisie	45.72
8.	Darren Clark	45.93

Quarterfinals

Held on Saturday 1987-08-31

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Derek Redmond	45.03
2.	Roberto Hernández	45.33
3.	Mathias Schersing	45.50
4.	Darren Clark	45.58
5.	Hector Daley	46.05
6.	Antonio Sánchez	46.19
7.	John Anzrah	46.45
	Alemayehu Gudeta	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Thomas Schönlebe	44.81
2.	David Kitur	44.94
3.	Roddie Haley	45.14
4.	Bert Cameron	45.14
5.	Susumu Takano	45.81
6.	Mohamed Amer Al-Malky	45.94
7.	Vladimir Prosin	45.94
8.	Luboš Balošák	46.76

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Innocent Egbunike	45.46
2.	Devon Morris	45.49
3.	Butch Reynolds	45.49
4.	Anton Skerritt	45.65
5.	Aleksandr Kurochkin	45.76
6.	Tito Sawe	45.93
7.	Gérson de Souza	46.46
8.	Ismail Mačev	46.54

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Jens Carlowitz	45.27
2.	Moses Ugbisie	45.30
3.	Gabriel Tiacoh	45.33
4.	Marcel Arnold	45.76
5.	Antonio McKay	45.85
6.	Elvis Forde	45.92
7.	Philip Brown	46.49
8.	Roberto Ribaud	46.68

Qualifying heats

Held on Saturday 1987-08-30

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Butch Reynolds	45.51
2.	Susumu Takano	45.68
3.	Mathias Schersing	45.86
4.	Anton Skerritt	46.15
5.	Mohamed Amer Al-Malky	46.23
6.	Bruce Phillip	46.56
7.	Félix Stevens	46.89
	Mohamed Hossain Milzer	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	David Kitur	45.39
2.	Innocent Egbunike	45.84
3.	Elvis Forde	45.99
4.	Hector Daley	46.26
5.	Todd Bennett	46.58
6.	Lyndon George	47.25
7.	Ian Morris	48.06
8.	Bienvenu Yagbongo	50.14

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Gabriel Tiacoh	45.65
2.	Darren Clark	45.70
3.	Aleksandr Kurochkin	45.74
4.	Marcel Arnold	45.76
5.	Devon Morris	45.83
6.	Ismail Mačev	46.30
7.	Gérson de Souza	46.39
	Yaya Seyba	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Moses Ugbisie	45.55
2.	Thomas Schönlebe	45.85
3.	Antonio McKay	46.30
4.	Roberto Ribaud	46.37
5.	Yann Quentrec	46.78
6.	Mark Senior	47.30
7.	Adram M'Kumi	47.39
8.	Dawda Jallow	48.40

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Derek Redmond	45.33
2.	Jens Carlowitz	45.52
3.	Roddie Haley	45.73
4.	Tito Sawe	45.93
5.	Luboš Balošák	46.49
6.	Antonio Sánchez	46.54
7.	Tamás Molnár	46.80
8.	Elieser Wattebosi	47.32

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Roberto Hernández	45.68
2.	John Anzrah	45.91
3.	Bert Cameron	45.94
4.	Philip Brown	46.08
5.	Alemayehu Gudeta	46.25
6.	Vladimir Prosin	46.26
7.	Jesús Malavé	47.10
8.	Lenford O'Garro	49.19

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