World Athletics Championships 1987/400 m hurdles for women
2. World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 400 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 35 athletes from 29 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 31st (preliminary) September 1st (semifinals) September 3rd (final) |
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The women's 400-meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in 1987 was held from August 31 to September 3, 1987 in the Olympic Stadium in the Italian capital, Rome .
The runners from the GDR secured two gold and bronze medals in this competition. World champion was the vice European champion from 1986 Sabine Busch , who was also reigning world champion and two-time European champion ( 1982/1986 ) with the 4 x 400 meter relay of her country and was again world champion here three days later. Second place went to the Australian Debbie Flintoff-King . Bronze went to Cornelia Ullrich , former Cornelia Feuerbach.
Records
Existing records
World record | 52.94 s |
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Tashkent , Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan ) | 17th September 1986 |
World championship record | 54.14 s |
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1983 World Cup in Helsinki , Finland | August 10, 1983 |
Record improvement
World champion Sabine Busch from the GDR improved the world championship record in the final on September 3rd by 52 hundredths of a second to 53.62 seconds.
Preliminary round
August 31, 1987
The preliminary round was carried out in five runs. The first two athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - and the six fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
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space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Sabine Busch |
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55.51 s |
2 | Ana Ambrazienė |
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56.50 s |
3 | Nawal El Moutawakel |
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57.21 s |
4th | Jenny Laurendet |
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57.41 s |
5 | Barbara Johnson |
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58.72 s |
6th | Tania Fernández |
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58.78 s |
7th | Mariam Zewde |
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1: 00.57 min |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | LaTanya Sheffield |
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55.93 s |
2 | Debbie Flintoff-King |
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56.31 s |
3 | Christina Wennberg |
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56.91 s |
4th | Irmgard Trojer |
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57.09 s |
5 | Hélène Huart |
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57.13 s |
6th | Maria João Lopes |
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58.86 s |
7th | Semra Aksu |
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59.13 s |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Judi Brown-King |
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55.45 s |
2 | Tuija Helander-Kuusisto |
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55.42 s |
3 | Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha |
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55.73 s |
4th | Maria Usifo |
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56.13 s |
5 | Helga Halldorsdóttír |
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57.82 s |
6th | Marie Womplou |
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58.46 s |
7th | Gerda Haas |
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58.65 s |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Margarita Kromova |
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55.21 s |
2 | Schowonda Williams |
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55.53 s |
3 | Gudrun Abbot |
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55.82 s |
4th | Liliana Chalá |
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58.39 s |
5 | Gwen Wall |
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58.66 s |
6th | Maria Fialho |
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58.93 s |
DSQ | Genowefa Błaszak |
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Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Cornelia Ullrich |
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56.75 s |
2 | Sandra Farmer |
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56.76 s |
3 | Rose Tata-Muya |
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57.11 s |
4th | Cristina Perez |
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57.23 s |
5 | Erika Szopori |
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58.09 s |
6th | Sally Fleming |
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58.87 s |
DSQ | Fatima Podium |
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Semifinals
September 1, 1987
From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Sabine Busch |
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54.41 |
2 | Sandra Farmer |
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54.68 |
3 | Tuija Helander-Kuusisto |
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54.76 |
4th | Schowonda Williams |
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54.82 |
5 | Margarita Kromova |
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54.86 |
6th | LaTanya Sheffield |
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56.65 |
7th | Rose Tata-Muya |
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57.65 |
DNS | Maria Usifo |
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Semi-final run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Cornelia Ullrich |
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54.72 |
2 | Debbie Flintoff-King |
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55.08 |
3 | Ana Ambrazienė |
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55.47 |
4th | Judi Brown-King |
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55.55 |
5 | Gudrun Abbot |
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55.59 |
6th | Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha |
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55.89 |
7th | Christina Wennberg |
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56.56 |
8th | Irmgard Trojer |
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57.86 |
final
3rd September 1987
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Sabine Busch |
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53.62 CR |
2 | Debbie Flintoff-King |
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54.19 |
3 | Cornelia Ullrich |
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54.31 |
4th | Sandra Farmer |
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54.38 |
5 | Tuija Helander-Kuusisto |
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54.62 |
6th | Ana Ambrazienė |
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55.68 |
7th | Schowonda Williams |
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55.86 |
8th | Judi Brown-King |
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56.10 |
World Champion Sabine Busch, 1986 Vice European Champion, won gold again three days later with her country's 4 x 400 meter relay
Web links
- IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed April 4, 2020
- Women 400m Hurdles Athletics II World Championship Rome (ITA) 1987 at todor66.com, accessed April 4, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 100 m, Rome 1987 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 305), English, accessed on April 4, 2020
Video
- Video of the final on youtube.com, accessed April 4, 2020
- Video of the first run on youtube.com, accessed on April 4, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m hurdles women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 4, 2020