World Athletics Championships 1987/4 × 400 m women

2. World Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 400 m relay
gender	Women
Attendees	16 relays with 67 athletes
venue	Rome
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	September 5th (preliminary) September 6th (final)
Medalists  GDR  Soviet Union  United States

The Olympic Stadium in Rome

The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the World Athletics Championships 1987 took place on September 5 and 6, 1987 in the Olympic Stadium in the Italian capital, Rome .

The season of the GDR with the line-up Dagmar Neubauer , Kirsten Emmelmann , Petra Müller and Sabine Busch (final) and Cornelia Ullrich, who was also used in the run-up, became world champions .
Second place went to the Soviet Union with Aelita Yurtschenko , Olga Nazarowa , Marija Pinigina and Olha Bryshina .
Bronze went to the United States ( Diane Dixon , Denean Howard-Hill , Valerie Brisco-Hooks , Lillie Leatherwood ).

The winner's relay, who was only used in the preliminary run, also received a gold medal.

Records

Existing records

World record	3: 15.92 min	GDR ( Kerstin Walther , Sabine Busch , Dagmar Rübsam , Marita Koch )	Erfurt , GDR (now Germany )	June 3, 1986
World Cup record	3: 19.73 min	GDR ( Kerstin Walther , Sabine Busch , Marita Koch , Dagmar Rübsam )	1983 World Cup in Helsinki , Finland	August 14, 1983

Record improvement

The world championship relay from the GDR ( Dagmar Neubauer , Kirsten Emmelmann , Petra Müller , Sabine Busch ) improved the existing World Cup record in the final on September 6th by 1.10 seconds to 3: 18.63 minutes.

Preliminary round

5th September 1987

The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three relays per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest teams - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Soviet Union	Aelita Yurchenko Olga Nazarowa Marija Pinigina Olha Bryshina	3: 20.75
2	United States	Diane Dixon Denean Howard-Hill Valerie Brisco-Hooks Lillie Leatherwood	3: 22.35
3	Canada	Charmaine Crooks Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne-Wiggins Jillian Richardson	3: 24.50
4th	France	Nathalie Simon Nadine Debois Helene Huart Fabienne Ficher	3: 27.76
5	Cuba	Esther Petitón Odalis Hernández Tania Fernández Ana Fidelia Quirot	3: 29.28
6th	Kenya	Geraldine Shitandayi Florence Wanjiru Esther Kavaya Francisca Chepkurui	3: 30.16
7th	Brazil	Suzete Montalvao María Fialho Bortolocci, Soraya Telles María Figueirêdo	3: 30.91
8th	India	Vandana Shanbag Vandana Rao Shiny Abraham Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha	3: 31.55

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	GDR	Kirsten Emmelmann Dagmar Neubauer Cornelia Ullrich Petra Müller	3: 21.97
2	Bulgaria	Malena Andonowa Rossiza Stamenowa Pepa Pawlowa Juliana Marinowa	3: 25.85
3	BR Germany	Karin Lix Helga Arendt Gudrun Abbot Gisela Kinzel	3: 26.75
4th	Jamaica	Cathy Rattray-Williams Sandie Richards Sandra Farmer-Patrick Ilrey Oliver	3: 27.13
5	Hungary	Erzsebet Szabó Erika Szopori Noemi Bátori Judit Forgács	3: 31.56
6th	Italy	Rossana Morabito Cosetta Campana Nevia Pistrino Erica Rossi	3: 31.72
7th	Spain	Rosa Colorado Cristina Pérez Montserrat Pujol Blanca Lacambra	3: 32.01
8th	Ireland	Carroll Walsh Barbara Johnson Patricia Walsh Patricia Amond	3: 32.56

final

September 6, 1987

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	GDR	Dagmar Neubauer Kirsten Emmelmann Petra Müller Sabine Busch (final) in the preliminary also: Cornelia Ullrich	3: 18.63 CR
2	Soviet Union	Aelita Yurchenko Olga Nazarowa Marija Pinigina Olha Bryshina	3: 19.50
3	United States	Diane Dixon Denean Howard-Hill Valerie Brisco-Hooks Lillie Leatherwood	3: 21.04
4th	Canada	Charmaine Crooks Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne-Wiggins Jillian Richardson	3: 24.11
5	BR Germany	Ute Thimm (final) Helga Arendt Gudrun Abt Gisela Kinzel in the preliminary run also: Karin Lix	3: 24.94
6th	Jamaica	Cathy Rattray-Williams Sandra Farmer-Patrick Ilrey Oliver Sandie Richards	3: 27.51
7th	France	Nathalie Simon Nadine Debois Helene Huart Fabienne Ficher	3: 27.60
8th	Bulgaria	Zvetanka Iliewa (final) Rossiza Stamenowa Pepa Pawlowa Juliana Marinowa in the preliminary also: Malena Andonowa	3: 30.24

Web links

• IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed March 23, 2020
• Women 4x400m Relay Athletics II World Championship Rome (ITA) 1987 at todor66.com, accessed April 5, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 4x400m Relay, Rome 1987 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 373), English, accessed on April 5, 2020

Video

• 1987 World Championships 4x400m relay Women on youtube.com, accessed April 5, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m women , accessed April 5, 2020