World Athletics Championships 1987/100 m men

2. World Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	51 athletes from 39 countries
venue	Rome
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 29th (preliminary / quarter finals) August 30th (semifinals / final)
Medalist Carl Lewis ( USA )   Raymond Stewart ( JAM )   Linford Christie ( GBR )

The Olympic Stadium in Rome in 2009

The men's 100-meter run at the World Athletics Championships in 1987 was held from August 5 to 7, 1987 in the Olympic Stadium in the Italian capital, Rome .

World champion was the US defending champion and four-time Olympic champion in 1984 ( 100 meters / 200 meters / 4 × 100 m / long jump ) Carl Lewis . At these world championships, Lewis also defended his two world championship titles with the US sprint relay and in the long jump. In the final he equalized the existing world record of 9.93 s. He won ahead of the Jamaican Raymond Stewart , who in 1984 he had won an Olympic silver medal as a member of the sprint relay from Jamaica. Bronze went to the British European Champion from 1986 Linford Christie .

Records

Existing records

World record	9.93 s	Calvin Smith	Colorado Springs , USA	3rd July 1983
Championship record	10.07 s	Carl Lewis	1983 World Cup in Helsinki , Finland	August 8, 1983

Record improvements

World champion Carl Lewis improved the existing World Cup three times:

• 10.05 s - 6th forerun, August 29th
• 10.03s - 2nd semi-finals, August 30th
• 09.93s - final, August 30

doping

There was a doping case in this race:

The Canadian Ben Johnson tested positive for stanozolol three days after his Olympic victory in 1988 and had to give up his gold medal. His results at these world championships - first place in the 100 meters and fourth place with the Canadian 4 x 100 meter relay - were also canceled because he admitted to having violated the doping regulations before. He was initially banned for two years, but had to accept a lifelong ban after his return to competitive sport because a doping violation was proven again.

The main victims were the following athletes:

• Carl Lewis ( USA ) - He received his gold medal a year late.
• Linford Christie ( Great Britain ) - He received his bronze medal a year late and was unable to attend the awards ceremony.
• Andreas Berger ( Austria ) - He would have been eligible to start in the final if he placed in the semi-finals.
• Hiroki Fuwa ( Japan ) - He would have been eligible to start in the semi-finals based on his time in the quarter-finals.
• Dirk Schweisfurth ( BR Germany ) - He would have been eligible to start in the quarter-finals based on the time he had achieved in the run-up.

Preliminary round

August 29, 1987

The preliminary round was carried out in seven runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.

Forward 1

Wind: +1.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Raymond Stewart	Jamaica	10.23
2	Ronald Desruelles	Belgium	10.39
3	Mike McFarlane	Great Britain	10.39
4th	Cheng Hsin-fu	Chinese Taipei	10.41
5	Mark Witherspoon	United States	10.65
6th	Leandro Peñalver	Cuba	10.65
7th	Earl Hazel	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.96
8th	Robert Loua	Guinea	11.09

Forward 2

Wind: +1.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Max Morinière	France	10.29
2	Alexander Evgenev	Soviet Union	10.33
3	Andrés Simón	Cuba	10.34
4th	Lee McRae	United States	10.34
5	Christian Haas	BR Germany	10.39
6th	Oussen Issa Allassane	Benin	10.68
7th	Ziad Hanna	Lebanon	11.04
8th	Mohd Eid Ismail Amawi	Palestine	11.56

Forward 3

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Robson da Silva	Brazil	10.42
2	Achmed De Kom	Netherlands	10.49
3	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	10.53
4th	Harouna Pale	Burkina Faso	10.68
5	Théophile Nkounkou	Republic of the Congo	10.89
DNS	Youssouf Ali	Comoros
	Greg Barnes	American Virgin Islands
	Allan Wells	Great Britain

Forward 4

Wind: +1.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	Italy	10.24
2	Wiktor Bryshin	Soviet Union	10.25
3	Linford Christie	Great Britain	10.29
4th	Hiroki Fuwa	Japan	10.43
5	Li Tao	People's Republic of China	10.52
6th	Julien Thode	Netherlands Antilles	10.69
7th	Oscar Fernández	Peru	11.04
8th	Alan Zammit	Malta	11.32

Forward 5

Wind: +1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Andrew Smith	Jamaica	10.39
2	Javier Arques	Spain	10.41
3	Charles-Louis Seck	Senegal	10.43
4th	Patrick Nwankwo	Nigeria	10.43
5	Mustapha camel Selmi	Algeria	10.48
6th	Rodney Cox	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.18
7th	Gilbert Bessi	Monaco	11.77
DOP	Ben Johnson	Canada	admitted to the quarter-finals

Forward 6

Wind: +1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	10.05 CR
2	Attila Kovács	Hungary	10.26
3	Valentin Atanasov	Bulgaria	10.39
4th	Ricardo Chacon	Cuba	10.43
5	Dirk Schweisfurth	BR Germany	10.50 actually qualified for the quarter-finals
6th	Arnaldo Abrantes	Portugal	10.64
7th	Rick hiram	Nauru	11.37
DNS	Trevor Davis	Anguilla

Forward 7

Wind: +2.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Chidi Imoh	Nigeria	10.22
2	Andreas Berger	Austria	10.22
3	Desai Williams	Canada	10.30
4th	Eric Akogyiram	Ghana	10.37
5	Joilto Bonfim	Brazil	10.41
6th	Jerry Jeremiah	Vanuatu	10.81
7th	Ibrahim Mohamed-Waheed	Maldives	11.48
DNS	Takale Tuna	Papua New Guinea

Quarter finals

August 29, 1987

From each of the four quarter-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Quarter-finals 1

Wind: –2.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	10.38
2	Linford Christie	Great Britain	10.40
3	Attila Kovács	Hungary	10.52
4th	Robson da Silva	Brazil	10.53
5	Christian Haas	BR Germany	10.65
6th	Ronald Desruelles	Belgium	10.69
7th	Ricardo Chacon	Cuba	10.70
8th	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	10.80

Quarter-finals 2

Wind: -1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Wiktor Bryshin	Soviet Union	10.29
2	Andreas Berger	Austria	10.35
3	Mike McFarlane	Great Britain	10.35
4th	Max Morinière	France	10.39
5	Charles-Louis Seck	Senegal	10.43
6th	Desai Williams	Canada	10.43
7th	Cheng Hsin-fu	Chinese Taipei	10.53
8th	Harouna Pale	Burkina Faso	10.67

Quarter-finals 3

Wind: -0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Chidi Imoh	Nigeria	10.20
2	Lee McRae	United States	10.21
3	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	Italy	10.28
4th	Eric Akogyiram	Ghana	10.31
5	Valentin Atanasov	Bulgaria	10.37
6th	Hiroki Fuwa	Japan	10.38 actually qualified for the semifinals
7th	Achmed De Kom	Netherlands	10.45
8th	Joilto Bonfim	Brazil	10.46

Quarter-finals 4

Wind: -0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Raymond Stewart	Jamaica	10.14
2	Andrés Simón	Cuba	10.23
3	Alexander Evgenev	Soviet Union	10.37
4th	Andrew Smith	Jamaica	10.37
5	Javier Arques	Spain	10.46
6th	Mustapha camel Selmi	Algeria	10.48
7th	Patrick Nwankwo	Nigeria	10.49
DOP	Ben Johnson	Canada	admitted to the semifinals

Semifinals

August 30, 1987

From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Linford Christie	Great Britain	10.25
2	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	Italy	10.33
3	Lee McRae	United States	10.37
4th	Andreas Berger	Austria	10.37 actually qualified for the final
5	Eric Akogyiram	Ghana	10.40
6th	Andrew Smith	Jamaica	10.41
7th	Alexander Evgenev	Soviet Union	10.50
DOP	Ben Johnson	Canada	admitted to the finals

Semi-final run 2

Wind: -1.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	10.03 CR
2	Raymond Stewart	Jamaica	10.12
3	Attila Kovács	Hungary	10.22
4th	Wiktor Bryshin	Soviet Union	10.23
5	Andrés Simón	Cuba	10.24
6th	Chidi Imoh	Nigeria	10.29
7th	Mike McFarlane	Great Britain	10.38
8th	Valentin Atanasov	Bulgaria	10.53

The four-time Olympic champion in 1984 Carl Lewis defended his title by setting the world record

final

August 30, 1987

Wind: +0.95 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	09.93 CR
2	Raymond Stewart	Jamaica	10.08
3	Linford Christie	Great Britain	10.14
4th	Attila Kovács	Hungary	10.20
5	Wiktor Bryshin	Soviet Union	10.25
6th	Lee McRae	United States	10.34
7th	Pierfrancesco Pavoni	Italy	16.23
DOP	Ben Johnson	Canada

• 

  The reigning European champion Linford Christie won bronze

• 

  Pierfrancesco Pavoni came in seventh

Web links

• IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed March 19, 2020
• Men 100m Athletics II World Championship Rome (ITA) 1987 at todor66.com (English), accessed on March 19, 2020 * Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 100 m, Rome 1987 (PDF 10.3 MB , P. 88), in English, accessed on March 19, 2020
• Biography. Ben Johnson on whoswho.de, accessed on March 19, 2020

Video

• Rome 1987 World Championships Athletics Men's 100 meters Final Ben Johnson 9.83 WR , video posted on youtube.com, accessed March 19, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 17, 2020
2. ↑ No day like any other: Ben Johnson will be blocked on eurosport.de, March 4, 2016, accessed on March 19, 2020
3. ↑ Inga Böddeling, The Fall of Ben Johnson on morgenpost.de, August 14, 2018, accessed on March 19, 2020