World Athletics Championships 1987/200 m men
2. World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 200 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 46 athletes from 32 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 1st (preliminary / quarter finals) September 3rd (semifinals / final) |
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The men's 200-meter run at the World Athletics Championships in 1987 was held on September 1 and 3, 1987 in the Olympic Stadium in the Italian capital, Rome .
World champion was the American title holder Calvin Smith , who also 1984 Olympic gold and 1983 World Cup -Gold with the US sprint relay won and 1983 runner-up over 100 meters had become. He won after the final photo decision before the Frenchman Gilles Quenéhervé at the same time . Bronze went to the Briton John Regis , who was just two hundredths of a second behind, too.
Existing records
World record | 19.72 s |
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Mexico City , Mexico | September 12, 1979 |
World championship record | 20.14 s |
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1983 World Cup in Helsinki , Finland | August 14, 1983 |
The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships. In the final, the winner and also the runner-up missed the record by two hundredths of a second in a light headwind.
Preliminary round
August 1, 1987
The preliminary round was carried out in six runs. The first five athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.
Forward 1
Wind: +0.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Floyd Heard |
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20.37 |
2 | Vladimir Krylov |
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20.77 |
3 | Peter Klein |
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20.89 |
4th | Mustapha camel Selmi |
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21.14 |
5 | Nelson Boateng |
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21.19 |
6th | Harouna Pale |
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21.26 |
7th | Dazel Jules |
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21.53 |
DNS | Linford Christie |
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Forward 2
Wind: −0.9 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Attila Kovács |
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20.77 |
2 | Bruno Marie-Rose |
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20.82 |
3 | Besik Gotsiridze |
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20.89 |
4th | Sergio Querol |
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20.94 |
5 | Stefano Tilli |
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21.01 |
6th | Feng Li |
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21.47 |
7th | Felix Sandy |
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21.67 |
8th | Yaya Seyba |
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21.93 |
Forward 3
Wind: −0.1 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Gilles Quenéhervé |
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20.59 |
2 | Clive Wright |
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20.88 |
3 | Achmed De Kom |
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21.11 |
4th | Volker Westhagemann |
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21.15 |
5 | Neville Hodge |
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21.33 |
6th | Haron Mundir |
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21.51 |
7th | John Dinan |
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21.62 |
8th | Mark Sherwin |
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23.41 |
Forward 4
Wind: +0.7 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Robson da Silva |
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20.56 |
2 | Atlee Mahorn |
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20.62 |
3 | Andreas Berger |
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20.82 |
4th | Andrei Fedoriv |
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20.93 |
5 | Istvan Nagy |
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21.06 |
6th | Luis Barroso |
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21.15 |
7th | Wing Kwong Leung |
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21.48 |
8th | Sahim Saleh Mehdi |
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23.07 |
Forward 5
Wind: −0.8 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Calvin Smith |
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20.62 |
2 | Daniel Sangouma |
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20.80 |
3 | Simon Kipkemboi |
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20.84 |
4th | Christian Haas |
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20.96 |
5 | Jindrich Roun |
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21.04 |
6th | Ian Morris |
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21.36 |
7th | Takale Tuna |
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22.06 |
8th | Suli Peauope |
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22.45 |
Forward 6
Wind: +0.2 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | John Regis |
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20.76 |
2 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni |
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20.80 |
3 | Wallace spearmon sr |
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20.82 |
4th | Arnaldo da Silva |
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21.03 |
5 | Robert Stone |
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21.23 |
6th | Alvin Daniel |
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21.37 |
7th | Secundino Borabota |
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23.66 |
Quarter finals
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
September 1, 1987
Wind: −1.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Floyd Heard |
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20.56 |
2 | Vladimir Krylov |
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20.79 |
3 | Istvan Nagy |
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21.11 |
4th | Daniel Sangouma |
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21.11 |
5 | Peter Klein |
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21.12 |
6th | Sergio Querol |
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21.37 |
7th | Achmed De Kom |
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21.39 |
8th | Neville Hodge |
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21.68 |
Quarter-finals 2
September 1, 1987
Wind: +1.3 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Calvin Smith |
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20.48 |
2 | Atlee Mahorn |
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20.61 |
3 | Simon Kipkemboi |
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20.65 |
4th | Stefano Tilli |
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20.67 |
5 | Luis Barroso |
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20.90 |
6th | Christian Haas |
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21.12 |
7th | Bruno Marie-Rose |
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26.25 |
DNS | Nelson Boateng |
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Quarter-finals 3
September 1, 1987
Wind: +0.4 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Gilles Quenéhervé |
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20.48 |
2 | Wallace spearmon sr |
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20.55 |
3 | John Regis |
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20.60 |
4th | Andreas Berger |
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20.86 |
5 | Andrei Fedoriv |
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20.87 |
6th | Volker Westhagemann |
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20.98 |
7th | Arnaldo da Silva |
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21.15 |
8th | Robert Stone |
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21.23 |
Quarter-finals 4
September 1, 1987
Wind: +0.8 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Robson da Silva |
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20.48 |
2 | Attila Kovács |
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20.61 |
3 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni |
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20.65 |
4th | Clive Wright |
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20.67 |
5 | Besik Gotsiridze |
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20.90 |
6th | Jindrich Roun |
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21.12 |
7th | Mustapha camel Selmi |
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21.26 |
8th | Harouna Pale |
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21.46 |
Semifinals
From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
3rd September 1987
Wind: +0.4 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | John Regis |
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20.54 |
2 | Calvin Smith |
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20.54 |
3 | Atlee Mahorn |
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20.69 |
4th | Pierfrancesco Pavoni |
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20.78 |
5 | Wallace spearmon sr |
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20.87 |
6th | Andreas Berger |
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20.99 |
7th | Istvan Nagy |
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21.22 |
8th | Andrei Fedoriv |
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21.28 |
Semi-final run 2
3rd September 1987
Wind: +1.1 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Gilles Quenéhervé |
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20.31 |
2 | Floyd Heard |
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20.31 |
3 | Vladimir Krylov |
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20.34 |
4th | Robson da Silva |
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20.38 |
5 | Attila Kovács |
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20.47 |
6th | Clive Wright |
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20.50 |
7th | Stefano Tilli |
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20.86 |
8th | Simon Kipkemboi |
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20.90 |
final
3rd September 1987
Wind: −0.4 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Calvin Smith |
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20.16 |
2 | Gilles Quenéhervé |
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20.16 |
3 | John Regis |
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20.18 |
4th | Robson da Silva |
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20.22 |
5 | Vladimir Krylov |
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20.23 |
6th | Floyd Heard |
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20.25 |
7th | Pierfrancesco Pavoni |
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20.45 |
8th | Atlee Mahorn |
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20.78 |
Web links
- IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed March 20, 2020
- Men 200m Athletics II World Championship Rome (ITA) 1987 at todor66.com, accessed March 20, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 200 m, Rome 1987 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 97), English, accessed on March 20, 2020
Video
- Men's 200m at 1987 World Championships in Rome on youtube.com, accessed March 20, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 200 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 20, 2020