Men's 400 metres at the 1987 World Championships
Venue	Stadio Olimpico
Dates	30 August (heats) 31 August (quarter-finals) 1 September (semi-finals) 3 September (final)
Competitors	48
Winning time	44.33
Medalists
Thomas Schönlebe    East Germany   Innocent Egbunike    Nigeria   Butch Reynolds    United States
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Events at the 1987 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

Gold	Thomas Schönlebe East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Innocent Egbunike Nigeria (NGA)
Bronze	Harry Reynolds United States (USA)

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Lee Evans (USA)	43.86	Mexico City, Mexico	October 18, 1968
Championship Record	Bert Cameron (JAM)	45.05	Helsinki, Finland	August 10, 1983

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)	44.33 AR
	Innocent Egbunike (NGR)	44.56
	Butch Reynolds (USA)	44.80
4.	Roberto Hernández (CUB)	44.99
5.	Derek Redmond (GBR)	45.06
6.	David Kitur (KEN)	45.34
7.	Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV)	46.27
8.	Roddie Haley (USA)	46.77

• Held on Sunday 1987-09-01

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

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Derek Redmond (GBR)	44.50
2.	Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV)	44.69
3.	David Kitur (KEN)	44.73
4.	Harry Reynolds (USA)	44.94
5.	Jens Carlowitz (GDR)	44.97
6.	Bert Cameron (JAM)	45.19
7.	Moses Ugbisie (NGR)	45.72
8.	Darren Clark (AUS)	45.93

• Held on Saturday 1987-08-31

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Derek Redmond (GBR)	45.03
2.	Roberto Hernández (CUB)	45.33
3.	Mathias Schersing (GDR)	45.50
4.	Darren Clark (AUS)	45.58
5.	Hector Daley (PAN)	46.05
6.	Antonio Sánchez (ESP)	46.19
7.	John Anzrah (KEN)	46.45
	Alemayehu Gudeta (ETH)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)	44.81
2.	David Kitur (KEN)	44.94
3.	Roddie Haley (USA)	45.14
4.	Bert Cameron (JAM)	45.14
5.	Susumu Takano (JPN)	45.81
6.	Mohamed Amer Al-Malky (OMA)	45.94
7.	Vladimir Prosin (URS)	45.94
8.	Luboš Balošák (TCH)	46.76

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Innocent Egbunike (NGR)	45.46
2.	Devon Morris (JAM)	45.49
3.	Butch Reynolds (USA)	45.49
4.	Anton Skerritt (CAN)	45.65
5.	Aleksandr Kurochkin (URS)	45.76
6.	Tito Sawe (KEN)	45.93
7.	Gérson de Souza (BRA)	46.46
8.	Ismail Mačev (YUG)	46.54

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Jens Carlowitz (GDR)	45.27
2.	Moses Ugbisie (NGR)	45.30
3.	Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV)	45.33
4.	Marcel Arnold (SUI)	45.76
5.	Antonio McKay (USA)	45.85
6.	Elvis Forde (BAR)	45.92
7.	Philip Brown (GBR)	46.49
8.	Roberto Ribaud (ITA)	46.68

• Held on Saturday 1987-08-30

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Butch Reynolds (USA)	45.51
2.	Susumu Takano (JPN)	45.68
3.	Mathias Schersing (GDR)	45.86
4.	Anton Skerritt (CAN)	46.15
5.	Mohamed Amer Al-Malky (OMN)	46.23
6.	Bruce Phillip (DMA)	46.56
7.	Félix Stevens (CUB)	46.89
	Mohamed Hossain Milzer (BAN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	David Kitur (KEN)	45.39
2.	Innocent Egbunike (NGR)	45.84
3.	Elvis Forde (BAR)	45.99
4.	Hector Daley (PAN)	46.26
5.	Todd Bennett (GBR)	46.58
6.	Lyndon George (LCA)	47.25
7.	Ian Morris (TRI)	48.06
8.	Bienvenu Yagbongo (CAF)	50.14

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV)	45.65
2.	Darren Clark (AUS)	45.70
3.	Aleksandr Kurochkin (URS)	45.74
4.	Marcel Arnold (SUI)	45.76
5.	Devon Morris (JAM)	45.83
6.	Ismail Mačev (YUG)	46.30
7.	Gérson de Souza (BRA)	46.39
	Yaya Seyba (MLI)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Moses Ugbisie (NGR)	45.55
2.	Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)	45.85
3.	Antonio McKay (USA)	46.30
4.	Roberto Ribaud (ITA)	46.37
5.	Yann Quentrec (FRA)	46.78
6.	Mark Senior (JAM)	47.30
7.	Adram M'Kumi (TAN)	47.39
8.	Dawda Jallow (GAM)	48.40

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Derek Redmond (GBR)	45.33
2.	Jens Carlowitz (GDR)	45.52
3.	Roddie Haley (USA)	45.73
4.	Tito Sawe (KEN)	45.93
5.	Luboš Balošák (TCH)	46.49
6.	Antonio Sánchez (ESP)	46.54
7.	Tamás Molnár (HUN)	46.80
8.	Elieser Wattebosi (INA)	47.32

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Roberto Hernández (CUB)	45.68
2.	John Anzrah (KEN)	45.91
3.	Bert Cameron (JAM)	45.94
4.	Philip Brown (GBR)	46.08
5.	Alemayehu Gudeta (ETH)	46.25
6.	Vladimir Prosin (URS)	46.26
7.	Jesús Malavé (VEN)	47.10
8.	Lenford O'Garro (VIN)	49.19

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