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Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the
1987 World Championships in Athletics
WA codeGBR
Websitewww.britishathletics.org.uk
in Rome
Competitorsxx in yy events
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
8
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome, Italy, from 28 August to 6 September 1987. It was the second World Championships to be held.

Medalists

Note that the table below takes account of reassignment of medals following retrospective action by the IAAF.

Medal Name Event Date
 Gold Fatima Whitbread Women's javelin throw 6 September 1987
 Silver Peter Elliott Men's 800 metres 1 September 1987
 Silver Jon Ridgeon Men's 110 metres hurdles 3 September 1987
 Silver Derek Redmond
Kriss Akabusi
Roger Black
Phil Brown
Todd Bennett*
Mark Thomas* 		Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 6 September 1987
 Bronze Linford Christie Men's 100 metres 30 August 1987
 Bronze John Regis Men's 200 metres 3 September 1987
 Bronze Colin Jackson Men's 110 metres hurdles 3 September 1987
 Bronze Jack Buckner Men's 5000 metres 6 September 1987

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

  • Linford Christie originally finished in 4th place but was promoted to 3rd following disqualification of Ben Johnson after positive drugs tests in 1988.

Results

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • AR = Area/Continental record
  • PB = Personal best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Linford Christie 100 metres 10.29 3 Q 10.40 2 Q 10.25 2 Q 10.14 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mike McFarlane 10.39 3 Q 10.35 3 Q 10.38 7 Did not advance
Allan Wells DNS Did not advance
Linford Christie 200 metres DNS Did not advance
John Regis 20.76 1 Q 20.60 3 Q 20.54 1 Q 20.18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Todd Bennett 400 metres 46.58 5 Did not advance
Phil Brown 46.08 4 Q 46.49 7 Did not advance
Derek Redmond 45.33 1 Q 45.03 1 Q 44.50 1 Q 45.06 4
Peter Elliott 800 metres 1:46.63 2 Q 1:44.98 2 Q 1:46.23 3 Q 1:43.41 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tom McKean 1:47.71 3 Q 1:46.11 3 Q 1:44.86 1 Q 1:49.21 8
Tony Morrell 1:48.18 2 Q 1:46.25 4 Did not advance
Steve Crabb 1500 metres 3:38.11 3 Q — 3:42.12 9 Did not advance
Steve Cram 3:42.05 2 Q — 3:35.78 3 Q 3:41.19 8
Adrian Passey 3:41.44 8 — Did not advance
Jack Buckner 5000 metres 13:24.56 5 Q — 13:27.74 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tim Hutchings 13:29.06 6 q — 13:30.01 7
Steve Ovett 13:28.68 6 Q — 13:33.49 10
Steve Binns 10,000 metres — 28:03.08 5
Jon Solly — 28:31.97 15
Hugh Jones Marathon — 2:12:54 5
Geoff Smith — DNF N/A
Colin Jackson 110 metres hurdles 13.37 2 Q — 13.58 4 Q 13.38 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jon Ridgeon 13.46 1 Q — 13.34 1 Q 13.29 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nigel Walker 13.62 2 Q — 13.68 6 Did not advance
Kriss Akabusi 400 metres hurdles 49.36 2 Q — 48.64 3 Q 48.74 7
Martin Gillingham 50.64 5 — Did not advance
Max Robertson 49.73 2 Q — 49.90 8 Did not advance
Roger Hackney 3000 metres st. 8:21.35 6 q — 8:48.86 14
Colin Reitz 8:40.55 9 — Did not advance
Eddie Wedderburn 8:24.09 5 — Did not advance
Ian McCombie 20 km walk — 1:23.51 9
Chris Maddocks — 1:32.36 34
Paul Blagg 50 km walk — 3:59.55 19
Lincoln Asquith
John Regis
Mike McFarlane
Clarence Callender 		4 x 100 metres relay DQ N/A — Did not advance
Derek Redmond
Kriss Akabusi
Roger Black
Phil Brown
Todd Bennett
Mark Thomas 		4 x 400 metres relay 3:03.75 1 Q — 3:01.47 2 Q 2:58.86 AR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Geoff Parsons High jump 2.27 1 Q 2.25 10
Dave Smith Hammer throw 68.56 23 Did not advance
Roald Bradstock Javelin throw 75.86 18 Did not advance
Mick Hill 78.88 7 Q 79.66 7
David Ottley 78.64 8 Q 77.64 9
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Daley Thompson Result x x x x x x x x x x 8124 9
Points x x x x x x x x x x

Women

Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Paula Dunn 100 metres 11.52 3 Q 11.47 5 q 11.59 8 Did not advance
Simmone Jacobs 11.77 3 Q 11.83 7 Did not advance
Diane Edwards 800 metres 2:02.57 3 Q — 1:59.34 6 Did not advance
Yvonne Murray 1500 metres 4:07.38 7 — Did not advance
Kirsty Wade 4:09.06 4 Q 4:01.41 6
Christine Benning 3000 metres 8:48.63 8 q — 8:57.92 12
Yvonne Murray 8:48.44 5 Q 8:43.94 7
Wendy Sly 8:44.79 1 Q 8:45.85 8
Paula Fudge Marathon — 2:42.42 17
Veronique Marot 2:45.02 22
Angie Pain 2:38.12 11
Sally Gunnell 100 metres hurdles 13.02 2 Q — 13.06 6 Did not advance
Wendy Jeal 13.41 5 Did not advance
Lesley-Ann Skeete 13.40 5 Did not advance
Beverley Allen 10 km walk — 48:50 25
Lisa Langford 46:23 13
Eleanor Cohen
Joan Baptiste
Wendy Hoyte
Paula Dunn 		4 x 100 metres relay 44.21 5 — Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Judy Oakes Shot put 18.43 15 Did not advance
Tessa Sanderson Javelin throw 66.46 3 Q 67.54 4
Fatima Whitbread 67.00 2 Q 76.64 CR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Kim Hagger Result x x x x x x x 6167 9
Points x x x x x x x
Joanne Mulliner Result x x x x x x x 5842 15
Points x x x x x x x

References

External links

{{Nations at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics}}

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