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Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics | |
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WA code | GBR |
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Competitors | xx in yy events |
Medals Ranked 7th |
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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
[edit]Note that the table below takes account of reassignment of medals following retrospective action by the IAAF.
Medal | Name | Event | Date |
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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
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- 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
[edit]- Track and road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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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 | |
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | ||||
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 | ||
Jon Ridgeon | 13.46 | 1 Q | — | 13.34 | 1 Q | 13.29 | |||
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 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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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 |
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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
[edit]- Track and road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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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 | ||
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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 |
- Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
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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
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