# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 56 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 30 August 1987.
Ben Johnson of Canada initially won the final in a world record time of 9.83 seconds, but he was disqualified by the IAAF on 30 September 1989 after he admitted to the use of performance-enhancing drugs between 1981 and 1988.

## Records

Existing records at the start of the event.
| World Record | Calvin Smith (USA) | 9.93 | Colorado Springs, USA | July 3, 1983 |
| Championship Record | Carl Lewis (USA) | 10.07 | Helsinki, Finland | August 8, 1983 |

## Results
### Qualifying heats

Held on 29 August 1987. The first 4 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified to the quarter-finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Raymond Stewart | Jamaica | 10.23 | Q |
| 2 | Ronald Desruelles | Belgium | 10.39 | Q |
| 3 | Mike McFarlane | United Kingdom | 10.39 | Q |
| 4 | Cheng Hsin-fu | Chinese Taipei | 10.41 | Q |
| 5 | Mark Witherspoon | United States | 10.65 | |
| 6 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 10.65 | |
| 7 | Earl Hazel | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.96 | |
| 8 | Robert Loua | Guinea | 11.09 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.8 m/s | Wind: +1.8 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Max Morinière | France | 10.29 | Q |
| 2 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 10.33 | Q |
| 3 | Andrés Simón | Cuba | 10.34 | Q |
| 4 | Lee McRae | United States | 10.34 | Q |
| 5 | Christian Haas | West Germany | 10.39 | q |
| 6 | Oussen Issa Allassane | Benin | 10.68 | |
| 7 | Ziad Hanna | Lebanon | 11.04 | |
| 8 | Amawi Mohd Eid Ismail | Palestine | 11.56 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.3 m/s | Wind: +1.3 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 10.42 | Q |
| 2 | Achmed de Kom | Netherlands | 10.49 | Q |
| 3 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 10.53 | Q |
| 4 | Harouna Pale | Burkina Faso | 10.68 | Q |
| 5 | Théophile Nkounkou | Republic of the Congo | 10.89 | |
| — | Allan Wells | United Kingdom | DNS | |
| — | Greg Barnes | United States Virgin Islands | DNS | |
| — | Youssouf Ali | Comoros | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 10.24 | Q |
| 2 | Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 10.25 | Q |
| 3 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.29 | Q |
| 4 | Hiroki Fuwa | Japan | 10.43 | Q |
| 5 | Li Tao | China | 10.52 | |
| 6 | Julien Thode | Netherlands Antilles | 10.69 | |
| 7 | Óscar Fernández | Peru | 11.04 | |
| 8 | Alan Zammit | Malta | 11.32 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.6 m/s | Wind: +1.6 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ben Johnson | Canada | 10.24 | Q |
| 2 | Andrew Smith | Jamaica | 10.39 | Q |
| 3 | José Javier Arqués | Spain | 10.41 | Q |
| 4 | Charles-Louis Seck | Senegal | 10.43 | Q |
| 5 | Patrick Nwankwo | Nigeria | 10.43 | q |
| 6 | Mustapha Kamel Selmi | Algeria | 10.48 | q |
| 7 | Rodney Cox | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.18 | |
| 8 | Gilbert Bessi | Monaco | 11.77 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Carl Lewis | United States | 10.05 | Q |
| 2 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | 10.26 | Q |
| 3 | Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria | 10.39 | Q |
| 4 | Ricardo Chacón | Cuba | 10.43 | Q |
| 5 | Dirk Schweisfurth | West Germany | 10.50 | |
| 6 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal | 10.64 | |
| 7 | Rick Hiram | Nauru | 11.37 | |
| — | Trevor Davis | Anguilla | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: +1.5 m/s | Wind: +1.5 m/s |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chidi Imoh | Nigeria | 10.22 | Q |
| 2 | Andreas Berger | Austria | 10.22 | Q |
| 3 | Desai Williams | Canada | 10.30 | Q |
| 4 | Eric Akogyiram | Ghana | 10.37 | Q |
| 5 | Joilto Bonfim | Brazil | 10.41 | q |
| 6 | Jerry Jeremiah | Vanuatu | 10.81 | |
| 7 | Ibrahim Mohamed-Waheed | Maldives | 11.48 | |
| — | Takale Tuna | Papua New Guinea | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: +2.5 m/s | Wind: +2.5 m/s |

### Quarter-finals

Held on 29 August 1987. The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified to the quarter-finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Carl Lewis | United States | 10.38 | Q |
| 2 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.40 | Q |
| 3 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | 10.52 | Q |
| 4 | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 10.53 | |
| 5 | Christian Haas | West Germany | 10.65 | |
| 6 | Ronald Desruelles | Belgium | 10.69 | |
| 7 | Ricardo Chacón | Cuba | 10.70 | |
| 8 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 10.80 | |
| | | | Wind: -2.9 m/s | Wind: -2.9 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 10.29 | Q |
| 2 | Andreas Berger | Austria | 10.35 | Q |
| 3 | Mike McFarlane | United Kingdom | 10.35 | Q |
| 4 | Max Morinière | France | 10.39 | |
| 5 | Charles-Louis Seck | Senegal | 10.43 | |
| 6 | Desai Williams | Canada | 10.43 | |
| 7 | Cheng Hsin-fu | Chinese Taipei | 10.53 | |
| 8 | Harouna Pale | Burkina Faso | 10.67 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.5 m/s | Wind: -1.5 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chidi Imoh | Nigeria | 10.20 | Q |
| 2 | Lee McRae | United States | 10.21 | Q |
| 3 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 10.28 | Q |
| 4 | Eric Akogyiram | Ghana | 10.31 | q |
| 5 | Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria | 10.37 | q |
| 6 | Hiroki Fuwa | Japan | 10.38 | |
| 7 | Achmed de Kom | Netherlands | 10.45 | |
| 8 | Joilto Bonfim | Brazil | 10.46 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Raymond Stewart | Jamaica | 10.14 | Q |
| 2 | Ben Johnson | Canada | 10.14 | Q |
| 3 | Andrés Simón | Cuba | 10.23 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 10.37 | q |
| 5 | Andrew Smith | Jamaica | 10.37 | q |
| 6 | José Javier Arqués | Spain | 10.46 | |
| 7 | Mustapha Kamel Selmi | Algeria | 10.48 | |
| 8 | Patrick Nwankwo | Nigeria | 10.49 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.4 m/s | Wind: -0.4 m/s |

### Semi-finals

Held on 30 August 1987. The first 4 athletes in each heat (Q) qualified to the final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ben Johnson | Canada | 10.15 | Q |
| 2 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.25 | Q |
| 3 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 10.33 | Q |
| 4 | Lee McRae | United States | 10.37 | Q |
| 5 | Andreas Berger | Austria | 10.37 | |
| 6 | Eric Akogyiram | Ghana | 10.40 | |
| 7 | Andrew Smith | Jamaica | 10.41 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 10.51 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.3 m/s | Wind: -0.3 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Carl Lewis | United States | 10.03 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Raymond Stewart | Jamaica | 10.12 | Q |
| 3 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | 10.22 | Q |
| 4 | Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 10.23 | Q |
| 5 | Andrés Simón | Cuba | 10.24 | |
| 6 | Chidi Imoh | Nigeria | 10.29 | |
| 7 | Mike McFarlane | United Kingdom | 10.38 | |
| 8 | Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria | 10.53 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.3 m/s | Wind: -1.3 m/s |

### Final

Held on 30 August 1987.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | Carl Lewis | United States | 9.93 | WR |
| | Raymond Stewart | Jamaica | 10.08 | |
| | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.14 | |
| 4 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | 10.20 | |
| 5 | Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 10.25 | |
| 6 | Lee McRae | United States | 10.34 | |
| 7 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 16.23 | |
| DSQ | Ben Johnson | Canada | 9.83 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.0 m/s | Wind: +1.0 m/s |