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1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres

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The men's 60 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 and 7 March.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Lee McRae
 United States
Mark Witherspoon
 United States
Pierfrancesco Pavoni
 Italy

Note: Ben Johnson of  Canada originally won the gold medal in a world record time of 6.41, but he was disqualified in September 1989 after he admitted to steroid use between 1981 and 1988.

Results

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Heats

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The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1][2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Ben Johnson  Canada 6.60 DQ
1 5 Ronald Desruelles  Belgium 6.64 Q
1 6 Pierfrancesco Pavoni  Italy 6.64 Q
3 2 Lee McRae  United States 6.66 Q
3 3 Mark Witherspoon  United States 6.66 Q
3 4 Christian Haas  West Germany 6.66 Q
6 4 Bruno Marie-Rose  France 6.67 Q
7 6 Valentin Atanasov  Bulgaria 6.68 Q
8 3 Andrés Simón  Cuba 6.69 Q
8 6 William Trott  Bermuda 6.69 q. NR
10 5 Li Tao  China 6.70 Q, NR
10 5 Antonio Ullo  Italy 6.70 q
12 2 Antoine Richard  France 6.71 Q
13 5 Elliot Bunney  Great Britain 6.72 q
14 2 Rohan Wade  Jamaica 6.73 q, NR
15 3 Charles-Louis Seck  Senegal 6.74
16 5 José Javier Arqués  Spain 6.75
17 1 Attila Kovács  Hungary 6.76 Q
17 4 Mike McFarlane  Great Britain 6.76
19 2 Rick Jones  Canada 6.77
20 2 Ricardo Chacón  Cuba 6.79
21 4 Neville Hodge  United States Virgin Islands 6.83 NR
22 4 Dazel Jules  Trinidad and Tobago 6.84
23 5 Greg Barnes  United States Virgin Islands 6.85
24 3 Gregory Meghoo  Jamaica 6.88
25 1 John Albertie  Saint Lucia 6.91
26 2 Esteban Carpio  Dominican Republic 6.92
27 3 Lars Hummel  Denmark 6.97
28 4 Earl Hazel  Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.99 NR
29 3 Julien Thode  Netherlands Antilles 7.00
30 6 Orde Ballantyne  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.05 NR
31 5 Sumet Promna  Thailand 7.07 NR
32 1 Cyril Brioche  Seychelles 7.11 NR
33 2 Simon Kipkemboi  Kenya 7.12 NR
34 4 Ziad Hanna  Lebanon 7.14 NR
35 6 Clifford Mamba  Swaziland 7.21 NR
36 6 Trevor Davis  Anguilla 7.21 NR
37 3 Sunday Olweny  Uganda 7.22 NR
38 3 Carl Chicksen  Zimbabwe 7.23 NR
39 5 Rodney Cox  Turks and Caicos Islands 7.27 NR
40 1 William George  Liberia 7.38 NR
1 Victor Edet  Nigeria DNS
1 Leandro Peñalver  Cuba DNS
1 Mustapha Kamel Selmi  Algeria DNS
2 Fabian Whymns  Bahamas DNS
4 Chidi Imoh  Nigeria DNS
6 Robson da Silva  Brazil DNS
6 Otokpa Kouadio  Ivory Coast DNS

Semifinals

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First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.[3][4]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Ben Johnson  Canada 6.49 DQ
1 1 Lee McRae  United States 6.58 Q, PB
2 2 Mark Witherspoon  United States 6.60 Q
3 1 Antonio Ullo  Italy 6.65 Q
4 2 Pierfrancesco Pavoni  Italy 6.66 Q
5 2 Bruno Marie-Rose  France 6.66 Q
6 2 Ronald Desruelles  Belgium 6.67 Q
7 1 Christian Haas  West Germany 6.67 Q
8 1 Valentin Atanasov  Bulgaria 6.67
9 1 Antoine Richard  France 6.69
10 2 Li Tao  China 6.70 =NR
11 2 William Trott  Bermuda 6.71
12 1 Andrés Simón  Cuba 6.72
13 2 Elliot Bunney  Great Britain 6.74
14 2 Rohan Wade  Jamaica 6.81
15 1 Attila Kovács  Hungary 6.83

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Lee McRae  United States 6.50 WR, CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Mark Witherspoon  United States 6.54 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Pierfrancesco Pavoni  Italy 6.59
4 2 Antonio Ullo  Italy 6.64
5 8 Ronald Desruelles  Belgium 6.67
6 7 Bruno Marie-Rose  France 6.68
6 1 Christian Haas  West Germany 6.68
DSQ 3 Ben Johnson  Canada 6.41

References

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