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 GoldSilverBronzeLee McRaeMark WitherspoonPierfrancesco Pavoni Note: Ben Johnson of 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 Heats The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.Official heats resultsHeats results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Ben Johnson 6.60 DQ 1 5 Ronald Desruelles 6.64 Q 1 6 Pierfrancesco Pavoni 6.64 Q 3 2 Lee McRae 6.66 Q 3 3 Mark Witherspoon 6.66 Q 3 4 Christian Haas 6.66 Q 6 4 Bruno Marie-Rose 6.67 Q 7 6 Valentin Atanasov 6.68 Q 8 3 Andrés Simón 6.69 Q 8 6 William Trott 6.69 q. NR 10 5 Li Tao 6.70 Q, NR 10 5 Antonio Ullo 6.70 q 12 2 Antoine Richard 6.71 Q 13 5 Elliot Bunney 6.72 q 14 2 Rohan Wade 6.73 q, NR 15 3 Charles-Louis Seck 6.74 16 5 José Javier Arqués 6.75 17 1 Attila Kovács 6.76 Q 17 4 Mike McFarlane 6.76 19 2 Rick Jones 6.77 20 2 Ricardo Chacón 6.79 21 4 Neville Hodge 6.83 NR 22 4 Dazel Jules 6.84 23 5 Greg Barnes 6.85 24 3 Gregory Meghoo 6.88 25 1 John Albertie 6.91 26 2 Esteban Carpio 6.92 27 3 Lars Hummel 6.97 28 4 Earl Hazel 6.99 NR 29 3 Julien Thode 7.00 30 6 Orde Ballantyne 7.05 NR 31 5 Sumet Promna 7.07 NR 32 1 Cyril Brioche 7.11 NR 33 2 Simon Kipkemboi 7.12 NR 34 4 Ziad Hanna 7.14 NR 35 6 Clifford Mamba 7.21 NR 36 6 Trevor Davis 7.21 NR 37 3 Sunday Olweny 7.22 NR 38 3 Carl Chicksen 7.23 NR 39 5 Rodney Cox 7.27 NR 40 1 William George 7.38 NR 1 Victor Edet 1 Leandro Peñalver 1 Mustapha Kamel Selmi 2 Fabian Whymns 4 Chidi Imoh 6 Robson da Silva 6 Otokpa Kouadio
Semifinals First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.Official semifinals resultsSemifinals results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Ben Johnson 6.49 DQ 1 1 Lee McRae 6.58 Q, PB 2 2 Mark Witherspoon 6.60 Q 3 1 Antonio Ullo 6.65 Q 4 2 Pierfrancesco Pavoni 6.66 Q 5 2 Bruno Marie-Rose 6.66 Q 6 2 Ronald Desruelles 6.67 Q 7 1 Christian Haas 6.67 Q 8 1 Valentin Atanasov 6.67 9 1 Antoine Richard 6.69 10 2 Li Tao 6.70 =NR 11 2 William Trott 6.71 12 1 Andrés Simón 6.72 13 2 Elliot Bunney 6.74 14 2 Rohan Wade 6.81 15 1 Attila Kovács 6.83
Final Official final resultsFinal results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Lee McRae 6.50 WR, CR 4 Mark Witherspoon 6.54 PB 5 Pierfrancesco Pavoni 6.59 4 2 Antonio Ullo 6.64 5 8 Ronald Desruelles 6.67 6 7 Bruno Marie-Rose 6.68 6 1 Christian Haas 6.68 DSQ 3 Ben Johnson 6.41
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