Heats All times shown are in seconds.
Heat 1 • (
Andreas Knebel,
Thomas Schröder,
Jens Hübler,
Frank Emmelmann) 39.22
Q • (
Krasimir Sarbakov,
Yordan Vandov,
Bogomil Karadimov,
Valentin Atanasov) 39.55
Q • (
Ainsley Bennett,
Donovan Reid,
Mike McFarlane,
Drew McMaster) 39.56
Q • (
Innocent Egbunike,
Ikpoto Eseme,
Samson Oyeledun,
Chidi Imoh) 39.62
Q • (
Jouko Lehtinen,
Jouko Hassi,
Jukka Sihvonen,
Kimmo Saaristo) 39.65
q • (
Fabian Whymns,
Austin Albury,
Joey Wells,
David Charlton) 39.91
q • (
Ernest Obeng,
Sam Aidoo,
Edward Pappoe,
Awudu Nuhu) 41.92 • DNS
Heat 2 • (
Emmit King,
Willie Gault,
Calvin Smith,
Carl Lewis) 38.75
Q • (
Stefano Tilli,
Carlo Simionato,
Pierfrancesco Pavoni,
Pietro Mennea) 39.40
Q • (
Ferenc Kiss,
István Nagy,
László Babály,
István Tatár) 39.58
Q • (
Paul Narracott,
Gerrard Keating,
Bruce Frayne,
Gary Minihan) 40.02
Q • (
Otokpa Kouadio,
Avognan Nogboum,
Georges Kablan Degnan,
Gabriel Tiacoh) 40.70 • (
Wang Shaoming,
He Baodang,
Cai Jianming,
Yan Guoqiang) DQ • (
Ben Johnson,
Atlee Mahorn,
Desai Williams,
Tony Sharpe) DQ • (
Alfred Nyambane Johnson,
Peter Wekesa,
John Anzrah,
Moja Shivanda) DQ
Heat 3 • (
Andrey Prokofyev,
Nikolay Sidorov,
Vladimir Muravyov,
Viktor Bryzgin) 38.77
Q • (
Thierry Francois,
Marc Gasparoni,
Antoine Richard,
Jean-Jacques Boussemart) 39.17
Q • (
Werner Bastians,
Christian Haas,
Jürgen Evers,
Andreas Rizzi) 39.35
Q • (
Krzysztof Zwoliński,
Zenon Licznerski,
Czesław Prądzyński,
Marian Woronin) 39.41
Q • (
George Walcott,
Ray Stewart,
Leroy Reid,
Colin Bradford) 39.49
q • (
Angelos Angelidis,
Theodoros Gatzios,
Nikos Hadjinicolaou,
Kosmas Stratos) 39.85
q • (
Somsak Boontad,
Suchart Chairsuvaparb,
Prasit Boomprasert,
Sumet Promna) 40.17 • (
Wu Jing-Yee,
Lee Kuo-Sheng,
Hwang Chian-Shin,
Hwang Sheng-Tai) 40.49
Semi-finals Heat 1 • (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin) 38.62
Q • (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea) 38.74
Q • (Krzysztof Zwoliński, Zenon Licznerski, Czesław Prądzyński, Marian Woronin) 39.01
Q • (Thierry Francois, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart) 39.14
Q • (Innocent Egbunike, Ikpoto Eseme, Samson Oyeledun, Chidi Imoh) 39.44 • (Angelos Angelidis, Theodoros Gatzios, Nikos Hadjinicolaou, Kosmas Stratos) 39.71 • (Jouko Lehtinen, Jouko Hassi, Jukka Sihvonen, Kimmo Saaristo) 40.02 • (Ferenc Kiss, István Nagy, László Babály, István Tatár) DNF
Heat 2 • (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 38.50
Q • (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann) 38.95
Q • (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, Andreas Rizzi) 39.13
Q • (George Walcott, Ray Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford) 39.18
Q • (Ainsley Bennett, Donovan Reid, Mike McFarlane, Drew McMaster) 39.39 • (Krasimir Sarbakov, Yordan Vandov, Bogomil Karadimov, Valentin Atanasov) 39.59 • (Fabian Whymns, Austin Albury, Joey Wells, David Charlton) 40.52 • (Paul Narracott, Gerrard Keating, Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan) DNS
Final • (Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis) 37.86 (WR) • (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Pietro Mennea) 38.37 (NR) • (Andrey Prokofyev, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin) 38.41 • (Andreas Knebel, Thomas Schröder, Jens Hübler, Frank Emmelmann) 38.51 • (Werner Bastians, Christian Haas, Jürgen Evers, Andreas Rizzi) 38.56 • (Krzysztof Zwoliński, Zenon Licznerski, Czesław Prądzyński, Marian Woronin) 38.72 • (George Walcott, Ray Stewart, Leroy Reid, Colin Bradford) 38.75 • (Thierry Francois, Marc Gasparoni, Antoine Richard, Jean-Jacques Boussemart) 38.98 ==References==