1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the 1986 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, then West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 30 and 31 August 1986.[1]

Medalists

Gold Derek Redmond
Kriss Akabusi
Brian Whittle
Roger Black
 United Kingdom
Silver Klaus Just
Edgar Itt
Harald Schmid
Ralf Lübke
 West Germany
Bronze Vladimir Prosin
Vladimir Krylov
Arkadiy Kornilov
Aleksandr Kurochkin
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

31 August

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st  United Kingdom Derek Redmond
Kriss Akabusi
Brian Whittle
Roger Black
2:59.84 CR
2nd  West Germany Klaus Just
Edgar Itt
Harald Schmid
Ralf Lübke
3:00.17 NR
3rd  Soviet Union Vladimir Prosin
Vladimir Krylov
Arkadiy Kornilov
Aleksandr Kurochkin
3:00.47
4  Italy Giovanni Bongiorni
Mauro Zuliani
Vito Petrella
Roberto Ribaud
3:01.37 NR
5  Spain Juan José Prado
Antonio Sánchez
José Alonso
Ángel Heras
3:04.12
6  East Germany Frank Möller
Carlo Niestadt
Thomas Schönlebe
Mathias Schersing
3:04.87
7  Yugoslavia Slobodan Branković
Slobodan Popović
Predrag Melnjak
Željko Knapić
3:05.27
8  France Yann Quentrec
Philippe Gonigam
Jean-Jacques Boussemart
Aldo Canti
3:10.17

Heats

30 August

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  West Germany Klaus Just
Edgar Itt
Jörg Vaihinger
Harald Schmid
3:03.79 Q
2  Italy Giovanni Bongiorni
Mauro Zuliani
Vito Petrella
Roberto Ribaud
3:03.96 Q
3  United Kingdom Kriss Akabusi
Brian Whittle
Phil Brown
Roger Black
3:04.17 Q
4  Spain Juan José Prado
Antonio Sánchez
José Alonso
Ángel Heras
3:04.44 q
5  Hungary Gusztáv Menczer
László Kiss
István Takács
István Szabó
3:09.50

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Soviet Union Vladimir Volodko
Vladimir Prosin
Arkadiy Kornilov
Aleksandr Kurochkin
3:04.60 Q
2  East Germany Frank Möller
Carlo Niestadt
Thomas Schönlebe
Mathias Schersing
3:05.53 Q
3  Yugoslavia Slobodan Branković
Slobodan Popović
Predrag Melnjak
Željko Knapić
3:05.92 Q
4  France Yann Quentrec
Pascal Barré
Jean-Jacques Boussemart
Aldo Canti
3:06.40 q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

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