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

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
at the European Athletics Championships

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 place, gold medalist(s)  United Kingdom Derek Redmond
Kriss Akabusi
Brian Whittle
Roger Black
2:59.84 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  West Germany Klaus Just
Edgar Itt
Harald Schmid
Ralf Lübke
3:00.17 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 443–451, retrieved 13 August 2014