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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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 400 metres event at the: 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, then West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 27, "28," and 29 August 1986.

Medalists※

Gold	Roger Black  United Kingdom
Silver	Thomas Schönlebe  East Germany
Bronze	Mathias Schersing  East Germany

Results※

Final※

29 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Roger Black	United Kingdom	44.59	CR NR
	Thomas Schönlebe	East Germany	44.63
	Mathias Schersing	East Germany	44.85
4	Derek Redmond	United Kingdom	45.25
5	Ralf Lübke	West Germany	45.35
6	António Sánchez	Spain	45.41	NR
7	Aldo Canti	France	45.93
8	Erwin Skamrahl	West Germany	46.38

Semi-finals※

28 August

Semi-final 1※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roger Black	United Kingdom	45.33	Q
2	Mathias Schersing	East Germany	45.38	Q
3	Aldo Canti	France	45.62	Q
4	Erwin Skamrahl	West Germany	45.81	Q
5	Yann Quentrec	France	45.89
6	Aleksandr Kurochkin	Soviet Union	46.01
7	Roberto Ribaud	Italy	46.22
8	Phil Brown	United Kingdom	46.61

Semi-final 2※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Derek Redmond	United Kingdom	45.35	Q
2	Thomas Schönlebe	East Germany	45.42	Q
3	António Sánchez	Spain	45.71	Q
4	Ralf Lübke	West Germany	45.72	Q
5	Derek O'Connor	Ireland	45.94
6	Jörg Vaihinger	West Germany	46.36
7	Arkadiy Kornilov	Soviet Union	46.46
8	Arjen Visserman	Netherlands	46.66

Heats※

27 August

Heat 1※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roger Black	United Kingdom	45.40	Q
2	António Sánchez	Spain	45.78	Q
3	Erwin Skamrahl	West Germany	46.11	Q
4	Arjen Visserman	Netherlands	46.12	q
5	Mauro Zuliani	Italy	46.53
6	Ismail Mačev	Yugoslavia	47.52
7	Fikret Tulumtaş	Turkey	48.97

Heat 2※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Phil Brown	United Kingdom	46.00	Q
2	Mathias Schersing	East Germany	46.04	Q
3	Derek O'Connor	Ireland	46.09	Q
4	Jörg Vaihinger	West Germany	46.23	q
5	Vladimir Prosin	Soviet Union	46.32
6	Gusztáv Menczer	Hungary	46.40

Heat 3※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Derek Redmond	United Kingdom	45.75	Q
2	Ralf Lübke	West Germany	45.88	Q
3	Aleksandr Kurochkin	Soviet Union	46.18	Q
4	Aldo Canti	France	46.23	q
5	Ángel Heras	Spain	46.41
6	Gerry Delaney	Ireland	46.88

Heat 4※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Schönlebe	East Germany	45.54	Q
2	Roberto Ribaud	Italy	45.69	Q
3	Yann Quentrec	France	45.77	Q
4	Arkadiy Kornilov	Soviet Union	46.09	q
5	Željko Knapić	Yugoslavia	47.81
	Marcel Arnold	Switzerland	DQ

Participation※

According——to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 13 countries participated in the——event.

References※