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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 women's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the: 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, then West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 30. And 31 August 1986.

Medalists※

Gold	Silke Gladisch Sabine Günther Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr  East Germany
Silver	Ginka Zagorcheva Anelia Nuneva Nadezhda Georgieva Yordanka Donkova  Bulgaria
Bronze	Antonina Nastoburko Natalya Bochina Marina Zhirova Olga Zolotaryova  Soviet Union

Results※

Final※

31 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	East Germany	Silke Gladisch Sabine Günther Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	41.84	CR
	Bulgaria	Ginka Zagorcheva Anelia Nuneva Nadezhda Georgieva Yordanka Donkova	42.68
	Soviet Union	Antonina Nastoburko Natalya Bochina Marina Zhirova Olga Zolotaryova	42.74
4	France	Françoise Leroux Marie-Christine Cazier Laurence Bily Muriel Leroy	43.11
5	United Kingdom	Paula Dunn Kathy Cook Joan Baptiste Wendy Hoyte	43.44
6	Poland	Joanna Smolarek Urszula Jaros Jolanta Janota Ewa Kasprzyk	43.54
7	Netherlands	Nelli Cooman Martha Grossenbacher Marjan Olyslager Els Vader	44.38
	West Germany	Resi März Anke Köninger Heidi-Elke Gaugel Ute Thimm	DQ

Heats※

30 August

Heat 1※

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Silke Gladisch Sabine Günther Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	42.13	CR Q
2	West Germany	Resi März Anke Köninger Heidi-Elke Gaugel Ute Thimm	43.51	Q
3	Poland	Joanna Smolarek Urszula Jaros Jolanta Janota Ewa Kasprzyk	43.96	Q
4	Netherlands	Nelli Cooman Martha Grossenbacher Marjan Olyslager Els Vader	44.38	q
5	Finland	Aila Haikkonen Sisko Hanhijoki Margareetta Honkaharju Jaana Niemi	45.27

Heat 2※

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Bulgaria	Ginka Zagorcheva Anelia Nuneva Nadezhda Georgieva Yordanka Donkova	43.02	Q
2	France	Françoise Leroux Marie-Christine Cazier Laurence Bily Muriel Leroy	43.20	Q
3	United Kingdom	Paula Dunn Kathy Cook Joan Baptiste Wendy Hoyte	43.30	Q
4	Soviet Union	Antonina Nastoburko Natalya Bochina Irina Slyusar Olga Zolotaryova	43.78	q
5	Italy	Rita Angotzi Carla Mercurio Daniela Ferrian Rossella Tarolo	44.90

Participation※

According——to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 10 countries participated in the——event.

References※