1986 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Women's 4 x 100 metres relay
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

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
Silver	Ginka Zagorcheva Anelia Nuneva Nadezhda Georgieva Yordanka Donkova
Bronze	Antonina Nastoburko Natalya Bochina Marina Zhirova Olga Zolotaryova

Results

Final

31 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	align=left			41.84	CR
	align=left			42.68
	align=left			42.74
4	align=left			43.11
5	align=left			43.44
6	align=left			43.54
7	align=left			44.38
	align=left			DQ

Heats

30 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	align=left			42.13	CR Q
2	align=left			43.51	Q
3	align=left			43.96	Q
4	align=left			44.38	q
5	align=left			45.27

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	align=left			43.02	Q
2	align=left			43.20	Q
3	align=left			43.30	Q
4	align=left			43.78	q
5	align=left			44.90

Participation

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

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