European Athletics Championships 1986/4 × 100 m women

14th European Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay
gender	Women
Attendees	10 relays with 41 athletes
venue	Stuttgart
Competition location	Neckar Stadium
Competition phase	August 30th (preliminary) August 31st (final)
Medalists  GDR  Bulgaria  Soviet Union

The Stuttgart stadium - today the Mercedes-Benz Arena in 2011

The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the European Athletics Championships in 1986 was held on August 30 and 31, 1986 in the Neckar Stadium in Stuttgart .

The GDR became European champions with the cast of Silke Gladisch , Sabine Günther , Ingrid Auerswald and Marlies Göhr . Second place went to Bulgaria ( Ginka Sagortschewa , Anelija Nunewa , Nadezhda Georgieva , Jordanka Donkowa ). Bronze went to the Soviet Union with Antonina Nastoburko , Natalja Botschina , Marina Schirowa ( final ) and Olga Solotarjowa as well as Iryna Slyussar , who was also used in the preliminary run .

The runner, who was only used in the preliminary run for the USSR, also received a bronze medal.

Records

Existing records

World record	41.37 s	GDR ( Gesine Walther , Sabine Rieger , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr )	Canberra , Australia	October 16, 1985
European record
EM record	42.19 s	GDR ( Gesine Walther , Bärbel Wöckel , Sabine Rieger , Marlies Göhr )	EM Athens , Greece	September 11, 1982

Record improvement

The European championship relay from the GDR improved the existing EM record in the line-up of Silke Gladisch , Sabine Günther , Ingrid Auerswald and Marlies Göhr twice:

• 42.13 s - 1st semifinals on August 30th
• 41.84 s - final on August 31

Preliminary round

August 30, 1986, 6:50 p.m.

The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest seasons - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	GDR	Silke Gladisch Sabine Günther Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	42.13 CR
2	BR Germany	Resi March Anke Koeninger Heidi-Elke Gaugel Ute Thimm	43.51
3	Poland	Joanna Smolarek Urszula Jaros Jolanta Janota Ewa Kasprzyk	43.96
4th	Netherlands	Nelli Cooman Martha Grossenbacher Marjan Olijslager Els Vader	44.38
5	Finland	Aila Haikkonen Sisko Hanhijoki Margareetta Honkaharju Jaana Niemi	45.27

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Bulgaria	Ginka Sagortschewa Anelija Nunewa Nadezhda Georgieva Jordanka Donkowa	43.02
2	France	Françoise Leroux Marie-Christine Cazier Laurence Bily Murielle Leroy	43.20
3	Great Britain	Paula Dunn Kathy Cook Joan Baptiste Wendy Hoyte	43.30
4th	Soviet Union	Antonina Nastoburko Natalja Botschina Iryna Sljussar Olga Solotarjowa	43.78
5	Italy	Rita Angotzi Carla Mercurio Daniela Ferrian Rossella Tarolo	44.90

final

August 31, 1986, 4:05 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	GDR	Silke Gladisch Sabine Günther Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	41.84 CR
2	Bulgaria	Ginka Sagortschewa Anelija Nunewa Nadezhda Georgieva Jordanka Donkowa	42.68
3	Soviet Union	Antonina Nastoburko Natalja Botschina Marina Schirowa ( final ) Olga Solotarjowa in the preliminary also: Iryna Sljussar	42.74
4th	France	Françoise Leroux Marie-Christine Cazier Laurence Bily Murielle Leroy	43.11
5	Great Britain	Paula Dunn Kathy Cook Joan Baptiste Wendy Hoyte	43.44
6th	Poland	Joanna Smolarek Urszula Jaros Jolanta Janota Ewa Kasprzyk	43.54
7th	Netherlands	Nelli Cooman Martha Grossenbacher Marjan Olijslager Els Vader	44.38
DSQ	BR Germany	Resi March Anke Koeninger Heidi-Elke Gaugel Ute Thimm

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Stuttgart 1986 at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 7, 2019
• Women 4x100m Relay European Championship 1986 Stuttgart on todor66.com, accessed September 7, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1986 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed September 7, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 4x100m Relay European Championship 1986 Stuttgart, p. 451 (PDF, 13,363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 7, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1986, 4 × 100 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on September 7, 2019
• 14th European Athletics Championships 1986 in Stuttgart, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on September 7, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m women , accessed September 7, 2019