European Athletics Championships 1986/4 × 100 m men

14th European Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay of men
city	Stuttgart
Stadion	Neckar Stadium
Attendees	9 relays with 37 athletes
Competition phase	August 30th (preliminary) August 31st (final)
Medalist
gold	Soviet Union
silver	GDR
bronze	Great Britain

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

The men'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 European champion was the Soviet Union in the line-up of Alexander Evgenev ( only used in the final ), Nikolai Yuschmanow , Vladimir Muravyov and Viktor Bryshin as well as Andrei Schljapnikow, who was also used in the run-up . Second place went to the GDR with Thomas Schröder , Steffen Bringmann , Olaf Prenzler and Frank Emmelmann . Bronze went to Great Britain ( Elliot Bunney , Daley Thompson , Mike McFarlane , Linford Christie ).

The runner used in the preliminary runs for the Soviet Union also received a gold medal. The championship record, on the other hand, has now been awarded to the four runners from the final.

Records

Existing records

World record	37.83 s	USA ( Sam Graddy , Ron Brown , Calvin Smith , Carl Lewis )	OS Los Angeles USA	August 11, 1984
European record	38.19 s	Soviet Union ( Alexander Evgenev , Nikolai Yuschmanow , Vladimir Muravyov , Wiktor Bryshin )	Moscow Soviet Union	July 9, 1986
EM record	38.58 s	Poland ( Zenon Nowosz , Zenon Licznerski , Leszek Dunecki , Marian Woronin )	EM Prague Czechoslovakia	3rd September 1978

Record improvement

The victorious season from the Soviet Union improved the existing EM record in the final on August 31 with the line-up of Alexander Evgenev , Nikolai Yuschmanow , Vladimir Muravyov and Viktor Bryshin by 29 hundredths of a second to 38.29 seconds.

Preliminary round

August 30, 1986, 6:35 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. Of the nine competing teams, only one did not reach the final.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	France	Thierry François Gilles Quénéhervé Antoine Richard Bruno Marie-Rose	38.97
2	Great Britain	Elliot Bunney Daley Thompson Mike McFarlane Linford Christie	39.26
3	Soviet Union	Andrei Schljapnikow Nikolai Yuschmanow Vladimir Muravjow Viktor Bryshin	39.30
4th	Hungary	Laszlo Karaffa Istvan Nágy István Tatár Attila Kovács	39.42
5	Portugal	Arnaldo Abrantes Pedro Curvelo Luis Cunha Pedro Agostinho	39.86

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	GDR	Thomas Schröder Steffen Bringmann Olaf Prenzler Frank Emmelmann	38.81
2	Italy	Antonio Ullo Carlo Simionato Pierfrancesco Pavoni Stefano Tilli	39,, 03
3	Bulgaria	Nikolai Markow Henri Grigorow Krassimir Boschinowski Valentin Atanassow	39.23
DNF	BR Germany	Volker Westhagemann Werner Zaske Peter Klein Jürgen Evers

final

August 31, 1986, 4:20 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Soviet Union	Alexander Evgenjew ( final ) Nikolai Juschmanow Vladimir Muravjow Viktor Bryshin in the preliminary run also: Andrei Schljapnikow	38.29 CR
2	GDR	Thomas Schröder Steffen Bringmann Olaf Prenzler Frank Emmelmann	38.64
3	Great Britain	Elliot Bunney Daley Thompson Mike McFarlane Linford Christie	38.71
4th	France	Thierry François Gilles Quénéhervé Antoine Richard Bruno Marie-Rose	38.81
5	Italy	Antonio Ullo Carlo Simionato Pierfrancesco Pavoni Stefano Tilli	38.86
6th	Hungary	Laszlo Karaffa Istvan Nágy István Tatár Attila Kovács	39.15
7th	Bulgaria	Nikolai Markow Henri Grigorow Krassimir Boschinowski Valentin Atanassow	39.33
8th	Portugal	Arnaldo Abrantes Pedro Curvelo Luis Cunha Pedro Agostinho	39.74

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Stuttgart 1986 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 31, 2019
• Men 4x100m Relay European Championship 1986 Stuttgart on todor66.com, accessed August 31, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1986 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on August 31, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 4x100m Relay European Championship 1986 Stuttgart, p. 447f (PDF, 13,363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 31, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1986, 4 × 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on August 31, 2019
• 14th European Athletics Championships 1986 in Stuttgart, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on August 31, 2019

Video

• 1986 European Athletics Championship Men's 4x100m final , published April 9, 2012 on youtube.com (English), accessed August 31, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m , accessed on August 31, 2019
2. ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 100 m on rfea.es, p. 36 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on August 31, 2019