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

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.^[1]

Women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

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.

•  Bulgaria (4)
•  East Germany (4)
•  Finland (4)
•  France (4)
•  Italy (4)
•  Netherlands (4)
•  Poland (4)
•  Soviet Union (5)
•  United Kingdom (4)
•  West Germany (4)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 443–451, retrieved 13 August 2014