1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
# 1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 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 | Derek Redmond Kriss Akabusi Brian Whittle Roger Black United Kingdom |
| - | - |
| Silver | Klaus Just Edgar Itt Harald Schmid Ralf Lübke West Germany |
| Bronze | Vladimir Prosin Vladimir Krylov Arkadiy Kornilov Aleksandr Kurochkin Soviet Union |

## Results

### Final

31 August

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | United Kingdom | Derek Redmond Kriss Akabusi Brian Whittle Roger Black | 2:59.84 | CR |
| | West Germany | Klaus Just Edgar Itt Harald Schmid Ralf Lübke | 3:00.17 | NR |
| | Soviet Union | Vladimir Prosin Vladimir Krylov Arkadiy Kornilov Aleksandr Kurochkin | 3:00.47 | |
| 4 | Italy | Giovanni Bongiorni Mauro Zuliani Vito Petrella Roberto Ribaud | 3:01.37 | NR |
| 5 | Spain | Juan José Prado Antonio Sánchez José Alonso Ángel Heras | 3:04.12 | |
| 6 | East Germany | Frank Möller Carlo Niestadt Thomas Schönlebe Mathias Schersing | 3:04.87 | |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | Slobodan Branković Slobodan Popović Predrag Melnjak Željko Knapić | 3:05.27 | |
| 8 | France | Yann Quentrec Philippe Gonigam Jean-Jacques Boussemart Aldo Canti | 3:10.17 | |

### Heats

30 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | West Germany | Klaus Just Edgar Itt Jörg Vaihinger Harald Schmid | 3:03.79 | Q |
| 2 | Italy | Giovanni Bongiorni Mauro Zuliani Vito Petrella Roberto Ribaud | 3:03.96 | Q |
| 3 | United Kingdom | Kriss Akabusi Brian Whittle Phil Brown Roger Black | 3:04.17 | Q |
| 4 | Spain | Juan José Prado Antonio Sánchez José Alonso Ángel Heras | 3:04.44 | q |
| 5 | Hungary | Gusztáv Menczer László Kiss István Takács István Szabó | 3:09.50 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | Vladimir Volodko Vladimir Prosin Arkadiy Kornilov Aleksandr Kurochkin | 3:04.60 | Q |
| 2 | East Germany | Frank Möller Carlo Niestadt Thomas Schönlebe Mathias Schersing | 3:05.53 | Q |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | Slobodan Branković Slobodan Popović Predrag Melnjak Željko Knapić | 3:05.92 | Q |
| 4 | France | Yann Quentrec Pascal Barré Jean-Jacques Boussemart Aldo Canti | 3:06.40 | q |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

* East Germany (4)
* France (5)
* Hungary (4)
* Italy (4)
* Soviet Union (5)
* Spain (4)
* United Kingdom (5)
* West Germany (5)
* Yugoslavia (4)
