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

Events at the 1986 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, then West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 31 August 1986.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Petra Müller Marita Koch  East Germany
Silver	Gisela Kinzel Ute Thimm Heidi-Elke Gaugel Gaby Bussmann  West Germany
Bronze	Ewa Kasprzyk Marzena Wojdecka Elżbieta Kapusta Genowefa Błaszak  Poland

Results

Final

31 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
01 !	East Germany	Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Petra Müller Marita Koch	3:16.87	CR
02 !	West Germany	Gisela Kinzel Ute Thimm Heidi-Elke Gaugel Gaby Bussmann	3:22.80	NR
03 !	Poland	Ewa Kasprzyk Marzena Wojdecka Elżbieta Kapusta Genowefa Błaszak	3:24.65	NR
4	Bulgaria	Yuliana Marinova Pepa Pavlova Yordanka Stoyanova Rositsa Stamenova	3:26.26
5	Italy	Marisa Masullo Cosetta Campana Giuseppina Cirulli Erika Rossi	3:32.30
6	Spain	Esther Lahoz Montserrat Pujol Cristina Pérez Blanca Lacambra	3:32.51
7	Soviet Union	Vineta Ikauniece Olga Nazarova Marina Stepanova Olga Vladykina	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

References