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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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men'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]

Gold	Aleksandr Yevgenyev Nikolay Yushmanov Vladimir Muravyov Viktor Bryzgin  Soviet Union
Silver	Thomas Schröder Steffen Bringmann Olaf Prenzler Frank Emmelmann  East Germany
Bronze	Elliot Bunney Daley Thompson Mike McFarlane Linford Christie  United Kingdom

31 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Soviet Union	Aleksandr Yevgenyev Nikolay Yushmanov Vladimir Muravyov Viktor Bryzgin	38.29	CR
	East Germany	Thomas Schröder Steffen Bringmann Olaf Prenzler Frank Emmelmann	38.64
	United Kingdom	Elliot Bunney Daley Thompson Mike McFarlane Linford Christie	38.71
4	France	Thierry François Gilles Quénéhervé Antoine Richard Bruno Marie-Rose	38.81
5	Italy	Antonio Ullo Carlo Simionato Pierfrancesco Pavoni Stefano Tilli	38.86
6	Hungary	László Karaffa István Nagy István Tatár Attila Kovács	39.15
7	Bulgaria	Nikolay Markov Anri Grigorov Krasimir Bozhinovski Valentin Atanasov	39.33
8	Portugal	Arnaldo Abrantes Pedro Curvelo Luís Cunha Pedro Agostinho	39.74	NR

30 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	France	Thierry François Gilles Quénéhervé Antoine Richard Bruno Marie-Rose	38.97	Q
2	United Kingdom	Elliot Bunney Daley Thompson Mike McFarlane Linford Christie	39.26	Q
3	Soviet Union	Andrey Shlyapnikov Nikolay Yushmanov Vladimir Muravyov Viktor Bryzgin	39.30	Q
4	Hungary	László Karaffa István Nagy István Tatár Attila Kovács	39.42	q
5	Portugal	Arnaldo Abrantes Pedro Curvelo Luís Cunha Pedro Agostinho	39.86	NR q

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Thomas Schröder Steffen Bringmann Olaf Prenzler Frank Emmelmann	38.81	Q
2	Italy	Antonio Ullo Carlo Simionato Pierfrancesco Pavoni Stefano Tilli	39.03	Q
3	Bulgaria	Nikolay Markov Anri Grigorov Krasimir Bozhinovski Valentin Atanasov	39.23	Q
	West Germany	Volker Westhagemann Werner Zaske Peter Klein Jürgen Evers	DNF

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.