The men's 4 × 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 RedmondKriss AkabusiBrian WhittleRoger BlackSilver Klaus JustEdgar IttHarald SchmidRalf LübkeBronze Vladimir ProsinVladimir KrylovArkadiy KornilovAleksandr Kurochkin
Results Final 31 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Derek RedmondKriss AkabusiBrian WhittleRoger Black 2:59.84 CR Klaus JustEdgar IttHarald SchmidRalf Lübke 3:00.17 NR Vladimir ProsinVladimir KrylovArkadiy KornilovAleksandr Kurochkin 3:00.47 4 Giovanni BongiorniMauro ZulianiVito PetrellaRoberto Ribaud 3:01.37 NR 5 Juan José PradoAntonio SánchezJosé AlonsoÁngel Heras 3:04.12 6 Frank MöllerCarlo NiestadtThomas SchönlebeMathias Schersing 3:04.87 7 Slobodan BrankovićSlobodan PopovićPredrag MelnjakŽeljko Knapić 3:05.27 8 Yann QuentrecPhilippe GonigamJean-Jacques BoussemartAldo Canti 3:10.17
Heats 30 August
Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Klaus JustEdgar IttJörg VaihingerHarald Schmid 3:03.79 Q 2 Giovanni BongiorniMauro ZulianiVito PetrellaRoberto Ribaud 3:03.96 Q 3 Kriss AkabusiBrian WhittlePhil BrownRoger Black 3:04.17 Q 4 Juan José PradoAntonio SánchezJosé AlonsoÁngel Heras 3:04.44 q 5 Gusztáv MenczerLászló KissIstván TakácsIstván Szabó 3:09.50
Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Vladimir VolodkoVladimir ProsinArkadiy KornilovAleksandr Kurochkin 3:04.60 Q 2 Frank MöllerCarlo NiestadtThomas SchönlebeMathias Schersing 3:05.53 Q 3 Slobodan BrankovićSlobodan PopovićPredrag MelnjakŽeljko Knapić 3:05.92 Q 4 Yann QuentrecPascal BarréJean-Jacques BoussemartAldo Canti 3:06.40 q
Participation According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.
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