The men's 4 × 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.

Medalists Gold Aleksandr YevgenyevNikolay YushmanovVladimir MuravyovViktor BryzginSilver Thomas SchröderSteffen BringmannOlaf PrenzlerFrank EmmelmannBronze Elliot BunneyDaley ThompsonMike McFarlaneLinford Christie

Results Final 31 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Aleksandr YevgenyevNikolay YushmanovVladimir MuravyovViktor Bryzgin 38.29 CR Thomas SchröderSteffen BringmannOlaf PrenzlerFrank Emmelmann 38.64 Elliot BunneyDaley ThompsonMike McFarlaneLinford Christie 38.71 4 Thierry FrançoisGilles QuénéhervéAntoine RichardBruno Marie-Rose 38.81 5 Antonio UlloCarlo SimionatoPierfrancesco PavoniStefano Tilli 38.86 6 László KaraffaIstván NagyIstván TatárAttila Kovács 39.15 7 Nikolay MarkovAnri GrigorovKrasimir BozhinovskiValentin Atanasov 39.33 8 Arnaldo AbrantesPedro CurveloLuís CunhaPedro Agostinho 39.74 NR

Heats 30 August

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Thierry FrançoisGilles QuénéhervéAntoine RichardBruno Marie-Rose 38.97 Q 2 Elliot BunneyDaley ThompsonMike McFarlaneLinford Christie 39.26 Q 3 Andrey ShlyapnikovNikolay YushmanovVladimir MuravyovViktor Bryzgin 39.30 Q 4 László KaraffaIstván NagyIstván TatárAttila Kovács 39.42 q 5 Arnaldo AbrantesPedro CurveloLuís CunhaPedro Agostinho 39.86 NR q

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Thomas SchröderSteffen BringmannOlaf PrenzlerFrank Emmelmann 38.81 Q 2 Antonio UlloCarlo SimionatoPierfrancesco PavoniStefano Tilli 39.03 Q 3 Nikolay MarkovAnri GrigorovKrasimir BozhinovskiValentin Atanasov 39.23 Q Volker WesthagemannWerner ZaskePeter KleinJürgen Evers DNF

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

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