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

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	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	Phil Brown Roger Black	3:04.17	Q
4	Spain	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.