1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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The men's

4×400 metres relay event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Clifton Campbell
Chip Rish
Percy Waddle
William Reed
 United States
Silver
Roberto Hernández
 Cuba
Bronze

Results

Final

20 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Clifton Campbell
Chip Rish
Percy Waddle
William Reed
3:01.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Cuba
Roberto Hernández
3:04.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Jamaica
Howard Davis
Lyndale Patterson
3:05.16
4  United Kingdom Gary Patterson
Gareth Bakewell
Peter Crampton
Mark Tyler
3:05.89
5  Soviet Union Aleksandr Ovchinnikov
Vladimir Lytkin
Andrey Koltovich
Yan Krasnikov
3:06.97
6  Poland Tomasz Jędrusik
Marek Szymkowicz
Dariusz Rychter
Krzysztof Sidowski
3:07.39
7  Nigeria Joseph Falaye
Vincent Orlando
Hassan Bosso
Yusuf Bakare
3:08.96
8  France Christian Landre
Christophe Goris
Pascal Maran
Alain Zamboni
3:09.72

Heats

19 July

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Cuba
Roberto Hernández
3:07.64 Q
2  Soviet Union Aleksandr Ovchinnikov
Vladimir Lytkin
Andrey Koltovich
Yan Krasnikov
3:08.64 Q
3  France Christian Landre
Christophe Goris
Pascal Maran
Alain Zamboni
3:09.03 q
4  Australia Dolph Francis
Cameron Orr
Miles Murphy
Mark Garner
3:09.65
5  Canada Mike Smith
Carl Folkes
Ken LeBlanc
Philip Hughes
3:11.26
6  Spain
Manuel Moreno
3:12.20

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Jamaica 3:06.96 Q
2  United Kingdom Gary Patterson
Gareth Bakewell
Peter Crampton
Mark Tyler
3:09.03 Q
3  Yugoslavia
Slobodan Branković
Predrag Melnjak
3:09.83
4  West Germany Thomas Kleiber
Bodo Kuhn
Thomas Nettersheim
Volker Höschele
3:09.85
5  Italy Nicola Mastroianni
Giulio Bonizzato
Marco Michieli
Daniele Bertogna
3:11.75
6  Greece
Yeóryios Panayiotopoulos
3:12.81

Heat 3

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  United States Clois Carter
Chip Rish
Percy Waddle
Clifton Campbell
3:04.79 Q
2  Nigeria Joseph Falaye
Vincent Orlando
Hassan Bosso
Yusuf Bakare
3:07.10 Q
3  Poland Tomasz Jędrusik
Marek Szymkowicz
Dariusz Rychter
Krzysztof Sidowski
3:07.43 q
4  Belgium Peter Delarue
Roland Moens
Yvan Delrue
Alain Cuypers
3:09.77
5  New Zealand Grant Gilbert
Craig Purdy
Jonathon Moyle
Scott Bowden
3:11.88

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 70 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF
    , retrieved 13 June 2015