The women'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 Silke GladischSabine GüntherIngrid AuerswaldMarlies GöhrSilver Ginka ZagorchevaAnelia NunevaNadezhda GeorgievaYordanka DonkovaBronze Antonina NastoburkoNatalya BochinaMarina ZhirovaOlga Zolotaryova

Results Final 31 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Silke GladischSabine GüntherIngrid AuerswaldMarlies Göhr 41.84 CR Ginka ZagorchevaAnelia NunevaNadezhda GeorgievaYordanka Donkova 42.68 Antonina NastoburkoNatalya BochinaMarina ZhirovaOlga Zolotaryova 42.74 4 Françoise LerouxMarie-Christine CazierLaurence BilyMuriel Leroy 43.11 5 Paula DunnKathy CookJoan BaptisteWendy Hoyte 43.44 6 Joanna SmolarekUrszula JarosJolanta JanotaEwa Kasprzyk 43.54 7 Nelli CoomanMartha GrossenbacherMarjan OlyslagerEls Vader 44.38 Resi MärzAnke KöningerHeidi-Elke GaugelUte Thimm DQ

Heats 30 August

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Silke GladischSabine GüntherIngrid AuerswaldMarlies Göhr 42.13 CR Q 2 Resi MärzAnke KöningerHeidi-Elke GaugelUte Thimm 43.51 Q 3 Joanna SmolarekUrszula JarosJolanta JanotaEwa Kasprzyk 43.96 Q 4 Nelli CoomanMartha GrossenbacherMarjan OlyslagerEls Vader 44.38 q 5 Aila HaikkonenSisko HanhijokiMargareetta HonkaharjuJaana Niemi 45.27

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Ginka ZagorchevaAnelia NunevaNadezhda GeorgievaYordanka Donkova 43.02 Q 2 Françoise LerouxMarie-Christine CazierLaurence BilyMuriel Leroy 43.20 Q 3 Paula DunnKathy CookJoan BaptisteWendy Hoyte 43.30 Q 4 Antonina NastoburkoNatalya BochinaIrina SlyusarOlga Zolotaryova 43.78 q 5 Rita AngotziCarla MercurioDaniela FerrianRossella Tarolo 44.90

Participation According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

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