1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 July.

Medalists

Gold	Jamie Henderson Phil Goedluck David Kirton Jon Ridgeon United Kingdom
Silver	Matthias Schlicht Frank Kobor Oliver Schmidt Ingo Todt West Germany
Bronze	Jarosław Kaniecki Tomasz Jędrusik Jacek Konopka Marek Parjaszewski Poland

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	United Kingdom	Jamie Henderson Phil Goedluck David Kirton Jon Ridgeon	39.80
	West Germany	Matthias Schlicht Frank Kobor Oliver Schmidt Ingo Todt	39.81
	Poland	Jarosław Kaniecki Tomasz Jędrusik Jacek Konopka Marek Parjaszewski	39.98
4	Cuba	Joel Isasi Emilio Valle Ramiro González Roberto Martínez	40.30
5	France	Marcel Laude Pascal Théophile Olivier Théophile Bernard Chatam	40.31
6	Bahamas	Mark Johnson Michael Newbold Glendale Miller Garland Miller	40.46
	United States	Michael Marsh Derrick Florence William Reed Stanley Kerr	DQ
	Jamaica	Ralston Wright Garfield Campbell Lyndale Patterson Howard Davis	DNF

Heats

19 July

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Matthias Schlicht Frank Kobor Oliver Schmidt Ingo Todt	40.16	Q
2	Jamaica	Garfield Campbell Carey Johnson Ralston Wright Howard Davis	40.47	Q
3	Bulgaria	Sacho Tinkovski Krasimir Bozhinovski Gencho Genev Nikolay Antonov	40.56
4	Spain	Augusto Llanos Sergio López Diego Gómez Enrique Talavera	40.72
5	Greece	Yeóryios Kiriakídis Konstadínos Labrópoulos Theotókis Flemotómos Konstadínos Bouloúkos	41.10
6	United Arab Emirates	Hassan Salem Abdallah Sarwash Tarek Khamis Dabouss Mohamed Ali Moubarak	45.20
	Cyprus	Petros Pangalos Tasos Iakovidis Aris Georgiadis Ioannis Zisimides	DQ
	Soviet Union	Aleksandr Kutepov Romans Osipenko Dmitriy Bartenyev Sergey Klyonov	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United States	Michael Marsh Derrick Florence William Reed Stanley Kerr	39.53	Q
2	France	Marcel Laude Pascal Théophile Olivier Théophile Bernard Chatam	40.19	Q
3	Cuba	Joel Isasi Emilio Valle Ramiro González Roberto Martínez	40.21	q
4	Bahamas	Mark Johnson Michael Newbold Glendale Miller Garland Miller	40.34	q
5	Nigeria	Yaya Adesina Abdullah Tetengi Soyi Ikhide Lawrence Arekhandia	40.99
6	Thailand	Rapee Thontawee Pongsak Wacharakupt Anuwat Sermsiri Sakol Boukom	41.05
7	Sweden	Martin Körling Aleksandar Vujovic Lars Hedner Ronnie Sköld	41.08

Heat 3

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Jarosław Kaniecki Tomasz Jędrusik Jacek Konopka Marek Parjaszewski	39.93	Q
2	United Kingdom	Jamie Henderson Phil Goedluck David Kirton Jon Ridgeon	40.14	Q
3	Canada	Brad McCuaig Desmond Griffiths Ken LeBlanc Carl Folkes	40.43
4	Australia	Steve McBain David Culbert Mark Garner David Dworjanyn	40.56
5	Italy	Arcangelo Mariano Daniele Ruggieri Michele Lazazzera Alberto Martilli	41.00
6	Japan	Yoshimi Hirota Koichi Igarashi Keiichi Adachi Masahiro Nagura	41.10
7	Indonesia	Indra Nugraha Aceng Rumaedi Serry Goin Mohamed Fachri	42.01
8	Saudi Arabia	Mohamed Bakr Al-Housaoui Yasser Abdulrahman Fallatah Kadhy Zaki Sharaf Mohamed Al-Bishi	42.28

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 93 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (4)
• Bahamas (4)
• Bulgaria (4)
• Canada (4)
• Cuba (4)
• Cyprus (4)
• France (4)
• Greece (4)
• Indonesia (4)
• Italy (4)
• Jamaica (5)
• Japan (4)
• Nigeria (4)
• Poland (4)
• Saudi Arabia (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Spain (4)
• Sweden (4)
• Thailand (4)
• United Arab Emirates (4)
• United Kingdom (4)
• United States (4)
• West Germany (4)