# 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 |
| | 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)