Swimming World Championships 1986 at Madrid (spa) Women: 4 x 100 m Medley Relay August 22: Final: 1. East Germany (Kathrinn Zimmermann, Sylvia Gerasch, Kornelia Gressler, Kristin Otto) 4:04.82 2. USA (Betsy Mitchell, Jenny Hau, Mary Terstegge Meagher, Jenna Johnson) 4:07.75 3. Netherlands (Jolanda de Rover, Petra van Staveren, Conny van Bentum, Annemarie Verstappen) 4:10.70 4. Italy (Lorenza Vigarani, Manuela dalla Valle, Ilaria Tocchini, Silvia Persi) 4:12.27 5. Soviet Union (Natalya Shibayeva, Yelena Volkova, Tatyana Kurnikova, Yelena Dendeberova) 4:12.52 6. Bulgaria (Bistra Gospodinova, Tania Bogomilova, Sonia Blagova, Vania Argirova) 4:13.54 7. West Germany (Svenja Schlicht, Britta Dahm, Susanne Schuster, Karin Seick) 4:13.64 8. France (Véronique Jardin, Pascaline Louvrier, Cathérine Plewinski, Sophie Kamoun) 4:15.75