Swimming World Championships 1986 at Madrid (spa) Women: 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay August 17: Final: 1. East Germany (Manuela Stellmach, Astrid Strauss, Nadja Bergknecht, Heike Friedrich) 7:59.33 (WR) 2. USA (Betsy Mitchell, Mary Terstegge Meagher, Kim Brown, Mary Wayte) 8:02.12 3. Netherlands (Annemarie Verstappen, Jolanda van de Meer, Marianne Muis, Conny van Bentum) 8:09.59 4. West Germany (Susanne Schuster, Svenja Schlicht, Iris Zscherpe, Karin Seick) 8:12.78 5. France (Véronique Jardin, Sophie Kamoun, Cécile Prunier, Cathérine Plewinski) 8:15.85 6. Great Britain (Annabelle Cripps, Sarah Hardcastle, K. Mellor, Ruth Gilfailan) 8:18.61 7. Canada (Patricia Noall, Debbie Wurzburger, Jane Kerr, Donna McGinnis) 8:18.96 8. Bulgaria (Vania Argirova, Natasha Hristova, Antoaneta Strumenlieva, Sonia Blagova) 8:22.11