1986 European Athletics Championships
The 14th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 to 31 August 1986 at the Neckarstadion, now known as MHPArena, in Stuttgart, a city in West Germany.
| 14th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 The logo of the 1986 European Athletics Championships | |
| Dates | 26 – 31 August |
| Host city | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
| Venue | Neckarstadion |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 43 |
| Participation | 906 athletes from 31 nations |
Contemporaneous reports were given in the Glasgow Herald.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Men's results
Complete results were published.[12]
Track
1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
Linford Christie Great Britain | 10.15 | Steffen Bringmann East Germany | 10.20 | Bruno Marie-Rose  France | 10.21 |
| 200 metres |
Vladimir Krylov Soviet Union | 20.52 | Jürgen Evers West Germany | 20.75 | Andrey Fedoriv Soviet Union | 20.84 |
| 400 metres |
Roger Black Great Britain | 44.59 | Thomas Schönlebe East Germany | 44.63 | Mathias Schersing East Germany | 44.85 |
| 800 metres |
Sebastian Coe Great Britain | 1:44.50 | Tom McKean Great Britain | 1:44.61 | Steve Cram Great Britain | 1:44.88 |
| 1500 metres |
Steve Cram Great Britain | 3:41.09 | Sebastian Coe Great Britain | 3:41.67 | Han Kulker Netherlands | 3:42.11 |
| 5000 metres |
Jack Buckner Great Britain | 13:10.15 | Stefano Mei Italy | 13:11.57 | Tim Hutchings Great Britain | 13:12.88 |
| 10,000 metres |
Stefano Mei Italy | 27:56.79 | Alberto Cova Italy | 27:57.93 | Salvatore Antibo Italy | 28:00.25 |
| Marathon |
Gelindo Bordin Italy | 2: 10:54 | Orlando Pizzolato Italy | 2: 10:57 | Herbert Steffny West Germany | 2: 11:30 |
| 110 metres hurdles |
Stéphane Caristan France | 13.20 | Arto Bryggare Finland | 13.42 | Carlos Sala Spain | 13.50 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Harald Schmid West Germany | 48.65 | Aleksandr Vasilyev Soviet Union | 48.76 | Sven Nylander Sweden | 49.38 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase |
Hagen Melzer East Germany | 8:16.65 | Francesco Panetta Italy | 8:16.85 | Patriz Ilg West Germany | 8:16.92 |
| 20 kilometres walk |
Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia | 1: 21:15 | Maurizio Damilano Italy | 1: 21:17 | Miguel Ángel Prieto Spain | 1: 21:36 |
| 50 kilometres walk |
Hartwig Gauder East Germany | 3:40:55 | Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union | 3:41:54 | Valeriy Suntsov Soviet Union | 3:42:38 |
| 4x100 metres relay |
Aleksandr Yevgenyev Nikolay Yuschmanov Vladimir Muravyov Viktor Bryzgin Soviet Union (URS) | 38.29 | Thomas Schröder Steffen Bringmann Olaf Prenzler Frank Emmelmann East Germany (GDR) | 38.64 | Elliot Bunney Daley Thompson Mike McFarlane Linford Christie Great Britain (GBR) | 38.71 |
| 4x400 metres relay |
Derek Redmond Kriss Akabusi Brian Whittle Roger Black Great Britain (GBR) | 2:59.84 | Klaus Just Edgar Itt Harald Schmid Ralf Lübke West Germany (FRG) | 3:00.17 | Vladimir Prosin Vladimir Krylov Arkadiy Kornilov Aleksandr Kurotchikin Soviet Union (URS) | 3:00.47 |
Field
1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Igor Paklin Soviet Union | 2.34 | Sergey Malchenko Soviet Union | 2.31 | Carlo Thränhardt West Germany | 2.31 |
| Long jump |
Robert Emmiyan Soviet Union | 8.41 | Sergey Layevskiy Soviet Union | 8.01 | Giovanni Evangelisti Italy | 7.92 |
| Pole vault |
Sergey Bubka Soviet Union | 5.85 | Vasiliy Bubka Soviet Union | 5.75 | Philippe Collet France | 5.75 |
| Triple jump |
Khristo Markov.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bulgaria | 17.66 | Māris Bružiks Soviet Union | 17.33 | Oleg Protsenko Soviet Union | 17.28 |
| Shot put |
Werner Günthör.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland | 22.22 | Ulf Timmermann East Germany | 21.84 | Udo Beyer East Germany | 20.74 |
| Discus throw |
Romas Ubartas Soviet Union | 67.08 | Georgiy Kolnootchenko Soviet Union | 66.32 | Vaclavas Kidykas Soviet Union | 65.60 |
| Javelin throw |
Klaus Tafelmeier West Germany | 84.76 | Detlef Michel East Germany | 81.90 | Viktor Yevsyukov Soviet Union | 81.80 |
| Hammer throw |
Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union | 86.74 WR |
Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union | 85.74 | Igor Nikulin Soviet Union | 82.20 |
| Decathlon |
Daley Thompson Great Britain | 8811 | Jürgen Hingsen West Germany | 8730 | Siegfried Wentz West Germany | 8676 |
Women's results
Track
1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |
Marlies Göhr East Germany | 10.91 | Aneliya Nuneva Bulgaria | 11.04 | Nelli Cooman Netherlands | 11.08 |
| 200 metres |
Heike Drechsler East Germany | 21.71 WR |
Marie-Christine Cazier France | 22.32 | Silke Gladisch East Germany | 22.64 |
| 400 metres |
Marita Koch East Germany | 48.22 | Olga Vladykina Soviet Union | 49.67 | Petra Muller East Germany | 49.88 |
| 800 metres |
Nadiya Olizarenko Soviet Union | 1:57.15 | Sigrun Wodars East Germany | 1:57.42 | Lyubov Gurina Soviet Union | 1:57.73 |
| 1500 metres |
Ravilya Agletdinova Soviet Union | 4:01.19 | Tetyana Samolenko Soviet Union | 4:02.36 | Doina Melinte.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Romania | 4:02.44 |
| 3000 metres |
Olga Bondarenko Soviet Union | 8:33.99 | Maricica Puică Romania | 8:35.92 | Yvonne Murray Great Britain | 8:37.15 |
| 10,000 metres |
Ingrid Kristiansen Norway | 30:23.25 | Olga Bondarenko Soviet Union | 30:57.21 | Ulrike Bruns East Germany | 31:19.76 |
| Marathon |
Rosa Mota Portugal | 2:28:38 | Laura Fogli Italy | 2:32:52 | Yekaterina Khramenkova Soviet Union | 2:34:18 |
| 100 metres hurdles |
Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria | 12.38 | Cornelia Oschkenat East Germany | 12.55 | Ginka Zagorcheva Bulgaria | 12.70 |
| 400 metres hurdles |
Marina Stepanova Soviet Union | 53.32 WR |
Sabine Busch East Germany | 53.60 | Cornelia Feuerbach East Germany | 54.13 |
| 10 kilometres walk |
Mari Cruz Díaz Spain | 46:09 | Ann Jansson Sweden | 46:13 | Siv Ibáñez Sweden | 46:19 |
| 4x100 metres relay |
Silke Gladisch Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr East Germany (GDR) | 41.84 | Ginka Zagorcheva Aneliya Nuneva Yordanka Donkova Nadezhda Georgieva Bulgaria (BUL) | 42.68 | Antonina Nastoburko Natalya Bochina Marina Zhirova Olga Zolotaryova Soviet Union (URS) | 42.74 |
| 4x400 metres relay |
Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Petra Müller Marita Koch East Germany (GDR) | 3:16.87 | Gisela Kinzel Ute Thimm Heidi-Elke Gaugel Gaby Bussmann West Germany (FRG) | 3:22.80 | Ewa Kasprzyk Marzena Wojdecka Elżbieta Kapusta Genowefa Błaszak  Poland (POL) | 3:24.65 |
Field
1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria | 2.00 | Svetlana Isaeva-Leseva Bulgaria | 1.93 | Olga Turchak Soviet Union | 1.93 |
| Long jump |
Heike Drechsler East Germany | 7.27 | Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union | 7.09 | Helga Radtke East Germany | 6.89 |
| Shot put |
Heidi Krieger East Germany | 21.10 | Ines Müller East Germany | 20.81 | Natalya Akhrimenko Soviet Union | 20.68 |
| Discus throw |
Diana Sachse East Germany | 71.36 | Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria | 69.52 | Martina Opitz East Germany | 68.26 |
| Javelin throw |
Fatima Whitbread Great Britain | 76.32 | Petra Felke East Germany | 72.52 | Beate Peters West Germany | 68.04 |
| Heptathlon |
Anke Behmer East Germany | 6717 | Natalya Schubenkova Soviet Union | 6645 | Judy Simpson Great Britain | 6623 |
All the medals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1dLKh0aH1U&list=PLK1QYHf4OvhN6ydKbmo2wLecwCOef15SL
Medal table
* Host nation (West Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 11 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | West Germany (FRG)* | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 878 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event, 28 athletes less than the official number of 906 as published.[13]
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Belgium (20)- Bulgaria (34)
Cyprus (6)- Czechoslovakia (29)
Denmark (17)- East Germany (65)
- Finland (31)
- France (59)
Gibraltar (1)
Greece (6)
Hungary (24)
Iceland (3)
Ireland (12)- Italy (47)
Liechtenstein (2)
Luxembourg (2)
Malta (1)- Netherlands (16)
- Norway (30)
- Poland (34)
- Portugal (21)
- Romania (16)
- Soviet Union (98)
- Spain (33)
- Sweden (49)
- Switzerland (26)
Turkey (6)- United Kingdom (79)
- West Germany (82)
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Yugoslavia (12)
See also
Notes
Differences to competition format since the 1982 European Championships:
- New events added:
- Women's 20 km walk replaces the 10 km walk .
- Women's 10 000m.
References
- Cova loses, but Italians still celebrate treble, Glasgow Herald, August 27, 1986, p. 24, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Gillon, Doug (August 27, 1986), Wells canters his way towards European final, Glasgow Herald, p. 24, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Gillon, Doug (August 28, 1986), Triumphant Christie's tribute to Wells, Glasgow Herald, p. 22, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Gillon, Doug (August 29, 1986), McKean's moment of glory, Glasgow Herald, p. 1, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Gillon, Doug (August 29, 1986), Silver stunner from McKean - First medal treble for Britain as Scot splits Coe and Cram, Glasgow Herald, p. 28, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Thompson silences Germans, Glasgow Herald, August 29, 1986, p. 28, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Gillon, Doug (August 30, 1986), No medal - but Wells regains his self-respect, Glasgow Herald, p. 20, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Whitbread and Black rewrite record book, Glasgow Herald, August 30, 1986, p. 20, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Daley turns to coaches in pursuit of perfection, Glasgow Herald, August 30, 1986, p. 20, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Gillon, Doug (September 1, 1986), Whittle unshod hero of Britain's relay triumph - Cram and Buckner add to record-equalling gold haul, Glasgow Herald, p. 7, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Hurdles no barrier for Stepanova, Glasgow Herald, September 1, 1986, p. 7, retrieved September 21, 2014
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 443–451, retrieved 13 August 2014
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
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