| 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22–23 February 1986 |
| Host city | Madrid  Spain |
| Venue | Palacio de Deportes |
| Events | 22 |
| Participation | 309 athletes from 27 nations |
The 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palacio de los Deportes in Madrid, Spain, on 22 and 23 February 1986. The track used at the stadium at the time was 164 metres long. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |  Ronald Desruelles (BEL) | 6.61 |  Steffen Bringmann (GDR) | 6.64 |  Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA) | 6.65 |
| 200 metres |  Linford Christie (GBR) | 21.10 |  Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS) | 21.18 | Nikolay Razgonov (URS) | 21.48 |
| 400 metres | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 46.98 | José Alonso (ESP) | 47.12 | Mathias Schersing (GDR) | 47.59 |
| 800 metres |  Peter Braun (FRG) | 1:48.96 | Colomán Trabado (ESP) | 1:49.12 | Thierry Tonnelier (FRA) | 1:49.51 |
| 1500 metres | José Luis González (ESP) | 3:44.55 | José Luis Carreira (ESP) | 3:45.07 |  Han Kulker (NED) | 3:46.46 |
| 3000 metres |  Dietmar Millonig (AUT) | 7:59.08 |  Stefano Mei (ITA) | 7:59.12 |  João Campos (POR) | 7:59.15 |
| 60 metres hurdles | Javier Moracho (ESP) | 7.67 | Daniele Fontecchio (ITA) | 7.70 | Holger Pohland (GDR) | 7.71 |
| High jump | Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) | 2.34 | Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) | 2.31 | Eddy Annys (BEL) Geoff Parsons (GBR) | 2.28 |
| Pole vault |  Atanas Tarev (BUL) | 5.70 |  Marian Kolasa (POL) | 5.70 | Philippe Collet (FRA) | 5.65 |
| Long jump | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.32 CR |  László Szalma (HUN) | 8.24 NR |  Jan Leitner (TCH) | 8.17 |
| Triple jump | Māris Bružiks (URS) | 17.54 CR | Vladimir Plekhanov (URS) | 17.21 | Béla Bakosi (HUN) | 16.93 |
| Shot put |  Werner Günthör (SUI) | 21.51 | Sergey Smirnov (URS) | 20.36 | Marco Montelatici (ITA) | 20.11 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres | Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED) | 7.00 CR | Marlies Göhr (GDR) | 7.08 | Silke Gladisch (GDR) | 7.14 |
| 200 metres | Marita Koch (GDR) | 22.58 | Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) | 22.96 | Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR) | 23.28 |
| 400 metres | Sabine Busch (GDR) | 51.40 | Petra Müller (GDR) | 51.59 |  Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE) | 52.40 |
| 800 metres | Sigrun Ludwigs (GDR) | 1:59.89 |  Cristeana Matei (ROM) | 2:01.54 |  Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) | 2:03.28 |
| 1500 metres | Svetlana Kitova (URS) | 4:14.25 | Tatyana Lebonda (URS) | 4:14.29 | Mitica Junghiatu (ROM) | 4:15.00 |
| 3000 metres | Ines Bibernell (GDR) | 8:52.52 | Yvonne Murray (GBR) | 9:01.31 | Regina Chistyakova (URS) | 9:01.72 |
| 60 metres hurdles | Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) | 7.79 | Anne Piquereau (FRA) | 7.89 | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | 7.90 |
| High jump | Andrea Bienias (GDR) | 1.97 | Gabriele Günz (GDR) | 1.94 | Larisa Kositsyna (URS) | 1.94 |
| Long jump | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 7.18 CR | Helga Radtke (GDR) | 6.94 | Yelena Kokonova (URS) | 6.90 |
| Shot put | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 20.48 | Heidi Krieger (GDR) | 20.21 | Mihaela Loghin (ROM) | 19.07 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 22 | 22 | 23 | 67 | |
Austria (15) Belgium (2) Bulgaria (15)
Cyprus (3) Czechoslovakia (20)
Denmark (2) East Germany (23)
Finland (9) France (25)
Gibraltar (1) Great Britain (19)
Greece (5) Hungary (5)
Iceland (1)
Ireland (3) Italy (19) Netherlands (4) Poland (16) Portugal (8) Romania (9) Soviet Union (21) Spain (37) Sweden (8) Switzerland (4)
Turkey (1) West Germany (29) Yugoslavia (5)
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