Men's singles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Sergey Danilin (URS) | |
| Silver |  Jens Müller (GDR) | |
| Bronze | Michael Walter (GDR) |
The FIL European Luge Championships 1986 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the fourth time after hosting the event previously in 1970, 1976, and 1978. It also marked the last time that the championships would take place on a natural track with the events now over at the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships which started in 1970.
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sergey Danilin (URS) | |
| Silver | Jens Müller (GDR) | |
| Bronze | Michael Walter (GDR) |
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Cerstin Schmidt (GDR) | |
| Silver | Steffi Martin (GDR) | |
| Bronze | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss (GDR) |
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (Yevgeny Belousov, Aleksandr Belyakov) | |
| Silver | East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann, Jochen Pietzsch) | |
| Bronze |  Italy (Hansjörg Raffl, Norbert Huber) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
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