100 m - wind -0.1 m/s - 27-08-1986
1. Linford Christie - Great Britain - 10.15
2. Steffen Bringmann - East Germany - 10.20
3. Bruno Marie-Rose - France - 10.21
200 m - wind 0.0 m/s - 29-08-1986
1. Vladimir Krylov - Soviet Union - 20.52
2. Jürgen Evers - West Germany - 20.75
3. Andrey Fedoriv - Soviet Union - 20.84
400 m - 29-08-1986
1. Roger Black - Great Britain - 44.59 -
Championship record and
national record
2. Thomas Schönlebe - East Germany - 44.63
3. Mathias Schersing - East Germany - 44.85
6. António Sánchez - Spain - 45.41 -
national record
800 m - 28-08-1986
1. Sebastian Coe - Great Britain - 1:44.50
2. Tom McKean - Great Britain - 1:44.61
3. Steve Cram - Great Britain - 1:44.88
1500 m - 31-08-1986
1. Steve Cram - Great Britain - 3:41.09
2. Sebastian Coe - Great Britain - 3:41.67
3. Han Kulker - Netherlands - 3:42.11
5000 m - 31-08-1986
1. Jack Buckner - Great Britain - 13:10.15
2. Stefano Mei - Italy - 13:11.57
3. Tim Hutchings - Great Britain - 13:12.88
10000 m - 26-08-1986
1. Stefano Mei - Italy - 27:56.79
2. Alberto Cova - Italy - 27:57.93
3. Salvatore Antibo - Italy - 28:00.25
marathon - 30-08-1986
1. Gelindo Bordin - Italy - 2:10:54
2. Orlando Pizzolato - Italy - 2:10:57
3. Herbert Steffny - West Germany - 2:11:30
110 m hurdles - wind +2.0 m/s - 30-08-1986
1. Stéphane Caristan - France - 13.20 -
Championship record and
European record
2. Arto Bryggare - Finland - 13.42
3. Carles Sala - Spain - 13.50
400 m hurdles - 28-08-1986
1. Harald Schmid - West Germany - 48.65
2. Aleksandr Vasilyev - Soviet Union - 48.76
3. Sven Nylander - Sweden - 49.38
3000 m steeple - 29-08-1986
1. Hagen Melzer - East Germany - 8:16.65
2. Francesco Panetta - Italy - 8:16.85
3. Patriz Ilg - West Germany - 8:16.92
20 km walk - 27-08-1986
1. Jozef Pribilinec - Czechoslovakia - 1:21:15
2. Maurizio Damilano - Italy - 1:21:17
3. Miguel Ángel Prieto - Spain - 1:21:36
50 km walk - 31-08-1986
1. Hartwig Gauder - East Germany - 3:40:55
2. Vyacheslav Ivanenko - Soviet Union - 3:41:54
3. Valeriy Suntsov - Soviet Union - 3:42:38
4 x 100 m - 31-08-1986
1. Soviet Union - 38.29 -
Championship record
(Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Nikolay Yushmanov, Vladimir Muravyov, Viktor Bryzgin)
2. East Germany - 38.64
(Thomas Schröder, Steffen Bringmann, Olaf Prenzler, Frank Emmelmann)
3. Great Britain - 38.71
(Elliot Bunney, Daley Thompson, Mike McFarlane, Linford Christie)
4 x 400 m - 31-08-1986
1. Great Britain - 2:59.84 -
Championship record
(Derek Redmond, Kriss Akabusi, Brian Whittle, Roger Black)
2. West Germany - 3:00.17 -
national record
(Klaus Just, Edgar Itt, Harald Schmid, Ralf Lübke)
3. Soviet Union - 3:00.47
(Vladimir Prosin, Vladimir Krylov, Arkadiy Kornilov, Aleksandr Kurochkin)
4. Italy - 3:01.37 -
national record
high jump - 31-08-1986
1. Igor Paklin - Soviet Union - 2,34 m -
Championship record
2. Sergey Malchenko - Soviet Union - 2,31 m
3. Carlo Thränhardt - West Germany - 2,31 m
pole vault - 29-08-1986
1. Sergey Bubka - Soviet Union - 5,85 m -
Championship record
2. Vasiliy Bubka - Soviet Union - 5,75 m
3. Philippe Collet - France - 5,75 m
long jump - 29-08-1986
1. Robert Emmiyan - Soviet Union - 8,41 m -
Championship record
2. Sergey Layevskiy - Soviet Union - 8,01 m
3. Giovanni Evangelisti - Italy - 7,92 m
triple jump - 30-08-1986
1. Khristo Markov - Bulgaria - 17,66 m -
Championship record
2. Maris Bružiks - Soviet Union - 17,33 m
3. Oleg Protsenko - Soviet Union - 17,28 m (w)
shot - 28-08-1986
1. Werner Günthör - Switzerland - 22,22 m -
Championship record and
national record
2. Ulf Timmermann - East Germany - 21,84 m
3. Udo Beyer - East Germany - 20,74 m
discus - 31-08-1986
1. Romas Ubartas - Soviet Union - 67,08 m
2. Georgiy Kolnootchenko - Soviet Union - 67,02 m
3. Vaclovas Kidykas - Soviet Union - 66,32 m
javelin - 27-08-1986
1. Klaus Tafelmeier - West Germany - 84,76 m
2. Detlef Michel - East Germany - 81,90 m
3. Viktor Yevsyukov - Soviet Union - 81,80 m
hammer - 30-08-1986
1. Yuri Sedykh - Soviet Union - 86,74 m -
World record
2. Sergey Litvinov - Soviet Union - 85,74 m
3. Igor Nikulin - Soviet Union - 82,00 m
Yuri Sedykh - Soviet Union - 82,90 m (qualification) -
Championship record
decathlon - 27/28-08-1986
1. Daley Thompson - Great Britain - 8811 points -
Championship record
2. Jurgen Hingsen - West Germany - 8730 points
3. Siegfried Wentz - West Germany - 8676 points
9. Robert de Wit - Netherlands - 7962 points -
national record
