# 1986 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, then West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 27, 28, and 29 August 1986.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria |
| Silver | Cornelia Oschkenat East Germany |
| Bronze | Ginka Zagorcheva Bulgaria |

## Results
### Final

29 August Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 12.38 | CR |
| | Cornelia Oschkenat | East Germany | 12.55 | |
| | Ginka Zagorcheva | Bulgaria | 12.70 | |
| 4 | Heike Theele | East Germany | 12.82 | |
| 4 | Kerstin Knabe | East Germany | 12.82 | |
| 6 | Laurence Elloy | France | 12.93 | |
| 7 | Natalya Grigoryeva | Soviet Union | 12.96 | |
| 8 | Mihaela Pogăcean | Romania | 13.17 | |

### Semi-finals

28 August

#### Semi-final 1

Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Laurence Elloy | France | 12.80 | Q |
| 2 | Heike Theele | East Germany | 12.82 | Q |
| 3 | Mihaela Pogăcean | Romania | 12.84 | Q |
| 4 | Ginka Zagorcheva | Bulgaria | 12.86 | Q |
| 5 | Vera Akimova | Soviet Union | 12.87 | |
| 6 | Rita Heggli | Switzerland | 13.13 | NR |
| 7 | Yelena Politika | Soviet Union | 13.29 | |
| | Marjan Olyslager | Netherlands | DNF | |

#### Semi-final 2

Wind: 0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 12.49 | Q |
| 2 | Cornelia Oschkenat | East Germany | 12.52 | Q |
| 3 | Natalya Grigoryeva | Soviet Union | 12.75 | Q |
| 4 | Kerstin Knabe | East Germany | 12.84 | Q |
| 5 | Xénia Siska | Hungary | 12.90 | |
| 6 | Wendy Jeal | United Kingdom | 13.29 | |
| 7 | Monique Éwanjé-Épée | France | 13.39 | |
| | Anne Piquereau | France | DQ | |

### Heats

27 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: 1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mihaela Pogăcean | Romania | 12.84 | Q |
| 2 | Heike Theele | East Germany | 12.84 | Q |
| 3 | Laurence Elloy | France | 12.87 | Q |
| 4 | Natalya Grigoryeva | Soviet Union | 12.88 | Q |
| 5 | Wendy Jeal | United Kingdom | 13.16 | q |
| 6 | Patrizia Lombardo | Italy | 13.51 | |
| | Dorthe Wolfsberg | Denmark | DQ | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: 2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Cornelia Oschkenat | East Germany | 12.56 | Q |
| 2 | Ginka Zagorcheva | Bulgaria | 12.58 | Q |
| 3 | Yelena Politika | Soviet Union | 12.95 | Q |
| 4 | Xénia Siska | Hungary | 12.95 | Q |
| 5 | Monique Éwanjé-Épée | France | 13.16 | q |
| 6 | Rita Heggli | Switzerland | 13.19 | q |
| 7 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz | West Germany | 13.26 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 12.66 | Q |
| 2 | Kerstin Knabe | East Germany | 12.85 | Q |
| 3 | Anne Piquereau | France | 12.96 | Q |
| 4 | Vera Akimova | Soviet Union | 13.05 | Q |
| 5 | Marjan Olyslager | Netherlands | 13.14 | q |
| 6 | Sally Gunnell | United Kingdom | 13.22 | |
| 7 | Edith Oker | West Germany | 13.76 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
* Bulgaria (2)
* Denmark (1)
* East Germany (3)
* France (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* West Germany (2)