# 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 18 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Heike Tillack East Germany |
| Silver | Aliuska López Cuba |
| Bronze | Tanya Davis United States |

## Results
### Final

18 July Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Heike Tillack | East Germany | 13.10 |
| | Aliuska López | Cuba | 13.14 |
| | Tanya Davis | United States | 13.46 |
| 4 | Birgit Wolf | West Germany | 13.52 |
| 5 | Antonella Bellutti | Italy | 13.62 |
| 6 | Lenuta Birzu | Romania | 13.96 |
| 7 | Wang Shu-Hua | Chinese Taipei | 14.03 |
| 8 | Małgorzata Zep | Poland | 14.35 |

### Semifinals

18 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Heike Tillack | East Germany | 13.52 | Q |
| 2 | Aliuska López | Cuba | 13.52 | Q |
| 3 | Tanya Davis | United States | 13.80 | Q |
| 4 | Małgorzata Zep | Poland | 14.10 | Q |
| 5 | Anna Barinova | Soviet Union | 14.11 | |
| 6 | Svetlana Trichkova | Bulgaria | 14.16 | |
| 7 | María José Mardomingo | Spain | 14.92 | |
| | Laura Biagi | Italy | DNS | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Antonella Bellutti | Italy | 13.73 | Q |
| 2 | Lenuta Birzu | Romania | 13.94 | Q |
| 3 | Birgit Wolf | West Germany | 14.01 | Q |
| 4 | Wang Shu-Hua | Chinese Taipei | 14.11 | Q |
| 5 | Niurka Montalvo | Cuba | 14.28 | |
| 6 | Yolanda Johnson | United States | 14.42 | |
| 7 | Karin Andersson | Sweden | 14.47 | |
| | Nadezhda Chistyakova | Soviet Union | DNS | |

### Heats

17 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aliuska López | Cuba | 13.60 | Q |
| 2 | Birgit Wolf | West Germany | 13.68 | Q |
| 3 | Małgorzata Zep | Poland | 14.12 | Q |
| 4 | Karin Andersson | Sweden | 14.26 | Q |
| 5 | Gordana Čotrić | Yugoslavia | 14.33 | |
| 6 | Hope Obika | Nigeria | 14.51 | |
| 7 | Ana María Núñez | Uruguay | 15.57 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -1.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Heike Tillack | East Germany | 13.61 | Q |
| 2 | Anna Barinova | Soviet Union | 14.01 | Q |
| 3 | Lenuta Birzu | Romania | 14.11 | Q |
| 4 | Niurka Montalvo | Cuba | 14.60 | Q |
| 5 | Michaela Hynek | Austria | 14.95 | |
| 6 | Maria Luna | Brazil | 15.15 | |
| 7 | Sandra Govinden | Mauritius | 16.11 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yolanda Johnson | United States | 13.59 | Q |
| 2 | Laura Biagi | Italy | 13.97 | Q |
| 3 | Nadezhda Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 14.15 | Q |
| 4 | Svetlana Trichkova | Bulgaria | 14.16 | Q |
| 5 | Gabriele Miklautsch | Austria | 14.24 | |
| 6 | Shannon Crossfield | Canada | 14.62 | |
| 7 | Theofaní Papadopoúlou | Greece | 15.28 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Antonella Bellutti | Italy | 13.62 | Q |
| 2 | Wang Shu-Hua | Chinese Taipei | 14.04 | Q |
| 3 | Tanya Davis | United States | 14.20 | Q |
| 4 | María José Mardomingo | Spain | 14.38 | Q |
| 5 | Andrea Bacchiochi | Canada | 14.66 | |
| 6 | Branka Jošić | Yugoslavia | 14.72 | |
| 7 | Joyce Meléndez | Puerto Rico | 15.29 | |
| 8 | Jacinta Kimwetich | Kenya | 15.95 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (2)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cuba (2)
* East Germany (1)
* Greece (1)
* Italy (2)
* Kenya (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Poland (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* United States (2)
* Uruguay (1)
* West Germany (1)
* Yugoslavia (2)