# 1986 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships

The 1986 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships was the fourth edition of the annual international road running competition organised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF). The competition was hosted by Portugal on 9 November 1986 in Lisbon and featured one race only: a 15K run for women. There were individual and team awards available, with the national team rankings being decided by the combined finishing positions of a team's top three runners. Countries with fewer than three finishers were not ranked.
The race was won by Portugal's Aurora Cunha in a championship record time of 48:31 minutes, completing a successful defence of her titles from 1984 and 1985. Her teammate Rosa Mota finished four seconds in arrears for second place, narrowly pushing Carla Beurskens of the Netherlands in the bronze medal spot by a margin of one second. The Soviet Union won the team race, courtesy of Tatyana Kazankina, Lyudmila Matveyeva and Marina Rodchenkova, who all finished in the top ten. Cunha and Mota were joined by Albertina Dias to bring Portugal second in the team rankings, two points clear of the Marty Cooksey-led American team.

## Results
### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
| | Aurora Cunha | Portugal (POR) | 48:31 |
| | Rosa Mota | Portugal (POR) | 48:35 |
| | Carla Beurskens | Netherlands (NED) | 48:36 |
| 4 | Marty Cooksey | United States (USA) | 48:41 |
| 5 | Tatyana Kazankina | Soviet Union (URS) | 49:12 |
| 6 | Lyudmila Matveyeva | Soviet Union (URS) | 49:13 |
| 7 | Maria Curatolo | Italy (ITA) | 49:15 |
| 8 | Nancy Tinari | Canada (CAN) | 49:22 |
| 9 | Marina Rodchenkova | Soviet Union (URS) | 49:26 |
| 10 | Kellie Archuletta | United States (USA) | 49:42 |
| 11 | Agnes Pardaens | Belgium (BEL) | 49:49 |
| 12 | Suzanne Girard | United States (USA) | 50:12 |
| 13 | Christine Loiseau | France (FRA) | 50:20 |
| 14 | Kerstin Pressler | West Germany (FRG) | 50:23 |
| 15 | Jocelyne Villeton | France (FRA) | 50:30 |
| 16 | Anna Villani | Italy (ITA) | 50:30 |
| 17 | Susan Crehan | Great Britain (GBR) | 50:32 |
| 18 | Danièle Kaber | Luxembourg (LUX) | 50:38 |
| 19 | Françoise Bonnet | France (FRA) | 50:42 |
| 20 | Paula Fudge | Great Britain (GBR) | 50:51 |
| 21 | Albertina Dias | Portugal (POR) | 51:01 |
| 22 | Mercedes Calleja | Spain (ESP) | 51:02 |
| 23 | Lynn Everington | Great Britain (GBR) | 51:02 |
| 24 | Iris Biba | West Germany (FRG) | 51:24 |
| 25 | Sharon Astley | Great Britain (GBR) | 51:28 |
| 26 | Nancy Ditz | United States (USA) | 51:39 |
| 27 | Glenys Kroon | New Zealand (NZL) | 51:42 |
| 28 | Marcianne Mukamurenzi | Rwanda (RWA) | 51:47 |
| 29 | Magda Ilands | Belgium (BEL) | 51:50 |
| 30 | Santa Velasquez | Mexico (MEX) | 51:54 |
| 31 | Vera Michallek | West Germany (FRG) | 51:56 |
| 32 | Anne Hilliard | Ireland (IRL) | 51:56 |
| 33 | Grete Hickey | Ireland (IRL) | 52:01 |
| 34 | Kerry Schreiber | Australia (AUS) | 52:03 |
| 35 | Rosanna Munerotto | Italy (ITA) | 52:06 |
| 36 | Carina Leutner | Austria (AUT) | 52:09 |
| 37 | Yelena Sipatova | Soviet Union (URS) | 52:18 |
| 38 | Nicola Will | Canada (CAN) | 52:22 |
| 39 | Olive Harford | Ireland (IRL) | 52:25 |
| 40 | Ana Isabel Alonso | Spain (ESP) | 52:29 |
| 41 | Jenny Lund | Australia (AUS) | 52:47 |
| 42 | Coral Farr | Australia (AUS) | 52:48 |
| 43 | Verena Lechner | Austria (AUT) | 52:59 |
| 44 | Lucilia Soares | Portugal (POR) | 53:04 |
| 45 | Joke van Gerwen | Netherlands (NED) | 53:14 |
| 46 | Christina Mai | West Germany (FRG) | 53:14 |
| 47 | Pia Hunter | Australia (AUS) | 53:14 |
| 48 | Maria-Esther Pedrosa | Spain (ESP) | 53:27 |
| 49 | Lesley Morton | New Zealand (NZL) | 53:29 |
| 50 | Stella-Maris Selles | Argentina (ARG) | 53:32 |
| 51 | Griselda González | Argentina (ARG) | 53:35 |
| 52 | Róisín Smyth | Ireland (IRL) | 53:43 |
| 53 | Manuela Machado | Portugal (POR) | 53:51 |
| 54 | ? | | |
| 55 | Kriscia García | El Salvador (ESA) | 54:23 |
| 56 | Ana Moreira | Portugal (POR) | 54:26 |
| 57 | Rita Krombach | Luxembourg (LUX) | 54:35 |
| 58 | ? | | |
| 59 | ? | | |
| 60 | ? | | |
| 61 | Fabiola Paoletti | Italy (ITA) | 56:06 |
| 62 | ? | | |
| 63 | ? | | |
| 64 | Consuelo Alonso | Spain (ESP) | 56:24 |
| 65 | Marisol Cossio | Bolivia (BOL) | 56:26 |

### Team

| Team | Points |
| Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Kazankina Lyudmila Matveyeva Marina Rodchenkova | 20 pts |
| Portugal (POR) Aurora Cunha Rosa Mota Albertina Dias | 24 pts |
| United States (USA) Marty Cooksey Kellie Archuletta Suzanne Girard | 26 pts |