# 1986 European Figure Skating Championships

The 1986 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Copenhagen, Denmark from January 28 to February 2, 1986. Elite skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

## Competition notes

Jozef Sabovcik of Czechoslovakia landed a quadruple toe loop. It was recognized at the event but then ruled invalid three weeks later due to a touchdown with his free foot.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CF | SP | FS | S+F |
| 1 | Jozef Sabovčík | Czechoslovakia | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kotin | Soviet Union | 5.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Alexander Fadeev | Soviet Union | 5.4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Viktor Petrenko | Soviet Union | 9.8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Grzegorz Filipowski | Poland | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Falko Kirsten | East Germany | 14.6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Petr Barna | Czechoslovakia | 14.8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 | Laurent Depouilly | France | 16.4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Richard Zander | West Germany | 18.0 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Lars Akesson | Sweden | 20.8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| 11 | Philippe Roncoli | France | 23.4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | Lars Dresler | Denmark | 28.6 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Nils Köpp | East Germany | 28.6 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Oliver Höner | Switzerland | 29.8 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 16 |
| 15 | Thomas Hlavik | Austria | 31.0 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 |
| 16 | Alessandro Riccitelli | Italy | 32.4 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 17 |
| 17 | András Száraz | Hungary | 34.0 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| 18 | Stephen Pickavance | United Kingdom | 34.6 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | Oula Jääskeläinen | Finland | 37.2 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 19 |
| Semi-final ||||||||
| 20 | Peter Johansson | Sweden | 22.6 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Tomislav Cizmesija | Yugoslavia | 27.2 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 5 |
| 22 | Boyko Aleksiev | Bulgaria | 29.6 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 6 |
| 23 | Fernando Soria | Spain | 29.6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 7 |
| WD | Heiko Fischer | West Germany | | 3 | 4 | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CF | SP | FS | S+F |
| 1 | Katarina Witt | East Germany | 3.4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Kira Ivanova | Soviet Union | 4.4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Anna Kondrashova | Soviet Union | 4.8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Natalia Lebedeva | Soviet Union | 9.4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Claudia Leistner | West Germany | 10.4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | Claudia Villiger | Switzerland | 14.6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Susan Jackson | United Kingdom | 16.8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | Constanze Gensel | East Germany | 17.2 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | Agnès Gosselin | France | 17.2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| 10 | Susanne Becher | West Germany | 18.4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Joanne Conway | United Kingdom | 22.0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Cornelia Tesch | West Germany | 22.8 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| 13 | Lotta Falkenbäck | Sweden | 27.0 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | Tamara Téglássy | Hungary | 27.4 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
| 15 | Elise Ahonen | Finland | 30.0 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 16 |
| 16 | Željka Čižmešija | Yugoslavia | 32.8 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| 17 | Li Scha Wang | Netherlands | 33.6 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 15 |
| 18 | Manuela Tschupp | Switzerland | 34.2 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 |
| 19 | Beatrice Gelmini | Italy | 34.8 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| Semi-final ||||||||
| 20 | Florence Copp | France | 1.8 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Sandra Escoda | Spain | 26.4 | 22 | 23 | 4 | 4 |
| 22 | Anita Thorenfeldt | Norway | 27.0 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 6 |
| 23 | Petya Gavazova | Bulgaria | 27.6 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 5 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Soviet Union | 1.4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Soviet Union | 2.8 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Elena Bechke / Valeri Kornienko | Soviet Union | 4.6 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Katrin Kanitz / Tobias Schröter | East Germany | 5.2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Manuela Landgraf / Ingo Steuer | East Germany | 7.0 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Lenka Knapová / René Novotný | Czechoslovakia | 8.8 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Marianne Ocvirek / Holger Maletz | West Germany | 9.4 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Sylvie Vacquero / Didier Manaud | France | 11.6 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Kerstin Kimminus / Stefan Pfrengle | West Germany | 12.2 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | Cheryl Peake / Andrew Naylor | United Kingdom | 14.0 | 10 | 10 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CD | OSP | FD |
| 1 | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | Soviet Union | 2.4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | Soviet Union | 3.6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski | Soviet Union | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck | Austria | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer | West Germany | 10.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Klára Engi / Attila Tóth | Hungary | 12.6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola | Italy | 14.4 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay | France | 15.0 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Sharon Jones / Paul Askham | United Kingdom | 18.4 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek | Czechoslovakia | 19.6 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Elizabeth Coates / Alan Abretti | United Kingdom | 23.0 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo | Italy | 23.0 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | Kinga Wertan / Janos Demeter | Hungary | 26.0 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Claudia Schmidlin / Daniel Schmidlin | Switzerland | 28.0 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger | West Germany | 30.0 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Christina Boianova / Yavor Ivanov | Bulgaria | 33.0 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| 17 | Beata Kawełczyk / Tomasz Politański | Poland | 33.0 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko | Finland | 36.0 | 18 | 18 | 18 |