# 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palacio de los Deportes in Madrid, Spain, on 22 and 23 February 1986. The track used at the stadium at the time was 164 metres long.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Ronald Desruelles (BEL) | 6.61 | Steffen Bringmann (GDR) | 6.64 | Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA) | 6.65 |
| 200 metres details | Linford Christie (GBR) | 21.10 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS) | 21.18 | Nikolay Razgonov (URS) | 21.48 |
| 400 metres details | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 46.98 | José Alonso (ESP) | 47.12 | Mathias Schersing (GDR) | 47.59 |
| 800 metres details | Peter Braun (FRG) | 1:48.96 | Colomán Trabado (ESP) | 1:49.12 | Thierry Tonnelier (FRA) | 1:49.51 |
| 1500 metres details | José Luis González (ESP) | 3:44.55 | José Luis Carreira (ESP) | 3:45.07 | Han Kulker (NED) | 3:46.46 |
| 3000 metres details | Dietmar Millonig (AUT) | 7:59.08 | Stefano Mei (ITA) | 7:59.12 | João Campos (POR) | 7:59.15 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Javier Moracho (ESP) | 7.67 | Daniele Fontecchio (ITA) | 7.70 | Holger Pohland (GDR) | 7.71 |
| High jump details | Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) | 2.34 | Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) | 2.31 | Eddy Annys (BEL) Geoff Parsons (GBR) | 2.28 |
| Pole vault details | Atanas Tarev (BUL) | 5.70 | Marian Kolasa (POL) | 5.70 | Philippe Collet (FRA) | 5.65 |
| Long jump details | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.32 CR | László Szalma (HUN) | 8.24 NR | Jan Leitner (TCH) | 8.17 |
| Triple jump details | Māris Bružiks (URS) | 17.54 CR | Vladimir Plekhanov (URS) | 17.21 | Béla Bakosi (HUN) | 16.93 |
| Shot put details | Werner Günthör (SUI) | 21.51 | Sergey Smirnov (URS) | 20.36 | Marco Montelatici (ITA) | 20.11 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres details | Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED) | 7.00 CR | Marlies Göhr (GDR) | 7.08 | Silke Gladisch (GDR) | 7.14 |
| 200 metres details | Marita Koch (GDR) | 22.58 | Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) | 22.96 | Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR) | 23.28 |
| 400 metres details | Sabine Busch (GDR) | 51.40 | Petra Müller (GDR) | 51.59 | Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE) | 52.40 |
| 800 metres details | Sigrun Ludwigs (GDR) | 1:59.89 | Cristeana Matei (ROM) | 2:01.54 | Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) | 2:03.28 |
| 1500 metres details | Svetlana Kitova (URS) | 4:14.25 | Tatyana Lebonda (URS) | 4:14.29 | Mitica Junghiatu (ROM) | 4:15.00 |
| 3000 metres details | Ines Bibernell (GDR) | 8:52.52 | Yvonne Murray (GBR) | 9:01.31 | Regina Chistyakova (URS) | 9:01.72 |
| 60 metres hurdles details | Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) | 7.79 | Anne Piquereau (FRA) | 7.89 | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | 7.90 |
| High jump details | Andrea Bienias (GDR) | 1.97 | Gabriele Günz (GDR) | 1.94 | Larisa Kositsyna (URS) | 1.94 |
| Long jump details | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 7.18 CR | Helga Radtke (GDR) | 6.94 | Yelena Kokonova (URS) | 6.90 |
| Shot put details | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 20.48 | Heidi Krieger (GDR) | 20.21 | Mihaela Loghin (ROM) | 19.07 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 22 | 22 | 23 | 67 |

## Participating nations

* Austria (15)
* Belgium (2)
* Bulgaria (15)
* Cyprus (3)
* Czechoslovakia (20)
* Denmark (2)
* East Germany (23)
* Finland (9)
* France (25)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Great Britain (19)
* Greece (5)
* Hungary (5)
* Iceland (1)
* Ireland (3)
* Italy (19)
* Netherlands (4)
* Poland (16)
* Portugal (8)
* Romania (9)
* Soviet Union (21)
* Spain (37)
* Sweden (8)
* Switzerland (4)
* Turkey (1)
* West Germany (29)
* Yugoslavia (5)