| Athletics XVII Indoor European Championship 1986 - Saturday, 22nd February and Sunday, 23rd February | 
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| old europe indoor 1986 | 309 athletes from 27 nations. Venue: Palacio de los Deportes. Track 164m long. | 
| Men Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| Men 60m | Ronald Desruelles |  BEL | 6.61s | Steffen Bringmann |  GDR | 6.64s | Bruno Marie-Rose |  FRA | 6.65s | 
| Men 200m | Linford Christie |  GBR | 21.10s | Aleksandr Yevgenyev |  URS | 21.18s | Nikolay Razgonov |  URS | 21.48s | 
| Men 400m | Thomas Schönlebe |  GDR | 46.98s | José Alonso |  ESP | 47.12s | Mathias Schersing |  GDR | 47.59s | 
| Men 800m | Peter Braun |  FRG | 1:48.96 | Colomán Trabado |  ESP | 1:49.12 | Thierry Tonnelier |  FRA | 1:49.51 | 
| Men 1500m | José Luis González |  ESP | 3:44.55 | José Luis Carreira |  ESP | 3:45.07 | Han Kulker |  NED | 3:46.46 | 
| Men 3000m | Dietmar Millonig |  AUT | 7:59.08 | Stefano Mei |  ITA | 7:59.12 | João Campos |  POR | 7:59.15 | 
| Men 60m Hurdles | Javier Moracho |  ESP | 7.67s | Daniele Fontecchio |  ITA | 7.70s | Holger Pohland |  GDR | 7.71s | 
| Men High Jump | Dietmar Mögenburg |  FRG | 2.34m | Carlo Thränhardt |  FRG | 2.31m | Eddy Annys |  BEL | |
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| Men Pole Vault | Atanas Tarev |  BUL | 5.70m | Marian Kolasa |  POL | 5.70m | Philippe Collet |  FRA | 5.65m | 
| Men Long Jump | Robert Emmiyan |  URS | 8.32m CR | László Szalma |  HUN | 8.24m NR | Jan Leitner |  TCH | 8.17m | 
| Men Triple Jump | Māris Bružiks |  URS | 17.54m CR | Vladimir Plekhanov |  URS | 17.21m | Béla Bakosi |  HUN | 16.93m | 
| Men Shot Put | Werner Günthör |  SUI | 21.51m | Sergey Smirnov |  URS | 20.36m | Marco Montelatici |  ITA | 20.11m | 
| Women Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| Women 60m | Nelli Fiere-Cooman |  NED | 7.00s CR | Marlies Göhr |  GDR | 7.08s | Silke Gladisch |  GDR | 7.14s | 
| Women 200m | Marita Koch |  GDR | 22.58s | Ewa Kasprzyk |  POL | 22.96s | Kirsten Emmelmann |  GDR | 23.28s | 
| Women 400m | Sabine Busch |  GDR | 51.40s | Petra Müller |  GDR | 51.59s | Ann-Louise Skoglund |  SWE | 52.40s | 
| Women 800m | Sigrun Ludwigs |  GDR | 1:59.89 | Cristeana Matei |  ROM | 2:01.54 | Slobodanka Čolović |  YUG | 2:03.28 | 
| Women 1500m | Svetlana Kitova |  URS | 4:14.25 | Tatyana Lebonda |  URS | 4:14.29 | Mitica Junghiatu |  ROM | 4:15.00 | 
| Women 3000m | Ines Bibernell |  GDR | 8:52.52 | Yvonne Murray |  GBR | 9:01.31 | Regina Chistyakova |  URS | 9:01.72 | 
| Women 60m Hurdles | Cornelia Oschkenat |  GDR | 7.79s | Anne Piquereau |  FRA | 7.89s | Kerstin Knabe |  GDR | 7.90s | 
| Women High Jump | Andrea Bienias |  GDR | 1.97m | Gabriele Günz |  GDR | 1.94m | Larisa Kositsyna |  URS | 1.94m | 
| Women Long Jump | Heike Drechsler |  GDR | 7.18m CR | Helga Radtke |  GDR | 6.94m | Yelena Kokonova |  URS | 6.90m | 
| Women Shot Put | Claudia Losch |  FRG | 20.48m | Heidi Krieger |  GDR | 20.21m | Mihaela Loghin |  ROM | 19.07m |