These are the official results of the Women's javelin throw event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 28 and 29 August 1986.[1] All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).
Medalists
| Gold |  Fatima WhitbreadGreat Britain (GBR) |
| Silver |  Petra FelkeEast Germany (GDR) |
| Bronze |  Beate PetersWest Germany (FRG) |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1986 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Petra Felke (GDR) | 75.40 m | June 4, 1985 | Schwerin, East Germany |
| Event Record |  Anna Verouli (GRE) | 70.02 m | September 9, 1982 | Athens, Greece |
| Broken records during the 1986 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| World Record | Fatima Whitbread (GBR) | 77.44 m | August 28, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Event Record | ||||
Results
Final
29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Fatima Whitbread | United Kingdom | 76.32 | |
 | Petra Felke | East Germany | 72.52 | |
 | Beate Peters | West Germany | 68.04 | |
| 4 | Tiina Lillak |  Finland | 66.66 | |
| 5 | Genowefa Olejarz |  Poland | 63.34 | |
| 6 | Natalya Yermolovich |  Soviet Union | 62.84 | |
| 7 | Ingrid Thyssen | West Germany | 62.42 | |
| 8 | Irina Kostyuchenkova | Soviet Union | 61.40 | |
| 9 | Trine Solberg |  Norway | 59.52 | |
| 10 | Anna Verouli | Greece | 57.06 | |
| 11 | Manuela Alizadeh | West Germany | 56.20 | |
| 12 | Denise Thiémard | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland | 55.32 |
Qualification
28 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatima Whitbread | United Kingdom | 77.44 | WR Q |
| 2 | Petra Felke | East Germany | 72.62 | Q |
| 3 | Tiina Lillak | Finland | 67.72 | Q |
| 4 | Beate Peters | West Germany | 66.12 | Q |
| 5 | Ingrid Thyssen | West Germany | 65.58 | Q |
| 6 | Natalya Yermolovich | Soviet Union | 64.52 | Q |
| 7 | Anna Verouli | Greece | 62.66 | Q |
| 8 | Manuela Alizadeh | West Germany | 62.50 | Q |
| 9 | Irina Kostyuchenkova | Soviet Union | 60.64 | Q |
| 10 | Genowefa Olejarz | Poland | 60.16 | Q |
| 11 | Trine Solberg | Norway | 59.66 | Q |
| 12 | Denise Thiémard | Switzerland | 59.60 | Q |
| 13 | Karen Hough | United Kingdom | 59.40 | |
| 14 | Elisabet Nagy |  Sweden | 59.28 | |
| 15 | Tuula Laaksalo | Finland | 58.86 | |
| 16 | Zsuzsa Malovecz |  Hungary | 56.44 | |
| 17 | Danica Živanov | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 54.70 | |
| 18 | Simone Frandsen |  Denmark | 53.70 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
- Denmark (1)
- East Germany (1)
- Finland (2)
- Greece (1)
- Hungary (1)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (1)
- United Kingdom (2)
- West Germany (3)
- Yugoslavia (1)
See also
- 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
- 1983 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
- 1984 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
- 1987 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)
- 1988 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)
- 1990 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)
References
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 443–451, retrieved 13 August 2014
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