| Event: | Women's 200 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The women's 200 metres event at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, then West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 28 and 29 August 1986.
| Gold | Heike Drechsler | |
| Silver | Marie-Christine Cazier | |
| Bronze | Silke Gladisch |
29 AugustWind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 21.71 | =WR | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 22.32 | NR | |||
| align=left | align=left | 22.49 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 22.71 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 22.73 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 22.87 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 22.98 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 23.18 |
28 August
Wind: 0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 22.29 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 22.45 | NR Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 22.93 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 22.93 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 23.20 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 23.58 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 23.59 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 23.81 |
Wind: 0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 22.33 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 22.60 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 22.61 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 22.61 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 22.92 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 23.39 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 24.44 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNS |
28 August
Wind: -2.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 23.01 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 23.01 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 23.21 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 23.44 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 24.46 |
Wind: -1.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 23.11 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 23.17 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 23.24 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 23.39 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 23.67 | q |
Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 22.52 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 22.62 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 23.11 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 23.11 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 23.32 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 23.70 | q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 24.38 | q |
According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.
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