| Event: | Women's javelin throw |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
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. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).
| Gold |  Fatima WhitbreadGreat Britain (GBR) | |
| Silver | Petra Felke East Germany (GDR) | |
| Bronze | Beate Peters West Germany (FRG) |
| 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 |
| Standing records prior to the 1986 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75.40 m | June 4, 1985 | Schwerin, East Germany | ||
| 70.02 m | September 9, 1982 | Athens, Greece | ||
| Broken records during the 1986 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| 77.44 m | August 28, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany | ||
| Event Record | ||||
29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 76.32 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 72.52 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 68.04 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 66.66 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 63.34 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 62.84 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 62.42 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 61.40 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 59.52 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 57.06 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 56.20 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 55.32 |
28 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 77.44 | WR Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 72.62 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 67.72 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 66.12 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 65.58 | Q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 64.52 | Q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 62.66 | Q | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 62.50 | Q | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 60.64 | Q | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 60.16 | Q | ||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 59.66 | Q | ||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 59.60 | Q | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | 59.40 | ||||
| 14 | align=left | align=left |  | 59.28 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | | 58.86 | |||
| 16 | align=left | align=left |  | 56.44 | |||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | 54.70 | ||||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | 53.70 |
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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