| Event: | Women's long jump |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The women's long jump event at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 26 and 27 August 1986.
| Gold | Heike Drechsler | |
| Silver | Galina Chistyakova | |
| Bronze | Helga Radtke |
27 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 7.27 (w: 0.3 m/s) | CR | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 7.09 (w: 0.0 m/s) | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 6.89 (w: 0.0 m/s) | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 6.81 (w: 0.5 m/s) | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 6.65 (w: 0.0 m/s) | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 6.61 (w: -0.3 m/s) | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 6.58 (w: 1.2 m/s) | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 6.52 (w: 0.5 m/s) | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 6.52 (w: 0 m/s) | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 6.42 (w: 1.5 m/s) | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 6.37 (w: 0 m/s) | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 6.29 (w: 0 m/s) |
26 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 6.85 (w: -1 m/s) | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 6.85 (w: 0 m/s) | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 6.83 (w: -0.7 m/s) | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 6.76 (w: 1.4 m/s) | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 6.74 (w: 0.9 m/s) | Q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 6.72 (w: -4.7 m/s) | Q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 6.61 w (w: 4.3 m/s) | Q | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 6.60 | Q | ||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 6.60 w (w: 5.2 m/s) | Q | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 6.53 (w: 0.3 m/s) | Q | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 6.52 (w: 1.4 m/s) | Q | ||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 6.49 (w: -1.1 m/s) | Q | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | | 6.41 w (w: 2.5 m/s) | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | 6.40 (w: 1.1 m/s) | ||||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | 6.29 | ||||
| 16 | align=left | align=left | 6.09 (w: -2.1 m/s) | ||||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | 6.08 (w: 0.8 m/s) | ||||
| 18 | align=left | align=left |  | 5.89 (w: -0.2 m/s) |
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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