| Event: | Women's 800 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 26, 27, and 28 August 1986.
| Gold | Nadiya Olizarenko | |
| Silver | Sigrun Wodars | |
| Bronze | Lyubov Gurina |
28 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 1:57.15 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 1:57.42 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 1:57.73 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 1:58.57 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 1:58.89 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 1:59.22 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 1:59.67 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 2:00.02 |
27 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 1:59.66 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 2:00.02 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 2:00.02 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 2:00.36 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 2:00.50 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 2:02.03 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 2:02.59 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 2:05.56 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 1:58.26 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 1:58.70 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 1:58.97 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 1:59.05 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 2:00.61 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 2:00.84 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 2:02.05 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 2:08.25 |
26 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 2:00.22 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 2:00.27 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 2:00.28 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 2:00.35 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 2:00.41 | q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 2:06.37 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 2:03.59 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 2:03.59 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 2:03.65 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 2:03.74 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 2:03.81 | q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 2:04.86 | q |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 2:02.12 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 2:02.57 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 2:02.59 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 2:02.62 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 2:02.67 | q |
According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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