| Event: | Men's 50 kilometres walk |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
These are the official results of the Men's 50 km walk event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held on 31 August 1986.
| Gold | Hartwig Gauder | |
| Silver | Vyacheslav Ivanenko | |
| Bronze | Valeriy Suntsov |
| DNS | did not start | |
| NM | no mark | |
| WR | world record | |
| WL | world leading | |
| AR | area record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best | |
| SB | season best |
| Rank | Final | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:40.55 | |||
| 3:41.54 | |||
| 3:42.38 | |||
| 4. | 3:45.51 | ||
| 5. | 3:46.14 | ||
| 6. | 3:48.01 | ||
| 7. | 3:50.13 | ||
| 8. | 3:51.35 | ||
| 9. | 3:52.12 | ||
| 10. | 3:53.42 | ||
| 11. | 3:54.10 | ||
| 12. | 3:54.16 | ||
| 13. | 3:56.42 | ||
| 14. | 3:59.11 | ||
| 15. | 3:59.44 | ||
| 16. | 4:05.01 | ||
| 17. | 4:14.32 | ||
| 18. | 4:16.42 | ||
| 19. | 4:24.02 | ||
| 20. | 4:27.28 | ||
| 21. | 4:33.38 | ||
| 22. | 4:43.11 | ||
| - | DSQ | ||
| - | DSQ | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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