| 1986 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | |
| Host City: | Eugene, Oregon, United States |
| Dates: | June 20–21 |
| Stadium: | Hayward Field |
| Previous: | 1985 |
| Next: | 1987 |
The 1986 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 20–21 at Hayward Field on the campus of University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress.
| 100 meters (+4.5 m/s) | Carl Lewis | 9.91w | Lee McRae | 10.02w | Harvey Glance | 10.04w | |
| 200 meters (+3.2 m/s) | Floyd Heard | 20.03w | Dwayne Evans | 20.12w | Kirk Baptiste | 20.14w | |
| 400 meters | Darrell Robinson | 44.47 | Roddie Haley | 44.5 | Walter McCoy | 45.07 | |
| 800 meters | Johnny Gray | 1:44.73 | Stanley Redwine | 1:45.86 | James Robinson | 1:46.12 | |
| 1500 meters | Steve Scott | 3:42.41 | Jim Spivey | 3:42.99 | Dub Myers | 3:43.20 | |
| 5000 meters | Doug Padilla | 13:46.7 | Terry Brahm | 13:47.5 | Don Clary | 13:47.8 | |
| 10,000 meters | Gerard Donakowski | 28:21.11 | Mark Nenow | 28:22.13 | Ed Eyestone | 28:33.10 | |
| 110 meters hurdles (+1.6 m/s) | Greg Foster | 13.29w | Keith Talley | 13.48w | Jack Pierce | 13.56w | |
| 400 meters hurdles | Danny Harris | 48.90 | David Patrick | 48.90 | Kevin Young | 49.38 | |
| 3000 meters steeplechase | Henry Marsh | 8:19.16 | Jim Cooper | 8:19.88 | Farley Gerber | 8:20.07 | |
| 20 kilometres race walk | Tim Lewis | 1:25:22 | Carl Schueler | 1:25:45 | Ray Sharp | 1:26:46 |
| High jump | CR | =CR | |||||
| Pole vault | =CR | ||||||
| Long jump | w | w | w | ||||
| Triple jump | w | w | w | ||||
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| Decathlon | 8203w | 8030 | 7857 |
| 100 meters (+2.9 m/s) | Pam Marshall | 10.85w | Alice Brown | 10.85w | Evelyn Ashford | 10.85w | |
| 200 meters (+2.5 m/s) | Pam Marshall | 22.24w | Randy Givens | 22.70w | Gwen Torrence | 23.01w | |
| 400 meters | Diane Dixon | 50.41 | Lillie Leatherwood | 51.29 | Brenda Cliette | 51.82 | |
| 800 meters | Claudette Groenendaal | 1:59.79 | Delisa Floyd | 2:00.00 | Joetta Clark | 2:00.32 | |
| 1500 meters | Linda Sheskey | 4:08.00 | Chris Gregorek | 4:08.02 | Sue Addison | 4:08.75 | |
| 3000 meters | Mary Knisely | 8:46.18 | Cindy Bremser | 8:46.56 | PattiSue Plumer | 8:52.27 | |
| 5000 meters | Betty Jo Geiger | 15:30.99 | 15:32.90 | 15:35.00 | |||
| 10,000 meters | Nan Davis | 32:29.68 | Lynn Nelson | 32:30.24 | Marty Cooksey | 32:34.73 | |
| 100 meters hurdles (+2.5 m/s) | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown | 12.83w | Stephanie Hightower | 12.90w | Pam Page & Rosalind Council | tie 12.91w | |
| 400 meters hurdles | Judi Brown-King | 55.46 | 56.25 | Schowonda Williams | 56.48 | ||
| 10,000 meters racewalk | Debbi Lawrence | 50:28.9 | Teresa Vaill | 50:55.8 | Susan Liers | 51:29.9 |
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| Long jump | w | w | |||||
| Triple jump | w | w | |||||
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| Heptathlon | 6230 | 6208 | 5692 |