The 10th European Badminton Championships were held in Uppsala, Sweden, between 30 March and 5 April 1986, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Svenska Badmintonförbundet.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Morten Frost	Ib Frederiksen	Michael Kjeldsen
			Torben Carlsen
Women's singles	Helen Troke	Kirsten Larsen	Christine Magnusson
			Svetlana Beliasova
Men's doubles	Steen Fladberg and Jesper Helledie	Stefan Karlsson and Thomas Kihlström	Jan-Eric Antonsson and Pär-Gunnar Jönsson
			Mark Christiansen and Michael Kjeldsen
Women's doubles	Gillian Clark and Gillian Gowers	Dorte Kjær and Nettie Nielsen	Karen Beckman and Sarah Halsall
			Maria Bengtsson and Christine Magnusson
Mixed doubles	Martin Dew and Gillian Gilks	Nigel Tier and Gillian Gowers	Stefan Karlsson and Maria Bengtsson
			Thomas Kihlström and Christine Magnusson
Teams	Denmark	England	Sweden

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Morten Frost	Michael Kjeldsen	7–15, 15–4, 15–3
	Ib Frederiksen	Torben Carlsen	15–9, 15–10
Women's singles	Kirsten Larsen	Christine Magnusson	11–4, 11–6
	Helen Troke	Svetlana Belyasova	11–3, 11–7
Men's doubles	Jesper Helledie Steen Fladberg	Jan-Eric Antonsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–7, 15–5
	Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström	Mark Christiansen Michael Kjeldsen	15–8, 15–6
Women's doubles	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	Karen Beckman Sara Halsall	15–8, 15–4
	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	Christine Magnusson Maria Bengtsson	15–10, 8–15, 15–11
Mixed doubles	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	Thomas Kihlström Christine Magnusson	15–8, 15–8
	Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers	Stefan Karlsson Maria Bengtsson	15–11, 15–12

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Morten Frost	Ib Frederiksen	15–8, 15–2
Women's singles	Helen Troke	Kirsten Larsen	9–12, 11–3, 11–2
Men's doubles	Jesper Helledie Steen Fladberg	Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström	15–12, 18–17
Women's doubles	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	Dorte Kjær Nettie Nielsen	15–11, 15–12
Mixed doubles	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers	15–6, 15–8

Pos	Country				Total
1	Denmark	3	3	3	9
2	England	3	2	1	6
3	Sweden	0	1	6	7
4	Soviet Union	0	0	1	1

Results at BE