1986 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 26 and 27 August 1986.^[1] There were a total number of 30 competitors. The qualification mark was set at 79.50 metres.

Gold	Klaus Tafelmeier West Germany (FRG)
Silver	Detlef Michel East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Viktor Yevsyukov Soviet Union (URS)

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

• All results shown are in metres

Standing records prior to the 1986 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Tom Petranoff (USA)	85.38 m	July 7, 1986	Helsinki, Finland
Event Record	Jānis Lūsis (URS)	91.52 m	September 19, 1969	Athens, Greece

• Held on 26 August 1986

Rank	Group A	Distance
1.	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	82.68 m
2.	Gerald Weiss (GDR)	81.40 m
3.	Marek Kaleta (URS)	81.32 m
4.	Viktor Yevsyukov (URS)	80.48 m
5.	Jyrki Blom (FIN)	79.02 m
6.	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	76.88 m
7.	Roald Bradstock (GBR)	76.52 m
8.	Seppo Räty (FIN)	76.00 m
9.	Jean-Paul Lakafia (FRA)	75.24 m
10.	Reidar Lorentzen (NOR)	73.24 m
11.	Kenneth Petersen (DEN)	73.24 m
12.	László Stefan (HUN)	72.68 m
13.	Jan Olav Johansson (SWE)	72.30 m
14.	Sigurður Einarsson (ISL)	71.54 m
15.	Øystein Slettevold (NOR)	69.32 m

Rank	Group B	Distance
1.	Heino Puuste (URS)	82.54 m
2.	Detlef Michel (GDR)	79.84 m
3.	Sejad Krdžalić (YUG)	79.46 m
4.	Wolfram Gambke (FRG)	78.94 m
5.	Stanisław Górak (POL)	78.32 m
6.	Mick Hill (GBR)	77.94 m
7.	David Ottley (GBR)	77.88 m
8.	Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)	77.76 m
9.	Jorma Markus (FIN)	77.32 m
10.	Jan Železný (TCH)	75.90 m
11.	Charlus Bertimon (FRA)	75.82 m
12.	Peter Schreiber (FRG)	75.48 m
13.	Narve Hoff (NOR)	75.14 m
14.	Peter Borglund (SWE)	72.86 m
15.	Pascal Lefévre (FRA)	69.42 m

Rank	Final	Distance
	Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)	84.76 m CR
	Detlef Michel (GDR)	81.90 m
	Viktor Yevsyukov (URS)	81.80 m
4.	Jyrki Blom (FIN)	80.48 m
5.	Heino Puuste (URS)	80.34 m
6.	Wolfram Gambke (FRG)	79.88 m
7.	Sejad Krdžalić (YUG)	79.50 m
8.	Mick Hill (GBR)	77.34 m
9.	Marek Kaleta (URS)	77.16 m
9.	David Ottley (GBR)	77.16 m
11.	Gerald Weiß (GDR)	76.24 m
12.	Stanisław Górak (POL)	74.20 m

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• 1983 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)

• Results