1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics
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
2000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	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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The women's 10,000 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Kathrin Kley  East Germany
Silver	Norah Maraga  Kenya
Bronze	Marleen Renders  Belgium

18 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kathrin Kley	East Germany	33:19.67
	Norah Maraga	Kenya	33:57.99
	Marleen Renders	Belgium	33:59.36
4	Nadezhda Tatarenkova	Soviet Union	34:28.35
5	Orietta Mancia	Italy	35:16.96
6	Olivia Grüner	West Germany	35:26.98
7	Saori Terakoshi	Japan	35:54.43
8	Jennifer Christiansen	Canada	36:23.46
9	Anzhela Madrakhimova	Soviet Union	36:35.07
10	María del Carmen Díaz	Mexico	36:53.83
11	Alison Evanoff	Canada	37:13.69
12	Lisa Rizzo	United States	38:38.16
13	Rowena Monton	Philippines	40:53.50
14	Gabi Morejón	Bolivia	44:51.32
	Kim Widener	United States	DNF

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.