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 5000 metres walk event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 20 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Wang Yan  China
Silver	Natalya Zykova  Soviet Union
Bronze	Jin Bingyie  China

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Wang Yan	China	22:03.65
	Natalya Zykova	Soviet Union	22:17.76
	Jin Bingyie	China	22:17.83
4	Mari Cruz Díaz	Spain	23:07.66
5	Kjersti Tysse	Norway	23:09.99
6	Emilia Cano	Spain	23:18.05
7	Gabrielle Blythe	Australia	23:56.56
8	Mihaela Daogaroiu	Romania	24:06.24
9	Atanaska Dzhivkova	Bulgaria	24:25.27
10	Sabine Desmet	Belgium	24:35.23
11	Barbara Niewojt	Poland	24:36.09
12	Aleyna Narbey	Australia	24:37.96
13	Julie Drake	United Kingdom	24:39.11
14	Lora Rigutto	Canada	24:42.65
15	Olimpiada Ivanova	Soviet Union	25:01.87
16	Cinzia Agnolon	Italy	25:20.88
17	Kerry Bratton	United States	25:23.02
18	Kathrin Born	East Germany	25:31.67
19	Beata Betlej	Poland	25:36.88
20	Magdalena Pettersson	Sweden	26:08.55
21	Victoria Lawrence	United Kingdom	26:36.70
22	Edith Montpetit	Canada	26:44.00
23	Sybil Perez	United States	26:58.13
24	Ele Katehou	Greece	27:48.59

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.