1986 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

Events at the 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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's 1500 metres event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 29 and 31 August 1986.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Ravilya Agletdinova  Soviet Union
Silver	Tatyana Samolenko  Soviet Union
Bronze	Doina Melinte  Romania

Final

Rank	Final	Time
	Ravilya Agletdinova (URS)	4:01.19
	Tatyana Samolenko (URS)	4:02.36
	Doina Melinte (ROU)	4:02.44
4.	Ivana Walterová (TCH)	4:03.09
5.	Maricica Puică (ROU)	4:03.90
6.	Svetlana Kitova (URS)	4:04.74
7.	Kirsty Wade (GBR)	4:04.99
8.	Cornelia Bürki (SUI)	4:05.31
9.	Zola Budd (GBR)	4:05.32
10.	Nikolina Shtereva (BUL)	4:06.31
11.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	4:06.72
12.	Heike Oehme (GDR)	4:08.61

Qualifying heats

Rank	Heat 1	Time
1.	Tatyana Samolenko (URS)	4:06.70
2.	Ivana Walterová (TCH)	4:06.75
3.	Zola Budd (GBR)	4:06.83
4.	Cornelia Bürki (SUI)	4:06.86
5.	Maricica Puică (ROU)	4:06.87
6.	Christina Boxer (GBR)	4:07.74
7.	Paula Ivan (ROU)	4:10.64
8.	Annette Sergent (FRA)	4:11.32
9.	Snežana Pajkić (YUG)	4:13.76
10.	Corinne Debaets (BEL)	4:14.97

Rank	Heat 2	Time
1.	Ravilya Agletdinova (URS)	4:06.72
2.	Kirsty Wade (GBR)	4:06.74
3.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	4:06.78
4.	Svetlana Kitova (URS)	4:06.80
5.	Nikolina Shtereva (BUL)	4:06.94
6.	Heike Oehme (GDR)	4:07.16
7.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	4:07.21
8.	Vera Michallek (FRG)	4:07.52
9.	Andri Avraam (CYP)	4:15.20
10.	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	4:15.76

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

Belgium (1)  Bulgaria (1)  Cyprus (1)  Czechoslovakia (1)

East Germany (1)  France (1)  Italy (1)  Netherlands (1)

Romania (3)  Soviet Union (3)   Switzerland (1)

United Kingdom (3)  West Germany (1)  Yugoslavia (1)

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships 1500 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships 1500 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Olympic 1500 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1987 Women's World Championships 1500 metres (Rome)
• 1988 Women's Olympic 1500 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 1500 metres (Split)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 443–451, retrieved 13 August 2014

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