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

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]

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

Rank	Final	Time
	Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich (URS)	4:01.19
	Tatyana Khamitova-Samolenko (URS)	4:02.36
	Doina Besliu-Melinte (ROU)	4:02.44
4.	Ivana Kleinova-Walterová (TCH)	4:03.09
5.	Maricica Luca-Puica (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-Panoyatova (BUL)	4:06.31
11.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	4:06.72
12.	Heike Oehme (GDR)	4:08.61

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

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

• 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)

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