The women's 400 metres event at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, then West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 26, 27, and 28 August 1986.
Results Round 1 26 August
+ Results of the first heat of round 1 Rank Athlete Nation Notes 1 Marita Koch 52.34 2 Mariya Pinigina 52.43 3 Karin Lix 52.86 4 Fabienne Ficher 52.91 5 Blanca Lacambra 54.51 6 Patricia Walsh 54.65
+ Results of the second heat of round 1 Rank Athlete Nation Notes 1 Marzena Wojdecka 52.79 2 Kirsten Emmelmann 52.81 3 Olga Vladykina 52.92 4 Gisela Kinzel 53.02 5 Cosetta Campana 53.30 6 Anne Gundersen 54.35
+ Results of the third heat of round 1 Rank Athlete Nation Notes 1 Olga Nazarova 52.26 2 Petra Müller 52.36 3 Taťána Kocembová 52.39 4 Ute Thimm 52.39 5 Helen Barnett 52.46 6 Erika Rossi 53.31
Semi-finals 27 August
+ Results of the first heat of the semi-finals Rank Athlete Nation Notes 1 Petra Müller 49.84 2 Olga Vladykina 50.23 3 Kirsten Emmelmann 50.79 4 Ute Thimm 51.60 5 Olga Nazarova 52.11 6 Marzena Wojdecka 53.26 7 Cosetta Campana 53.89 8 Anne Gundersen 53.98
+ Results of the second heat of the semi-finals Rank Athlete Nation Notes 1 Marita Koch 50.74 2 Taťána Kocembová 51.91 3 Fabienne Ficher 52.14 4 Karin Lix 52.46 5 Helen Barnett 52.47 6 Erika Rossi 53.22 Gisela Kinzel Mariya Pinigina
Final 28 August + Results of the final Rank Athlete Nation Notes Marita Koch 48.22 Olga Vladykina 49.67 Petra Müller 49.88 4 Kirsten Emmelmann 50.43 5 Ute Thimm 51.15 6 Taťána Kocembová 51.50 7 Fabienne Ficher 51.91 8 Karin Lix 52.89
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