1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

These are the official results of the Men's marathon event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held on 30 August 1986.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Gelindo Bordin Italy (ITA)
Silver	Orlando Pizzolato Italy (ITA)
Bronze	Herbert Steffny West Germany (FRG)

Abbreviations

All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Gelindo Bordin (ITA)	2:10.54
	Orlando Pizzolato (ITA)	2:10.57
	Herbert Steffny (FRG)	2:11.30
4	Ralf Salzmann (FRG)	2:11.41
5	Hugh Jones (GBR)	2:11.49
6	Gerard Nijboer (NED)	2:12.46
7	Jacques Lefrand (FRA)	2:12.53
8	Antoni Niemczak (POL)	2:13.04
9	Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)	2:13.14
10	Dirk Vanderherten (BEL)	2:13.29
11	Alex Gonzalez (FRA)	2:13.36
12	Wiktor Sawicki (POL)	2:15.16
13	Gianni Poli (ITA)	2:15.25
14	Tomislav Ašković (YUG)	2:15.27
15	Jerzy Skarżyński (POL)	2:16.40
16	Dick Hooper (IRL)	2:17.45
17	Jörg Peter (GDR)	2:18.05
18	Pär Wallin (SWE)	2:19.28
19	Peter Lyrenmann (SUI)	2:19.49
20	Steve Jones (GBR)	2:22.12
21	István Kerékjártó (HUN)	2:22.46
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Allister Hutton (GBR)	DNF
—	Freddy Vandervennet (BEL)	DNF
—	Henrik Sandstrom (FIN)	DNF
—	Santiago de la Parte (ESP)	DNF
—	Svend-Erik Kristensen (DEN)	DNF
—	Michael Heilmann (GDR)	DNF
—	Jouni Kortelainen (FIN)	DNF