1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

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
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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]

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

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	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

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• 1983 Men's World Championships Marathon (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Marathon (Los Angeles)
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• 1987 Men's World Championships Marathon (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic Marathon (Seoul)

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