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{{short description|American college aquatic sports competition}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox swimming meet
| name           = 1986 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
| image          = Swimming pictogram.svg
| imagesize      = 150px
| hostcity       = {{flagicon|Arkansas}} [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]]
| dates          = March 1986
| venues         = [[Arkansas Natatorium]]<br>[[University of Arkansas]]
| teams          =
| athletes       =
| events         =
| previous       =  [[1985 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships|1985]]
| next           = [[1987 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships|1987]]
}}
The '''1986 [[NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships]]''' were contested at the fifth annual [[NCAA]]-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] women's collegiate [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] and [[diving (sport)|diving]] in the [[United States]].
This year's events were hosted at the [[Arkansas Natatorium]] at the [[University of Arkansas]] in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]]
Two-time defending champions [[Texas Longhorns swimming and diving|Texas]] again topped the team standings, finishing 47 points ahead of [[Florida Gators swimming and diving|Florida]], claiming the Longhorns' third women's team title.
==Team standings==
*'''Note:''' Top 10 only
*'''(H)''' = Hosts
*'''<sup>(DC)</sup>''' = Defending champions
*Full results<ref>{{cite web|title=NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/swimming_champs_records/2012-13/2012wd1_swim.pdf|work=NCAA|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=February 3, 2017|pages=10–12}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rank !!  Team !! Points
|-
| {{gold01}} ||align=left| '''[[Texas Longhorns swimming and diving|Texas]]''' '''<sup>(DC)</sup>''' || '''633'''
|-
| {{silver02}} ||align=left| [[Florida Gators swimming and diving|Florida]]  || 586
|-
| {{bronze03}} ||align=left| [[Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving|Stanford]]   || 538
|-
| {{sort|04|4}} ||align=left| [[California Golden Bears swimming and diving|California]] || 238
|-
| {{sort|05|5}} ||align=left| [[Southern Illinois Salukis swimming and diving|Southern Illinois]] || 167
|-
| {{sort|06|6}} ||align=left| [[UCLA Bruins swimming and diving|UCLA]] || 166
|-
| {{sort|07|7}} ||align=left| [[Clemson Tigers swimming and diving|Clemson]] || 123
|-
| {{sort|08|8}} ||align=left| [[Miami Hurricanes swimming and diving|Miami (FL)]] || 121
|-
| {{sort|09|9}} ||align=left| [[Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving|Georgia]] || 116
|-
| {{sort|10|10}} ||align=left| [[Alabama Crimson Tide swimming and diving|Alabama]]<br>[[LSU Tigers swimming and diving|LSU]]  || 82
|-
| {{sort|25|25}} ||align=left| [[Arkansas Razorbacks swimming and diving|Arkansas]] '''(H)''' || 30
|}
==See also==
*[[List of college swimming and diving teams]]
==References==
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[[Category:Women's sports in Arkansas]]