1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 and 23 February.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marita Koch East Germany	Ewa Kasprzyk Poland	Kirsten Emmelmann East Germany

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marita Koch	East Germany	23.04	Q
2	2	Kirsten Emmelmann	East Germany	23.34	Q
3	2	Ewa Kasprzyk	Poland	23.37	Q
4	3	Ewa Pisiewicz	Poland	23.65	Q
5	1	Irina Slyusar	Soviet Union	23.65	Q
6	3	Sabine Rieger	East Germany	24.05	Q
7	3	Blanca Lacambra	Spain	24.16	q
8	2	Fabienne Ficher	France	24.17	q
9	1	Jennifer Stoute	Great Britain	24.25
10	1	Tsvetanka Ilieva	Bulgaria	24.29
11	3	Rossella Tarolo	Italy	24.34
12	2	Gerda Haas	Austria	24.68

Semifinals

First 2 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marita Koch	East Germany	22.89	Q
2	2	Kirsten Emmelmann	East Germany	23.25	Q
3	2	Ewa Kasprzyk	Poland	23.26	Q
4	1	Ewa Pisiewicz	Poland	23.33	Q
5	1	Irina Slyusar	Soviet Union	23.46
6	2	Sabine Rieger	East Germany	23.83
7	2	Blanca Lacambra	Spain	24.14
8	1	Fabienne Ficher	France	24.38

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marita Koch	East Germany	22.58
	Ewa Kasprzyk	Poland	22.96
	Kirsten Emmelmann	East Germany	23.28
4	Ewa Pisiewicz	Poland	23.63