1986 Barnet London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1986 and 1990, Garden Suburb
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Clement Halfon.


1986 Barnet London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1986 and 1990, Arkley
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Leah Hertz.


1986 Barnet London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1986 and 1990, Garden Suburb
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Coral Sebag-Montefiore.


1986 Barnet London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1986 and 1990, Arkley
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Wilfred Lipman.


1986 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 8 May 1986, with one third of the council up for election as well as vacancies in Athersley and South West wards. Prior to the election Labour gained a seat from Alliance in a Penistone East by-election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.


1986 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.


1986 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1986 followed the system in place since 1978. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected Willie McCovey. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider older major league players as well as managers, umpires, executives, and figures from the Negro leagues. It selected two players, Bobby Doerr and Ernie Lombardi. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on August 3, 1986, with Commissioner of Baseball Peter Ueberroth, and former Commissioners Bowie Kuhn and Happy Chandler, in attendance.


1986 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1966 or later, but not after 1980; the ballot included candidates from the 1985 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in 1980. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.


1986 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Voters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. The ballot consisted of 41 players; a total of 425 ballots were cast, with 319 votes required for election. A total of 2,992 individual votes were cast, an average of 7.04 per ballot. (This would prove to be the last election to average 7 or more votes per ballot until 2014.) Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote will not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but may eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee.


1986 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (†). The one candidate who received at least 75% of the vote and was elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 17 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with an asterisk (*).


1986 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The newly-eligible players included 15 All-Stars, two of whom were not included on the ballot, representing a total of 36 All-Star selections. Among the new candidates were 7-time All-Star Minnie Miñoso, who was re-eligible due to two at-bats in 1980, and 6-time All Star Willie McCovey. The field included one MVP (McCovey), and two Rookies of the Year (McCovey and Ted Sizemore).


1986 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Bill Bonham, Pedro Borbón, Bernie Carbo, Ralph Garr, Ken Henderson, Von Joshua, Fred Kendall, Lerrin LaGrow, Skip Lockwood, Elliott Maddox, Roger Metzger, Fred Norman, Marty Pattin, Dave Rader, Merv Rettenmund, Jim Rooker, Ted Sizemore and Bob Stinson.


1986 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
Earl Lawson (1923–2003) received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award honoring a baseball writer. The award was voted at the December 1985 meeting of the BBWAA, and included in the summer 1986 ceremonies.


1986 Basildon District Council election
The 1986 Basildon District Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1982. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held since 1982.


1986 Basildon District Council election, Overall results
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1982 election.


1986 Basque Pelota World Championships
The 1986 Basque Pelota World Championships were the 10th edition of the Basque Pelota World Championships organized by  the FIPV.


1986 Basque Pelota World Championships, Events
A total of 12 events were disputed, in 4 playing areas.


1986 Basque regional election
The 1986 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 30 November 1986, to elect the 3rd Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.


1986 Basque regional election
The Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) won 19 seats, the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) came second with 17 seats, People's Unity (HB) and Basque Solidarity (EA), a PNV split, each won 13 seats, and Basque Country Left won 9 seats.


1986 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Basque Parliament was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Basque Country, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a lehendakari.


1986 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes being applied in each constituency.


1986 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Álava, Biscay and Guipúzcoa, being allocated a fixed number of 25 seats each to provide for an equal representation of the three provinces in parliament as required under the regional statute of autonomy. This meant that Álava was allocated the same number of seats as Biscay and Gipuzkoa, despite their populations being, as of 1 July 1986: 268,532, 1,181,962 and 690,582, respectively.


1986 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 500 electors in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


1986 Basque regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Basque Parliament expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. An election was required to take place within from thirty-six and forty-five days from the date of expiry of parliament. The previous election was held on 26 February 1984, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 26 February 1988. The election was required to be held no later than the forty-fifth day from dissolution, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Monday, 11 April 1988.


1986 Basque regional election, Overview, Election date
The lehendakari had the prerogative to dissolve the Basque Parliament at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a lehendakari within a sixty-day period from the Parliament re-assembly, the Parliament was to be dissolved and a fresh election called.


1986 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The tables below lists opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll.


1986 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. When available, seat projections are also displayed below (or in place of) the voting estimates in a smaller font; 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Basque Parliament.


1986 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a general election taking place.


1986 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.


1986 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become Lehendakari.


1986 Bass Hill state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bass Hill on 2 August 1986. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor MP Neville Wran. It was won by Liberal candidate Michael Owen.


1986 Bass Hill state by-election
The Bass Hill by-election was held the same day as the Rockdale by-election.


1986 Bass Hill state by-election, Background
Neville Wran resigned as Premier of New South Wales after more than 10 years in office. At the time, Wran held the record for the longest uninterrupted stint as NSW Premier. In addition to resigning as Premier, Wran also resigned his seat in the Legislative Assembly, necessitating a by-election to fill the vacancy.


1986 Bass Hill state by-election, Result
Bass Hill was lost by the Labor Party for the only time in the history of the district. In a very close result, Liberal Party candidate Michael Owen won the contest by 103 votes after the distribution of preferences.


1986 Bath City Council election
The 1986 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 8 May 1986 to elect councillors to Bath City Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. One third of seats were up for election.


1986 Bath City Council election, Ward results
Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1982, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1984 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.


1986 Bavarian Tennis Championships
The 1986 Bavarian Tennis Championships was a men's Grand Prix Tennis Circuit held in Munich, West Germany. The tournament was held from 5 May through 12 May 1986. It is now part of the ATP Tour. Emilio Sánchez won the singles title.


1986 Bavarian Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles
Sergio Casal /  Emilio Sánchez defeated  Broderick Dyke /  Wally Masur 6–3, 4–6, 6–4


1986 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Doubles
Mark Edmondson and Kim Warwick were the defending champions, but Warwick did not participate this year. Edmondson partnered Tomáš Šmíd, losing in the semifinals.


1986 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Doubles
Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez won the title, defeating Broderick Dyke and Wally Masur 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 in the final.


1986 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Singles
Joakim Nyström was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


1986 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Singles
Emilio Sánchez won the title, defeating Ricki Osterthun 6–1, 6–3 in the final.


1986 Bavarian state election
The 1986 Bavarian State Election was held on 12 October 1986 to elect members of the 11th Landtag of Bavaria. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Franz Strauss retained its majority. The SPD fell below 30% of the vote for the first time since the 1954 state elections, while for the first time the Bavarian Greens won seats in the Landtag.


1986 Bavarian state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 10th Landtag of Bavaria.


1986 Baylor Bears football team
The 1986 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bears offense scored 325 points, while the Bears defense allowed 207 points. The Bears finished the season second in the Southwest Conference. In the Battle of the Brazos, Texas Football magazine voted the 1986 football game between Baylor and Texas A&M the outstanding game of the Southwest Conference]of the 1980s. Texas A&M overcame a 17–0 deficit, and won the game 31–30 and later advanced to the Cotton Bowl Classic.


1986 Baylor Bears football team, After the season, Team Players drafted into the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.


1986 Belfast East by-election
The 1986 Belfast East by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom caused by the resignation in December 1985 of all sitting Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs). The MPs, from the Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Popular Unionist Party, did this to highlight their opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Each of their parties agreed not to contest seats previously held by the others, and each outgoing MP stood for re-election.


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1986 Belfast North by-election
The 1986 Belfast North by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom caused by the resignation in December 1985 of all sitting Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs). The MPs, from the Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Popular Unionist Party, did this to highlight their opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Each of their parties agreed not to contest seats previously held by the others, and each outgoing MP stood for re-election.


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1986 Belfast South by-election
The 1986 Belfast South by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom caused by the resignation in December 1985 of all sitting Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs). The MPs, from the Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Popular Unionist Party, did this to highlight their opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Each of their parties agreed not to contest seats previously held by the others, and each outgoing MP stood for re-election.


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1986 Belgian Classic
The 1986 BCE Belgian Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament only held once between 14 and 17 January 1986 in Ostend, Belgium.


1986 Belgian Classic
Terry Griffiths won the tournament, defeating Kirk Stevens 9–7 in the final.


1986 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1986 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 25 May 1986. It was the fifth race of the 1986 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was the 44th Belgian Grand Prix and the 32nd to be held at Spa-Francorchamps. It was held over 43 laps of the 7-kilometre (4.35 mi) circuit for a total race distance of 301 kilometres (187 mi).


1986 Belgian Grand Prix
The race was won by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. It was Mansell's first victory of the season. Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna finished second in a Lotus-Renault, with Sweden's Stefan Johansson third in a Ferrari. Senna's result allowed him to take the lead of the Drivers' Championship from Frenchman Alain Prost, who could only manage sixth in his McLaren-TAG.


1986 Belgian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Brabham entered only one BT55, the car of Riccardo Patrese. Elio de Angelis had been killed in a testing accident at Circuit Paul Ricard just over a week before the race. Williams-Honda driver Nelson Piquet took pole late in the qualifying session using the team's spare car. Piquet's engine blew up in his race car during qualifying forcing him into the spare. Austrian Gerhard Berger scored his first front row start and the first for the BMW powered Benetton after being fastest in Friday qualifying.


1986 Belgian Grand Prix, Qualifying
His Friday time of 1:54.468 was half a second faster than his Saturday time but still good enough for the front row. World Champion Alain Prost was third in his McLaren-TAG with the Lotus-Renault of Ayrton Senna completing the second row. Nigel Mansell qualified fifth in his Williams-Honda with Teo Fabi completing the top 6 in his Benetton-BMW.


1986 Belgian Grand Prix, Race
Piquet won the start and led the field into the La Source hairpin but behind him was chaos. Senna had made a good start from the 2nd row and when Berger's car twitched under brakes Senna went to the outside and then turned hard into the right hand corner. In doing so he squeezed out Berger who in turn squeezed out Prost while avoiding Senna. Prost, who had gone inside when the Benetton twitched, hit the inside barrier damaging the nose of his car with the right front wing drooping on the ground.


1986 Belgian Grand Prix, Race
He then drove over Berger's wheel launching the rear of his McLaren into the air. Other drivers were forced to take avoiding action with Berger's teammate Fabi having to stop to avoid hitting his teammates damaged car while Prost's teammate Keke Rosberg had to do a complete 180 degree turn the wrong way to avoid the Benettons. However, the only car that retired from the crash was the Lola-Ford of Patrick Tambay who went inside the stopped Fabi but hit his right rear with his left front wheel and damaged the left front suspension putting him out on the spot. Through it all Senna emerged unscathed in 2nd place followed by Mansell and the two Ferraris of Stefan Johansson and Michele Alboreto.


1986 Belgian Grand Prix, Race
Both Berger and Prost pitted at the end of lap 1 with Berger in for a long stop for repairs and Prost for a new nose cone,  his rear suspension survived intact despite its unscheduled first corner flight. Mansell disposed of Senna on lap 2, but spun on lap 5, falling back to 4th place. Piquet led until suffering turbo failure on lap 16 leaving Senna in front from Mansell, who shortly overtook Senna during pitstops. Prost emerged last on the road and only a few hundred metres in front of the leading Williams. On his way to being the last car on the lead lap and finishing in sixth place he set a new lap record of 1:59.282 on lap 31.


1986 Belgian Grand Prix, Race
Nigel Mansell scored his first win of 1986 and the third win of his career. Senna, the cause of the first corner crash finished 20 seconds behind in second with Stefan Johansson finishing third after passing team leader Alboreto only two laps from home. Jacques Laffite finished fifth in his Ligier-Renault with Prost gaining a vital World Championship point for finishing sixth. Swiss driver Marc Surer finished ninth in his Arrows A8. It would be the last Grand Prix of Surer's career as he would be seriously injured testing a Ford RS200 rally car a week later. Post race Mansell dedicated his win to his friend and former team mate Elio de Angelis who died just ten days prior to Spa in a testing accident at Paul Ricard.


1986 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1986 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 July 1986 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.


1986 Belgian regional elections
On 26 October 1986, regional elections were held in the German-speaking Community of Belgium, to choose representatives for the Council of the German-speaking Community. They were the first elections to the Council after the German Cultural Community was changed into the German-speaking Community, with more autonomy, its own executive body, and elections that were held separately from the national legislative elections.


1986 Belgian regional elections
Following the election, the CSP and PFF formed a government led by Joseph Maraite.


1986 Benson & Hedges Championships
The 1986 Benson & Hedges Championships was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Wembley Arena in London, England that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from 10 November until 16 November 1986. Third-seeded Yannick Noah, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title.


1986 Benson & Hedges Championships, Finals, Singles
Yannick Noah defeated  Jonas Svensson 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 4–6, 7–5


1986 Benson & Hedges Championships, Finals, Doubles
John McEnroe /  Peter Fleming defeated  Sherwood Stewart /  Kim Warwick 3–6, 7–6, 6–2


1986 Benson & Hedges Cup
The 1986 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fifteenth competing of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.


1986 Benson and Hedges Open
The 1986 Benson and Hedges Open was a men's Grand Prix tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Auckland, New Zealand. It was the 19th edition of the tournament and was held from 6 January to 20 January 1986. Unseeded Mark Woodforde won the singles title.


1986 Benson and Hedges Open, Finals, Doubles
Broderick Dyke /  Wally Masur defeated  Karl Richter /  Rick Rudeen 6–3, 6–4


1986 Benson and Hedges Open – Singles
Miloslav Mečíř defeated Michiel Schapers  6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 to win the 1986 Heineken Open singles competition. Chris Lewis was the champion but did not defend his title.


1986 Benson and Hedges Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1986 Berlin Marathon
The 1986 Berlin Marathon was the 13th running of the annual marathon race held in Berlin, West Germany, held on 28 September. Poland's Bogusław Psujek won the men's race in 2:11:03 hours, while the women's race was won by West Germany's Charlotte Teske in 2:32:10. Switzerland's Heinz Frei (1:46:44) and Denmark's Connie Hansen (2:32:23), won the men's and women's wheelchair races. A total of 11,450 runners finished the race, comprising 10,574 men and 876 women.


1986 Bexley London Borough Council election
The 1986 Bexley Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1986 Bhutan A-Division
The 1986 season of the Bhutanese A-Division was the inaugural season of top-flight football in Bhutan. 10 teams competed, and the first championship was won by Royal Bhutan Army.


1986 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1986 Big East Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the second annual Big East baseball tournament. The St. John's Redmen won their second consecutive tournament. As a result, St. John's earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1986 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The 1986 Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament, the same as the previous year. The top two teams from each division, based on conference winning percentage, earned berths in the field. Each division winner faced the runner up from the opposite division in the first round. Providence claimed the top seed from the North by defeating St. John's in the regular season series.


1986 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Jack Kaiser Award
Tom Finke was the winner of the 1986 Jack Kaiser Award. Finke was a left fielder for St. John's.


1986 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1986 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 5 to March 8, 1986. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. St. John's had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.


1986 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
St. John's defeated Syracuse in the championship game 70–69, to claim its second Big East Tournament championship.


1986 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1986 Big Eight Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–8 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.


1986 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded Kansas defeated #2 seed Iowa State in the championship game, 73–71, to win the Big Eight men's basketball tournament.


1986 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Jayhawks received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight members Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, who earned at-large bids.


1986 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with all teams placed and paired in the initial quarterfinal round.


1986 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All three rounds – quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game – were played at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.


1986 Big League World Series
The 1986 Big League World Series took place from August 9–16 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Maracaibo, Venezuela defeated Broward County, Florida twice in the championship game.


1986 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1986 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–8 at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada.


1986 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Sixth-seeded Montana State upset rival Montana in the championship game, 82–77, for their first Big Sky tournament title. The Bobcats upset host and defending champion Nevada by a point in the first round with a field goal at the buzzer, then shocked regular season champion Northern Arizona by six in the semifinals.


1986 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
On probation, third-place Idaho State did not participate in this year's tournament, reducing the field to seven teams. Regular season champion Northern Arizona received a bye into the semifinals to play the lowest remaining seed, and the other six teams were paired up in the quarterfinals on Thursday.


1986 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, NCAA tournament
Montana State received the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited. The Bobcats were the sixteenth seed in the West regional, and lost by nine to St. John's in the first round at Long Beach, California.


1986 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, NCAA tournament
Northern Arizona and Montana played in the NIT, but both lost in the first round.


1986 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1986 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 13–15, 1986, on the campus of Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia. Four teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The Big South played the season at the NCAA Division I level, but did not receive an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Coastal Carolina won the championship.


1986 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, Format
The top four finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament.


1986 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Terry Spires was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Spires was a shortstop for Coastal Carolina.


1986 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1986 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the inaugural tournament for the Big South Conference, taking place from March 3–5, 1986 at the Savannah Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia. The Baptist College Buccaneers (now known as Charleston Southern) won the tournament, led by head coach Tommy Gaither.


1986 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All of the conference's eight members participated in the tournament, hosted at the Savannah Civic Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage.


1986 Big Ten Baseball Tournament
The 1986 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 16 through 18. The top two teams from the regular season in each division participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Michigan won their fourth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1986 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The 1986 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage within each division. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the first round. Minnesota claimed the top seed by tiebreaker. Wisconsin made its only appearance in the tournament field before dropping baseball in 1991.


1986 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Tim McIntosh was named Most Outstanding Player. McIntosh was an outfielder for Minnesota.


1986 Birthday Honours
Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The dates vary, both from year to year and from country to country. All are published in supplements to the London Gazette and many are conferred by the monarch (or her representative) some time after the date of the announcement, particularly for those service people on active duty.


1986 Birthday Honours
The 1986 Queen's Birthday honours lists were announced on 14 June 1986.


1986 Birthday Honours
Recipients of honours are shown below as they were styled before their new honour.


1986 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 14 June 1986.


1986 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1986 Black Sea incident
On March 13, 1986, the American cruiser USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Caron, claiming the right of innocent passage, entered Soviet territorial waters in the Black Sea near the southern Crimean Peninsula. The warships passed within six miles of the Soviet coast, where they were soon confronted by the Soviet frigate Ladny. The commander of Ladny notified the U.S. warships that they had violated Soviet territorial waters and requested that they depart immediately. The U.S. warships confirmed receipt of the warning but did not change course. The Soviet command placed its Black Sea air and naval forces on combat readiness and dispatched border guard vessels and naval aircraft to intercept the U.S. warships.


1986 Black Sea incident
Yorktown and Caron stayed in Soviet territorial waters for roughly two hours. The situation de-escalated when the U.S. ships left; diplomatic repercussions continued for several weeks.


1986 Black Sea incident, Background
"The Rules of Navigation and Sojourn of Foreign Warships in the Territorial Waters and Internal Waters and Ports of the USSR", enacted by the Soviet Council of Ministers in 1983, acknowledged the right of innocent passage of foreign warships only in restricted areas of Soviet territorial waters in the Baltic, Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan. There were no sea lanes for innocent passage in the Black Sea.


1986 Black Sea incident, Background
The United States, starting from 1979, conducted a freedom of navigation program as the U.S. government believed that many countries were beginning to assert jurisdictional boundaries that far exceeded traditional claims. The program was implemented because diplomatic protests seemed ineffective. The U.S. actions in the Black Sea were challenged by the Soviet Union several times prior to the 1986 incident, particularly on December 9, 1968, August 1979 and on February 18, 1984.


1986 Black Sea incident, Incident
On March 10, 1986, the  Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Yorktown, accompanied by the  Spruance-class destroyer USS Caron, entered the Black Sea via the Turkish Straits. Their entrance was observed by a Krivak-class frigate, Ladny, which was ordered to continue observation. On March 13 with their main armament pointed in the direction of the Soviet coastline, Yorktown and Caron entered the Soviet territorial waters and sailed west along the southern Crimean Peninsula, approaching within six miles of the coast. Having entered from the direction of Feodosia, the US warships sailed for two hours and 21 minutes. Both American warships also confronted the Soviet border guard vessels Dozorny and Izmail. The commander of Ladny, Captain Zhuravlev, reported the incident to his superiors.


1986 Black Sea incident, Incident
According to Izvestiya editor Vyacheslav Lukashin, at the time of the incident the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy Vladimir Chernavin knew that the order for the U.S. warships to proceed into Soviet waters was given by the U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger with the consent of President Ronald Reagan.


1986 Black Sea incident, Aftermath, Soviet protest
The Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs held two press conferences concerning the incident. The U.S. charge d'affaires, Richard Combs, was summoned to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs to receive the Soviet protest. The Soviet Union stated that the U.S. violation of its territorial waters "was of a demonstrative, defiant nature and pursued clearly provocative aims". Vladimir Chernavin affirmed that "the innocent passage of foreign warships through the territorial waters of the USSR is permitted only in specially authorized coastal areas which have been announced by the Soviet government [and] there are no such areas in the Black Sea off the coast of the Soviet Union".


1986 Black Sea incident, Aftermath, U.S. stance
Replying to the Soviet note verbale about the incident, the U.S. stated that "the transit of the USS Yorktown and USS Caron through the claimed Soviet territorial sea on March 13, 1986, was a proper exercise of the right of innocent passage, which international law, both customary and conventional, has long accorded ships of all states". The U.S. Department of State's instructions to the American embassy in the Soviet Union noted the U.S. "would not want to lend any validity to a Soviet position that their domestic law was at all relevant in determining U.S. navigational rights under international law".


1986 Black Sea incident, Aftermath, U.S. stance
An article in the American Journal of International Law argued in 1987 that "the course of the American warships indicated on a map published in Izvestiia confirms that the passage of the vessels was a lateral one" and that "at no time did they take a course that could be construed as expressing an intention to enter the internal waters or ports of the USSR".


1986 Black Sea incident, Aftermath, U.S. stance
In the subsequent incident of 1988, the same USS Yorktown and USS Caron, while claiming innocent passage again in the Black Sea, were bumped by the Soviet vessels.


1986 Blue Swords
The Blue Swords  began as a senior international figure skating competition in East Germany. First time in 1984 the competition was organised only for junior skaters. The 1986 edition was held November 13–15 in  Karl-Marx-Stadt. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating.


1986 Bluebonnet Bowl
The 1986 Bluebonnet Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Colorado Buffaloes and the Baylor Bears.


1986 Bluebonnet Bowl, Background
The Bears had been ranked as high as 9th in the polls, but 3 losses in a 5-game span had dropped them out of the polls. However a victory over Arkansas started a four-game winning streak to end the regular season tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference, and the Bears were in their fourth bowl of the decade. Even though they started the season 0–4, Colorado rallied to finish 2nd in the Big Eight Conference (their highest finish since 1976) with 5 straight conference wins, highlighted by their first victory over Nebraska since 1967. This was their 2nd straight bowl game appearance and first Bluebonnet Bowl since 1975.


1986 Bluebonnet Bowl, Game summary
A 12-play, 64-yard drive (which had been lengthened by a Colorado penalty on a punt) was culminated with a Derrick McAdoo touchdown plunge on 4th and Goal to make it 7-0 Baylor with 3:34 remaining in the 1st quarter. Dave DeLine made it 7–3 on his 36-yard field goal with 13:09 remaining in the 2nd quarter. A fumble by the Buffaloes on their own 8 (recovered by Keith Rose) led to a Cody Carlson touchdown pass to Darnell Chase to make it 14–3 with 4:57 remaining in the half.


1986 Bluebonnet Bowl, Game summary
On the second play of the second half, a Robert Watters sack led to a Colorado fumble, and Ray Berry recovered the ball at the 21. Four plays later, McAdoo scored on another touchdown plunge to make it 21–3 with 12:56 remaining in the 3rd. Mark Hatcher scrambled 31 yards for a touchdown run to narrow it to 21-9 (after the conversion run failed) with 2:38 in the 3rd. Colorado had two drives in the fourth that were stopped by Baylor, as the Bears held on to win. Ray Berry had 12 tackles in an MVP effort.


1986 Bluebonnet Bowl, Aftermath
Baylor did not play in a bowl again until 1991, while the Buffaloes took a year off before their next bowl appearance in 1988. As it turned out, this was the final Bluebonnet Bowl played at Rice Stadium, and the final one ever under the game's original name, as it would move back to the Astrodome as the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl for the next year in the game which turned out to be the last Bluebonnet Bowl.


1986 Boise State Broncos football team
The 1986 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Broncos competed in the Big Sky Conference and played their home games on campus at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by fourth–year head coach Lyle Setencich, Boise State finished the season 5–6 overall and 3–4 in conference.


1986 Boise State Broncos football team
Prior to the season, BSU athletic director Gene Bleymaier had blue AstroTurf installed in Bronco Stadium, the first non-green field in the NCAA.


1986 Boise State Broncos football team
Boise State struggled with injuries and had its first losing season in four decades; shortly after the season concluded in Boise with a fifth consecutive loss in the series with rival Idaho, Setencich resigned.


1986 Bolivian referendum
An unofficial referendum on governmental economic policies, debt repayment and tax law was held in Bolivia on 24 July 1986. The policies were rejected by 97.9% of those who voted, although turnout was just 23%.


1986 Bolivian referendum, Background
Faced with an economic crisis, the government of Víctor Paz Estenssoro attempted to solve some of the problems by passing Supreme Decree 21060, which led to layoffs, cuts in subsidies and repayment of foreign debts. As a result, the COB trade union called a general strike.


1986 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1986 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of  Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council


1986 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
20 seats were contested in the election: 12 were won by the Labour Party, 5 by the Conservative Party, 2 by the  Liberal Party and 1 by the  Social Democratic Party After the election, the composition of the council was


1986 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


1986 Bordeaux Open
The 1986 Bordeaux Open also known as the Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot was a men's tennis tournament played on clay courts at Villa Primrose in Bordeaux, France that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 7 July until 11 July 1986. Unseeded Paolo Canè won the singles title.


1986 Bordeaux Open, Finals, Doubles
Jordi Arrese /  David de Miguel defeated  Ronald Agénor /  Mansour Bahrami 7–5, 6–4


1986 Borders Regional Council election
The 1986 Borders Regional Council election for the Borders Regional Council took place on Thursday 8 May 1986, alongside elections to the various regional councils across Scotland.


1986 Boston College Eagles football team
The 1986 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Eagles were led by sixth-year head coach Jack Bicknell, and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. They also played an alternate-site home game at Sullivan Stadium (later known as Foxboro Stadium) in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Boston College ended the season on an eight-game winning streak, capped by the 1986 Hall of Fame Bowl, where they defeated Georgia, 27–24 on a last-minute touchdown pass from Shawn Halloran to Kelvin Martin.


1986 Boston Marathon
The 1986 Boston Marathon was the 90th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 21. The elite men's race was won by Australia's Robert de Castella in a time of 2:07:51 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:24:55. In the wheelchair race, André Viger of Canada won the men's race in 1:43:25 and Candace Cable of United States won the women's race in 2:09:28. A men's visually impaired race was hosted within the marathon for the first time, and was won by an American Ricardo Pacheco in a time of 3:35:15.


1986 Boston Marathon
A total of 3750 runners finished the race, 3294 men and 456 women.


1986 Boston Red Sox season
The 1986 Boston Red Sox season was the 86th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 66 losses. After defeating the California Angels in the ALCS, the Red Sox lost the World Series to the New York Mets in seven games.


1986 Boston Red Sox season, Spring training
The Red Sox held spring training at Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida, for the 21st season.


1986 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season
The Red Sox played only 161 games, as a road game scheduled against the Milwaukee Brewers on September 24 was rained out, and was not rescheduled as it had no bearing on the divisional race.


1986 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Season standings
This was the first season since 1904 that the Yankees franchise (then known as the Highlanders) finished second in the standings to the Red Sox franchise (then known as the Americans).


1986 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Alumni game
On May 17, the Red Sox held an old-timers game at Fenway, before a scheduled game with the Texas Rangers. The game—themed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the pennant-winning 1946 Red Sox—welcomed back 19 alumni of the team and was also the first to invite non-Red Sox alumni. Besides Ted Williams, Luis Tiant, and Rico Petrocelli, the day featured appearances by all three DiMaggio brothers: Joe, Vince, and Dom. The umpiring crew included Hall of Fame inductee Jocko Conlan.


1986 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1986 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1986 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1986 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1986 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1986 Boston University Terriers football team
The 1986 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their second season under head coach Steve Stetson, the Terriers compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 against conference opponents), finished in a three-way tie for fifth place in the Yankee Conference, and were outscored by a total of 304 to 205.


1986 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The 1986 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Moe Ankney, the Falcons compiled a 5–6 record (5–3 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie for second place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 222 to 148.


1986 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The team's statistical leaders included Rich Dackin with 1,197 passing yards, Jeff Davis with 782 rushing yards, and Ronald Heard with 359 receiving yards.


1986 Brabantse Pijl
The 1986 Brabantse Pijl was the 26th edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held in Belgium on 23 March 1986. The race started in Sint-Genesius-Rode and finished in Alsemberg. The race was won by Johan van der Velde.


1986 Brazilian Grand Prix
The 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jacarepaguá on March 23, 1986. It was the opening round of the 1986 Formula One season. It was the 15th Brazilian Grand Prix and the seventh to be held at Jacarepaguá in Rio de Janeiro. The race was held over 61 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a race distance of 307 kilometres.


1986 Brazilian Grand Prix
The race was won by Brazilian racer Nelson Piquet driving a Williams FW11. It was Piquet's second victory at his home race having won it previously three years earlier. He would have been the Brazilian with the most wins at his home race (with 3 wins) had his 1982 victory not been disqualified. It was his 14th Grand Prix victory and the first for his new team, Williams. Piquet won by 34 seconds over countryman Ayrton Senna driving a Lotus 98T. A minute behind Piquet was French driver Jacques Laffite driving a Ligier JS27.


1986 Brazilian Grand Prix, Summary
The new season had seen many driver changes, the most significant was Piquet's arrival at Williams after seven years at Brabham, while Keke Rosberg joined McLaren and Elio de Angelis joined Brabham in the other major moves. Senna used his influence at Lotus to ensure they hired a driver that would not interfere with his campaign which left Derek Warwick out of a seat, although that would prove to be temporary. Williams was missing their team principal, Frank Williams who had had a car accident in pre-season testing that left him a quadriplegic.


1986 Brazilian Grand Prix, Summary
Senna led from pole position but was soon under threat from the Williams pair. Nigel Mansell spun off the track on the opening lap after contact with Senna, but Piquet was in the lead by lap three. As pitstops began it started to look as though Alain Prost (McLaren MP4/2C) might pull a surprise by only pitting once and snatching the win away from the Brazilians but that came to an end along with Prost's TAG-Porsche engine just past half-distance.


1986 Brazilian Grand Prix, Summary
There was no threat to the Brazilian pair after that with Piquet retaking the lead from Senna after the latter's final tyre stop. Behind Laffite was his Ligier teammate René Arnoux. Fifth place was taken by the Tyrrell 014 of Martin Brundle, his first points finish since his debut season two years previously. Gerhard Berger finished sixth in his Benetton B186 on the debut for the new team which had taken over the Toleman team during the off-season. Philippe Streiff in the second Tyrrell, Elio de Angelis (Brabham BT55), Johnny Dumfries (Lotus 98T) and Teo Fabi (Benetton B186) were the only other finishers in a day of high attrition where Mansell had been the only non-mechanical retirement.


1986 Brazilian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 15 November 1986. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party won 260 of the 487 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 38 of the 49 seats in the Senate. The members of both chambers elected in this election, together with the Senators elected in 1982 came together to form a Constitutional Assembly during 1987 and 1988. The Assembly produced a new constitution, which was promulgated on 5 October 1988.


1986 Brent London Borough Council election
The 1986 Brent Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council.


1986 Brisbane Rugby League season
The 1986 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 77th season of Brisbane's semi-professional rugby league football competition. Nine teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Wynnum-Manly and Past Brothers clubs.


1986 Brisbane Rugby League season, Season summary
Teams played each other three times, with 24 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Wynnum-Manly, Redcliffe, Past Brothers and Fortitude Valley.


1986 Brisbane Rugby League season, Grand Final
Wynnum-Manly 14 (Tries: W. Lewis, P. Attel. Goals: C. Scott 3.)


1986 Bristol City Council election
The 1986 Bristol City Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of seats in the 1986 Council Elections in the English city of Bristol were up for election. The election in Brislington West was a by-election. There was a small swing away from the Conservatives and Labour regained a majority on the Council, which they kept until 2003.


1986 Bristol Trophy
The 1986 Bristol Trophy was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was played in Bristol, England from 16 June to 23 June 1986. Unseeded Vijay Amritraj, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title.


1986 Bristol Trophy, Finals, Doubles
Christo Steyn /  Danie Visser defeated  Mark Edmondson /  Wally Masur 6–7, 7–6, 12–10


1986 Bristol Trophy – Doubles
Eddie Edwards and Danie Visser were the defending champions, but Edwards did not participate this year. Visser partnered Christo Steyn.


1986 Bristol Trophy – Doubles
Steyn and Visser won the title, defeating Mark Edmondson and Wally Masur 6–7, 7–6, 12–10 in the final.


1986 Bristol Trophy – Singles
Martin Davis was the defending champion, but lost in the third round this year.


1986 Bristol Trophy – Singles
Vijay Amritraj won the title, defeating Henri Leconte 7–6, 1–6, 8–6 in the final.


1986 Brit Awards
The 1986 Brit Awards were the 6th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 10 February 1986 at Grosvenor House Hotel in London. This year marked the first presentation of the International Group and International Solo Artist awards.


1986 Brit Awards
The awards ceremony, hosted by Noel Edmonds, was televised by the BBC.


1986 Brit Awards, Multiple nominations and awards
The following artists received multiple awards and/or nominations. don't counting Outstanding Contribution to Music.


1986 British Columbia general election
The 1986 British Columbia general election was the 34th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The sitting Social Credit government was re-elected.


1986 British Columbia general election
The election was called on September 24, 1986. The election was held on October 22, 1986, and the new legislature met for the first time on March 9, 1987.


1986 British Columbia general election
The governing British Columbia Social Credit Party (Socreds) had seen a leadership change just months before the election, with Bill Bennett standing down in favour of  Bill Vander Zalm. Promising a fresh start after the Bennett years, Vander Zalm led the Socreds to a fourth consecutive majority government, although with winning less than half of the popular vote. 12 new seats had been created in the legislature for this election. Social Credit coincidentally won 12 additional seats, while the social democratic New Democratic Party, led by Bob Skelly, won the same number it had in the previous election. No other parties won seats.


1986 British Columbia general election
There were 17 two-member constituencies in this election, the last election to be held with them. Voters in these places were allowed two votes (block-voting), and generally used them both on the same party. Only two districts elected both a SC and a NDP MLA; all others elected either two SC-ers (12 districts) or two NDP-ers (three districts), with no representation given to the minority vote in the district. This helped ensure the government's capture of the most seats. (It also makes the "popular vote," the votes cast, not  truly reflective of the sentiment of the voters, due to some voters casting two votes and others only one.)


1986 British Columbia general election, Results
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


1986 British Grand Prix
The 1986 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXIX Shell Oils British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch in Kent, England on 13 July 1986. It was the ninth race of the 1986 FIA Formula One World Championship.


1986 British Grand Prix
French driver Jacques Laffite broke both legs during a multi-car pile-up at the start, resulting in the end of his Formula One career. Laffite, driving a Ligier-Renault, was assisted by Zakspeed driver Jonathan Palmer, a qualified general practitioner before taking up motor racing in the late 1970s. Laffite was making his 176th Formula One start, equalling Graham Hill's record. The pile-up caused the race to be stopped; it was restarted over an hour later, after Laffite had been airlifted to Queen Mary's Hospital in nearby Sidcup.


1986 British Grand Prix
The race was eventually won by local driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. Mansell won after a battle with Brazilian teammate Nelson Piquet, finishing 5.5 seconds ahead. Reigning World Champion, Frenchman Alain Prost, finished third in his McLaren-TAG, one lap adrift.


1986 British Grand Prix
The race also saw the return to the paddock of Frank Williams for the first time since he was paralysed in a road accident in France four months earlier.


1986 British Grand Prix
This was the final British Grand Prix to be held at Brands Hatch. The international motorsports governing body at the time, FISA, had instituted a policy of long-term contracts with circuits, and Brands Hatch was perceived as a poorer facility to Silverstone, with much less room to expand. At some point in 1986, Silverstone and its owner, the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC), signed a long-term contract with FISA; the British Grand Prix has been held at the Northamptonshire circuit ever since.


1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash
On 6 November 1986, a Boeing-Vertol Model 234LR Chinook helicopter returning workers from the Brent oilfield crashed on approach to land at Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands. At 2.5 mi (4.0 km) from the runway the helicopter had a catastrophic forward transmission failure which caused the tandem rotor blades to collide. The helicopter crashed into the sea and sank. Forty-three passengers and two crew members were killed in the crash; one passenger and one crew member survived with injuries.


1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash, History
The helicopter was normally based at Aberdeen Airport but had been based at Sumburgh Airport since 3 November 1986 to operate a shuttle service from the Brent oilfield in the East Shetland Basin. On 6 November the first flight was delayed due to an oil leak from an engine gearbox that was soon rectified and the aircraft left Sumburgh at 08:58 with 40 passengers for the Brent Field. The aircraft visited three platforms with exchanges of freight and passengers then departed Brent Platform C at 10:22 with 44 passengers on board for return to Sumburgh Airport. It transited at a height of 2,500 feet (800 m), and as it approached Sumburgh it was cleared to descend to 1,000 feet (300 m). Reporting 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from the airfield, the controller cleared it to land on helicopter runway 24. Nothing else was heard.


1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash, Accident
The voice recorder indicated that the crew noticed an increased noise level in the flightdeck followed by a bang. Despite applying full cyclic pitch control, the aircraft did not respond and nose-dived towards the sea from a height of 150 feet (50 m). The helicopter hit the sea, broke up and sank. A Coastguard search and rescue Sikorsky S-61 helicopter which had just departed Sumburgh Airport on training flight reported liferafts in the sea. It then observed a survivor clinging to a substantial piece of wreckage.


1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash, Accident
While they winched the man on board another survivor was noted among the floating bodies. With no signs of other survivors the Coastguard helicopter flew the survivors to Lerwick for transfer to hospital. An air and sea search failed to find any more survivors but all the floating bodies were recovered and brought to the airport. One of the flight crew and the flight attendant were among the dead.


1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash, Recovery
A diving support vessel, the MSV Deepwater 1 (now named Rockwater 1), started a search for the sunken wreckage at 09:00 the following morning. Sea conditions were rough with strong tidal currents and a water depth around 90 metres but the wreckage was located. The monohulled Deepwater 1 struggled to maintain position in the building sea and current conditions. Shell Expro's Multi Services Vessel, the MSV Stadive, arrived and assumed the role of primary recovery vessel and, being a semi-submersible, was able to quickly recover the major components of interest.


1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash, Recovery
By the evening of 10 November the cockpit voice recorder, the cockpit section of the fuselage, the rotors and rotor heads, and the gearboxes and associated control systems had been recovered and transferred to the Deepwater 1, which departed for Aberdeen to pass her cargo onwards for analysis by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). The Stadive remained on site and recovered much of the remainder of the fuselage and the bodies of the victims. In all, 44 of the 45 victims' bodies were recovered.


1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash, Cause
The accident was caused by the failure of a modified bevel ring gear in the forward transmission which allowed the twin rotors to collide when synchronisation was lost. The AAIB stated that the underlying causes were the inadequacy of a previously accepted test programme and the failure of a stringent inspection programme.


1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash, Aftermath
The oil industry decided that the Chinook was too big for the offshore support task and the remaining Chinooks were withdrawn and sold. All surviving aircraft now operate with Columbia Helicopters in heavy lift, non-passenger capabilities.


1986 British League season
The 1986 British League season was the 52nd season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 22nd known as the British League.


1986 British League season, Summary
Oxford Cheetahs won the league for the second consecutive year and the treble by sharing both the Speedway Star Knockout Cup and League Cup with Cradley Heath Heathens. Despite the easy manner of their 1985 league success Oxford made critical changes which ensured domination for a second consecutive season. They were forced to make changes due to the averages points limit that applied to all teams. Hans Nielsen and Simon Wigg were retained, as were Andy Grahame and Marvyn Cox but Jens Ramussen was replaced with Per Sorensen and Nigel De'ath was brought in as full time reserve.


1986 British League season, Summary
Both Sorensen and De'ath maintained good form throughout the season and combined with the heavy scores of the heat leaders the team were able to win the league again. Cradley returned to form and provided Oxford with their main challenge, the rivalry between the Nielsen of Oxford and Erik Gundersen of Cradley was memorable. Nielsen also replaced Gundersen as the world champion by the end of the season and the pair were World Pairs and World Cup winners.


1986 British League season, Summary
One of the Danish pairs main rivals was Englishman Kenny Carter, regarded as a potential world champion and who at the age of just 21 nearly won the 1982 world title. He was riding for Bradford Dukes and ten matches into the season, on the morning of 21 May the speedway world was subject to another shock. Following on from the Billy Sanders tragedy the season before Carter shot his wife dead and then killed himself.


1986 British League season, Final table
M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points


1986 British League season, British League Knockout Cup
The 1986 Speedway Star British League Knockout Cup was the 48th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Oxford Cheetahs and Cradley Heath Heathens were declared joint winners because the second leg of the final was not held and the first leg had ended 39-39.


1986 British League season, British League Knockout Cup, Final
The title was shared after two failed attempts to hold the second leg due to rain.


1986 British League season, League Cup
The League Cup was contested as a league format. The cup was shared following two failed attempts to stage the second leg of the final at Oxford due to rain. Oxford had won the first leg at Cradley Heath 40-38.


1986 British National Track Championships
The 1986 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held from 1–9 August 1986 at the Leicester Velodrome.


1986 British Open
The 1986 British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 16 February to 2 March 1986 with television coverage beginning on 21 February at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, England.


1986 British Open, Main draw
The Last 64 was played at Solihull on 4 and 5 December 1985. The last 32 onwards was played at Derby.


1986 British Rowing Championships
The 1986 National Rowing Championships was the 15th edition of the National Championships, held from 18–20 July 1986 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham.


1986 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1986 RAC British Saloon Car Championship was the 29th season of the championship, and the final under the name of The British Saloon Car Championship. Chris Hodgetts won the title with his class C Toyota Corolla.


1986 British Saloon Car Championship, Calendar & Winners
All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners in bold.


1986 British Saloon Car Championship, Championship Standings, Drivers' championship
Points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top six finishers in each class, with one bonus point for the fastest lap in each class. Unlike previous seasons, full points were awarded to all classes regardless of how many cars started. All scores counted towards the championship. Positions are shown as overall/class.


1986 British Saloon Car Championship, Championship Standings, Drivers' championship
Bold - Pole in classItalics - Fastest lap in class


1986 British Speedway Championship
The 1986 British Speedway Championship was the 26th edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 1 June at Brandon in Coventry, England. The Championship was won by Neil Evitts, with Phil Collins in second place and Jeremy Doncaster winning a run-off for third.


1986 British Speedway Championship, Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1986 British Virgin Islands general election
Snap general elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 17 November 1986. The result was a victory for the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt over the United Party (UP). Subsequent to the election, Ralph T. O'Neal became leader of the opposition despite not being head of the UP.


1986 British Virgin Islands general election
The VIP won five of the nine available seats giving it an absolute majority. Conrad Maduro and Ralph O'Neal were the only members of the UP to win a seat. Maduro only won by a single vote, and O'Neal would change allegiance to the Virgin Islands Party before the next general election. Two candidates running as independents, Walwyn Brewley and former Chief Minister Cyril Romney, were elected. The election victory would make the start of 17 consecutive years in power for the VIP, which would only end in the 2003 general election.


1986 British Virgin Islands general election
Although Stoutt had lost the previous election, former Chief Minister Cyril Romney had been forced to step down on 1 October 1986 by Governor David Barwick, and so Stoutt had assumed Premiership by virtue of leadership of the largest party in the house prior to the election.


1986 British Virgin Islands general election
Janice George-Creque served as the supervisor of elections. The turnout was 67.5% across the Territory, although this masked regional variations in the individual district seats. Turnout was highest in the 9th District (81.3%) and lowest in the 2nd (60.3%) and 3rd (60.6%) Districts. The 2nd District was decided by a single vote.


1986 British Virgin Islands general election, Background
Whilst serving as Chief Minister Romney was the 99% owner of a trust company called Financial Management Trust, which had been linked with laundering drugs money. Although Romney was not personally implicated in the money laundering scheme, he was serving as Chief Minister at the time, the Legislative Council resolved to debate a no-confidence motion, and Governor Barwick ordered Romney to step down. To preempt the motion, Romney dissolved the Legislative Council and called a general election.


1986 British Virgin Islands general election, Results
Although Romney himself was returned as the representative for Fifth District, his coalition partners in the United Party were beaten by Lavity Stoutt's Virgin Islands Party. The former coalition won only three seats: Romney himself, Conrad Maduro (and Maduro's victory was by a single vote), and Ralph O'Neal. O'Neal was appointed leader of the opposition, but that role would pass to Maduro when O'Neal later joined the Virgin Islands Party.


1986 British Virgin Islands general election, Results
The defeat of Q.W. Osborne was the end of his political career. Willard Wheatley also suffered the first defeat of his political career, but would continue in politics.


1986 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, By district
IND = IndependentPP = People's PartyUP = BVI United PartyVIP = Virgin Islands Party


1986 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, By district
In the 1st District, Lavity Stoutt secured both the highest number of individual votes, and the highest percentage of the vote of any candidate.


1986 British motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1986 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 August 1986 at the Silverstone Circuit. This was the last motorcycle race held at Silverstone, before the race was moved to Donington Park for the 1987 season.


1986 Brittany regional election
A regional election took place in Brittany on March 16, 1986, along with all other regions.


1986 Bromley London Borough Council election
The 1986 Bromley Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Bromley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1986 Brown Bears football team
The 1986 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown finished fourth in the Ivy League.


1986 Brown Bears football team
In their third season under head coach John Rosenberg, the Bears compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents 188 to 181. R. Collett, Jeff Garrison and Brian Murphy were the team captains.


1986 Brown Bears football team
The Bears' 4–2–1 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 152 to 125.


1986 Brown Bears football team
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.


1986 Brownlow Medal
The 1986 Brownlow Medal was the 59th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Robert DiPierdomenico of the Hawthorn Football Club and Greg Williams of the Sydney Swans both won the medal by polling seventeen votes during the 1986 VFL season.


1986 Brownlow Medal, Leading votegetters
* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the VFL Tribunal during the year.


1986 Broxbourne Borough Council election
The Broxbourne Council election, 1986 was held to elect council members of the Broxbourne Borough Council, the local government authority of the borough of Broxbourne,  Hertfordshire, England.


1986 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
An election was held in 14 wards on 8 May 1986.


1986 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
The Conservative Party lost one seat to the Labour party in Rye Park Ward


1986 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
The political balance of the council following this election was:


1986 Bucknell Bison football team
The 1986 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In the first year of play for the Colonial League, Bucknell tied for last place.


1986 Bucknell Bison football team
In their first year under head coach George Landis, the Bison compiled a 3–7 record. Earl Beecham and Doug Fastuca were the team captains.


1986 Bucknell Bison football team
Bucknell's 1–3 conference record tied for fourth in the five-team Colonial League standings. Against all opponents, the Bison were outscored 223 to 171.


1986 Bucknell Bison football team
Bucknell played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.


1986 Buffalo Bills season
The 1986 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 17th season in the National Football League, and the 27th overall.


1986 Buffalo Bills season
Although the Bills were only 2–6 at the midway point of the season, their games were much more competitive than in years past. (Only two of their losses in the first eight games were by more than a touchdown.) Still, after a 6-point Week Nine loss to Tampa Bay, the Bills fired coach Hank Bullough, and hired former Kansas City coach Marv Levy from outside the organization, an unusual mid-season tactic. (Levy had been out of coaching since being the head man with the USFL's Chicago Blitz in 1984.) Levy would win his first game with the Bills against Pittsburgh in Week Ten, and one more game against Kansas City in Week Thirteen, finishing with a 2–5 record in his first half-season as head coach.


1986 Buffalo Bills season
Years later, Bills offensive tackle Will Wolford alleged that the team purposely lost the week 9 game to Tampa Bay in order to get Bullough fired.


1986 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason
At the end of the 1985 season, the Bills' future was in serious jeopardy; two consecutive seasons in which the team had finished 2–14 had driven attendance at Rich Stadium to less than 30,000 fans per game. 1985 first overall draft pick Bruce Smith, while he had a respectable rookie season, underperformed compared to expectations and was admittedly not putting his whole heart into the game of football.


1986 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason
Quarterback Jim Kelly, whom the team had drafted in the first round of the 1983 draft as their franchise quarterback of the future, still refused to play in Buffalo and was prepared to play the 1986 season as a member of the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League; the Generals' soon-to-be-displaced quarterback, Doug Flutie, who would become a Bill much later in his career, also rejected the team's overtures and stayed in the USFL. These rejections forced the Bills to sign Art Schlichter, a notorious compulsive gambler who had flamed out with the Indianapolis Colts, as their backup plan; Schlichter was to compete with Frank Reich, whom the Bills drafted the previous year, for the starting position.


1986 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason
Buffalo's fortunes underwent a drastic improvement before the season. On July 29, 1986, the USFL received only a nominal judgment in its antitrust lawsuit against the NFL, leaving the league without much-needed capital and forcing the end of its operations. With no other options, Kelly then signed with the Bills amid much fanfare, and Schlichter was released. The signing (along with those of fellow USFL refugees Ray Bentley and Kent Hull) doubled the team's home attendance.


1986 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason, NFL draft
University of Iowa running back Ronnie Harmon played for the Bills for four seasons. Vanderbilt's Will Wolford played offensive tackle for the Bills for seven years, and was voted to the Pro Bowl in 1990 and 1992. Linebacker Mark Pike played his entire 13-year career with the Bills, mostly as a special teams star; he is the NFL's all-time leader in tackles on special teams, with 283. Tight end Butch Rolle played for the Bills for 6 years, and at one point had a streak of ten consecutive receptions for touchdowns.


1986 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1 vs. Jets
Three years after being drafted by the Bills, Jim Kelly debuted in front of the home crowd with 292 yards passing and three touchdowns but it was not enough to overcome the divisional rival Jets.


1986 Buick WCT Finals
The 1986 Buick WCT Finals was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 16th edition of the WCT Finals, and was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was played at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas in the United States from April 7 through April 14, 1986. Unseeded Anders Järryd won the singles title.


1986 Buick WCT Finals – Singles
Ivan Lendl was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1986 Buick WCT Finals – Singles
Anders Järryd won in the final 6–7, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 against Boris Becker.


1986 Buick WCT Finals – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1986 Bulgarian Cup Final
The 1986 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 46th final of the Bulgarian Cup, and was contested between Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia on 27 April 1986 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Levski won the final 2–1.


1986 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 8 June 1986. The Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party, was the only organization to contest the election; all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front. The Front nominated one candidate for each constituency. Of the 400 candidates 276 were members of the Communist Party, 99 were members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the remaining 25 were unaffiliated. Voter turnout was reportedly 99.5%.


1986 CA-TennisTrophy
The 1986 CA-TennisTrophy was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. The tournament ran from 20 October until 27 October 1986. First-seeded Brad Gilbert won the singles title.


1986 CA-TennisTrophy, Finals, Doubles
Ricardo Acioly' /  Wojciech Fibak defeated  Brad Gilbert /  Slobodan Živojinović by Walkover


1986 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Mike De Palmer and Gary Donnelly were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1986 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Ricardo Acioly and Wojciech Fibak won the final on a walkover against Brad Gilbert and Slobodan Živojinović.


1986 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles
Jan Gunnarsson was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Karel Nováček.


1986 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles
Brad Gilbert won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–0 against Nováček.


1986 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1986 Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 28–March 3 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.


1986 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Navy defeated George Mason in the championship game, 72–61, to win their second consecutive CAA/ECAC South men's basketball tournament. The Midshipmen, therefore, earned an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament.


1986 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Second-seeded Richmond also qualified for the NCAA tournament, receiving an at-large bid.


1986 CARIFTA Games
The 15th CARIFTA Games was held in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe on March 29–31, 1986.


1986 CARIFTA Games, Participation (unofficial)
For the 1986 CARIFTA Games only the medalists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 111 medalists (64 junior (under-20) and 47 youth (under-17)) from about 14 countries:  Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bahamas (26), Barbados (11), Bermuda (5), Cayman Islands (2), French Guiana (1), Grenada (2), Guadeloupe (11), Jamaica (32), Martinique (7), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), Saint Lucia (2), Suriname (1),  Trinidad and Tobago (8).


1986 CARIFTA Games, Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Pascal Théophile from Guadeloupe. He won 2 gold medals (100m, and 200m) in the youth (U-17) category.


1986 CARIFTA Games, Medal summary
Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth). The medalists can also be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.


1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
The 1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 8th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART. The season consisted of 17 races, and one non-points exhibition event. Bobby Rahal was the national champion, and the rookie of the year was Chip Robinson. The 1986 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Bobby Rahal won the Indy 500, and would later become the first driver since 1980 to win Indy and the CART championship in the same season.


1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
The first two races of the season were won by Kevin Cogan (Phoenix) and Michael Andretti (Long Beach), respectively, the first career wins for both drivers on the CART circuit. Rain delayed the Indianapolis 500, postponing it for six days. Bobby Rahal, driving for Truesports, passed Kevin Cogan with two laps to go, and won for car owner Jim Trueman, who was stricken with cancer. Trueman died less than two weeks later.


1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
The season would shape up as a two-man battle between Rahal and Michael Andretti. Andretti won at Milwaukee, which put him in the points lead for the first time. On Father's Day, Andretti was leading on the final lap at Portland. His car ran out of fuel on the final turn of the final lap, and his father Mario beat him to the finish line by 0.07 seconds. It would go down in lore as one of the most shocking finishes in Indy car history, as well as the closest finish in Indy car history on a road course (until 1997).


1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
Rahal was back in victory lane in July, winning the inaugural Molson Indy Toronto, but Michael Andretti still held the points lead. Rahal won four out of five races during a stretch in August and September, and emerged with a 9-point lead in the standings with two races left. Michael Andretti won a key victory at the second-to-last race of the season at Phoenix, while Rahal finished 3rd.


1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
Going into the season finale at Tamiami Park, Rahal held a scant 3-point lead over Andretti. Neither driver was a factor at Miami, and just past the halfway point, Andretti dropped out with a broken halfshaft. Rahal effectively clinched the championship when Andretti dropped out. Roberto Guerrero won the pole and dominated the race, leading the first 111 laps. But on the final lap, his car sputtered and he ran out of fuel. Al Unser Jr. slipped by to steal the victory, his lone win of 1986. Unser Jr. won from 19th starting position, the furthest back any driver had won a CART road/street course race at the time.


1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series, Drivers and Teams
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1986 Indy Car World Series season. All cars used Goodyear tires.


1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series, Season Summary, Schedule
O  Oval/Speedway R  Dedicated road course S  Temporary street circuitNC Non -championship event*The Indianapolis 500 was scheduled for May 25, but postponed due to rain. * *The Miller American 200 in Honor of Rex Mays was scheduled for June, but postponed due to the delay of running the Indianapolis 500 on May 31. * **The Road America race was started on September 21, but stopped after a few laps due to rain, the rest was run on October 4.


1986 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1986 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 15th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 7 and March 15, 1986. First round games were played at campus sites, while 'final four' games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Western Michigan received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1986 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finished below eighth place in the standings was not eligible for postseason play. In the quarterfinals, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three series, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the remaining highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winners advancing to the finals. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1986 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1986 CFL Draft
The 1986 CFL Draft composed of eight rounds where 72 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA.


1986 CFL Draft, 3rd Round
27. British Columbia Lions                      Bob Skemp                       C                British Columbia, Richmond Raiders


1986 CFL Draft, 4th Round
30. Saskatchewan Roughriders                    Tony Brown  K  San Jose State University


1986 CFL Draft, 8th Round
70. Winnipeg Blue Bombers                       Jadrin Minaravic  K  St. Francis Xavier


1986 CFL season
The 1986 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 33rd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 29th Canadian Football League season.


1986 CFL season, CFL News in 1986
The Canadian Football League decided that all nine teams will play 18 games each, in the regular season. The playoff structure was revised to allow a fourth place team from one of the divisions to qualify for the playoffs if that fourth place team has earned more points in the regular season standings than the third place team from the other division. Until 1992, however, that team stayed in its own division for the playoffs (the league began American expansion in 1993, changing the rules along the way).


1986 CFL season, CFL News in 1986
The four qualifiers in one division played semi-finals and a final while the two qualifiers in the other division playing a home-and-home, total-points, 2-game playoff (this playoff format was last used in 1972). This was somewhat unfair to the first place team, who might no longer receive a first-round bye based simply on what happened at the bottom of its own division. (The current format, which began in 1997 after the league ceased its American operations, sees a fourth-place qualifier cross-over to the other division, essentially becoming the third-place team in that division.) As it turned out, 1986 was the only year this playoff format was needed.


1986 CFL season, CFL News in 1986
The Canadian Football League and the Canadian Football League Players Association agreed on a new three-year agreement.


1986 CFL season, CFL News in 1986
The Concordes changed their name to the Alouettes, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the founding of the original Montreal Alouettes.


1986 CFL season, CFL News in 1986
The Sports Network started to carry live coverage of the first round of the 1986 Canadian College Draft from coast-to-coast.


1986 CFL season, CFL News in 1986
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Montreal Alouettes played the first CFL pre-season game at Canada Games Stadium in Saint John, New Brunswick. Winnipeg won the game, 35–10.


1986 CFL season, CFL News in 1986
The CFL also amended the quota to the teams 35-man roster to include 13 imports, 19 non-imports and 3 quarterbacks. The designated import rule was eliminated.


1986 CFL season, CFL News in 1986
On the field, the end zones were reduced to 20 yards from 25 yards (in response to the popularity of the shortened end zones first used at BC Place in 1983).


1986 CFL season, CFL News in 1986
The amateur Canadian Football Association changed its name to Football Canada in June; the Football Canada name had long been used in French.


1986 CFL season, CFL News in 1986
The CTV Television Network ceased CFL broadcasts after this season; it had aired CFL games since 1962. The league-run syndicated Canadian Football Network took its place the next season.


1986 CFL season, Regular season standings, Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


1986 CFL season, Grey Cup playoffs
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1986 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos 39–15, at Vancouver's BC Place Stadium. This was Hamilton's first Grey Cup victory since 1972. The Tiger-Cats' Mike Kerrigan (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Grover Covington (DE) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, while Paul Osbaldiston (K/P) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.


1986 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The 1986 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 22nd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region and was played from 22 March 1986 till 11 February 1987.


1986 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The teams were split in 2 zones, North/Central America and Caribbean, (as North and Central America sections combined to qualify one team for the final), each one qualifying two teams to the final tournament. All the matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system.


1986 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The North/Central American section was split too in 3 zones, North, Central 1 and Central 2, the winner of Central 1 directly qualifying to the final tournament, while the winners of North and Central 2, had to play an Intermediate round for the second spot. The Caribbean section was split in 2 zones, North and South group, qualifying one team from each group to the final tournament.


1986 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Costa Rican team Liga Deportiva Alajuelense defeated Surinamese Transvaal 6–2 on aggregate, becoming CONCACAF champions for the first time in their history.


1986 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament
The CONCACAF Under-20 Championship 1986 was held in Trinidad and Tobago. It also served as qualification for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1986 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament, Qualification to World Youth Championship
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1986 Cabramatta state by-election
A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Cabramatta on 1 February 1986. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP Eric Bedford, who had served as Minister for Education and Minister for Planning in the Wran Labor government.


1986 Cabramatta state by-election
By-elections for the seats of Canterbury and Kiama were held on the same day.


1986 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 1986 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 1986 NCAA Division II football season.


1986 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
Cal Poly competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The WFC added one new member for the 1986 season, Southern Utah. The Mustangs were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Sanderson and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5, 3–3 WFC). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 233–246 for the season.


1986 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 1987 NFL Draft.


1986 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team
The 1986 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team represented California State University, Fullerton during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1986 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team
The Titans competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Gene Murphy and played home games in Santa Ana Stadium in Santa Ana, California. They finished the season with three wins and nine losses (3–9, 2–5 PCAA).


1986 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Cal State Fullerton Titans were selected in the 1987 NFL Draft.


1986 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1986, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1986 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team
The 1986 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team represented California State University, Hayward in the 1986 NCAA Division II football season. Cal State Hayward competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC).


1986 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team
The Pioneers were led by head coach Tim Tierney in his twelfth year. They played home games at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. The Pioneers finished the season with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3, 3–2 NCAC). They made their way into the Top 20 three times during the season, but each time they lost their next game. The Pioneers outscored their opponents 234–187 for the 1986 season.


1986 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Hayward Pioneers players were selected in the 1987 NFL Draft.


1986 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1986, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1986 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team
The 1986 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team represented Cal State Northridge during the 1986 NCAA Division II football season.


1986 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team
Cal State Northridge competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The 1986 Matadors were led by first-year head coach Bob Burt. They played home games at North Campus Stadium in Northridge, California. Cal State Northridge finished the season with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3, 1–4 WFC). The Matadors outscored their opponents 307–198 for the season.


1986 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Northridge players were selected in the 1987 NFL Draft.


1986 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1986 were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1986 Calder Cup playoffs
The 1986 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 9, 1986. The eight teams that qualified, four from each division, played best-of-seven series for Division Semifinals and Division Finals. The division champions played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on May 21, 1986, with the Adirondack Red Wings defeating the Hershey Bears four games to two to win the Calder Cup for the second time in team history. Hershey's Tim Tookey won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as AHL playoff MVP, becoming the first player from the losing finalist to win the award.


1986 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the 1985–86 AHL regular season, the top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs. The Hershey Bears finished the regular season with the best overall record.


1986 Calder Cup playoffs, Bracket
In each round, the team that earned more points during the regular season receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the "extra" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.


1986 Caldwell cross country team
The 1986 Caldwell, Ohio boys cross country running team has been recognized as the 1986 National Championship High School boys cross country team regardless of size. The team had a regular season record of 137 wins and 0 losses. The team also set Ohio High School Boys Cross Country State Meet records for lowest point total (26) as well as largest margin of victory (85). Caldwell High School has been called "The most successful school in Ohio boys cross country" by the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA). The 1986 Team along with the other Caldwell Boys  State Championship teams were recognized in 2016 at a Caldwell High School Basketball game in which banners were hung in the Gym to recognize their teams accomplishments.


1986 Calgary Stampeders season
The 1986 Calgary Stampeders finished in 4th place in the West Division with a 11–7 record. They made the playoffs due to a new rule, in which a fourth place team from one division can qualify for the playoffs as long as they earned more points than the third place team from the opposing division. However, the Stampeders would remain in the West division throughout the playoffs. They faced division rival Edmonton Eskimos in the West Semi-Finals, where they lost 27–18.


1986 California Angels season
The California Angels' 1986 season was the franchise's 26th season and ended with the Angels losing the American League Championship Series in dramatic fashion.