1986 VFL draft, National draft
The order of the remaining picks was set in the reverse of the previous season's finishing positions.


1986 VFL draft, National draft
In addition, the established Victorian clubs maintained sole recruitment options on players from the relevant Metropolitan and, for the last time, Country Zones. This meant that even before the draft had started, the most sought-after footballers from Victoria were already signed, and therefore unavailable for selection.


1986 VFL draft, National draft
The restricted pool of available draftees meant the majority of those chosen in the 1986 national draft came from South Australian and Tasmanian clubs. Meanwhile, although the minimum age for eligible players was 16, many were actually into their twenties, unlike the contemporary teenage selections. Also of note is the significant number of those picked either did not join the club that selected them at all, or at least did not do so straight away. Players were aligned to their drafted club for three years, but could choose to remain playing for their current club outside of the VFL.


1986 VFL draft, National draft
A prime example was the number one draft pick, Martin Leslie. Leslie served out the remaining two years of his contract with South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Port Adelaide, winning All-Australian honours at the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival in the process. Only then did he move to Brisbane, making his debut as a 26-year-old in 1989, winning the club's best-and-fairest twice and going on to play 107 games until his retirement in 1995. In contrast, the second selection overall, the similarly aged Steven Sims, opted to stay in the SANFL rather than join the St Kilda Football Club.


1986 VFL draft, National draft
Many of the 1986 draftees never played in a senior VFL/AFL match, including 4 of the top 10 selections and all of Geelong and St Kilda's picks. Several did go on to make their name as footballers, among them Melbourne's Steven Febey and Darrin Pritchard of Hawthorn. However, the most notable of the draft's recruits was Alastair Lynch, picked by Fitzroy at number 50 overall, who eventually passed the major milestone of 300 appearances, which included three victorious Grand Finals with the Brisbane Lions.


1986 VFL season
The 1986 Victorian Football League season was the 90th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.


1986 VFL season, Night Series
Hawthorn defeated Carlton 9.12 (66) to 5.6 (36) in the Final.


1986 VFL season, Premiership season, Round 21
This was the match where Brian Taylor kicked his 100th goal of the season.


1986 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1986 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores were led by head coach Watson Brown in his first season and finished with a record of one win and ten losses (1–10 overall, 0–6 in the SEC).


1986 Vaucluse state by-election
A by-election for the seat of Vaucluse in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 31 May 1986. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal member and Deputy Leader Rosemary Foot.


1986 Vaucluse state by-election
The by-election for the seats of Pittwater was held on the same day.


1986 Venezuelan Primera División season
The 1986 season of the Venezuelan Primera División, the top category of Venezuelan football, was played by 11 teams. The national champions were Deportivo Táchira.


1986 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1986 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1986. Incumbent Democrat Madeleine Kunin ran successfully for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont, defeating Republican candidate Peter Plympton Smith and independent candidate Bernie Sanders. Since no candidate won a majority of the popular vote, Kunin was elected by the Vermont General Assembly per the state constitution.


1986 Vermont gubernatorial election, General election, Results
After no candidate received a majority of the vote, the Vermont Legislature, consisting of 150 representatives and 30 senators, voted to decide the winner, per the state constitution.


1986 Viking Sally murder
The 1986 Viking Sally murder took place in July 1986, aboard the cruiseferry MS Viking Sally en route from Turku, Finland, to Stockholm, Sweden, when Reijo Hammar (born 1953) killed businessman Antti Eljaala (born c. 1942). The case is particularly notable for two reasons: Hammar was later described as the most dangerous criminal then in Finland, and a year later, on board the same ship another murder took place.


1986 Viking Sally murder, Murder
On the morning of 10 July 1986, towards the end of their journey, Eljaala, Hammar, and an associate of the latter had gone into Eljaala's cabin, where Hammar stole money from Eljaala's wallet. Eljaala intended to report this to the police, but as he was leaving the cabin to do so, Hammar stabbed him five times in the throat with a dinner knife, followed by strangling him to death with a strip of fabric torn from the cabin's bedsheet, assisted by his accomplice.


1986 Viking Sally murder, Reijo Hammar
Hammar was found guilty of murdering Eljaala and sentenced to life imprisonment. Approximately two years later, in July 1988, he escaped from prison with two other inmates, in the process shooting a prison guard in the arm with a sawn-off shotgun. The escapees went on to carry out a number of bank robberies. Hammar later killed one of the men, by hitting him on the head with an axe following an argument. Eventually Hammar was caught in Stockholm, after a few weeks on the run. Due to his record of murders, armed robberies and other serious crimes, he was considered at the time the most dangerous criminal in Finland. Nevertheless, Hammar was pardoned by President Tarja Halonen in December 2004. In 2011, now called Andreas Hammar, he was found guilty of attempted manslaughter.


1986 Viking Sally murder, Viking Sally
The ship in question, MS Viking Sally, was part of the Viking Line ferry fleet, which provides daily cruise ferry services between Sweden, Finland and Åland.


1986 Viking Sally murder, Viking Sally
A year after the Eljaala murder, another passenger was murdered on the same ship.


1986 Viking Sally murder, Viking Sally
Viking Sally later became MS Estonia, which in 1994 sank in the Baltic sea claiming 852 lives in one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century.


1986 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1986 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by fifth-year head coach George Welsh and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for sixth.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships
The Virginia Slims Championships was held twice in 1986 because of a change of schedule from March to November.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships
They were the fifteenth and sixteenth season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1986 WTA Tour. It was held in March 1986 and November 1986, in New York City, United States.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships (March)
The Virginia Slims Championships (March) was held twice in 1986 because of a change of schedule from March to November.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships (March)
It was the fifteenth season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1986 WTA Tour. It was held from 17 to 23 March 1986 in New York City, New York, United States.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships (March) – Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions, but were eliminated in semifinals.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships (March) – Doubles
Hana Mandlíková and Wendy Turnbull won the title by defeating Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 in the final. It was the 14th title for Mandlíková and the 50th title for Turnbull in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 3rd title for the pair, following the conclusion of the 1985 season.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships (March) – Singles
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion and defended her title against Hana Mandlíková 6–2, 6–0, 3–6,  6–2.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships (November)
The Virginia Slims Championships (November) was held twice in 1986 because of a change of schedule from March to November.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships (November)
It was the sixteenth season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1986 WTA Tour. It was held from 17 to 23 November 1986 in New York City, New York, United States.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships (November) – Doubles
Hana Mandlíková and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions, but were eliminated in semifinals.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships (November) – Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver won the title by Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková 7–6(6–1), 6–3 in the final.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships (November) – Doubles
It was the 7th Tour Championships, 11th title of the year and 126th overall title for Navratilova and the 6th Tour Championships, 11th title of the year and 78th overall title for Shriver, in their respective doubles titles. It was also the 7th title for the pair, following the conclusion of the 1986 season.


1986 Virginia Slims Championships (November) – Singles
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion and defended her title against Steffi Graf 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–2.


1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
The 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series  was the 14th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on March 24, 1986, and concluded in December, 1986 after 41 events. The season was abbreviated in order to return the tour to a calendar year basis.


1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1983 until 1987 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Series. It included the four Grand Slam tournaments and a series of other events. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking. No Australian Open was held during 1986 due to the tournament start date being moved from November to January.


1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Schedule
The table below shows the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.


1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Statistical Information, Titles won by player
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:


1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Statistical Information, Titles won by player
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series, Rankings
Below are the 1986 WTA year-end rankings (December 21, 1986) in both singles and doubles competition:


1986 Virginia Slims of Arizona
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Arizona, also known as the Virginia Slims of Phoenix, was a women's  tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Jordan Tennis and Racquet Center in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States and was part of the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from March 24 through March 30, 1986. Unseeded Beth Herr won the singles title.


1986 Virginia Slims of Arizona, Finals, Doubles
Susan Mascarin /  Betsy Nagelsen defeated  Linda Gates /  Alycia Moulton 6–4, 5–7, 6–4


1986 Virginia Slims of Arizona – Singles
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Arizona – Singles was one of the events of the 1986 Virginia Slims of Arizona tennis tournament. It was played between March 23 and March 29, 1986 at the Jordan Tennis and Racquet Center in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States. The draw consisted of 32 players of which 4 were qualifiers and 8 were seeded. Unseeded Beth Herr won the singles title, defeating sixth-seeded Ann Henricksson in the final, 6–0, 3–6, 7–5.


1986 Virginia Slims of California
The 1986 Virginia Slims of California was a women's  tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Oakland, California in the United States. It was part of the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series and was played from February 24 through March 2, 1986. Second-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd won the singles title.


1986 Virginia Slims of California, Finals, Doubles
Hana Mandlíková /  Wendy Turnbull defeated  Bonnie Gadusek /  Helena Suková 7–6(7–5), 6–1


1986 Virginia Slims of Chicago
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Chicago was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois in the United States and was part of the 1986 WTA Tour. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from November 10 through November 16, 1986. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her seventh in total at the event, and earned $33,000 first-prize money.


1986 Virginia Slims of Chicago, Finals, Doubles
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Helena Suková defeated  Steffi Graf /  Gabriela Sabatini 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–3


1986 Virginia Slims of Dallas
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Dallas was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas in the United States and was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and ran from March 10 through March 16, 1986. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title.


1986 Virginia Slims of Dallas, Finals, Doubles
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Helena Suková defeated  Hana Mandlíková /  Wendy Turnbull 4–6, 7–5, 6–4


1986 Virginia Slims of Florida
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Florida, also known as the VS of Florida, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Key Biscayne, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from January 27 through February 2, 1986. First-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd won the singles title, her third consecutive at the event.


1986 Virginia Slims of Florida, Finals, Doubles
Kathy Jordan /  Elizabeth Smylie defeated  Betsy Nagelsen /  Barbara Potter 7–6, 2–6, 6–2


1986 Virginia Slims of Houston
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Houston was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the United States and was part of the 1986 WTA Tour. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held from May 5 through May 11, 1986. First-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd won the singles title.


1986 Virginia Slims of Houston, Finals, Doubles
Chris Evert-Lloyd /  Wendy Turnbull defeated  Elise Burgin /  JoAnne Russell 6–2, 6–4


1986 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Indianapolis Racquet Club in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States and was part of the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and ran from October 27 through November 2, 1986. First-seeded Zina Garrison won the singles title.


1986 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis, Finals, Doubles
Zina Garrison /  Lori McNeil defeated  Candy Reynolds /  Anne Smith 4–5, ret.


1986 Virginia Slims of Kansas
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Kansas was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Crestview Country Club in Wichita, Kansas in the United States and was part of the Category 1+ tier of the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and ran from January 20 through January 26, 1986. Unseeded Wendy White won the singles title and earned $12,000 first-prize money.


1986 Virginia Slims of Kansas, Finals, Doubles
Kathy Jordan /  Candy Reynolds defeated  JoAnne Russell /  Anne Smith 	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3


1986 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Manhattan Country Club in Manhattan Beach, California in the United States and was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1986 WTA Tour. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was held from August 11 through August 17, 1986. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $45,000 first-prize money.


1986 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Helena Suková 6–4, 6–3


1986 Virginia Slims of New Orleans
The 1986 Virginia Slims of New Orleans was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States that was part of the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from September 29 through October 5, 1986. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her second at the event after 1984, and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1986 Virginia Slims of New Orleans, Finals, Doubles
Candy Reynolds /  Anne Smith defeated  Svetlana Parkhomenko /  Larisa Savchenko 6–3, 3–6, 6–3


1986 Virginia Slims of Newport
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Newport was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States that was part of the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from July 14 through July 20, 1986. First-seeded Pam Shriver won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1986 Virginia Slims of Newport, Finals, Doubles
Terry Holladay /  Heather Ludloff defeated  Cammy MacGregor /  Gretchen Magers 6–1, 6–7, 6–3


1986 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Summerfield Racquet Club in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the United States and was part of the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and ran from February 24 through March 2, 1986. Fifth-seeded Marcella Mesker won the singles title.


1986 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma, Finals, Doubles
Marcella Mesker /  Pascale Paradis defeated  Lori McNeil /  Catherine Suire 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–1


1986 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania, also known as the VS of Pennsylvania, was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Hershey Racquet Club in Hershey, Pennsylvania in the United States that was part of the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the fourth and last edition of the event and was played from March 3 through March 9, 1986. Unseeded Janine Thompson won the singles title.


1986 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania, Finals, Doubles
Candy Reynolds /  Anne Smith defeated  Sandy Collins /  Kim Sands 7–6, 6–1


1986 Virginia Slims of San Diego
The 1986 Virginia Slims of San Diego was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the San Diego Hilton Beach & Tennis Resort in San Diego, California in the United States and was part of the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the third edition of the tournament and ran from July 28 through August 3, 1986. Unseeded Melissa Gurney won the singles title.


1986 Virginia Slims of San Diego, Finals, Doubles
Beth Herr /  Alycia Moulton defeated  Elise Burgin /  Rosalyn Fairbank 5–7, 6–2, 6–4


1986 Virginia Slims of Washington
The 1986 Virginia Slims of Washington, also known as the VS of Washington, was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the GWU Charles Smith Center in Washington, D.C. in the United States that was part of the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was played from January 6 through January 13, 1986. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title.


1986 Virginia Slims of Washington, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Helena Suková 6–3, 6–4


1986 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
The 1986 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Dooley.


1986 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Schedule
*Temple subsequently forfeited its entire 1986 schedule due to an ineligible player.


1986 Virginia ballot measures
The 1986 Virginia State Elections took place on Election Day, November 5, 1986, the same day as the U.S. House elections in the state. The only statewide elections on the ballot were four constitutional referendums  to amend the Virginia State Constitution. Because Virginia state elections are held on off-years, no statewide officers or state legislative elections were held. All referendums were referred to the voters by the Virginia General Assembly.


1986 Virginia ballot measures, Question 1
This amendment asked voters to allow any registered voter who has not voted in 4 years to continue to be registered if they make the request in writing and still live at the address listed on the registration records. This measure eventually overturned by another amendment in 1994.


1986 Virginia ballot measures, Question 2
This amendment asked voters to allow public employees (except those who are elected or those who are employed by an elected official) to be appointed assistant voter registrars or election officers. A similar amendment which was more broad had previously been rejected by voters in 1976.


1986 Virginia ballot measures, Question 3
This amendment asked voters to allow the Supreme Court of Virginia to answer questions of state law certified to it by a U.S. federal court or the highest appellate court of another state.


1986 Virginia ballot measures, Question 4
This amendment asked voters to give the state a right to appeal certain preliminary dismissals and exclusions of evidence in felony cases.


1986 Volta a Catalunya
The 1986 Volta a Catalunya was the 66th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 9 September to 18 September 1986. The race started in Platja d'Aro and finished in Barcelona. The race was won by Sean Kelly of the Kas team.


1986 Volvo International
The 1986 Volvo International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Stratton Mountain Resort in Stratton Mountain, Vermont, United States, and was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. The tournament ran from August 4 through August 11, 1986. First-seeded Ivan Lendl won the singles title.


1986 Volvo International, Finals, Doubles
Peter Fleming /  John McEnroe defeated  Paul Annacone /  Christo van Rensburg 6–3, 3–6, 6–3


1986 Volvo International – Doubles
Scott Davis and David Pate were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Kevin Curren and Matt Mitchell.


1986 Volvo International – Doubles
Peter Fleming and John McEnroe won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 against Paul Annacone and Christo van Rensburg.


1986 Volvo International – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1986 Volvo International – Singles
John McEnroe was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Boris Becker.


1986 Volvo International – Singles
Ivan Lendl won in the final 6–4, 7–6 against Becker.


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


1986 Volvo Tennis Chicago
The 1986 Volvo Tennis Chicago was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from March 24 through March 30, 1986. Third-seeded Boris Becker, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title.


1986 Volvo Tennis Chicago, Finals, Doubles
Ken Flach /  Robert Seguso defeated  Eddie Edwards /  Francisco González 6–0, 7–5


1986 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles
The 1986 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States that was part of the 1986 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. It was the 60th edition of the Pacific Southwest tournament and was held from September 15 through September 21, 1986. Sixth-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title, his second at the event after 1981, and the corresponding $50,000 first-prize money.


1986 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles, Finals, Doubles
Stefan Edberg /  Anders Järryd defeated  Peter Fleming /  John McEnroe 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(9–7)


1986 Vrancea earthquake
Striking central Romania on August 30 at 21:28 UTC, the 1986 Vrancea earthquake killed more than 150 people, injured over 500, and damaged over 50,000 homes. The second largest earthquake in the area since the modernization of earthquake monitoring devices, it was felt north to Poland and south to Italy and Greece. The death toll makes it the second deadliest earthquake to occur in 1986 worldwide, after major seism of San Salvador that took the lives of almost 1,500 people.


1986 Vrancea earthquake
One local news facility listed that the earthquake measured 6.5 on the Richter magnitude scale, and the USGS listed its seismic moments as 5.6 and 7.9. A research paper of V. I. Ulomov cited this earthquake with magnitude Mw 7.1. Its epicenter was somewhere in the Vrancea Mountains.


1986 Vrancea earthquake
The focal mechanism of the earthquake was described as "moderately well controlled", suggesting reverse faulting with some strike-slip motion.


1986 Vrancea earthquake, Geography
The epicenter was pinpointed to Vrancea County, specifically to the Vrancea Mountains, about 177 kilometres (110 mi) north of Bucharest. In 1977, another strong quake ruptured oil fields in the area.


1986 Vrancea earthquake, Aftershocks
The rupture was located at a depth of between 131 and 148 km, as revealed by the location of aftershock hypocenters. The strongest aftershock occurred in the morning of September 2, 1986, at 05:00 (EET), at 143 km depth, with magnitude 5.0 Ms, and was felt in Bucharest with an intensity of about III–IV degrees on the Mercalli intensity scale. In total, 77 aftershocks were recorded with a magnitude over 3.2 on the Richter scale, of which 19 exceeded the value of 4.0 magnitude on the Richter scale.


1986 Vrancea earthquake, Damage and casualties
The earthquake was felt in at least eight geographically diverse countries, affecting most of southeast Europe. The worst affected area was in the Focșani–Bârlad region, where intensity VIII (Severe) damage was recorded, causing a church to collapse. In Moldova, the earthquake had, in patches, quite severe effects. In Chișinău there is an unofficial mention of 4 apartment buildings which collapsed, resulting in at least 100 casualties, but no official data validates this information widespread on the internet. In southwestern Moldova, near the Prut floodplain, were observed subsidence of land, sand spouts and the formation of craters near the Prut riverbed. In Bucharest, 50 laborers who worked in the basement of a building died when they were crushed by piles of rubble.


1986 Vrancea earthquake, Damage and casualties
Causing 2 deaths, the earthquake also injured 558 people and about 55,000 homes damaged, leaving more than 12,500 people homeless in the Kishinev-Kagul area. Intensity of VII (Very strong) was reported in Bucharest and in northern Bulgaria. In addition, intensities of V (Moderate) were recorded in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonia), suggesting the earthquake was widespread. This is confirmed by reports of the earthquake as far north as Hungary and east Poland, and as far south as Greece and Italy. Lesser intensities of IV (Light) in Simferopol and Kiev in the Soviet Union and in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and III (Weak) in Moscow and Titograd, Yugoslavia were recorded.


1986 Vuelta a España
The 41st Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 22 April to 13 May 1986. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3,666 km (2,278 mi), and was won by Álvaro Pino of the Zor–BH cycling team.


1986 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10
The 1986 Vuelta a España was the 41st edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Palma de Mallorca, with a prologue individual time trial on 22 April, and Stage 10 occurred on 2 May with a stage to Palencia. The race finished in Jerez de la Frontera on 13 May.


1986 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Prologue
22 April 1986 — Palma de Mallorca to Palma de Mallorca, 5.7 km (3.5 mi) (ITT)


1986 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1
23 April 1986 — Palma de Mallorca to Palma de Mallorca, 190 km (120 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2
24 April 1986 — Barcelona to Barcelona, 182 km (113 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
25 April 1986 — Lleida to Zaragoza, 212 km (132 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4
26 April 1986 — Zaragoza to Logroño, 192 km (119 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 5
27 April 1986 — Haro to Santander, 202 km (126 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 6
28 April 1986 — Santander to Lakes of Covadonga, 191 km (119 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7
29 April 1986 — Cangas de Onís to Oviedo, 180 km (110 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
30 April 1986 — Oviedo to Alto del Naranco, 9.7 km (6.0 mi) (ITT)


1986 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9
1 May 1986 — Oviedo – San Isidro, 180 km (110 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
2 May 1986 — San Isidro to Palencia, 193 km (120 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21
The 1986 Vuelta a España was the 41st edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Palma de Mallorca, with a prologue individual time trial on 22 April, and Stage 11 occurred on 3 May with a stage from Valladolid. The race finished in Jerez de la Frontera on 13 May.


1986 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 11
3 May 1986 — Valladolid to Valladolid, 29.1 km (18.1 mi) (ITT)


1986 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 12
4 May 1986 — Valladolid to Segovia, 258 km (160 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 13
5 May 1986 — Segovia to Villalba, 148 km (92 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 14
6 May 1986 — Casino Gran Madrid (Torrelodones) to Leganés, 165 km (103 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 15
7 May 1986 — Aranjuez to Albacete, 207 km (129 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 16
8 May 1986 — Albacete to Jaén, 264 km (164 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 17
9 May 1986 — Jaén to Sierra Nevada, 172 km (107 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 18
10 May 1986 — Granada to Benalmádena, 191 km (119 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 19
11 May 1986 — Benalmádena to Puerto Real, 234 km (145 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 20
12 May 1986 — Puerto Real to Jerez de la Frontera, 239 km (149 mi)


1986 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 21
13 May 1986 — Jerez de la Frontera to Jerez de la Frontera, 22 km (14 mi) (ITT)


1986 Vuelta a Murcia
The 1986 Vuelta a Murcia was the second edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 25 February to 2 March 1986. The race started in Cartagena and finished in Murcia. The race was won by Miguel Induráin.


1986 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1986 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–8 at the Arena-Auditorium at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming.


1986 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
UTEP defeated top-seeded Wyoming in the championship game, 65–64, to clinch their second WAC men's tournament championship.


1986 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament. Third-seeded Utah, who lost in the quarterfinal round, also earned an at-large bid.


1986 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Even though the tournament field remained fixed at nine teams, there were some changes to the tournament structure. Teams were again seeded based on regular season conference records, although the previous double-bye structure for the top two seeds was eliminated. Instead, all teams were entered into the quarterfinal round with the exception of the two lowest-seeded teams, who played in the preliminary first round to determine who would then play against the tournament's top seed.


1986 WAFL season
The 1986 WAFL season was the 102nd season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League. It was the last season before the introduction of the West Coast Eagles in the VFL which would relegate the WAFL to a second-level league from 1987, and already all WAFL clubs were in severe financial difficulties as attendances were stagnant at best since 1970 and the financial power of wealthy VFL clubs drew most top players away and left below-market transfer fees as WAFL clubs’ inadequate main income source.


1986 WAFL season
There was also controversy over an attempt to play the Round 7 match between West Perth and Claremont on Mother's Day (11 May) which was vigorously opposed by young families, and the game was played on the Saturday, and the WAFL admitted mid-season that changes to its schedules with more matches in major rural centres and matches at night at the WACA were needed to counter the competition's dwindling appeal. WAFL chairman Roy Annear initially proposed to play two games a season in large towns like Geraldton, Bunbury and Kalgoorlie, although in modern times games in rural areas have been spread out to smaller centres at a lower frequency.


1986 WAFL season
On the field, 1986 saw financially crippled Perth, whose reserves had in 1985 made the Demons’ first finals appearance in any grade since 1978, build upon this under Mal Brown to reach the preliminary final. The loss of players to the VFL, however, prevented Perth building upon this in subsequent seasons and they have remained almost continuously a cellar-dweller since. East Fremantle and Subiaco, clearly the best teams in 1985, were even more dominant in 1986, though there was an unexpected end when hot favourites East Fremantle were thrashed in the Grand Final. Claremont, disappointing in 1984 and 1985, were spectacular early in 1986 before injuries to key players and form lapses saw a catastrophic fall from second with seven straight defeats.


1986 WAFL season
Swan Districts, who had achieve a mini-dynasty from 1980 to 1984 with 88 wins from 118 matches, declined from third to their fourteenth wooden spoon, as injuries to key players and loss of form by veteran Kevin Taylor could only rarely be covered. South Fremantle, possessing the severest financial problems in the WAFL, also suffered from clouds over Don Haddow's coaching future and disputes with the Fremantle Council over Fremantle Oval producing proposals the Bulldogs move to a multi-sport stadium in Cockburn. The Bulldogs suffered their worst season since 1972 and held no opponent under 100 points until the closing round.


1986 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 4
After having won only 27 matches between 1980 and 1985, Perth claimed a prized scalp as they exploited Claremont’s weakness at centre half-forward, whilst Craig Smith added to his reputation as a WAFL “tagger” by shutting down Malaxos.


1986 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 9
Claremont’s 32 behinds was the most in a match at Claremont Oval, but it was the Tiger defence led by Guy McKenna, Larry Kickett and Geoff Miles that dominated, holding a powerful Swan attack to 2.5 (17) in the first half in perfect conditions.


1986 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 12
South Fremantle produced their best effort to date, with Edwards and Bairstow outstanding – but a third-quarter lapse allowed the Falcons to win and enter the four for the first time in 1986.


1986 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, State of Origin match
This match has often been regarded as the greatest State of Origin match ever played.


1986 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 16
Returns to form by Taylor and Kimberley allowed Swans to grasp an exciting last-minute victory after having been fifteen points behind with ten minutes remaining in an always-close match.


1986 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 18
South Fremantle provided a huge upset to move off the bottom as the brilliant Bairstow and erratic Winmar (who had been in the reserves during June) plus a surprisingly solid defence held the Lions out all afternoon.


1986 WAFL season, Finals series, First semi-final
Despite the return of Mitchell and Malaxos, Claremont was uncompetitive against the Demons, who rebounded from two bad losses and never lost control.


1986 WAFL season, Finals series, Second semi-final
East Fremantle’s Darren Bennett became the first player to kick ten or more goals in a WA(N)FL final, and made the Sharks red-hot favourites to equal Port Adelaide’s 27 flags in the major Australian Rules leagues.


1986 WAFL season, Finals series, Grand Final
Subiaco crushed a powerful East Fremantle side to complete a rags-to-riches story over three seasons under Haydn Bunton, Jr., going from one win in 1982 and four in 1983 to premiers.


1986 WAFL season, Notes
As of 1986, the WACA had not been used for any WA(N)FL match since Perth ceased playing its home games there at the end of the 1958 season. In Round 17 of 1944 East Fremantle beat a winless under-19 South Fremantle team by 201 points. Their lone win during 1982 was against East Fremantle.


1986 WAFU Club Championship
The 1986 WAFU Club Championship was the ninth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won again by Africa Sports after defeating Asante Kotoko from Ghana 6-5 in penalty shootouts as both clubs had two goals each in its two matches. A total of 45 goals were scored. Originally a 22 match season, as Sierra Leone's Real Republicans and ASC Police from Nouakchott, Mauritania withdrew, Asante Kotoko and Université du Benin FC (or University of Benin FC) automatically qualify in the quarterfinals.


1986 WAFU Club Championship
Not a single club from Mali, Niger and the Gambia participated.


1986 WAFU Club Championship, Preliminary round
The matches took place from June 6 to 20. Africa Sports and Stade d'Abidjan directly qualified to the semis.


1986 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1986 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 27th conference playoff in league history and 34th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between February 28 and March 15, 1986. First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held at the DU Arena in Denver, Colorado. By winning the tournament, Denver was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1986 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
All member teams were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams. As a result of their being the regular season champion, Denver's home venue, DU Arena, served as the site for the Championship game regardless of which teams qualified for the penultimate match.


1986 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
Each series were two-game matchups with the team that scored the most goals advancing to the succeeding round. The teams that advanced to the semifinal were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship round. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


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


1986 WCT Scottsdale Open
The 1986 WCT Scottsdale Open was a men's WCT and Nabisco Grand Prix tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Scottsdale, Arizona in the United States. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from October 6 through October 13, 1986. First-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title.


1986 WCT Scottsdale Open, Finals, Doubles
Leonardo Lavalle /  Mike Leach defeated  Scott Davis /  David Pate 7–6, 6–4


1986 WCT Scottsdale Open – Doubles
Leonardo Lavalle and Mike Leach won the title, defeating Scott Davis and David Pate 7–6, 6–4 in the final.


1986 WCT Scottsdale Open – Singles
John McEnroe won the title, defeating Kevin Curren 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 in the final.


1986 WCT Tournament of Champions
The 1986 WCT Tournament of Champions, also known by its sponsored name Shearson Lehman Brothers Tournament of Champions,  was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City in the United States. The event was part of the 1986 Grand Prix circuit and was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). It was the tenth edition of the tournament and was held from May 5 through May 11, 1986. Fourth-seeded Yannick Noah won the singles title.


1986 WCT Tournament of Champions, Finals, Doubles
Hans Gildemeister /  Andrés Gómez defeated  Boris Becker /  Slobodan Živojinović 7–6, 7–5


1986 WCT World Doubles
The 1986 WCT World Doubles was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Royal Albert Hall in London, Great Britain that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the tour finals for the doubles season of the WCT Tour section. The tournament was held from January 6 through January 12, 1986.


1986 WCT World Doubles, Champions, Doubles
Heinz Günthardt /  Balázs Taróczy defeated  Paul Annacone /  Christo van Rensburg 6–4, 1–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4


1986 WNBL season
The 1986 season of the Australian Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) was the sixth season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 13 teams contested the league, and Nunawading Spectres emerged as champions.


1986 WTA German Open
The 1986 WTA German Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in West Berlin, West Germany that was part of the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from 12 May through 18 May 1986. Second-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title and earned $29,000 first-prize money. The tournament marked the first time that Graf defeated Martina Navratilova.


1986 WTA German Open, Finals, Doubles
Steffi Graf /  Helena Suková defeated  Martina Navratilova /  Andrea Temesvári 7–5, 6–2


1986 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1986 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth and final season under head coach Al Groh, the Demon Deacons compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a three-way tie for last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


1986 Wales rugby union tour of the South Pacific
The 1986 Wales rugby union tour of South Pacific was a series of matches played by Wales national rugby union team in the south pacific islands.


1986 Wales rugby union tour of the South Pacific
The matches with Tonga ad Samoa was the first official matches against Wales with the official status of "full international" assigned by Welsh Rugby Union


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


1986 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
The 1986 Wandsworth Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Wandsworth 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 Washington Huskies football team
The 1986 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its 12th season under head coach Don James, the team compiled an 8–3–1 record, finished in a tie for second place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 378 to 197. Reggie Rogers was selected as the team's most valuable player. Rogers, Kevin Gogan, Rod Jones, Rick Fenney, Steve Alvord, and Tim Peoples were the team captains.


1986 Washington Huskies football team, Season summary, Washington State
Jeff Jaeger set NCAA career record for field goals made.


1986 Washington Redskins season
The 1986 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 55th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 51st in Washington, D.C. The team improved on their 10–6 record from 1985 and returned to the playoffs after missing them the previous year, finishing with a 12–4 record, a second place finish in the NFC East, and qualified for the playoffs as a wild card. They defeated the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Wild Card Game at RFK Stadium, then upset the defending champion Chicago Bears in the Divisional Playoffs. The season came to an end in the NFC Championship Game when the Redskins were defeated by their division rivals, the New York Giants.


1986 Washington Redskins season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Playoff
In knocking off the defending Super Bowl champion Bears, the Redskins scored their first road playoff win under Joe Gibbs. It would not be the Gibbs-led Redskins' last road playoff win, though, as they scored wins in 1988 at Chicago, in 1990 at Philadelphia, in 1992 at Minnesota, and in 2005 at Tampa.


1986 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1986 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their ninth and final season under head coach Jim Walden, the Cougars compiled a 3–7–1 record (2–6–1 in Pac-10, eighth place) and were outscored 312 to 221.


1986 Washington State Cougars football team
The Cougars tied eventual Rose Bowl champion Arizona State in Tempe in late September, then beat USC by twenty points in Pullman, but lost their final five games and dropped in the standings.


1986 Washington State Cougars football team
WSU's statistical leaders in 1986 included senior quarterback Ed Blount with 1,882 passing yards, Kerry Porter with 921 rushing yards, and Kitrick Taylor with 523 receiving yards. Notable underclassmen included quarterback Timm Rosenbach, guard Mike Utley, and future head coach Paul Wulff.


1986 Washington State Cougars football team
Walden departed for Iowa State in the Big Eight Conference in mid-December, and was succeeded by Dennis Erickson, who returned to the Palouse (four years at Idaho) in January 1987 after just one season at Wyoming.


1986 Washington, D.C. mayoral election
The 1986 Washington, D.C. mayoral election occurred on Tuesday, November 6, 1986, with Democratic candidate and incumbent mayor Marion Barry defeating Republican candidate Carol Schwartz.


1986 Washington, D.C. mayoral election
Incumbent Marion Barry sought a third term as mayor in 1986. By this time, his dominance of city politics was so absolute that he faced only token opposition in the Democratic primary in the form of former school board member Mattie Taylor, whom Barry dispatched rather easily. Barry had expected to face Jesse Jackson, who had been encouraged by colleagues to seek the mayoralty, and who had been relatively popular in stark contrast to Barry's declining reputation.


1986 Washington, D.C. mayoral election
Barry, who knew that most of Jackson's income came from delivering speeches, used his political clout to arbitrarily disqualify Jackson by getting a law passed that said anyone who made more than a certain amount in honoraria was ineligible to run for D.C. office. Council members jokingly called this the "Jesse Jackson law," as it was legislated expressly to keep Jackson out of the mayoral race.


1986 Washington, D.C. mayoral election
As expected, he defeated Republican city councilwoman Carol Schwartz fairly handily in the November 4 general election. However, Schwartz won 33 percent of the vote—the first time a Republican had crossed the 30-percent barrier in a general election. For the third time, Barry received the endorsement of The Washington Post but "with far greater reservations and misgivings" than at any time in the past.


1986 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 1986 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 86th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.


1986 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 14 September 1986, Mount Sion won the championship after a 0-16 to 0-10 defeat of Lismore in the final. This was their 27th championship title overall and their first title since 1983.


1986 Way to Go
1986 Way To Go was a various artists "hits" collection album released in Australia in 1986 on the Festival/EMI record Label (Cat No. RML-50008). The album spent 3 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in 1986.


1986 Wellington City mayoral election
The 1986 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1986, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1986 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
The election saw one-term Mayor Ian Lawrence defeated by local advertising agent Jim Belich. 1986 also saw the Labour Party win their first ever majority of seats on the Council.


1986 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
In the last week of the campaign Belich launched a series of controversial advertisements on Lawrence and the council. One newspaper ad showed a toilet on the beach, linking to the clean water campaign to stop raw sewage discharge at Moa Point. Lawrence was  angered by the attack which reneged on a pact between the two to fight fair. Belich professed that he did not intend for any personal offence.


1986 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
Electoral reforms were implemented at the 1986 municipal elections, the method of electing councillors at large which had been used since 1901 was replaced with a ward system of local electoral districts.


1986 Wellington City mayoral election, Ward results
Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council.


1986 Wellington local elections
The 1986 Wellington local elections were part of the 1986 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1986 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council
The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and nineteen councillors elected from seven wards (Brooklyn, Eastern, Karori, Lambton, Northern, Otari, Southern).


1986 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Mayor, Brooklyn Ward
The Brooklyn Ward elects two members to the Wellington City Council


1986 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Mayor, Eastern Ward
The Eastern Ward elects four members to the Wellington City Council


1986 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Mayor, Karori Ward
The Karori Ward elects two members to the Wellington City Council


1986 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Mayor, Lambton Ward
The Lambton Ward elects three members to the Wellington City Council


1986 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Mayor, Northern Ward
The Northern Ward elects three members to the Wellington City Council


1986 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Mayor, Otari Ward
The Otari Ward elects four members to the Wellington City Council


1986 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Mayor, Southern Ward
The Southern Ward elects three members to the Wellington City Council


1986 Welsh Professional Championship
The 1986 Zetters Welsh Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in February 1986.


1986 Welsh Professional Championship
Terry Griffiths won the tournament defeating Doug Mountjoy 9–3 in the final.


1986 West African Nations Cup
The 1986 West African Nations Cup was the fourth edition of the tournament. It was held in Ghana between 23 February and 2 March. The title was won by the Varsity 3rds footy


1986 West Derbyshire by-election
The 1986 Derbyshire West by-election was held on 8 May 1986 when the sitting Conservative Party Member of Parliament, Matthew Parris, took the Chiltern Hundreds and resigned, in order to become the presenter of Weekend World for ITV.


1986 West Derbyshire by-election
The election was held on the same day as the 1986 local elections and the Ryedale by-election.


1986 West Derbyshire by-election
During the campaign, the seat's former MP, Matthew Parris, told Vincent Hanna on Newsnight that he thought Labour could gain the seat from the Conservatives.


1986 West Derbyshire by-election
In his memoirs, he admitted that he deliberately misled both Hanna and the audience to prevent a Liberal victory.


1986 West Derbyshire by-election
'had I not lied in an interview with the late Vincent Hanna, a BBC pollster carrying out a poll which most improbably suggested that Labour and not the Liberal Democrats[sic] were the challengers in this by-election, [the Liberals] would have won. I knew what I said was false.


1986 West Derbyshire by-election
Despite a large swing away from him, 28-year-old Patrick McLoughlin of the Conservative Party (who went on to serve in The Cabinet from 2010 to 2018) beat the Liberal Party candidate by 100 votes, and he remained the MP for the seat until his retirement in 2019.


1986 West Dorset District Council election
The 1986 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 8 May 1986 to elect councillors to West Dorset District 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 West Dorset District Council election
The 1986 election saw the Independent councillors maintain their majority control on the Council.


1986 West Lancashire District Council election
The 1986 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 1 May 1986 to elect members of West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1986 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1986 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 94th overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his seventh year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7 overall).


1986 Western Australian state election
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 8 February 1986 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 17 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Brian Burke, won a second term in office against the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Bill Hassell since 16 February 1984.


1986 Western Australian state election
The election resulted in one of Labor's best state election results after World War II, and featured a united National Party for the first time since the 1977 election.


1986 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly
Western Australian state election, 8 February 1986Legislative Assembly << 1983–1989 >>


1986 Western Isles Area Council election
The fourth election to Western Isles Council was held on 8 May 1986 as part of the wider 1986 Scottish regional elections.


1986 Western Isles Area Council election
The election was the first Western Isles council election to be contested by a political party, with the Scottish Labour Party putting up a single candidate in the Northbay ward. The Labour candidate was unsuccessful, gaining 5.2% of the vote in the ward.


1986 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1986 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach Jack Harbaugh, the Broncos compiled a 3–8 record (3–5 against MAC opponents), finished in eighth place in the MAC, and were outscored by their opponents, 257 to 183. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1986 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Chris Conklin with 1,668 passing yards, Joe Glenn with 602 rushing yards, and Kelly Spielmaker with 575 receiving yards. Quarterback Chris Conklin, guard Sam Culbert, and defensive tackle Mark Garalczyk were the team captains. Garalczyk received the team's most outstanding player award; he was also selected as the MAC defensive player of the year.


1986 Western Michigan Broncos football team
On November 17, 1986, two days after the final game of the season, and despite winning three of the last five games, coach Harbaugh was fired. Harbaugh had compiled a record of 25–27–3. Michigan coach Bo Schembechler called Harbaugh's firing "one of the tragedies of sport", referred to the head coaching job at Western as "the worst job in America", and said that Western had "the worst-administered athletic department, maybe the worst-administered school."


1986 Western Soccer Alliance, History
After the success of the 1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series, three of the teams from that series, F.C. Seattle, F.C. Portland and the San Jose Earthquakes established the Western Soccer Alliance. The Victoria Riptide, a participant in 1985, did not return but was replaced by the Edmonton Brick Men which had played games against the series team in 1985. These teams were joined by the Hollywood Kickers, Los Angeles Heat and San Diego Nomads expanded the alliance from its Northwest Pacific roots into southern California. The Alliance played a regular season schedule only.


1986 Western Soccer Alliance, History
Continuing the previous season's tradition of playing with a guest team - in that year, the Edmonton Brick Men, who had subsequently joined the league proper for 1986 - the Western Soccer Alliance this time sought two guest teams, turning this time to the United Kingdom. The two teams recruited were the English Football League First Division side Manchester City and Scottish Premier Division side Dundee, who each played one away match against each team and played no home fixtures. In the event, F.C. Portland were unable to play their game against Manchester City, instead rescheduling their game for later in the season, and replacing City - who had returned to England for the start of their own season - with a team composed of former Portland Timbers players.


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


1986 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971-2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1986.


1986 Wichita State Shockers football team
The 1986 Wichita State Shockers football team represented Wichita State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Shockers competed as an independent program and played their home games at Cessna Stadium. It was the Shockers 90th and final season. The team, coached by Ron Chismar, went 3–8 and announced on December 2 that the team's 1986 season would be its last. University officials cited financial issues and lack of success as two of many factors leading to the program's termination. The 1970 plane crash involving the Shockers football team, in which only nine of 37 passengers survived, also played a role in the shuttering of the program.


1986 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1986, with one third of the seats scheduled for re-election. Since the previous election three by-elections had taken place, with Labour gaining the seat being fought in Orrell from the Conservatives as well as holding their seats in Bedford-Astley and Beech Hill. The election seen fewer contestants than any previous election since the council's creation in 1973, with a record of four seats (Abram, Hindley, Hindley Green and Leigh Central) unchallenged.


1986 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Even amongst those contested there were no minor parties represented, the fewest Alliance candidates since the 1980 election and a record low of Conservative contenders at sixteen. The results were similarly record-breaking as Labour won twenty two seats, with the Conservative and Alliance majorities in their respective heartland wards - and only holds - of Swinley and Langtree reduced to slender majorities. Labour won a high of 65% share of the vote, conversely the Conservatives share fell to a low of 13.1%, with their actual vote dropping into four figures for the first time. Overall turnout rose from the preceding year's underwhelming figure of 29.2%, to a more commonplace 35.8%.


1986 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


1986 Wightman Cup
The 1986 Wightman Cup was the 58th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London in England in the United Kingdom.


1986 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 1986 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as an independent during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his seventh year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with a record of 9–3 and ranked No. 8 in the final NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll. The Tribe qualified for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, losing to Delaware in the first round.


1986 Wimbledon Championships
The 1986 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 100th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 1986.


1986 Wimbledon Championships
For the first time yellow balls were used during the tournament. In recognition of the 100th championship, the two oldest living singles champions were invited to present the singles championship trophies: Jean Borotra presented the gentlemen's singles and Kitty Godfree presented the ladies', both alongside the President of the All England Club Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and his wife.


1986 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for 1986 championships was £2,119,780. The winner of the men's title earned £140,000 while the women's singles champion earned £126,000.


1986 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Joakim Nyström /  Mats Wilander defeated  Gary Donnelly /  Peter Fleming, 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–3


1986 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Hana Mandlíková /  Wendy Turnbull, 6–1, 6–3


1986 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Ken Flach /  Kathy Jordan defeated  Heinz Günthardt /  Martina Navratilova, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)


1986 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Tomás Carbonell /  Petr Korda defeated  Shane Barr /  Hubert Karrasch, 6–1, 6–1


1986 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Michelle Jaggard /  Lisa O'Neill defeated  Leila Meskhi /  Natasha Zvereva, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7), 6–4


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Tomás Carbonell and Petr Korda defeated Shane Barr and Hubert Karrasch in the final, 6–1, 6–1 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 1986 Wimbledon Championships.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Eduardo Vélez defeated Javier Sánchez in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1986 Wimbledon Championships.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Michelle Jaggard and Lisa O'Neill defeated Leila Meskhi and Natasha Zvereva in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7), 6–4 to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 1986 Wimbledon Championships.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles, Seeds
The top 3 seeds received a bye into the second round.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Natasha Zvereva defeated Leila Meskhi in the final, 2–6, 6–2, 9–7 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1986 Wimbledon Championships.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
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1986 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Heinz Günthardt and Balázs Taróczy were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to  Sammy Giammalva and Greg Holmes.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Joakim Nyström and Mats Wilander defeated Gary Donnelly and Peter Fleming in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–3 to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 1986 Wimbledon Championships.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
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1986 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Defending champion Boris Becker successfully defended his title, defeating Ivan Lendl in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1986 Wimbledon Championships.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
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1986 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Paul McNamee and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. McNamee competed with Hana Mandlíková but lost in the first round to David Graham and Elise Burgin, while Navratilova played with Heinz Günthardt.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Ken Flach and Kathy Jordan defeated Günthardt and Navratilova in the final, 6–3, 7–6(9–7) to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1986 Wimbledon Championships.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Jordan competed with Alycia Moulton but lost in the third round to Hana Mandlíková and Wendy Turnbull, while Smylie played with Catherine Tanvier but lost in the quarterfinals to Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Navratilova and Shriver defeated Mandlíková and Turnbull in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1986 Wimbledon Championships.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
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1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Martina Navratilova successfully defended her title, defeating Hana Mandlíková in the final, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1986 Wimbledon Championships.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
This was the first Wimbledon appearance of future champion Jana Novotná in the tournament; she was defeated by Susan Mascarin in the first round.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
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1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Steffi Graf was originally seeded #3 but withdrew due to illness before the tournament draw was made. All original seeds from 4-16 moved up one place, and a new #16 seed was added.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Barbara Potter withdrew due to injury. She was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Ronni Reis.


1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1986 Winfield State League season
The 1986 Winfield State League was the 5th season of the Queensland Rugby League's statewide competition. The competition was run similarly to the NSWRL's Amco Cup, featuring a short format prior the larger Brisbane Premiership season. The Wynnum Manly Seagulls defeated the Redcliffe Dolphins in the final at Lang Park in Brisbane, winning their third straight title.


1986 Winfield State League season, Teams
A total of 14 teams competed in the 1986 season, 8 of which were BRL Premiership clubs. The remaining six were regional teams from across the state.


1986 Winfield State League season, Finals
The Seagulls would pull off a massive victory in the Semi Finals against Ipswich, before defeating Redcliffe by a large margin in the Grand Final to win their third consecutive Winfield State League title.


1986 Winisk flood
On May 16, 1986, the Northern Ontario community of Winisk was flooded during an ice jam. The ice jam on the Winisk River caused large chunks of ice and flood waters to overwhelm the village. Two people were killed and all but two of more than 60 buildings in the community were destroyed.


1986 Winisk flood, Background
The community of Winisk was home to the Weenusk First Nation and located along the river of the same name. Homes in the First Nation were built on muskeg. Located in subarctic Northern Ontario, the area was sparsely populated and could experience large-scale flooding caused by erratic spring ice breakup.


1986 Winisk flood, Background
During Treaty negotiations, Indigenous leaders warned the federal government that the area chosen for the Weenusk First Nation was prone to flooding but their warnings were dismissed. The community had previously been destroyed by floods in 1966 but was resettled in the same location. Chiefs had urged the federal government to relocate the community due to the risk of flooding for twenty years prior to the 1986 flood. The federal and provincial governments had planned to relocate the community by 1989, after first constructing an airstrip.


1986 Winisk flood, Background
Chief George Hunter and the band council had undertaken studies to determine what it would cost to move the community to higher ground, but funding was not approved for the move until weeks before the flood. Some members of the community prepared for flooding by tying up boats in their yards during the spring in case flood waters reached the village.


1986 Winisk flood, Flood event
The ice upstream of the Winisk river broke up before the ice at the river's mouth. The ice and water flowing downstream could not flow into the bay, and was instead forced up onto the riverbank. The ice and water came in, bursting the river's banks and buildings were smashed and carried away by the ice. Although preparations were made, many residents of the community were caught by surprise when the ice came. Residents had minutes to board boats and canoes before the ice and water overwhelmed buildings.


1986 Winisk flood, Flood event
Massive boulders of ice, some described as being as large as two storey buildings, were carried by the torrent through town. Homes were lifted off of their foundations and carried inland by the floodwaters. Boats carrying evacuated residents were tossed around between huge chunks of ice, warping and crushing boats. Power lines snapped and the community's power station exploded as ice chunks impacted the building, cutting off telephone and electricity to the community.


1986 Winisk flood, Flood event
The community's priest used the community's only working radio to contact Telesat before the power was cut. A man from Telesat contacted authorities and helicopters arrived in the community approximately three hours later.


1986 Winisk flood, Flood event
Rescue efforts took several hours as helicopters rescued residents from the ice and displaced homes in foggy conditions. People were airlifted to the Winisk Airport, which was above the floodwaters, and evacuated to Attawapiskat. Residents were allowed back into the community to collect some belongings on May 17th.


1986 Winisk flood, Aftermath
Two people died during the flood. An elderly man drowned after failing to reach his boat. A woman drowned and was crushed by ice after saving her baby from drowning. The community of Winisk was abandoned and the Weenusk First Nation relocated to a location chosen by the community, approximately 30 kilometres south. The new settlement was located on higher ground and was named Peawanuck, meaning "flintrock" in Cree language. It cost $10 million to construct the new homes in Peawanuck in 1987.


1986 Winisk flood, Aftermath
The homes were built by Winisk residents, residents from surrounding First Nations and a few volunteers between May and December 1987. Supplies were delivered via helicopter transport and specialists from the south came to construct a diesel power plant, drill wells and to engineer an airstrip. During construction families lived in tents, and by the time they moved into their houses in December it often reached -30°C.


1986 Winisk flood, Aftermath
A coroner's inquest was launched as a result of the disaster. Several recommendations were made, including more effective surveillance of river conditions, the implementation of an early flood warning system, emergency transportation adequate to serve its population, and that a specialized committee be established to address the concerns of flooding in the James and Hudson Bay region. Communication was cited as an issue and it was recommended that each northern community be provided with portable radio systems. It was also recommended to Ontario Hydro that all power lines crossing river systems be raised to prevent damage like that caused at the Winisk flood.


1986 Winisk flood, Aftermath
The community of Peawanuck, as recently as 2016, commemorates the anniversary of the flood with community events.


1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 3rd place in the West Division with an 11–7 record. They played in the West Semi-Final but lost to the BC Lions.


1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Preseason
† June 7, 1986, game against Montreal was played at Canada Games Stadium in Saint John, New Brunswick.


1986 Winnipeg municipal election
The 1986 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 22, 1986 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.


1986 Winnipeg municipal election
Bill Norrie was re-elected to a fourth term as mayor, defeating former Member of the Legislative Assembly Russell Doern and ten other candidates.


1986 Winston 500
The 1986 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on May 4, 1986, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama.


1986 Winston 500
Total earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $77,905 ($181,707 with inflation) to the last-place finisher's share of $5,135 ($11,977 with inflation) out of a total purse of $499,905. ($1,165,990 with inflation).


1986 Winston 500, Background
Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a Tri-oval and was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in the 1960s. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line - located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega Superspeedway is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66 miles (4.28 km), and the track at its peak had a seating capacity of 175,000 spectators.


1986 Winston 500, Race report
Seven drivers failed to qualify for the race including: Mark Martin in his only DNQ along with J. D. McDuffie, Davey Allison, and Alan Kulwicki.


1986 Winston 500, Race report
Bill Elliott would win the pole position with a speed of 212.229mph, a track record, which he broke the following year with a speed of 212.809mph. The addition of restrictor plates starting in 1988 would eventually keep qualifying speeds below 200mph. There were nine cautions in the race; 24 different lead changes were made on the track. The race took more than three hours to complete.


1986 Winston 500, Race report
The first half of the race was mostly a thrilling three-way battle between Dale Earnhardt, Bill Elliott, and Bobby Allison. No one else seemed to be able to run with the three, though many tried. Sterling Marlin was running well early until he shredded a tire going down the backstretch, eventually falling out of the race with a burnt piston. Kyle Petty may have had the fastest car on track, carving his way up to third place at one point.


1986 Winston 500, Race report
On lap 65, Petty was running inside the top 5 when Cale Yarborough blew an engine right in front of the pack. Petty went low top avoid the spinning Yarborough, clipped the infield grass on the backstretch, and spun up right in front of Geoff Bodine and Trevor Boys. Bodine piled into the side of Petty's Ford, while Boys went low and t-boned Yarborough. All four cars were eliminated, though Bodine and Petty would briefly return later on. Petty would eventually drop out after a second crash late in the event.


1986 Winston 500, Race report
By halfway, Elliott, Allison, and Earnhardt were pretty much running by themselves. Darrell Waltrip looked as if he might be able to challenge the trio, but blew his motor on lap 104 while chasing the leaders down. Elliott would go on to dominate the second half of the race, as Earnhardt found himself unable to catch up to Elliott. With about 13 laps to go, Elliott suddenly slowed on track. For the second straight week in a row, his engine had expired.


1986 Winston 500, Race report
Bobby Allison, who had been drafting with Rick Wilson, inherited the lead briefly before the yellow came out for oil from Elliott's engine. Buddy Baker, having run midfield all day, took the lead on the restart. Baker, Allison, and Earnhardt enjoyed a good scrap for the lead over the last 10 laps, with Allison coming out on top after taking the lead with 6 to go. Debris in addition to three major accidents and an oil spill would contribute to delays in the race; about 22% of the race was run under a caution flag while the average green flag run was nearly 15 laps.


1986 Winston 500, Race report
Bobby Allison (driving a 1986 Buick Regal) held off a last-lap pass attempt in the third turn by Dale Earnhardt to win by almost 0.2 seconds over Earnhardt in front of 133,000 people. Dale Earnhardt's second-place finish, combined with Darrell Waltrip's engine failure, led to Earnhardt taking control of the Winston Cup points lead, which he wouldn't relinquish for the rest of the year. Buddy Baker's third was his best result of the season, while Bobby Hillin Jr. and Phil Parsons scored career-best results of fourth and fifth respectively. Allison was 48 years old, making him one of the oldest drivers to ever win a NASCAR Cup Series racing event. Allison's win would be the first since the 1984 World 600. Tommy Gale would finish his NASCAR career with this race.


1986 Winston 500, Race report
Jody Ridley received credit for his finish in last place due to an engine problem on the fourth lap of this 188-lap event. Ron Bouchard would lead his final lap in his Cup Series career; after winning the 1981 Talladega 500 as a rookie on the same track. Trevor Boys (Canada) was the only foreigner in the race.


1986 Winston 500, Race report
A 20-year-old fan, Darren Charles Crowder stole the pace car of the race and took it for a joyride but was apprehended before completing two laps.


1986 Winston 500, Finishing order
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased * Driver failed to finish race


1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.


1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate


1986 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1986 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1986 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
The 1986 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1986. Republican Tommy Thompson won the election with 53% of the vote, winning his first term as Governor of Wisconsin and defeating incumbent Governor Anthony Earl. This was the first time since 1962 that the winner of a Wisconsin gubernatorial election was of the same party as the incumbent president.


1986 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 1 May 1986 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.


1986 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Due to a vacancy in Wednesfield North two members were elected.


1986 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The Labour Party gained the following wards from the Conservatives:


1986 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Prior to the election the constitution of the Council was:


1986 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1986 Hi-Tec Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at East Grinstead and the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 14–22 April 1986. Susan Devoy won her third consecutive title defeating Lisa Opie in the final.


1986 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 1986 Women's Hockey World Cup was the sixth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, an international field hockey tournament. It was held from 15 to 24 August 1986 in Amstelveen, Netherlands.


1986 Women's Hockey World Cup
Netherlands won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating West Germany 3–0 in the final.


1986 Women's Hockey World Cup, Statistics, Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


1986 Women's Hockey World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 151 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.


1986 Women's Lacrosse World Cup
The 1986 Women's Lacrosse World Cup was the second Women's Lacrosse World Cup and was played at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania from June 14–21, 1986. Australia defeated United States in the final to win the tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Brine.


1986 Women's World Championship (snooker)
The 1986 Women's World Championship was a women's snooker tournament organised by the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association and held in Solihull from 9 to 12 October 1986. The event is recognised as the 1986 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship first held in 1976. Allison Fisher defeated Sue LeMaich 5–0 in the final to win the title.


1986 Women's World Championship (snooker)
Defending champion Allison Fisher, who had not lost a match to another woman player for two years, reached the semi-final without losing a frame. The only frame she lost during the tournament was in her 4–1 defeat of Angela Jones in the semi-final. Fisher retained her title with a 5–0 whitewash of Sue LeMaich in the final. Fisher's break of 84 against Lynette Horsburgh in the last 16 round was a new championship record and remained the highest of that year's competition.


1986 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 15 and 16 February 1986 in Inzell at the Ludwig Schwabl Stadion ice rink.


1986 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women
The 47th edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women took place on 8 and 9 February 1986 in The Hague at the De Uithof ice rink.


1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Reno, United States from May 8 to 18. The fourth edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.


1986 World Aquatics Championships
The 1986 World Aquatics Championships took place in M86 Swimming Center in Madrid, Spain between August 13 and August 23, 1986, with 1119 participating athletes. In swimming, the 50 m freestyle events and women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay were held for the first time.


1986 World Badminton Grand Prix Finals
The 1986 World Badminton Grand Prix was the fourth edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from December 16 to December 21, 1986.


1986 World Cup (snooker)
The 1986 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament played at the Bournemouth International Centre. Car Care Plan became the sponsors for this year's tournament.


1986 World Cup (snooker)
As champions it was Ireland's turn to be played in 2 separate teams with the team which won the previous year played as Ireland "A" with Dennis Taylor, Alex Higgins and Eugene Hughes and Ireland "B" with Patsy Fagan, Tommy Murphy and Paddy Browne. Ireland "A" went on to beat Canada to retain the title, only the second nation to do so.


1986 World Doubles Championship
The 1986 Hofmeister World Doubles was the fifth staging of the doubles snooker tournament. It was played at the Derngate in Northampton and held between 2 and 14 December 1986 with the tournament televised on ITV.


1986 World Doubles Championship
Steve Davis and Tony Meo went on to win their fourth title in five years by beating Mike Hallett and 17 year old Stephen Hendry 12–3 in the final, after leading 11–2 before the last session. The highest break of the tournament, calculated as the highest combined break made by playing partners in a single match, was 217 by Davis and Meo.


1986 World Doubles Championship, Results
Results from the last 16 onwards are shown below. Winning players are denoted in bold.


1986 World Fencing Championships
The 1986 World Fencing Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event took place from July 25 to August 3, 1986.


1986 World Field Archery Championships
The 1986 World Field Archery Championships were held in Radstadt, Austria.


1986 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1986 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland from March 18 to 23. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1986 World Figure Skating Championships
The ISU Representative was Josef Dědič (Czechoslovakia), and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták (Hungary).


1986 World Figure Skating Championships
Soviet judge Natalia Danilenko was suspended for ignoring a new rule requiring mandatory deductions of 0.1 for falls; she gave Alexandr Fadeev a score of 5.9 after he fell twice, instead of a maximum of 5.8.


1986 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 1986 Embassy World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at the Coatbridge indoor bowling club, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, from 03-9 February 1986.Tony Allcock won the title beating Phil Skoglund in the final.


1986 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The Inaugural 1986 Midland Bank World Indoor Pairs Championship was held at the Bournemouth International Centre from 7–13 April 1986. David Bryant & Tony Allcock won the title beating Bob Fairbairn & Bob Stephenson in the final 5 sets to 2 (5-6, 8-3, 8-3, 10-1, 1-9, 8-5, 8-3).


1986 World Judo Championships
The 1986 World Judo Championships were the 4th and final edition of the Women's World Judo Championships, and were held in Maastricht, Netherlands from October 24 to 26 1986. The men's competition and women's competition were merged and held in the same venue from 1987 onwards.


1986 World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships
The 1986 ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships were the inaugural edition of the ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships. The event took place in Spittal an der Drau, Austria from 16 to 20 July 1986 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF).


1986 World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships
Three medal events took place. No C2 event or team events were held.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 1st World Junior Championships in Athletics was the inaugural 1986 edition of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Athens, Greece on 16–20 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation
According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1135 athletes from 142 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres walk
The men's 10,000 metres walk event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 81 athletes from 60 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 July. 106.7cm (3'6) (senior implement) hurdles were used.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 54 athletes from 45 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run
The men's 20 kilometres road run event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, on 20 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 80 athletes from 62 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 2000 metres steeplechase
The men's 2000 metres steeplechase event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 20 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 2000 metres steeplechase, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 93 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4×400 metres relay event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 70 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 18 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 53 athletes from 38 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 19 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 July.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 53 athletes from 44 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 July. Senior implements (106.7cm (3'6) hurdles, 7257g shot, 2kg discus) were used.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, Results, Final
N.B. In the 100 meters, of the 4 heats, two were run with legal wind & two heats were run with wind above the legal limit of 2 m/s.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 July. A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.


1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.