1986 Arizona Wildcats football team, Before the season
Arizona finished the 1985 season with a record of 8–3–1 (5–2 in Pac-10) and tied with Georgia in the Sun Bowl. The team entered 1986 with high expectations, and had their live television ban lifted following sanctions against them from 1983. They were also eligible to be placed in the poll rankings in the season. In addition, the Wildcats began the year in contention for the Pac-10 title and Rose Bowl.


1986 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UCLA
Undefeated and eleventh-ranked Arizona visited UCLA at the Rose Bowl. The Wildcats led 18-0 earlier in the game and seemed like they would stay unbeaten before the Bruins bounced back to grab the lead before Arizona regained it the fourth quarter. With over a minute remaining, UCLA drove into Arizona territory and scored to retake the lead for good, and Arizona suffered a tough loss to the Bruins for the second season in a row and lost for the first time in 1986.


1986 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, USC
On homecoming day, the Wildcats hosted USC in a top-20 matchup. Although the Wildcats (ranked 14th) would hang tough with the Trojans (18th), their offense didn't do enough to put up more points and fell short at the end. Smith would become USC's coach after the season (see below).


1986 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
In the regular season finale, Arizona hosted fourth-ranked and unbeaten Arizona State in the annual rivalry game. Entering the game, Arizona State had already clinched both the Pac-10 title and Rose Bowl berth. The Wildcats defense shut down the Sun Devils’ offense for most of the game, including a goal-line stand in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, ASU, down 24–10, drove down the field and attempted to cut into Arizona's lead. Quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst dropped back and lofted a pass to the end zone.


1986 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
However, Wildcat safety Chuck Cecil intercepted and ran back the other way down the sideline for a 100-yard touchdown return to give Arizona a 31–10 lead that sent Arizona Stadium (and Tucson) into a frenzy. ASU would not recover from the play and the Wildcats went on to win 34-17 and gave the Sun Devils their first and only loss of the season and ended ASU's chances for a possible national championship. Arizona fans often declare Cecil's pick-six as the greatest moment in Wildcat football history.


1986 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Stanford
Riding high on the momentum after its big victory over Arizona State, the Wildcats traveled out of the country to play Stanford in Tokyo in a special matchup. The Cardinal would narrowly get past Arizona, ending the regular season. This was the first and so far, only time in Wildcat history that the team played a game outside of the United States.


1986 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, North Carolina (Aloha Bowl)
In the Aloha Bowl in Hawaii, Arizona faced North Carolina (whom, like Arizona, are best known for their prestigious men's basketball programs). The Wildcats played hard and defeated the Tar Heels to win their first-ever bowl game in program history (the Wildcats had been winless their previous bowl appearances, including a tie in the previous year). It turned out to be Smith's final game as Arizona's coach.


1986 Arizona Wildcats football team, After the season
At the conclusion of the season, Smith left Arizona to accept the head coaching position at USC, due to the fact that the Trojans’ football tradition lasted longer than the Wildcats and that he would be offered more money since Los Angeles is a much larger market than Tucson, and that Arizona didn't pay him as much as the coach.


1986 Arizona Wildcats football team, After the season
To replace Smith, the Wildcats hired Hawaii coach Dick Tomey, to take over the program (coincidentally, Arizona's Aloha Bowl victory occurred on Hawaii's home field). Arizona believed that Tomey would build a chemistry with the players and to help rebuild the team after Smith's departure. Tomey would build the Wildcats to greater heights, highlighted by a dominant defense in the early-to-mid 1990s. Tomey stepped down as coach after the 2000 season.


1986 Arizona gubernatorial election
The 1986 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1986, for the post of Governor of Arizona. Republican Evan Mecham defeated the Democratic nominee and State Superintendent Carolyn Warner and independent candidate Bill Schulz. This was the first gubernatorial election in which La Paz County participated after separating from Yuma County in between this election and the one just before it.


1986 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 1986 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1986 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 1986 Arkansas gubernatorial election was conducted on November 4, 1986, to elect the Governor of Arkansas.


1986 Arkansas gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor Bill Clinton stood for re-election. He had been elected in 1982 and re-elected in 1984, and sought a third consecutive term and fourth overall (Clinton had been first elected in 1978). His opponent was former Republican Governor Frank D. White, who was seeking to return to the office he had defeated Clinton for in the 1980 election.


1986 Arkansas gubernatorial election
After Amendment 63 to the Arkansas state constitution took effect, the term for all Arkansas governors was extended from two years to four. The 1986 election was the first to take place since then, meaning whoever managed to win would become the first elected to a four-year term as Governor of Arkansas.


1986 Arkansas gubernatorial election
Clinton had defeated former Governor Orval Faubus for the Democratic nomination, while White defeated former Lieutenant Governor Maurice Britt in the Republican primary.


1986 Arkansas gubernatorial election, Result
Clinton won the election with almost 64% of the vote.


1986 Army Cadets football team
The 1986 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Jim Young, the Cadets compiled a 6–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 292 to 276. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated Navy, 27–7.


1986 Army Cadets football team, Game summaries, Navy
The entire game was played without a single penalty being committed by either team.


1986 Asia Cup
The 1986 Asia Cup (also known as the John Player Gold Leaf Trophy), was the second Asia Cup tournament, and was held in Sri Lanka between March 30 and April 6. Three teams took part in the tournament: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Asian leading associate member Bangladesh. India pulled out of the tournament due to strained cricketing relations with Sri Lanka and was replaced by Asian leading associate nation Bangladesh, which had qualified by winning the 1984 South-East Asia Cup.


1986 Asia Cup
The 1986 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once, and the top two teams qualifying for a place in the final. Pakistan won both its matches and qualified for the final against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan to win their first Asia Cup.


1986 Asia Golf Circuit
The 1986 Asia Golf Circuit was the 25th season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit.


1986 Asia Golf Circuit
Taiwan's Lu Hsi-chuen claimed the overall circuit title for a record equalling fourth time, having previously won in 1979, 1980 and 1981.


1986 Asia Golf Circuit, Tournament schedule
The table below shows the 1986 Asian Golf Circuit schedule. Due to economic turmoil in the Philippines, the Philippine Open was dropped from the circuit in 1984, and continued as a non-circuit event in 1986.


1986 Asia Golf Circuit, Final standings
The Asia Golf Circuit operated a points based system to determine the overall circuit champion, with points being awarded in each tournament to the leading players. At the end of the season, the player with the most points was declared the circuit champion, and there was a prize pool to be shared between the top players in the points table.


1986 Asian Club Championship
The 1986 Asian Club Championship was the 6th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in Fall of 1986. The final round was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December 1986.


1986 Asian Club Championship
Furukawa Electric FC (JPN) became the first Japanese club to win the Asian Championship.


1986 Asian Club Championship, First round, Group 3
Qualification from the 1986 GCC Champions League held in Riyadh.


1986 Asian Club Championship, First round, Group 8
Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso (SKo) withdrew; therefore, both South China and Hap Kuan qualified.


1986 Asian Games
The 1986 Asian Games (Korean: 1986년 아시아 경기대회/1986년 아시안 게임, romanized: Cheon gubaeg palsib yug-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Cheon gubaeg palsib yug-nyeon Asian Geim), also known as the 10th Asian Games and the X Asiad (Korean: 제10회 아시아 경기대회/제10회 아시안 게임, romanized: Je sib hoe Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Je sib hoe Asian Geim) were held from 20 September to 5 October 1986, in Seoul, South Korea. The venues and facilities of the 10th Asiad were the same venues and facilities that would be used in the 1988 Summer Olympics, as it was considered a test event.


1986 Asian Games
Seoul had previously been scheduled to host the 1970 games, but it received security threats from neighbouring North Korea, forcing it to give up hosting the games to previous 1966 host Bangkok, Thailand.


1986 Asian Games, Host city selection
Baghdad, Pyongyang, and Seoul were the bidding cities for the Games, but both Baghdad and Pyongyang later withdrew.


1986 Asian Games, Boycotting countries
Communist states North Korea, Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan, and South Yemen, as well as Burma, Syria, and Brunei all boycotted the Games for political reasons and conditions. However, the communist People's Republic of China, which was set to host the next games in Beijing, competed, and ultimately finished at the top of the medal table. Two years later, all except North Korea participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics, although Brunei sent only one official and no athletes.


1986 Asian Games, Terrorist attack
A North Korean spy detonated a bomb behind a vending machine in Gimpo International Airport and killed five people, including a technician, just a few days before the Games started.


1986 Asian Games, Mascot
The official mascot for the 1986 Asian Games was Hodori the tiger, which was also the mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympics.


1986 Asian Games, Medal table
The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, South Korea, is highlighted.


1986 Asian Games medal table
The 1986 Asian Games was a multi-sport event celebrated in Seoul, South Korea from September 20 to October 5, 1986.


1986 Asian Games medal table, Medal table
The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given; they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.


1986 Asian Junior Athletics Championships
The 1986 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the inaugural edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It took place from 4–7 December in Jakarta, Indonesia. A total of 40 events were contested, 22 for male athletes and 18 for female athletes.


1986 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship
The 1986 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 18 October to 25 October 1986


1986 Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships
The 3rd Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships 1997 were held in Nagoya, Japan, from  1 ‐ 6 April 1986. It was organised by the Japan Table Tennis Association under the authority of the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) and International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).


1986 Asian Table Tennis Championships
The 8th Asian Table Tennis Championships 1986 were held in Shenzhen, China from 7 to 14 October 1986. It was organised by the Chinese Table Tennis Association under the authority of Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) and International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).


1986 Asian Winter Games
The 1st Asian Winter Games (Japanese: 1986年アジア冬季競技大会, romanized: 1986-Nen Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai) were held from March 1 to 8, 1986 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. The Japanese Olympic Committee first suggested the idea of having a continent-wide winter version of the Asian Games in 1982. With Sapporo's expertise and infrastructure available after successfully hosting the 1972 Winter Olympics, the Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly in Seoul in 1984 decided to give Japan the privilege of hosting the first ever Asian Winter Games. Participating in a total of 35 events in seven sports were 430 athletes and officials from seven countries.


1986 Asian Winter Games, Sports
A total of 35 events from 4 sports and 7 disciplines were held in the First Asian Winter Games. Large-hill (90m) Ski jumping was a demonstration sport.


1986 Asian Winter Games, Participating nations
7 National Olympic Committees (NOC) entered teams in the 1986 Asian Winter Games. Below is a list of the nations with the number of competitors indicated in brackets.


1986 Associate Members' Cup Final
The 1986 Associate Members' Cup Final, known as the Freight Rover Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 3rd final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Third Division and Fourth Division. The final was played at Wembley Stadium, London on 24 May 1986, and was contested by Bristol City and Bolton Wanderers. Bristol City won the match 3–0.


1986 Athens Open
The 1986 Athens International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens in Greece that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the inaugural edition and was held from 16 June until 23 June 1986. Henrik Sundström won the singles title.


1986 Athens Open, Finals, Doubles
Libor Pimek /  Blaine Willenborg defeated  Carlos di Laura /  Claudio Panatta 5–7, 6–4, 6–2


1986 Athens Open – Doubles
Libor Pimek and Blaine Willenborg won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, against Carlos di Laura and Claudio Panatta.


1986 Athens Open – Singles
Henrik Sundström won the tournament, beating Francisco Maciel in the final, 6–0, 7–5.


1986 Athens Trophy
The 1986 Athens Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens, Greece that was part of the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 15 September until 21 September 1986. Sylvia Hanika won the singles title.


1986 Athens Trophy, Finals, Doubles
Isabel Cueto /  Arantxa Sánchez defeated  Silke Meier /  Wiltrud Probst 4–6, 6–2, 6–4


1986 Atlanta AT&T Challenge of Champions
The 1986 Atlanta AT&T Challenge of Champions was a tennis tournament held in 1986. Boris Becker won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 against John McEnroe.


1986 Atlanta Braves season
The 1986 Atlanta Braves season was the 116th in franchise history and their 21st in Atlanta.


1986 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season
The Braves shutout Montreal Expos, 6-0 in their season opener but were 7-12 at the end of April, 6 1/2 games out of first. Atlanta won 17 of their first 25 games in the month of May, improving their record to 24–20 May 27. They were tied for second and were 1 1/2 games out of first.


1986 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season
On June 24 the Braves dropped into fourth place with a 34-36 record. They were in fourth place, 4 1/2 games out of first. Atlanta won seven of their next eight games to surge back into contention on July 3. Atlanta was 41-37 and in third place, 1 1/2 games out of first. The Braves promptly lost 20 of their next 25 games and fell into the cellar, 46-57, 12 1/2 games out of first. After a 12-5 run put them within 10 1/2 games of the lead, the Braves fizzled and faded down the stretch, losing their last five games to finish in last place with a 72-89 record, 23 1/2 games out of first.


1986 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season
The strong play of the Braves in the first half of the season was partly attributed to "The Bomb Squad", a group of six veterans who provided clutch hitting of the bench. The members of "The Bomb Squad" were: Ted Simmons, Chris Chambliss, Omar Moreno, Billy Sample, Bruce Benedict, and Andres Thomas. The name for the group was coined during spring training by Simmons in an effort to create unity among the bench players (Simmons, Moreno, and Sample were in their first season with the Braves).


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


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


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


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


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


1986 Atlanta Falcons season
The 1986 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 21st season in the National Football League (NFL). It began with moderate expectations. Head coach Dan Henning was going into his fourth year having failed to post a record above .500 in any of his first three seasons. Local media, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, saw it as Henning's last chance to save his head coaching job. Atlanta entered the season led by, among others, Gerald Riggs, Scott Case, Bill Fralic and Jeff Van Note. David Archer was the starting quarterback heading into the season.


1986 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Season summary
The Falcons began the 1986 season strong by winning their first four games 4–0 start, beating their NFC West rivals, the New Orleans Saints, 31–10 in the season opener. They opened at home in Atlanta with a 33–13 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Then, after a thrilling 37–35 win in Dallas, they beat the lowly Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23–20. The first loss came to the Philadelphia Eagles, whose strong defense coached by Buddy Ryan took care of the Falcons 16–0.


1986 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Season summary
Henning didn't let the loss affect his team as they beat the playoff bound Los Angeles Rams 26–14, putting the Falcons in first place with a record of 5-1. Things seemed to be going great for Atlanta, as they were able to tie the powerhouse San Francisco 49ers 10–10. Following the tie to the 49ers, a five-game slide derailed the season, starting with a 14–7 loss to the Rams, then a 25–17 loss to the defending AFC champion New England Patriots. They returned home to face the 8–1 New York Jets, where they lost 28–14 to drop them to 5–4–1.


1986 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Season summary
The next week a 13–10 loss to the Chicago Bears knocked them into last place in the division. Their last loss of the streak was a 20–0 loss to the 49ers. The now 5–6–1 Falcons ended their winless streak against the Miami Dolphins in a 20–14 victory. The nadir of the season came in a 28–23 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, who started the year 0–13, and was the Colts’ first win of the year. By that time, the Falcons were out of the playoff picture with Los Angeles and San Francisco already in. The Falcons dropped their last home game 14–9 to New Orleans. They concluded their season with a 20–6 victory against the Detroit Lions.


1986 Atlanta Falcons season, Rankings for 1986 season
Atlanta was 6th in scoring defense allowing 280 points, 21st in scoring offense scoring 280 points. Passing; 246 completions of 452 attempts for 3046 yards. David Archer threw for 10 of the teams 14 passing touchdowns, Turk Schonert threw the other four. Archer had nine of the teams 17 interceptions, and Schonert was picked the other eight times. The team rushed for 12 touchdowns nine of which came from Gerald Riggs, one from Schonert, one from William Andrews, one Cliff Austin.


1986 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1986 Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 9 through 11, 1986 to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the eighth iteration of the event, and was held on the campus of Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey. Rutgers won their second championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1986 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The top two teams in each division advanced to the tournament, with each division winner playing the second place team from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played a double-elimination tournament.


1986 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1986 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played from February 25 to March 3, 1986. The tournament was played at the Brendan Bryne Arena in East Rutherford, NJ. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Saint Joseph's University won the tournament. Greg Mullee of Saint Joseph's was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Saint Joseph's, Temple, and West Virginia earned bids to the NCAA Tournament in 1986.


1986 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1986 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was the 1986 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Durham Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina from May 14–17. Georgia Tech defeated NC State in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1986 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
Seven of the eight ACC teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. Duke school policy did not allow the team to play after final exams had ended on April 28.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1986 Atlantic hurricane season was a very inactive season that produced 10 depressions, 6 named storms, 4 hurricanes, and no major hurricanes. The season officially began on June 1, 1986, and lasted until November 30, 1986. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. During the 1986 season, the first subtropical depression formed in the first week of June, while the last tropical cyclone dissipated at the end of the third week of November. The 1986 season had lower than average activity because of an ongoing El Niño event, and was the least active season in the North Atlantic since the 1983 Atlantic hurricane season. This was also the first season since 1972 to have no major hurricanes.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season
The season started on June 5 when Subtropical Depression One formed near the Bahamas, which would later gain tropical characteristics and become the first tropical storm of the season; Tropical Storm Andrew. On June 9, Andrew would later be absorbed by a larger low pressure system. On June 23, the season's first hurricane formed; Bonnie, although it attained hurricane status on June 25, just two days after Bonnie's formation. Two more tropical depressions followed suit later in the season. On August 13, the season's fifth tropical depression formed and would later become Hurricane Charley four days later.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season
After Charley dissipated, two more tropical depressions formed on August 31 and September 1. Both dissipated on September 4. On September 7, Tropical Storm Danielle formed and would dissipate on September 10. Just after Danielle dissipated, Hurricane Earl formed and would later become the strongest system of the 1986 Atlantic hurricane season, peaking as a 105 mph Category 2 hurricane and 979 mbars in lowest pressure. No tropical cyclones formed during the months of October and the first half of November. That is, until Hurricane Frances became the latest sixth named storm on record since tropical cyclones were first named in 1950. The season came to a close on November 21, which was when Frances dissipated. There were no off-season storms throughout 1986.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecast and summary
Dr. William M. Gray of Colorado State University issued forecasts on May 29 and July 28 indicating within both forecasts the anticipation of a below normal hurricane season. In May, a total of 8 named tropical storms were expected, with four hurricanes expected, 15 days with hurricanes, and a total of 35 days with a tropical storm active in the northern Atlantic Ocean. In July, the numbers were dropped to a total of 7 named storms, 4 hurricanes, 10 hurricane days, and 25 days with a named tropical storm, which almost perfectly verified.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecast and summary
The season's activity was reflected with a cumulative accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 36, which is classified as "below normal". ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed, so storms that last a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. ACE is only calculated for full advisories on tropical systems at or exceeding 34 knots (39 mph, 63 km/h) or tropical storm strength. Subtropical cyclones are excluded from the total.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Andrew
In early June, a large area of disturbed weather persisted over the Greater Antilles, bringing heavy rains to the islands. The area moved northward, developing a circulation over the Bahamas. Strong upper-level winds caused when satellite imagery showed a circulation developing over the Bahamas. Strong upper-level winds caused the structure to resemble a subtropical cyclone, and as a result, the system was classified as a subtropical depression on June 5. The depression moved to the northwest and transitioned into a tropical storm on June 6; it was named Andrew about 258 mi (415 km) southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Andrew
The tropical storm approached the South Carolina coast within 115 mi (185 km) before recurving to the northeast on June 7. The storm passed within 70 mi (110 km) of Cape Hatteras while recurving, while near its peak intensity of 50 mph (80 km/h). The storm accelerated to the northeast, briefly crossing into the forecasting territory of Environment Canada, the first of three storms of the season to do so, before ultimately being absorbed by a low pressure system over Canada on June 8.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Andrew
While active, Andrew posed a threat to the Carolinas. Gale warnings were posted from an area ranging from Cape Lookout to south of Virginia Beach, Virginia on June 7. Waves reached heights of 12-foot (3.7 m) off the coast of the Carolinas, which killed a person on Ocracoke Island. Three companions were also swept out, all of whom made it back to shore. At Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach, at least 40 swimmers were caught in the currents, four of whom were hospitalized. The precursor to the storm produced heavy rainfall across Jamaica that caused a deadly flood event.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bonnie
During late June, a frontal trough drifted into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, and by June 22 a surface circulation formed. Tracking west-northwestward, it developed into Tropical Depression Two on June 23 while located about 330 miles (535 km) south of Pensacola, Florida. The next day, it attained tropical storm status, and with continued favorable conditions attained hurricane status on June 25 to the south of Louisiana. Bonnie turned to the northwest and made landfall near Sea Rim State Park in Texas. The storm quickly weakened over land as it turned to the north and northeast, and on June 28 it was absorbed by an approaching frontal zone in southeastern Missouri.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bonnie
Prior to moving ashore, 22,000 people were evacuated. Upon making landfall, Hurricane Bonnie produced a storm surge peaking at 5.2 feet (1.5 m) at Sabine Pass. Rainfall from the storm peaked at 13 inches (330 mm) in Ace, Texas, which caused some street flooding and destroyed a small dam in Liberty County, Texas. The hurricane also spawned eleven tornadoes, which, in combination with moderate winds, destroyed about 25 residencies in southwestern Louisiana. Three storm deaths occurred in the Port Arthur, Texas area; two deaths occurred from separate car accidents, and another occurred after a partially paralyzed woman died in a house fire. Hurricane Bonnie caused minor damage totaling $2 million (1986 USD, $3.5 million 2006 USD).


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Three
The third tropical depression of the season was detected early on July 27 in the open waters of the Atlantic, north of Bermuda. While about 180 miles (290 km) north of the island, the storm was moving northward at 15 mph (24 km/h) while its maximum sustained winds were about 30 mph (48 km/h). Later that afternoon, aircraft reconnaissance found no well-defined circulation and the storm's status was reduced from a depression. The depression never threatened any land areas.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Unnumbered Tropical Depression
A tropical disturbance was detected on August 4 in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico along the lower Texas coast. The low-pressure system moved slowly toward land, limiting the system's development. On August 5, the system became organized enough to be considered a tropical depression. The storm moved inland overnight, dumping several inches of rain over South Texas and causing street flooding in Brownsville and nearby South Padre Island. The system caused rainfall up to 4.45 inches (113 mm) in some areas but had no major problems attributed to it. This storm was not carried as a depression operationally, and thus has no assigned number.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Charley
Hurricane Charley was the first hurricane to threaten the east-central United States since Hurricane Gloria in the previous year. The third tropical storm and second hurricane of the season, Charley formed as a subtropical low on August 13 along the Florida panhandle. A few days later intensified it into a tropical storm off the coast of South Carolina, and Charley attained hurricane status before moving across eastern North Carolina. It gradually weakened over the north Atlantic Ocean before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone, though its remnants remained identifiable for over a week until after crossing the British Isles and dissipating on August 30.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Charley
The storm brought light to moderate precipitation along its path through the southeastern United States. In Georgia and South Carolina, the rainfall alleviated drought conditions. In North Carolina, where the hurricane made landfall, tidal flooding and downed trees were the primary impact. The storm brought high winds to southeastern Virginia, where 110,000 people were left without power. Minor damage extended along the Atlantic coastline northward through Massachusetts. One traffic fatality was reported each in North Carolina and Virginia. Three people in Maryland died due to a plane crash related to the storm. Throughout the United States, Hurricane Charley caused an estimated $15 million in damage (1986 US$, $29 million 2008 USD).


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Charley
As an extratropical cyclone, Charley brought heavy rainfall and strong winds to Ireland and the United Kingdom, causing at least 11 deaths. In Ireland, the rainfall set records for 24‑hour totals, including an accumulation of more than 7.8 in (200 mm) which set the record for the greatest daily rainfall total in the country. In the country, the rainfall caused widespread flooding, resulting in two rivers overflowing their banks. In the Dublin area, 451 buildings were flooded, some up to a depth of 8 ft (2.4 m). In the United Kingdom, the storm caused downed trees and power lines, as well as flooded rivers.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Five
This tropical depression formed in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean on August 31. The depression moved west-northwest, then northwest away from the Caribbean Sea without further development before dissipating east-southeast of Bermuda on September 4.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Six
A tropical wave crossed the Caribbean sea, moving into a favorable upper environment in the western Caribbean sea on August 31. The system formed into a weak tropical depression before crossing the Yucatán peninsula, becoming better organized as it moved into the south-central and western Gulf of Mexico between September 1 and 3. The system moved ashore east-central Mexico before quickly dissipating as a tropical cyclone on September 4. Satellite imagery revealed that its residual cloud pattern persisted over Mexico for an additional couple of days before degenerating. Heavy rainfall fell primarily north of its track, with the maximum across northeast Mexico falling at El Barranco/Altamira, where a total of 9.33 inches (237 mm) was measured.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Danielle
On September 1, a tropical wave moved off the coast of Africa and headed westward. The disturbance was below the 10 degree latitude as it organized into a tropical depression on September 7 and then a tropical storm later that day. Danielle peaked as a 60 mph (97 km/h) storm on September 8, while Reconnaissance Aircraft reported gusts of up to hurricane force. After passing through the Lesser Antilles, Danielle encountered vertical wind shear, and on September 10 it dissipated in the central Caribbean. The remnants continued westward and ultimately regenerated into Tropical Storm Lester.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Danielle
The islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines experienced wind gusts up to hurricane force, causing severe power outages and causing roof damage. In the Grenadines, the storm drove a coast guard ship aground, while five people were injured and hundreds of homes were destroyed. Torrential rainfall produced several mudslides, which, in turn, damaged roads, bridges, electricity, and water services. Danielle also destroyed twelve homes on the island of Barbados. In Trinidad and Tobago, strong flooding of up to four feet caused 27 landslides, destroying four bridges. The storm caused $8 million in damage in Tobago. Total damage from the storm amounted to $9.2 million (1986 USD), mostly to crops, though no deaths were reported.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Earl
The strongest storm of the season began as a tropical wave off Africa on September 4. After moving across the tropical Atlantic Ocean it developed into Tropical Depression Eight on September 10 while about 1240 miles (2000 km) east of Puerto Rico. The depression quickly strengthened and reached hurricane strength on September 11, peaked as a Category 2 hurricane on September 12 as it made a half circle, weakened to a Category 1 on September 16 and bounced back the way it came. Earl then turned north and became extratropical southeast of Newfoundland on September 19. At its peak, Earl had sustained winds of 105 mph (170 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 979 mbar.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Frances
First spotted as a tropical disturbance near the Lesser Antilles on November 15, the system moved generally northward while slowly developing. The system organized into a tropical depression on November 18 and quickly strengthened into a tropical storm. The storm curved northeast and strengthened further, reaching hurricane strength on November 20. However, a surface high-pressure system to the north caused the storm to weaken as the vertical wind shear increased over its center. Frances was later absorbed by an extratropical cyclone on November 21.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the north Atlantic in 1986. No names were retired, so it was used again in the 1992 season. This is the same list used for the 1980 season except for Andrew, which replaced Allen, and was used for the first time in 1986. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.


1986 Atlantic hurricane season, Season effects
This is a table of all of the storms that did form in the 1986 Atlantic hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s) – denoted by bold location names – damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses will be additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still related to that storm. Damage and deaths will include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or low, and all of the damage figures are in 1986 USD.


1986 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1986 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with a 10–2 record. Auburn snapped a two-game winning streak by Alabama in the Iron Bowl. Auburn went on to defeat USC in the Florida Citrus Bowl, 16–7.


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


1986 Auckland City mayoral election, Background
Incumbent Labour Party Mayor Catherine Tizard was re-elected for a second term with a substantial majority over former Citizens & Ratepayers councillor Marie Quinn, while the council saw a landslide result to the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket.


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


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


1986 Austral-Asia Cup
The 1986 Austral-Asia Cup was held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 10–18, 1986. Five national teams took part: Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.


1986 Austral-Asia Cup
The 1986 Austral-Asia Cup was a knock-out tournament. Sri Lanka qualified automatically for the semi-finals by virtue of winning the 1986 Asia Cup. Despite losing their first-round match, New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals as the first-round loser with the lesser margin of defeat.


1986 Austral-Asia Cup
Pakistan won the tournament, defeating India in the final, and won US$40,000.


1986 Austral-Asia Cup
The tournament was played for the joint benefit of Vijay Hazare, Dilip Vengsarkar, Javed Miandad and Wazir Mohammad.


1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final
The 1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final was a One Day International (ODI) match played on 18 April 1986 between India and Pakistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah. It marked the culmination of the first Austral-Asia Cup and was won by Pakistan who defeated India by one wicket to lift their first ODI trophy.


1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final, Road to the Final
India reached the final by defeating Sri Lanka by seven wickets, while Pakistan reached the final by defeating New Zealand by ten wickets.


1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final, Details
Heading into the match, Pakistan remained unchanged from their semi-final victory over New Zealand while India made one change with Dilip Vengsarkar replacing Sandeep Patil from their victory over Sri Lanka. Imran Khan won the toss and elected to field first. Openers Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Sunil Gavaskar opened with a 117 run partnership before Krishnamachari Srikkanth attempt for a six was caught by Wasim Akram. Dilip Vengsarkar scored a half-century before being clean bowled by Wasim Akram with the score at 216. The scorecard remained the same as Kirti Azad was sent back by Akram for no score.


1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final, Details
Kapil Dev struck a boundary before being bowled by Imran Khan, who dismissed Sunil Gavaskar as well, with Gavaskar only being eight runs shy of a century. Later India lost quick wickets of Ravi Shastri and Chetan Sharma and India finished on 245 for 7 from their fifty overs with the last eights overs getting them only 38 runs. For Pakistan, Wasim Akram was the best of the bowlers with three wickets while Imran Khan claimed two wickets.


1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final, Details
Chasing the target of 246 to win, Pakistan lost in-form batsman Mudassar Nazar leg before wicket to Chetan Sharma with the total at nine. New man Rameez Raja also couldn't make a good score as he was dismissed by Maninder Singh for ten. Javed Miandad pushed the score slowly along with opener Mohsin Khan. Madan Lal clean bowled Khan for 36 with the scorecard at 61 for 3. Miandad built good partnerships with Saleem Malik and later Abdul Qadir, who made a quick 34, before being caught by substitute fielder Raman Lamba. Still Pakistan were 67 runs away from victory. Imran Khan and Manzoor Elahi perished while going for big hits, but Miandad was moving the score at one end, trying to maintain the asking rate with occasional boundaries and sixes.


1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final, Details
At the end of 49th over, Pakistan were 235 for seven and required 11 runs from six balls to win the cup. Chetan Sharma was bowling the 50th over of the match and Miandad struck the first ball to the long-off boundary, but Kapil fielded it and returned the ball quickly and Wasim Akram was run out trying to get the second run. Miandad struck a boundary off the second ball but could score only a single in the third ball, as Roger Binny brilliantly stopped a possible boundary.


1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final, Details
Wicket-keeper batsman Zuldarnain was clean bowled by Sharma for a duck which left Pakistan needing five runs from two deliveries. Last man Tauseef Ahmed scrambled a single off the fifth ball as Mohammad Azharuddin missed a clean run-out chance. Pakistan needing four runs and India one final wicket from the last ball. Chetan Sharma's intended yorker became a full toss which was dispatched into crowds by Miandad for a six. Pakistan finished on 248 for 9 with Miandad remained unbeaten on 116 as he helped Pakistan to win their maiden One Day trophy. For India, Chetan Sharma was the best of the bowlers with three wickets while Madan Lal claimed two wickets. Javed Miandad was adjudged the man of the match while Sunil Gavaskar was declared the Man of the Series.


1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1–117 (Srikkanth), 2–216 (Vengsarkar), 3–216 (Kirti Azad), 4–229 (Kapil Dev), 5–242 (Sunil Gavaskar), 6–245 (Ravi Shastri), 7–245 (Chetan Sharma)


1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1–9 (Mudassar Nazar), 2–39 (Rameez Raja), 3–61 (Mohsin Khan), 4–110 (Saleem Malik), 5–181 (Abdul Qadir), 6–209 (Imran Khan), 7–215 (Manzoor Elahi), 8–236 (Wasim Akram), 9–241 (Zulqarnain)


1986 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours 1986 were announced on 26 January 1986 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen.


1986 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, announced on Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours which are announced on the second Monday in June.


1986 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand
The 1986 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of matches played by Australia national rugby union team in New Zealand between July and September 1986. Australia won the series against New Zealand with two victories in three matches. The final game at Eden Park marked the last time the Wallabies beat the All Blacks there.


1986 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship
The 1986 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title  open to Group A Touring Cars of under 2.0 litre engine capacity. The championship was won by John Smith, driving a Toyota Corolla.


1986 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship
The title was the first of three Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championships to be awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport with the second held in 1987. The championship was revived in 1993 for drivers of cars in the 2 Litre division of the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship.


1986 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship, Further reading
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1986 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 1986 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for Formula Mondial racing cars. It was the 30th Australian Drivers' Championship. The championship winner was awarded the 1986 CAMS Gold Star.


1986 Australian Drivers' Championship
Australian Ralt importer Graham Watson won the title, his only Australian Drivers' Championship, with former Australian Sports Car Champions Peter Hopwood (1983) and Bap Romano (1984) placing second and third respectively, each driving  Ralt RT4s. The only driver to score championship points in any car other than a Ralt RT4 was Peter Macrow, who drove a Cheetah Mk8 to equal thirteenth place in the championship.


1986 Australian Drivers' Championship
Defending and two-time champion John Bowe did not contest the 1986 championship. Instead he drove a Volvo 240T in the Australian Touring Car Championship and also drove the Veskanda-Chevrolet to win the Australian Sports Car Championship. He did however have one last race in the Chris Leach Racing Ralt RT4-Ford when he won the Formula Mondial support race at the Australian Grand Prix meeting in Adelaide in October.


1986 Australian Drivers' Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top six placegetters in each round. Each driver could count points only from his or her six best round performances.


1986 Australian Drivers' Championship, Results
Note: There were only five finishers in Round 7 at Amaroo Park.


1986 Australian Endurance Championship
The 1986 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to Touring Cars as specified in the National Competition Rules of CAMS. The title, which was the sixth Australian Endurance Championship, was contested concurrently with the 1986 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, which was the sixteenth in a sequence of manufacturers championships awarded by CAMS, and the seventh to be contested under the Australian Manufacturers' Championship name.


1986 Australian Endurance Championship
The Australian Endurance Championship was won by Jim Richards driving a BMW 635 CSi and the Australian Manufacturers' Championship was awarded to Nissan. Although Nissan team driver George Fury won 4 of the 6 rounds, missing the opening round at Amaroo Park, failing to finish at Bathurst and only being awarded half points for winning at Calder Park, along with the consistency of Richards who scored in every round (including winning at Amaroo) saw the Kiwi win his second straight Endurance title in the BMW. However, his wins, along with high placings by teammates Gary Scott and Terry Sheil gave Nissan an easy 27 point win over BMW in the Manufacturers' title with Jim Richards virtually playing a lone hand for the Bavarian marque.


1986 Australian Endurance Championship
Round 5, The Sun South Pacific 300 at Calder Park in Melbourne, saw the first ever rolling start in Australian touring car racing (though rolling starts had been seen in Series Production during the 1960s and 1970s). The race also doubled as the opening round of the five race South Pacific Touring Car Championship, with the second round being the Group A support race for the 1986 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide. The remaining 3 rounds of the South Pacific series were held in New Zealand with Allan Grice, driving a Commodore in Australia and a Skyline in New Zealand, emerging as champion.


1986 Australian Endurance Championship, Class structure
Cars competed in three classes defined according to engine capacity:


1986 Australian Endurance Championship, Championship points system
Australian Endurance Championship points were awarded to the drivers of the top twenty placed cars in each round, with the actual allocation dependent on the outright position obtained and the class in which the car was competing.


1986 Australian Endurance Championship, Championship points system
Two drivers per car were compulsory at both the Sandown and Bathurst rounds. For races in which two drivers per car were not compulsory but two drivers each drove more than one third distance, points for the position gained were shared equally between the two drivers. For races in which two drivers per car were not compulsory but two drivers did not both drive more than one third distance each, full points were awarded to the driver who drove the greater distance. For races in which two drivers were compulsory, full points were awarded to both drivers provided that each had driven more than one third distance. In all cases points were only awarded to a driver who had driven no more than one car during the event.


1986 Australian Endurance Championship, Championship points system
Only the highest scoring car of each make earned points  (for its manufacturer in each race) and then only the points applicable to the position filled.


1986 Australian Football Championships
The 1986 Australian Football Championships was an Australian rules football series between representative teams of the three major football states. Games involving Victoria were played under State of Origin rules, whilst the match between Western Australia and South Australia involved players based in their respective states at the time. The competition was won by Western Australia.


1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship
The 1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian national motor racing title open to Australian Formula 2 cars. The title, which was the 19th Australian Formula 2 Championship, was won by Jonathan Crooke, driving a Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen.


1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship, Calendar
The 1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship was contested over a nine round series.


1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship, Points system
Points were awarded to the first 20 placegetters in each race as per the following table:


1986 Australian Grand Prix
The 1986 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 26 October 1986 at the Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, Australia. It was the last of 16 races in the 1986 Formula One season, and decided a three-way tussle for the Drivers' Championship. The drivers in contention for the title were; Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet, both of whom were racing for the Williams-Honda team, and McLaren's Alain Prost.


1986 Australian Grand Prix
Mansell took pole position for the race, but a poor start off the grid enabled teammate Piquet, Ayrton Senna and Keke Rosberg to overtake him and demote him to fourth by the end of the first lap.


1986 Australian Grand Prix
A few laps into the race, Finland's Keke Rosberg, in his final Grand Prix, took the lead from Piquet. However, the Finn retired with a puncture on lap 63, handing the lead back to Piquet and elevating Mansell into third place, which would have been sufficient for the Englishman to secure the championship. One lap later, Mansell's race ended  as his left-rear tyre exploded on the main straight with 19 laps remaining. The title was then between Piquet and Prost with the Frenchman needing to finish ahead of the Brazilian  to successfully defend his title. Following the tyre failures of Rosberg and Mansell, the Williams team called Piquet in for a precautionary tyre change leaving him 15 seconds behind. He made a late charge to close the gap to 4.2 seconds but Prost took victory to win his second of four titles.


1986 Australian Grand Prix
It was not until the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix that there were again three possible drivers' title contenders entering the final race of the season.


1986 Australian Grand Prix, Background
Going into the race, three drivers were in contention for the World Championship. Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda, led with 70 points, while reigning champion Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG, was second on 64 and Mansell's teammate Nelson Piquet was third on 63.


1986 Australian Grand Prix, Background
The Williams-Honda was superior in speed to the McLaren-TAG, with Mansell and Piquet having won nine of the previous fifteen races between them, and the team sealing the Constructors' Championship at the Portuguese Grand Prix in late September. However, Mansell and Piquet had been battling with one another and had taken points from each other on a number of occasions, while Prost's consistency had seen him accumulate points all year and thus remain in touch with the Williams drivers.


1986 Australian Grand Prix, Background
Nonetheless, Mansell went into the race in the strongest position among the three drivers, needing only to finish third or higher to take the title, while Prost and Piquet both needed to win to have any chance.


1986 Australian Grand Prix, Race summary
Mansell took pole position for the race with a time of 1 minute 18.403 seconds. Piquet and Lotus's Ayrton Senna were the only drivers within a second of Mansell's time. Prost was fourth, 1.2 seconds behind.


1986 Australian Grand Prix, Race summary
The prospect of a three-way battle for the Drivers' Championship crown attracted a capacity crowd of 150,000 to the Adelaide circuit.


1986 Australian Grand Prix, Race summary
Mansell started from pole position but yielded the lead to Ayrton Senna's Lotus at the second corner on lap 1 and fell behind both Piquet and Keke Rosberg on the same lap. Piquet also overtook Senna on lap 1 to take the lead but it would last only six laps as on lap 7, Rosberg took the lead from Piquet and began to build a sizeable gap between himself and the rest of the field.


1986 Australian Grand Prix, Race summary
On lap 23 Piquet spun, although no damage was sustained to the car, and he continued the race despite dropping back several places. Prost suffered a puncture a few laps later and he dropped to fourth position after having to pit. Piquet charged back through the field, passing Mansell for second place on lap 44, but Prost closed on the two Williams cars and, with 25 laps to go, all three championship contenders were running together in positions 2, 3 and 4.


1986 Australian Grand Prix, Race summary
The battle became one for the lead on lap 63 when Rosberg suffered a right rear tyre failure and retired from the race. Rosberg later revealed that he would never have won the race anyway unless Prost failed to finish or had sufficient problem not to be able to challenge, as he had promised Prost and the team that he would give best to his teammate to help his bid to win back-to-back championships. Prost had just passed Mansell for third which became second when Rosberg retired, with Piquet now leading. Mansell only needed a third-place finish to win the championship.


1986 Australian Grand Prix, Race summary
Mansell was still in third position when, on lap 64, his left rear tyre exploded at 180 mph (290 km/h) on the high-speed Brabham Straight when he used his overtake boost to attempt to lap the Ligier of Philippe Alliot, sending a shower of sparks flying behind him and severely damaging his left rear suspension. The Williams coasted to a stop in the run-off area at the end of the straight, Mansell managing to avoid hitting anything. Fearing the same happening to the second car, Williams called Piquet to the pits and Prost took the lead. Piquet would make a late charge, closing the gap from 15.484 seconds with 2 laps remaining to just 4.205 at the finish and Prost claimed both the race and the World Championship. Prost had so little fuel left that he pulled up only metres past the finish line.


1986 Australian Grand Prix, Race summary
In his last race for Ferrari, Stefan Johansson completed the podium in third place, albeit a lap down on Prost and Piquet. Martin Brundle ran out of fuel as he crossed the line in fourth place in his Tyrrell-Renault. His teammate Philippe Streiff finished fifth 2 laps down, while Johnny Dumfries finished sixth in his Lotus-Renault.


1986 Australian Grand Prix, Race summary
By winning, Alain Prost became the first and so far only driver to ever win the Australian Grand Prix in both non-championship and World Championship form, having won the non-championship 1982 Australian Grand Prix run for Formula Pacific cars at the Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne.


1986 Australian Grand Prix, Race summary
This was the last race for the Renault turbo engine, the French company being the pioneers in F1 turbocharging back in 1977, as well as Renault's last Formula One race as an engine supplier until their return with Williams at the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix. It was also the last Formula One race for Australia's 1980 World Champion Alan Jones and his teammate Patrick Tambay, and the last race for Team Haas, whom both Jones and Tambay drove for. It was also the last race for Lotus driver Johnny Dumfries, Osella's Allen Berg, Zakspeed's Huub Rothengatter, and 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg.


1986 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
The 1986 Australian Individual Speedway Championship was held at the Pioneer Park Speedway in Ayr, Queensland on 11 January. Eighteen-year-old Brisbane based rider Troy Butler surprised by winning his first (and only) Australian Championship and in doing so becoming the youngest winner in the history of the Australian Championship since it was first run in 1926. The top four placed riders were all from Queensland with he first non-Queenslander being fifth placed South Australian Steve Baker who lost a runoff for fourth place to Steve Regeling. Baker and Regeling were the only riders to defeat Butler on the day.


1986 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
In the absence of six time and reigning champion Billy Sanders who had died in England in April 1985, Victoria's three time national champion Phil Crump was the favourite to take out his fourth title. However, after winning his first race, Crump suffered engine failure in his next two rides to put him well out of contention. He won his fourth ride but again suffered engine drama in his last race to eventually finish 12th with just 6 points.


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


1986 Australian Professional Championship
The 1986 Australian Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in September 1986.


1986 Australian Professional Championship
Warren King won the tournament defeating John Campbell 10–3 in the final.


1986 Australian Rally Championship
The 1986 Australian Rally Championship was a series of six rallying events held across Australia. It was the 19th season in the history of the competition.


1986 Australian Rally Championship
Barry Lowe in the Subaru RX Turbo won the 1986 Driver's Championship. Kate Officer took out the Navigator's championship. Lowe's navigator Mark Stacey placed second as he didn't compete in the opening round.


1986 Australian Rally Championship, Season review
The 19th Australian Rally Championship was held over six events across Australia, the season consisting of one event each for New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and West Australia. The 1986 season saw Barry Lowe silence his critics by winning the ARC title for the second year in a row. It was the last season for the Group G contenders, as the 1987 championship would only be open to Group A cars. Group A cars dominated the season accounting for wins in four of the six events. Lowe only had one outright win for the season, but his consistent high placings saw him victorious at season's end.


1986 Australian Rally Championship, The Rallies
The six events of the 1986 season were as follows.


1986 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships
The 1986 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships were held at the Mowbray Pool in Launceston, Tasmania from Friday 5 September to Sunday 7 September. They were organised by Australian Swimming.


1986 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, Medal winners, Men's events
Legend: AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record


1986 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships, Medal winners, Women's events
Legend: AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record


1986 Australian Sports Car Championship
The 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Group A Sports Cars. It was the 18th Australian Sports Car Championship.


1986 Australian Sports Car Championship
The championship was won by former open wheel star and twice Australian Drivers' Champion John Bowe driving the 5.8 litre Chevrolet powered Veskanda C1 built by K&A Engineering in Adelaide. Bowe dominated the five round series winning all seven races, scoring fastest lap in each race (including outright lap records at Surfers Paradise and Calder) and pole position at each round. Terry Hook finished in 2nd place in his Lola T610 Chevrolet with reigning champion Chris Clearihan 3rd in his JWS-Kaditcha Chevrolet.


1986 Australian Sports Car Championship
1984 Australian Sports Car Champion Bap Romano crashed his Cosworth DFL powered Romano WE84 heavily in the opening round at Sydney's tight Amaroo Park circuit. The WE84's throttle stuck wide open on the run up Bitupave Hill just past the pits and Romano was unable to slow the car, eventually destroying the front of the car in the tyre barriers. Romano himself broke both legs in the crash but was fully conscious when pulled out of the car. The crash ended the Romano WE84's racing life which had begun in 1983 as a Kaditcha K583.


1986 Australian Sports Car Championship, Classes
Cars competed in three classes according to engine capacity: In 1986 CAMS relaxed the previous 5000cc engine limit for the Over 3 litre cars and allowed engines of up to 6000cc.


1986 Australian Sports Car Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded to the top twenty outright race positions, based on the following three tier structure:


1986 Australian Sports Car Championship, Points system
For rounds contested over multiple heats, the aggregate points achieved by each driver were divided by the number of heats to arrive at the driver's championship points allocations for the round.


1986 Australian Swimming Championships
The 1986 Australian Swimming Championships were held at the Adelaide Aquatic Centre in Adelaide, South Australia from 27 February to 2 March. They were organised by Australian Swimming.


1986 Australian Swimming Championships, Medal winners, Men's events
Legend: AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record


1986 Australian Swimming Championships, Medal winners, Women's events
Legend: AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship
The 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship was the 27th running of the Australian Touring Car Championship. It began on 2 March 1986 at Amaroo Park and ended on 13 July at Oran Park Raceway after ten rounds. This was the second ATCC to be run to the FIA's international Group A Touring Car Regulations.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
The championship was won by Auckland (New Zealand) resident Robbie Francevic driving a Volvo Dealer Team Volvo 240T, the first time the championship had been won by a non-Australian resident and the first ATCC won by a turbocharged car. Francevic, who won Rounds 1, 2 and 4, defeated George Fury driving a Nissan Skyline DR30 RS who won Rounds 3, 5, 7, 8 and 10 of the series. Francevic's wins in the opening two rounds at Amaroo Park and Symmons Plains were when the Volvo team was still run by MPM, Mark Petch Motorsport.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
Following Francevic's Amaroo win, Petch and Bob Atkins, head of the Australian Volvo Dealer Council, announced the formation of the AVDT, Australian Volvo Dealer Team, and hired former HDT team manager John Sheppard to run the team on a day-to-day basis from Sheppard's Calder work shop. Contrary to what has been written in the past, Petch stayed involved as "Team Principle" until 10 July 1986, when he resigned over a disagreement with how Sheppard was managing the Team.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
The AVDT purchased MPM original 240T GpA car, and spares, which included a spare 240 GT body shell, which later became the basis for a new Australian built car, with all new parts and technical assistance from VMS.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
Francevic's 1985 endurance co-driver and dual Australian Drivers' Champion John Bowe joining the team full-time for his first ATCC campaign, in the team's new second car, a RHD car ex RAS in Belgium, which arrived just in time for the 4th round of the ATCC at Adelaide International Raceway, where Bowe qualified on pole, and led the race before engine issues forced his retirement. Bowe repeated his first Championship Pole position performance at the 5th round of the Champion at Barbagallo Raceway, only to have to retire again from a substantial lead with more engine issues.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
Peter Brock won round 6 at Surfers Paradise in his new for 1986 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A (his last ATCC win until 1989 and the last race win by a Holden Commodore until his win in Round 1, Heat 1 of the 1992 ATCC) while defending champion Jim Richards could only manage one win in his JPS Team BMW 635 CSi, winning Round 9 at Winton. Richards had finished the race in second place behind Nissan team driver Gary Scott, but the Nissan was later disqualified for having oversize brakes. Although the paperwork for the Nissan's new brakes had been put through, they had not yet been homologated which led to Scott's DQ.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
Series regular Allan Grice missed the 1986 ATCC (he had also missed the 1985 championship) as he was racing his Les Small prepared Group A Commodore in the 1986 FIA Touring Car Championship (ETCC). Peter Brock missed some early rounds due to also racing his Commodore in Europe.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
With the ATCC consisting of 10 rounds, many of the top level teams including the Holden Dealer Team, Dick Johnson Racing, JPS Team BMW and the Peter Jackson Nissan team all made loud noises during the year about the lack of prize money on offer for their efforts as the top drawing motorsport category in the country, especially as Group A racing had proven far more expensive than the old Group C regulations (Peter Brock estimated that his Bathurst winning Group C Commodore of 1984 had cost around AU$36,000 to build while his 1986 Group A Commodore had cost around $200,000, a cost increase of around 550%), with teams and drivers often racing for as little as $1,500 for a round win.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
Part of the problem for the teams was that due to Australia's size and the vast distance between the major cities where the race tracks were located, the prize money on offer usually did not even cover their transportation costs, let alone the cost of building, maintaining and racing the cars. Pressure was being put on the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) to come up with a series sponsor for future championships or they would risk smaller and smaller grids. CAMS rectified this from 1987 by signing a multi-year sponsorship deal with Shell who would provide some $275,000 in prize money.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers
The following drivers and teams competed in the 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Race calendar
The championship was contested over ten rounds with one race per round.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championship
Points were awarded 25-23-20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-4-3-2-1 based on the top 17 outright race positions. The two smaller engine capacity classes received bonus points. Class B, under 3.0 litres received 3 points additional to points scored from race position. Class C, under 2.0 litres received 4 points.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championship
Class A consisted of BMW 635 CSi, Ford Mustang GT, Ford Sierra XR4Ti, Holden VK Commodore SS Group A, Jaguar XJS, Rover Vitesse.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championship
Class B consisted of Alfa Romeo GTV6, BMW 323i, BMW 325i, Mazda RX-7, Mitsubishi Starion Turbo, Nissan Skyline DR30 RS, Toyota Supra and Volvo 240T.


1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championship
Class C consisted of Holden Gemini, Nissan Gazelle, Toyota Celica and Toyota Corolla.


1986 Australian Touring Car season
The 1986 Australian Touring Car season was the 27th season of touring car racing in Australia commencing from 1960 when the first Australian Touring Car Championship and the first Armstrong 500 (the forerunner of the present day Bathurst 1000) were contested. It was the second season in which Australian Touring Car regulations were based on those for the FIA Group A Touring Car category.


1986 Australian Touring Car season
Touring Cars competed at 21 race meetings in Australia during the 1986 season, contesting the following events:


1986 Australian Touring Car season, Season review
The second year of Group A in Australia saw the domination of the JPS Team BMW team fade with several other teams pushing forwards. Most spectacularly was the return of Nissan Motorsport Australia (now under the leadership of former Bathurst winner Fred Gibson) with the newly homologated Nissan Skyline DR30 RS turbo. Led by long time Nissan lead driver George Fury they were the main rival for another new team, the John Sheppard run Volvo Dealer Team, a factory supported team which succeeded the Mark Petch Motorsport Volvo team of 1985.


1986 Australian Touring Car season, Season review
The Touring Car Championship became a two horse race between Volvo's Robbie Francevic and Fury. Fury was never able to haul in Francevic's early points lead and Francevic was crowned champion. Francevic was fired from the Volvo Dealer Team by Sheppard the day after the Castrol 500 at Sandown after refusing to drive what he believed would be an un-competitive car which had only been completed at the meeting started. He then returned to the Mark Petch team as they began development of a Ford Sierra turbo. Although Francevic won the ATCC in the car, 1986 was the last time the Volvo 240T was seen in Australian touring car racing.


1986 Australian Touring Car season, Season review
Defending ATCC, Endurance and AMSCAR champion, JPS Team BMW's Jim Richards picked up race wins during the season, claiming the Australian Endurance Championship. Peter Brock likewise returned to the winner list for Holden Dealer Team, dominating the Adelaide round of the ATCC before engine failure, and later claiming an ATCC win at Surfers Paradise which would prove to be the last time a Holden won a race in the championship until 1992.


1986 Australian Touring Car season, Season review
Brock's win at Surfers in his Holden VK Commodore SS Group A would also prove to be the 34th and last ATCC race win for the HDT who had won their first ATCC race when coincidentally Brock won at Surfers in 1973 in a Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 (Brock contributed 28 of those 34 wins with Colin Bond winning the other 6).


1986 Australian Touring Car season, Season review
While Richards won the Endurance Championship through consistent placings, the big prizes went elsewhere. Nissan claimed the Sandown 500 with Fury and his new young team mate Glenn Seton (the son of 1965 Bathurst winner Barry Seton who also built the engines for the Nissan team), while Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey returned from their attempt at the FIA Touring Car Championship in Europe to claim victory in the Bathurst 1000, with Grice also winning the Group A support race at the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide.


1986 Australian Touring Car season, Season review
John Smith claimed the debut title for small touring cars, the distinction for the class was set at two litres leaving a field of Toyota Corollas, Isuzu Geminis and a Nissan Gazelle. The Amaroo Park based Better Brakes/AMSCAR series was claimed by JPS Team BMW's number 2 driver, Tony Longhurst driving the team's secondary car, a BMW 325i, the forerunner to 1987's BMW M3.


1986 Australian Touring Car season, Season review
Australia hosted the opening two rounds of the inaugural South Pacific Touring Car Championship with the final three rounds held in New Zealand. The opening round also doubled as Round 5 of the Australian Endurance Championship at Calder Park while Round 2 was the Group A support race at the Australian Grand Prix. Allan Grice who won in Adelaide went on to claim the South Pacific title after a further win at Baypark in NZ.


1986 Australian Touring Car season, Better Brakes/AMSCAR Series
Tony Longhurst (BMW 325i) won the 1986 Better Brakes/AMSCAR Series for JPS Team BMW from Colin Bond (Alfa Romeo GTV6) and his JPS team mate Jim Richards (BMW 635 CSi).


1986 Australian Touring Car season, 1986 Australian Grand Prix Support Race
South Pacific Touring Car Championship – Round 2This race was a support event at the 1986 Australian Grand Prix meeting. The race was held over 32 laps of the 3.780 km (2.362 mi) Adelaide Street Circuit.


1986 Austrian Grand Prix
The 1986 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 17 August 1986. It was the twelfth race of the 1986 Formula One World Championship.


1986 Austrian Grand Prix
The 52-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG, with Ferrari drivers Michele Alboreto and Stefan Johansson second and third respectively. With Drivers' Championship challengers Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna all retiring, Prost moved into second place in the Championship, two points behind Mansell.


1986 Austrian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Qualifying saw several surprises as the Benetton-BMWs of Teo Fabi and Gerhard Berger filled the front row, Fabi just under 0.2 seconds ahead, while Riccardo Patrese took fourth in his Brabham despite a crash, just behind Keke Rosberg's McLaren. The four Drivers' Championship challengers occupied fifth to eighth in the order of Alain Prost's McLaren, the two Williams of Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet, and Ayrton Senna's Lotus. Completing the top ten were Michele Alboreto's Ferrari and Derek Warwick in the second Brabham.


1986 Austrian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Pat Symonds would later claim that following Benetton's front-row lockout, the head of BMW Motorsport, Paul Rosche, demanded to inspect the engine control unit chips installed in the team's engines to see if they had been tampered with in breach of contract (as Benetton were using customer engines as opposed to the works engines used by Brabham), but the team were able to provide him with unaltered chips rather than the modified ones they had been using.


1986 Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Warwick was a non-starter in bizarre circumstances. After the Englishman's car was repaired following a gearbox failure in the morning warm-up, the two Brabhams went to the grid, Patrese in the spare car following his qualifying crash. Then, as Patrese took his place on the grid, his own gearbox broke. As the Italian driver was six places ahead of Warwick, the decision was made on the grid to hand him Warwick's car for the rest of the race. Warwick later admitted that team owner Bernie Ecclestone had to physically drag him from the car as he refused to hand it over.


1986 Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
When the race got underway, local driver Berger took the lead from Fabi, while Rosberg and Patrese made slow starts and were overtaken by Prost, Mansell and Piquet. Patrese retired after two laps with an engine failure, while the same fate befell Senna after 13 laps. On lap 17, Fabi overtook Berger at the Bosch-Kurve, only for his own engine to fail seconds later. Mansell moved into second place when Prost made a pit stop for tyres, then the lead shortly afterwards when Berger pitted with a battery problem.


1986 Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Prost took the lead when Mansell made his own pit stop, before both Williams retired within three laps of each other, Piquet with an overheating engine and Mansell with a broken driveshaft. This left Prost around half a minute clear of team-mate Rosberg, with Alboreto up to third.


1986 Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Five laps from the end, Rosberg suffered an electrical failure, leaving Prost to win by a full lap from Alboreto with a further lap back to the second Ferrari of Stefan Johansson in third; the top six was completed by the two Haas Lolas of Alan Jones and Patrick Tambay and the Arrows of Christian Danner. Berger, having lost four laps as a result of his battery problem, made a charge to finish close behind Danner, setting the fastest lap of the race in the process.


1986 Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
With the win, Prost moved from fourth to second in the Drivers' Championship and cut Mansell's lead to two points, 55 to 53, with Senna on 48 and Piquet on 47.


1986 Austrian Supercup
The 1986 Austrian Supercup was a football match that saw the 1985–86 Bundesliga and 1985–86 Austrian Cup champions Austria Wien face off against 1985-86 Austrian Cup finalists Rapid Wien. The match was held on 19 July 1986 at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Vienna. This was the inaugural Austrian Supercup, which went on to be played until 2004.


1986 Austrian legislative election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 23 November 1986. They were called by Chancellor Franz Vranitzky of the Socialist Party (SPÖ), as he was not prepared to continue the coalition government with new Freedom Party leader Jörg Haider, who had ousted Norbert Steger at the party convention.


1986 Austrian legislative election
The SPÖ won the most seats, and formed a grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party, as neither were willing to work with Haider. Voter turnout was 90.5%.


1986 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1986 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 June 1986 at the Salzburgring.


1986 Austrian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 4 May 1986 with a second round on 8 June 1986. Kurt Waldheim, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, endorsed by the Austrian People's Party was elected. Following Waldheim's victory, Chancellor Fred Sinowatz and other government members of the defeated Socialist Party stepped down, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs Leopold Gratz, who said he refused to "direct the Austrian foreign service in the defense of President Waldheim."


1986 BC Lions season
The 1986 BC Lions finished in second place in the West Division with a 12–6 record. They appeared in the West Final.


1986 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1986 Embassy World Darts Championship was held between 4–11 January 1986. For the first time, the tournament was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, having been held at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent for the previous seven years. The Lakeside became the third venue in the history of the World Championship.


1986 BDO World Darts Championship
Eric Bristow completed a hat-trick of World titles to bring his overall tally to five. He would appear in four more finals - but this was to be his last World title.


1986 BDO World Darts Championship, Prize money
Total Prize fund rose by £9,500 to £52,500 (plus a £51,000 bonus for a nine-dart finish - not won)


1986 BDO World Darts Championship, The Results
First round draw took place at the Lakeside on 5 November 1985.


1986 BYU Cougars football team
The 1986 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1986 Baden-Württemberg motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1986 Baden-Württemberg motorcycle Grand Prix was an additional event for 80cc, 125cc and sidecar classes that counted towards the 1986 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 28 September 1986 at the Hockenheimring, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.


1986 Baden-Württemberg motorcycle Grand Prix, Notes
It was Angel Nieto final race in 125cc class and in overall class


1986 Badminton World Cup
The 1986 Badminton World Cup was the eighth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in two Indonesian cities; Bandung & Jakarta. Indonesia won 3 titles while China finished with the titles from 2 disciplines.


1986 Balkans Cup
The 1986 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 8 teams and Slavia Sofia won the trophy.


1986 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 1986 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its second season under head coach Paul Schudel, the team compiled a 6–5 record (4–4 against conference opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for fifth place out of nine teams in the MAC. The team played its home games at Ball State Stadium in Muncie, Indiana.


1986 Ball State Cardinals football team
The team's statistical leaders included Wade Kosakowski with 1,459 passing yards, Carlton Campbell with 688 rushing yards, and Deon Chester with 601 receiving yards, and John Diettrich with 71 points scored.


1986 Ballon d'Or
The 1986 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Soviet forward Igor Belanov on 30 December 1986. There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.


1986 Ballon d'Or
Belanov became the third Soviet national who win the award after Lev Yashin (1963) and Oleh Blokhin (1975).


1986 Baltimore Orioles season
The 1986 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 7th in the American League East with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses. On August 5, the Orioles were in second place with a record of 59–47, just 2.5 games out of first place, but the Orioles would lose 42 of their final 56 games to finish in last place in the AL East.


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


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


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


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


1986 Bangladesh MV Shamia ferry incident
The 1986 Bangladesh MV Shamia ferry incident refers to one of the worst maritime disasters in human history that occurred on 25 May 1986 on the Meghna River in Bangladesh, killing 600 passengers. The incident occurred when the overloaded MV Shamia, a two-decker merchant ship ferry,  sank while carrying about 1,000 - 1,500 people from Bhola to Dhaka during  stormy weather conditions. Initial reports cited between 40 and 240 dead with 500 missing.


1986 Bangladesh MV Shamia ferry incident
At the end of Ramadan, a fasting month of muslims, many people were returning from their home cities to the capital Dhaka, after celebrating the religious holiday of Eid al-Fitr.


1986 Bangladesh MV Shamia ferry incident, Background
It is believed that cyclone heavily affected the capital of Bangladesh, including its adjoining areas at the time of the accident. The riverboat Shamia was set on sail from Bhola to Dhaka with over 1,000 to 1,500 passengers despite having accommodation for 500 passengers only. Shamia capsized when strong winds struck the ferry in one of the widest parts of the Meghna River.


1986 Bangladesh MV Shamia ferry incident, Background
The President of Bangladesh of that time, Hussain Mohammed Ershad, suspended all double-decker boats within Bangladesh jurisdiction and several officials responsible for issuing maritime-fitness certificates, were suspended for allowing the structural-defective ferries to carry passengers.


1986 Bangladeshi general election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the election. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 61.1%. Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the winner of the previous elections, boycotted the election.


1986 Bangladeshi general election
British observers including a journalist termed the elections a "tragedy for democracy" and a "cynically frustrated exercise".


1986 Bangladeshi general election, Background
In 1982 a coup d'état led by Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad overthrew democratically elected President Abdus Sattar, suspended the Constitution and imposed martial law. Parliament was dissolved and all political parties were banned. Ershad appointed Justice A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury as President on 27 March 1982, a position which he held until December 1983 when Ershad assumed the presidency himself. In 1983 Ershad promised to hold presidential elections in May 1984 and to restore parliamentary government the following year. However, neither elections were held until 1986.


1986 Bangladeshi general election, Background
Amid increasing opposition from the general public, Ershad aimed to legitimise his regime by holding a referendum in March 1985. The official result of the referendum was overwhelmingly in support of his regime; however, there were allegations of large-scale vote rigging.


1986 Bangladeshi general election, Background
Ershad planned to hold a presidential election in early 1986, but was faced with vigorous opposition from the Bangladesh Awami League-led eight-party alliance, Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed seven-party alliance and the left-leaning five-party alliance, who demanded the lifting of martial law and the holding of parliamentary elections prior to a presidential election. Conceding to opposition demands general elections were scheduled for 7 May 1986.


1986 Bangladeshi general election, Background
On 1 January 1986 Ershad formed Jatiya Party to represent his interests in the elections. The winners of the previous elections, BNP, boycotted the elections but Awami League, and the majority of other political parties, contested. At the time of elections, martial law was still in place and Ershad was still Army Chief.


1986 Bangladeshi general election, Results
The result was a victory for Ershad's Jatiya Party, which won a simple parliamentary majority with 153 of 300 seats. However the result was controversial, with Awami League accusing the Jatiya Party of election rigging and a British team of observers - consisting of a former Labour Party minister, a Conservative Party lawmaker and a BBC journalist - terming the elections a "tragedy for democracy" and a "cynically frustrated exercise".


1986 Bangladeshi general election, Aftermath
In August 1986 Ershad resigned from military service and a presidential election was held in October 1986, in which Ershad was declared the victor. However the elections were controversial as they were boycotted by all major opposition candidates and there were reports of irregularities.


1986 Bangladeshi general election, Aftermath
In November 1986, the second session of the third parliament was used for passing the constitution's seventh amendment bill, which primarily protected Ershad and his regime from prosecution for actions taken under his years of military rule, and on 11 November martial law was lifted.


1986 Bangladeshi general election, Aftermath
In July 1987, the opposition parties united in opposition of government policies. Ershad declared a state of emergency in November, dissolved parliament in December, and scheduled new parliamentary elections for March 1988.


1986 Bangladeshi presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 October 1986. The result was a victory for incumbent Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who had assumed the office in 1983 following a military coup. Ershad reportedly won 84.1% of the vote with a voter turnout of 54.9%. However the elections were controversial as they were boycotted by all major opposition candidates and there were reports of irregularities.


1986 Bangladeshi presidential election, Background
In 1982 a coup d'état led by Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad overthrew democratically elected President Abdus Sattar. Parliament was dissolved and all political parties were banned. Ershad appointed Justice A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury as President on 27 March 1982, a position which he held until December 1983 when Ershad assumed the presidency himself. In 1983 Ershad promised to hold presidential elections in May 1984 and to restore parliamentary government the following year. However, neither elections were held until 1986.


1986 Bangladeshi presidential election, Background
Amid opposition from the general public, Ershad aimed to legitimise his regime by holding a referendum in March 1985. The official result of the referendum was overwhelmingly in support of his regime, however there were allegations of large-scale vote rigging.


1986 Bangladeshi presidential election, Background
Ershad planned to hold presidential elections in early 1986, but was faced with vigorous opposition from the Awami League-led eight-party alliance, Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed seven-party alliance and the left-leaning five-party alliance, which all demanded the lifting of martial law and the holding of parliamentary elections prior to a presidential election. On 1 January 1986 Ershad formed Jatiya Party (Ershad) to represent his interests in elections and, conceding to opposition demands, parliamentary elections were held on 7 May 1986, which were won by Ershad's Jatiya Party. However the result was controversial as the elections were boycotted by the BNP and Awami League, which accused the Jatiya Party of election rigging. A British team of observers termed the elections a "tragedy for democracy" and a "cynically frustrated exercise".


1986 Bangladeshi presidential election, Background
Ershad resigned as Chief of Army Staff on 30 August 1986 and, with the approval of the new parliament, a presidential election was scheduled for 15 October 1986. However, the election was boycotted by all major opposition party candidates, who demanded the lifting of martial law.


1986 Bangladeshi presidential election, Results
The elections saw Ershad win in a landslide victory, reportedly receiving 84% of the vote. However, the result was viewed with scepticism, with reports of widespread irregularities. The New York Times reported that voter turnout was much lower than the government claimed and that very few people were able to vote in Dhaka due to an opposition-sponsored strike.


1986 Bangladeshi presidential election, Results
The newspaper also reported that election officials were seen putting ballots in the boxes themselves and that "reporters saw voter sheets in which all the votes on one page were listed as having been cast, while almost none of the voters on another page had voted, suggesting that officials had marked up the lists themselves". Some people were seen with more than one purple stamp on their hands, suggesting that they had been able to vote more than once.


1986 Bangladeshi presidential election, Results
Despite the opposition boycott and reports of widespread irregularities, Ershad claimed victory stating "This is the day that we negotiated the last bridge toward a democratic government. Today my pledge to the nation stands fulfilled."


1986 Bangladeshi presidential election, Aftermath
In November 1986, Parliament passed the seventh constitutional amendment bill, protecting Ershad and his regime from prosecution for actions taken under the years of military rule. Martial law was subsequently lifted on 11 November .


1986 Bangladeshi presidential election, Aftermath
In July 1987, the opposition groups united to lead mass demonstrations and strikes in opposition to the Ershad regime. Ershad declared a state of emergency on 27 November. Parliament was dissolved on 6 December, and parliamentary elections were held in March 1988. All major political parties refused to participate resulting in a victory for Jatiya Party (Ershad).


1986 Bangladeshi presidential election, Aftermath
In 1988 Parliament passed the controversial eighth amendment to the Constitution, which made Islam the state religion, in contravention of the original secular nature of the Constitution.


1986 Bangladeshi presidential election, Aftermath
In 1990 a popular mass uprising led by future Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina led to Ershad resigning from the Presidency, and the country returning to parliamentary democracy, with the Office of the President becoming a largely ceremonial one.


1986 Banka by-election
The 1986 bye-election was held for the Banka seat of the Lok Sabha  of the Indian parliament from state of Bihar. The election was won by the INC candidate Manorama Singh with 186237 votes, against George Fernandes of Janata Party with 156853 votes.


1986 Barbadian general election
General elections were held in Barbados on 28 May 1986. The result was a landslide victory for the Democratic Labour Party, which won 24 of the 27 seats. Among the Barbados Labour Party MPs who lost their seats was incumbent Prime Minister Harold Bernard St. John. Voter turnout was 76.7%.


1986 Barber Saab Pro Series
The 1986 Barber Saab Pro Series season was the inaugural season of the series. All drivers used Saab powered BFGoodrich shod Mondiale chassis. Willy Lewis won the inaugural championship.


1986 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election
The 1986 Barking and Dagenham Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham 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 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, Background
108 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate and was the only party to do so. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 21 candidates whilst the combined SDP-Liberal Alliance and the Liberal Democratic Focus Team ran 24.


1986 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, Election result
Labour continued to win a large majority of seats - 35 out of 48. The Conservatives and the Residents Association each held their 3 seats. The SDP–Liberal Alliance/Liberal Focus Team won 5 seats and 2 Independents were also elected.


1986 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1986 and 1990, Gascoigne
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Alan R. Beadle.


1986 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1986 and 1990, Fanshawe
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ernest A. Turner.


1986 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1986 and 1990, Marks Gate
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Donald I. Pepper.


1986 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1986 and 1990, River
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Patricia A. Twomey.


1986 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1986 and 1990, Abbey
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Abdul M. Khokhar.


1986 Barnet London Borough Council election
The 1986 Barnet Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Barnet 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 Barnet London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1986 and 1990, Hadley
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Beverley G. Lane.