| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 30 March – 5 April | ||
| Edition | 10 | ||
| Location | Uppsala, Sweden | ||
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The 10th European Badminton Championships were held in Uppsala, Sweden, between 30 March and 5 April 1986, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Svenska Badmintonförbundet.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Morten Frost | Ib Frederiksen | Michael Kjeldsen |
| Torben Carlsen | |||
| Women's singles |  Helen Troke | Kirsten Larsen |  Christine Magnusson |
 Svetlana Beliasova | |||
| Men's doubles | Steen Fladberg and Jesper Helledie | Stefan Karlsson and Thomas Kihlström | Jan Eric Antonsson and Pär-Gunnar Jonsson |
| Mark Christiansen and Michael Kjeldsen | |||
| Women's doubles | Gillian Clark and Gillian Gowers | Dorte Kjaer and Nettie Nielsen | Karen Beckman and Sarah Halsall |
| Maria Bengtsson and Christine Magnusson | |||
| Mixed doubles | Martin Dew and Gillian Gilks | Nigel Tier and Gillian Gowers | Stefan Karlsson and Maria Bengtsson |
| Thomas Kihlström and Christine Magnusson | |||
| Teams | Denmark | England | Sweden |
Medal account
| Pos | Country |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |