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Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 10,000 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh on 28 July 1986. It was the first time that this event was contested at the Commonwealth Games.

The winning margin was 11.89 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's 10,000 metres was won by more than ten seconds at these games.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Liz Lynch	Scotland	31:41.42	GR
	Anne Audain	New Zealand	31:53.31
	Angela Tooby	Wales	32:25.38
4	Nancy Rooks	Canada	32:30.71
5	Susan Lee	Canada	32:30.75
6	Susan Tooby	Wales	32:56.78
7	Marina Samy	England	33:10.94
8	Carole Rouillard	Canada	33:22.31
9	Andrea Everett	Scotland	33:56.43
10	Christine Price	Scotland	33:59.90
11	Debbie Peel	England	36:03.79
	Chris McMiken	New Zealand	DNF
	Jill Clarke	England	DNF
	Debbie Elsmore	New Zealand	DNF
	Lisa Martin	Australia	DNS

References

1. "Commonwealth Games Federation - Past Commonwealth Games". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

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