The 1986 World Mountain Running Championships was the 2nd edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Morbegno, Italy on 5 October 1986.^[1]

Results

Men individual

Distance 15.0 km, difference in height 1127 m (climb).^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Alfonso Valicella	Italy	1h00'36"
	Helmut Stuhlpfarrer	Austria	1h01'07"
	Charly Doll	West Germany	1h02'25"
4	Beat Imhof	Switzerland	1h03'11"
5	John Lenihan	Ireland	1h03'16"
6	Costantino Bertolla	Italy	1h03'31"
7	Privato Pezzoli	Italy	1h03'46"
8	Luigi Bortoluzzi	Italy	1h03'49"
9	Ruedi Bucher	Switzerland	1h04'01"
10	Wolfgang Münzel	West Germany	1h04'47"

Men team

Rank	Country	Athletes	Points
	Italy	Alfonso Valicella, Costantino Bertolla, Privato Pezzoli. Luigi Bortoluzzi	16
	Switzerland		28
	West Germany		30

Men short distance

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Maurizio Simonetti	Italy	45'37"
	Fausto Bonzi	Italy	45'57"
	Renato Gotti	Italy	46'40"
4	Pier Alberto Tassi	Italy	47'04"
5	Vito Cornolti	Italy	47'23"
6	Davide Milesi	Italy	47'35"
7	Rob Pilbeam	England	47'40"
8	Lucio Fregona	Italy	47'49"
9	Daniel Oppliger	Switzerland	47'59"
10	Dave Cartridge	England	48'02"

Men short distance team

Rank	Country	Athletes	Points
	Italy	Maurizio Simonetti, Fausto Bonzi, Renato Gotti, Pier Alberto Tassi	7
	Italy 2		17
	England		35

Men junior individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Franco Naitza	Italy	29'55"
	Robin Bergstrand	England	30'12"
	Ezio Chappoz	Italy	30'36"
4	Emiliano Milesi	Italy	30'38"
5	Michael Steiner	Switzerland	31'13"
6	Davide Zubiani	Italy	31'14"
7	Antonio Molinari	Italy	31'15"
8	Giacomino Lizzoli	Italy	31'16"
9	Martial Cuendet	Switzerland	31'45"
10	Heinz Fellner	Austria	31'55"

Men junior team

Rank	Country	Athletes	Points
	Italy		8
	England		27
	Italy 2		28

Women individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Carol Haigh	England	34'14"
	Valentina Bottarelli	Italy	34'59"
	Gaby Schütz	Switzerland	35'22"
4	Helene Eschler	Switzerland	36'05"
5	Anelise Weber	West Germany	36'07"
6	Lucia Soranzo	Italy	36'22"
7	Karin Möbes	Switzerland	36'22"
8	Tatjana Smolnikar	Yugoslavia	36'33"
9	Sonia Basso	Italy	36'33"
10	Gemma Gaddo	Italy	37'27"

Women team

Rank	Country	Athletes	Points
	Switzerland	Gaby Schütz, Helene Eschler, Karin Möbes, Daniela Salvi	14
	Italy	Valentina Bottarelli, Lucia Soranzo, Sonia Basso, Gemma Gaddo	17
	West Germany		21