Figure skating at the 1986 Asian Winter Games took place in the city of Sapporo, Japan with four events contested. The competition took place at the Mikaho Gymnasium.

Japan finished first in medal table by winning two gold medals.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Makoto Kano  Japan	Zhang Shubin  China	Xu Zhaoxiao  China
Women's singles	Juri Ozawa  Japan	Masako Kato  Japan	Fu Caishu  China
Pairs	North Korea Kim Hyok Nam Hye-yong	China Fan Jun Sun Jihong	China Shang Zhenyuan Sun Dan
Ice dancing	China Zhao Xiaolei Liu Luyang	Japan Hiroaki Tokita Junko Ito	Japan Kenji Takino Kaoru Takino

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	2	2	1	5
2	China (CHN)	1	2	3	6
3	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	0	1
Totals (3 entries)		4	4	4	12

• Results of the First Winter Asian Games

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