Sailing was contested at the 1986 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea from September 23 to September 29.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division II |
Qi Jianguo China
|
Saard Panyawan Thailand
|
Abdul Malik Faisal Indonesia
|
| Optimist |
Park Jong-woo South Korea
|
Daisuke Miyamoto Japan
|
Tosaporn Painupong Thailand
|
| Laser |
Park Gil-chul South Korea
|
Koichiro Naito Japan
|
Ma Youming China
|
| 470 |
 ChinaLin Jiacheng Chen Hongtai |
 IndiaFarokh Tarapore Dhruv Bhandari |
Japan Norio Ogasawara Hiroyuki Kuriyama |
| Enterprise |
 PakistanMunir Sadiq Muhammad Zakaullah |
 South KoreaAhn Cheul-ung Kim Seung-suk |
Japan Saburo Sato Tatsuya Wanikaga |
Medal Table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
South Korea
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 |
China
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
Pakistan
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |
Japan
|
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |
 Thailand
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |
India
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |
 Indonesia
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |