European Indoor Games 1966

The 1st European Indoor Games were played on March 27, 1966 in the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund . It was the precursor organization of the European Indoor Championships of Athletics .

Men

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Barrie Kelly	GBR	6.6
2	Heinz Erbstößer	GDR	6.6
3	Viktor Kassatkin	URS	6.6
4th	Jürgen Schröter	FRG	6.7
5	Ramón Magariños	ESP	6.8
6th	Hans Hönger	SUI	6.8

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Hartmut Koch	GDR	47.9
2	Manfred children	FRG	48.3
3	Wassyl Anissimow	URS	49.0
4th	Nicolas overhead	GBR	49.0

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Noel Carroll	IRL	1: 49.7
2	Tomáš Jungwirth	TCH	1: 50.8
3	Herbert Missalla	FRG	1: 51.0
4th	Alberto Esteban	ESP	1: 51.3
5	Gérard Vervoort	FRA	1: 52.4
6th	Imre Nagy	HUN	1: 52.9
	Arnd Kruger	FRG	DNF

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Whetton	GBR	3: 43.8
2	Oleg Raiko	URS	3: 46.7
3	Ulf Högberg	SWE	3: 47.2
4th	Karl Eyerkaufer	FRG	3: 47.3
5	Klaus Prenner	FRG	3: 48.3
6th	Francesco Bianchi	ITA	3: 49.9
7th	Claude Damoiseaux	BEL	3: 57.5
8th	Jorge González	ESP	4: 06.4

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Harald Norpoth	FRG	7: 56.0
2	Siegfried Herrmann	GDR	7: 57.2
3	István Kiss	HUN	8: 05.0
4th	Alan Simpson	GBR	8: 06.6
5	Werner Girke	FRG	8: 06.6
6th	Gärderud is different	SWE	8: 12.8

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	7.7
2	Mike Parker	GBR	7.8
3	Hinrich John	FRG	7.9
4th	Vyacheslav Skomorokhov	URS	7.9
5	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	7.9
6th	Milan Čečman	TCH	8.0

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Valery Skvortsov	URS	2.17
2	Wolfgang Schillkowski	FRG	2.11
3	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	SWE	2.08
4th	Rudolf Baudis	TCH	2.08
5	Ingomar Sieghart	FRG	2.05
6th	Branko Vivod	YUG	2.05
7th	Jón Þordur Ólafsson	ISL	2.00
8th	Benny Andreassen	THE	2.00

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Hennadij Blesnizow	URS	4.90
2	Rudolf Tomášek	TCH	4.80
3	Pure Liese	FRG	4.70
4th	Igor field	URS	4.60
5	Miguel Consegal	ESP	4.40
6th	Claus Schiprowski	FRG	4.40
7th	Maurice Houvion	FRA	4.40
8th	Daniel Borrey	BEL	4.40

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Igor Ter-Ovanesjan	URS	8.23
2	Armin Baumert	FRG	7.79
3	Jochen Eigenherr	FRG	7.63
4th	Luis Felipe Areta	ESP	7.52
5	Jean Cochard	FRA	7.44
6th	Hermann Latzel	FRG	7.43

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Șerban Ciochină	ROU	16.43
2	Michael Sauer	FRG	16.35
3	Petr Nemšovský	TCH	16.28
4th	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA	16.25
5	Hans-Jürgen Rückborn	GDR	15.96
6th	Henrik Kalocsai	HUN	15.84

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Vilmos Varjú	HUN	19.05
2	Dieter Hoffmann	GDR	18.25
3	Jíři Skobla	TCH	18.08
4th	Tomislav Šuker	YUG	17.88
5	Jaroslav Šmíd	TCH	17.71
6th	Bengt Christiansson	SWE	17.23

4 x 320 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	BR Germany	Jörg Jüttner Rainer Kunter Hans Reinermann Jens Ulbricht	2: 30.1
2	Czechoslovakia	Miroslav Veruk Juraj Demeč Ladislav Kříž Josef Trousil	2: 31.0

1600 meter relay (4 + 3 + 2 + 1 laps)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	BR Germany	Leonhard Händl Werner Krönke Rolf Krüsmann Jürgen Schröter	3: 22.0
2	Italy	Bruno Bianchi Sergio Bello Sergio Ottolina Ippolito Giani	3: 22.2
3	Belgium	Werner Oijzers Willy Vandewyngaerden Georges Wijnants Albert van Hoorn	3: 27.2

Women

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Margit Nemesházi	HUN	7.3
2	Galina Mitrochina	URS	7.3
3	Mary Rand	GBR	7.4
4th	Dorothee Sander	FRG	7.4
5	Hannelore Trabert	FRG	7.5
6th	Ljiljana Petnjarić	YUG	7.5

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Helga Henning	FRG	56.9
2	Libuše Macounová	TCH	57.2
3	Maeve Kyle	IRL	57.3
4th	Christine Linz	FRG	57.7

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Zsuzsa Szabó	HUN	2: 07.9
2	Karin Kessler	FRG	2: 10.8
3	Marie Ingrová	TCH	2: 11.6
4th	Anni Pede	FRG	2: 12.9
5	Jette Andersen	THE	2: 13.8
6th	Ursula Brodbeck	SUI	2: 17.4

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Irina Press	URS	8.1
2	Gundula Diel	GDR	8.4
3	Inge Schell	FRG	8.4
4th	Marlène Canguio	FRA	8.5
5	Françoise Masse	FRA	8.5
6th	Alena Hiltscherová	TCH	8.6

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Iolanda Balaș	ROU	1.76
2	Olga Gere-Pulic	YUG	1.73
3	Ilia Hans	FRG	1.65
4th	Mary Rand	GBR	1.65
5	Geneviève Laureau	FRA	1.65
6th	Nevenka Mrinjek	YUG	1.65
7th	Marjan Thomas	NED	1.60
8th	Mária Faithová	TCH	1.60

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Shchelkanova	URS	6.73
2	Mary Rand	GBR	6.53
3	Heide Rosendahl	FRG	6.49
4th	Viorica Viscopoleanu	ROU	6.01
5	Oddrun Hokland	NOR	5.93
6th	Meta antennas	SUI	5.83

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Margitta Gummel	GDR	17.30
2	Tamara Press	URS	17.00
3	Nadezhda Tschischowa	URS	16.95
4th	Irina Press	URS	16.38
5	Judit Bognár	HUN	15.90
6th	Marlene Klein	FRG	15.63

4 x 160 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	BR Germany	Renate Meyer Erika Rost Hannelore Trabert Kirsten Roggenkamp	1: 18.4
2	Yugoslavia	Ljiljana Petnjarić Marijana Lubej Jelisaveta Đanić Olga Šikovec	1: 21.7
3	Czechoslovakia	Libuše Macounová Alena Hiltscherová Eva Kucmanová Eva Lehocká	1: 22.3

Medal table

Medal table
Plats	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	USSR	5	3	3	11
2	Federal Republic of Germany	4th	5	7th	16
3	Hungary	3	0	1	4th
4th	GDR	2	4th	0	6th
5	Great Britain	2	2	2	6th
6th	Romania	2	0	0	2
7th	Ireland	1	0	1	2
8th	Italy	1	0	0	1
9	Czechoslovakia	0	4th	4th	8th
10	Yugoslavia	0	2	0	2
11	Sweden	0	0	2	2

Web links

• 1. European indoor games , results on Maik Richter's website
• European Indoor Championships (Men) on gbrathletics
• European Indoor Championships (Women) on gbrathletics