European Athletics Championships 1966

8th European Athletics Championships
city	Budapest
Stadion	Népstadion
Competitions	36
opening	August 30, 1966
Closing ceremony	4th September 1966
timeline
← Belgrade 1962	Athens 1969 →

Medal table  (final score after 36 decisions)
space	country
1	GDR	8th	3	6th	17th
2	Poland	7th	5	3	15th
3	USSR	6th	7th	7th	20th
4th	France	4th	3	7th	14th
5	Italy	3	-	-	3
6th	BR Germany	2	10	9	21st
7th	Great Britain	2	-	-	2
8th	Hungary	1	4th	3	8th
9	Bulgaria	1	1	-	2
10	Yugoslavia	1	-	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	1	-	-	1
Complete medal table

The 8th European Athletics Championships took place from August 30 to September 4, 1966 in the Hungarian capital Budapest . With the exception of the marathon and the walking competitions , the competitions were held in the Népstadion .

Attendees

The participation of the GDR under its own flag was controversial until shortly before the start of the competitions. The German athletes were even urged by politicians from the Federal Republic of Germany to boycott the European championships. The chairman of the German Athletics Association Max Danz , however, held on to the participation of the athletes of his association. There should then be a boycott based on other constellations at the following European championships .

Competitions

There were no changes in the competition program at these European Championships.

Gender status problem area

There were discussions about the question of gender status: Are all women athletes who compete in women's competitions actually women? It had in the past v. a. there were doubts about two Soviet sportswomen, the extremely successful siblings Tamara and Irina Press . The two did not face the newly introduced so-called sex tests, so they did not take part in the European championships and from then on never appeared again in competitions.

With the extremely successful Polish Ewa Kłobukowska , another athlete was affected by these sex tests. She passed the test at these European Championships without any complaints, but was classified as a hermaphrodite in 1967 at the European Cup because of her sex chromosomes . As a result, she could no longer take part in competitions from then on. In 1969, the IAAF subsequently canceled all world records in which Ewa Kłobukowska was involved, but she was allowed to keep the titles she had won. To classify these facts, however, also includes the fact that the athlete concerned later married and gave birth to a son.

Athletic performance

When it first took part as its own association, the GDR became the most successful nation with eight EM titles. The Soviet Union had lost its sole supremacy in Europe in recent years. The GDR was followed by Poland with 7 European Championship titles, the USSR (6 titles) and France (4).

The performance level of the individual athletes was high. The European championship record has been improved eighteen times. However, this time there were no world and European records.

• One athlete won three gold medals at these championships:
  • Irena Kirszenstein ( Poland ) - 200 meters , long jump , 4 × 100 m relay
• Two athletes won two gold medals each:
  • Stanisław Grędziński (Poland) - 400 meters , 4 × 400 m relay
  • Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) - 100 meters , 4 × 100 m relay (see also the comments in the chapter on the issue of gender status )
• Seven of the European champion from 1966 had previously EM won -Titel:
  • Manfred Matuschewski (GDR) - 800 meters , repetition of his 1962 success
  • Michel Jazy ( France ) - 5000 meters , 1962 European champion over 1500 meters
  • Abdon Pamich ( Italy ) - 20km walk , repeating his 1962 success
  • Vilmos Varjú ( Hungary ) - Shot put , repeating his 1962 success
  • Jānis Lūsis (Soviet Union) - javelin throw , repetition of his 1962 success

Results men

100 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/100 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
			officially	unofficially
1	Wiesław Maniak	POLE	10.5	10.60
2	Roger Bambuck	FRA	10.5	10.61
3	Claude Piquemal	FRA	10.5	10.62
4th	Manfred Knickenberg	FRG	10.5	10.62
5	Ito Gianni	ITA	10.6	10.71
6th	Barrie Kelly	GBR	10.7	10.76
7th	Nikolai Ivanov	URS	10.7	10.82
8th	Pasquale Giannattasio	ITA	20.1	k. A.

Finale: August 31

Wind: −0.6 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/200 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Roger Bambuck	FRA	20.93 SB
2	Marian Dudziak	POLE	21.0
3	Jean-Claude Nallet	FRA	21.0
4th	Jan Werner	POLE	21.1
5	Ladislav Kříž	TCH	21.3
6th	Fritz Roderfeld	FRG	21.4
7th	Livio Berruti	ITA	21.5
8th	Ennio Preatoni	ITA	21.7

Final: September 2nd

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/400 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Stanisław Grędziński	POLE	46.0
2	Andrzej Badeński	POLE	46.2
3	Manfred children	FRG	46.3
4th	Wilfried Weiland	GDR	46.6
5	Rolf Krüsmann	FRG	46.7
6th	Josef Trousil	TCH	46.9
7th	Tim Graham	GBR	46.9
DNF	Siegfried König	FRG

Final: September 1st

Manfred Matuschewski ( here as the winner of the GDR championships in 1963 ) surprisingly defeated the European record holder Franz-Josef Kemper

800 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/800 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Manfred Matuschewski	GDR	1: 45.9 CR / NO
2	Franz-Josef Kemper	FRG	1: 46.0
3	Bodo Bottlenose Dolphin	FRG	1: 46.3 PB
4th	Chris Carter	GBR	1: 46.3 NO
5	Tomáš Jungwirth	TCH	1: 46.7 NO
6th	John Boulter	GBR	1: 47.0
7th	Alberto Esteban	ESP	1: 47.4 NO
8th	Noel Carroll	IRL	1: 47.9 SB

Final: September 4th

1500 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/1500 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bodo Bottlenose Dolphin	FRG	3: 41.9
2	Michel Jazy	FRA	3: 42.2
3	Harald Norpoth	FRG	3: 42.4
4th	Alan Simpson	GBR	3: 43.8 SB
5	Jürgen May	GDR	3: 44.1
6th	André De Hertoghe	BEL	3: 44.3
7th	Jean Wadoux	FRA	3: 44.5 SB
8th	Henryk Szordykowski	POLE	3: 45.8

Final: September 1st

Bodo Tümmler ( photo right ) defeated Michel Jazy and Harald Norpoth.

5000 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/5000 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Michel Jazy	FRA	13: 42.8 CR
2	Harald Norpoth	FRG	13: 44.0 SB
3	Bernd Dießner	GDR	13: 47.8 SB
4th	Derek Graham	GBR	13: 48.0 SB
5	Lajos Mecser	HUN	13: 48.0 SB
6th	Bengt Nåjde	SWE	13: 48.2 SB
7th	István Kiss	HUN	13: 48.2 SB
8th	Jean-Luc Salomon	FRA	13: 52.0

Final: September 4th

Michel Jazy wins ahead of Harald Norpoth - as in the photo on the right in a 1963 race.

10,000 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966 / men's 10,000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jürgen Haase	GDR	28: 26.0 CR
2	Lajos Mecser	HUN	28: 27.0 PB
3	Leonid Mikitenko	URS	28: 32.2 SB
4th	Manfred Letzerich	FRG	28: 36.8 SB
5	Allan Rushmer	GBR	28: 37.8 PB
6th	Bruce Tulloh	GBR	28: 50.4 PB
7th	János Szerényi	HUN	28: 52.2 SB
8th	Gaston Roelants	BEL	28: 59.6 SB

Date: August 30th

marathon

→ Main article : 1966 European Athletics Championships / men's marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Jim Hogan	GBR	2: 20: 04.6 PB
2	Aurèle Vandendriessche	BEL	2: 21: 43.6 SB
3	Gyula Tóth	HUN	2: 22: 02.0 SB
4th	Carlos Perez	ESP	2:22:23 PB
5	Anatoly Skripnik	URS	2:23:14 PB
6th	Anatoly Sukharkov	URS	2:23:33 PB
7th	Kalevi Ihaksi	FIN	2:23:38 PB
8th	Pavel Kantorek	TCH	2:23:49 PB

Date: September 4th

110 m hurdles

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/110 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	13.7 CRe
2	Hinrich John	FRG	14.0
3	Marcel Duriez	FRA	14.0
4th	Anatoly Mikhailov	URS	14.1
5	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	14.2
6th	Sergio Liani	ITA	14.2
7th	Vyacheslav Skomorokhov	URS	14.2
8th	Bo Forssander	SWE	14.3

Final: September 4th

Wind: −0.2 m / s

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/400 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Roberto Frinolli	ITA	49.8
2	Gerd Loßdörfer	FRG	50.3
3	Robert Poirier	FRA	50.5
4th	Wassyl Anissimow	URS	50.5
5	Jaako Tuominen	FIN	50.9
6th	Horst Gieseler	FRG	51.2
7th	Jean-Jacques Behm	FRA	51.3
8th	Alain Hébrard	FRA	52.8

Final: September 2nd

3000 m obstacle

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/3000 m obstacle men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Viktor Kudinski	URS	8: 26.6 CR / NO
2	Anatoly Kurjan	URS	8: 28.0 PB
3	Gaston Roelants	BEL	8: 28.0 SB
4th	Guy Texereau	FRA	8: 30.0 NO
5	Manfred Letzerich	FRG	8: 31.0 DR
6th	Dieter Hartmann	GDR	8: 31.6 NO
7th	Zoltan Vamoş	ROME	8: 34.0 NO
8th	Maurice Herriott	GBR	8: 37.0 SB

Final: September 3rd

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/4 × 100 m men

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	France	Marc Berger Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck	39.4 CR
2	USSR	Edvīns Ozoliņš Armin Tujakow Boris Savtschuk Nikolai Ivanov	39.8
3	BR Germany	Hans-Jürgen Felsen Gert Metz Dieter Enderlein Manfred Knickenberg	39.8
4th	GDR	Heinz Erbstößer Rainer Berger Hermann Burde Harald Eggers	40.0
5	Great Britain	Lynn Davies Ronald Jones Menzies Campbell Barrie Kelly	40.1
6th	Italy	Ennio Preatoni Ipolito Giani Nello Simoncelli Sergio Ottolina	40.2
7th	Czechoslovakia	Petr Utekal Herbert Bende Jiří Kynos Ladislav Kříž	40.6
8th	Netherlands	Piet Tamminga Leo de Winter Wim Blom Rob Heemskerk	40.7

Final: September 4th

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/4 × 100 m men

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Poland	Jan Werner Edmund Borowski Stanisław Grędziński Andrzej Badeński	3: 04.5 CR
2	BR Germany	Friedrich Roderfeld Jens Ulbricht Rolf Krüsmann Manfred Children	3: 04.8 SB
3	GDR	Jochen Both Günter Klann Michael Zerbes Wilfried Weiland	3: 05.7 SB
4th	France	Jean-Pierre Boccardo Jean-Claude Nallet Robert Poirier Michel Samper	3: 05.7 SB
5	Great Britain	John Adey John Sherwood Martin Winbolt-Lewis Tim Graham	3: 05.9 SB
6th	Italy	Bruno Bianchi Roberto Frinolli Furio Fusi Sergio Bello	3: 06.5 SB
7th	Czechoslovakia	Josef Hegyes Jaromir Haisl Pavel Penkava Josef Trousil	3: 09.3
8th	Hungary	László Horváth Imre Nemesházi Gyula Rábai István Bátori	3: 10.3

Final: September 4th

20 km walking

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/20 km men's walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Dieter Lindner	GDR	1: 29: 25.0 CR
2	Volodymyr Holubnychy	URS	1: 30: 06.0 SB
3	Mykola Smaha	URS	1: 30: 18.0 SB
4th	Gerhard Sperling	GDR	1: 31: 25.8 SB
5	Anatoly Wedjakov	URS	1: 32: 00.8 PB
6th	Antal Kiss	HUN	1: 32: 42.4 PB
7th	Peter Fullager	GBR	1: 33: 02.4 PB
8th	Henri Delerue	FRA	1: 33: 41.2 PB

Date: August 30th

50 km of walking

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/50 km men's walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Abdon Pamich	ITA	4: 18: 42.2 SB
2	Gennady Agapov	URS	4: 20: 01.2 PB
3	Oleksandr Shcherbyna	URS	4: 20: 47.2 SB
4th	Kurt Sakowski	GDR	4: 22: 35.0 SB
5	Ray Middleton	GBR	4: 23: 01.0 PB
6th	Henri Delerue	FRA	4: 24: 30.4 PB
7th	Günter Rieger	GDR	4: 25: 50.8 PB
8th	Vittorio Visini	ITA	4: 26: 22.4 SB

Date: September 3rd

high jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966 / men's high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Jacques Madubost	FRA	2.12 PB
2	Robert Sainte-Rose	FRA	2.12 SB
3	Valery Skvortsov	URS	2.09
4th	Edward Czernik	POLE	2.06 SB
5	Andrei Khmarsky	URS	2.06 PB
6th	Wolfgang Schillkowski	FRG	2.06 PB
7th	Valentin Gavrilov	URS	2.06 SB
8th	Ingomar Sieghart	FRG	2.03
	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	SWE	2.03 SBe

Final: September 1st

Pole vault

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966 / men's pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Wolfgang Nordwig	GDR	5.10 CR
2	Christos Papanikolaou	GRE	5.05 NO
3	Hervé d'Encausse	FRA	5.00 SB
4th	Renato Dionisi	ITA	4.80 SB
5	Ignacio Sola	ESP	4.80 PB
6th	Wlodzimierz Sokolowski	POLE	4.80 SB
7th	Leszek Butscher	POLE	4.80 PB
8th	Claus Schiprowski	FRG	4.70 SB

Final: September 2nd

Long jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966 / men's long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lynn Davies	GBR	7.98 CR
2	Igor Ter-Ovansyan	URS	7.88 SB
3	Jean Cochard	FRA	7.88 NO
4th	Leonid Barkowskyj	URS	7.74 SB
5	Rainer Stenius	FIN	7.68
6th	Hermann Latzel	FRG	7.59 SB
7th	Pentti Eskola	FIN	7.51 SB
8th	Pertti Puosi	FIN	7.46

Finale: August 31

After his Olympic victory in 1964 , Lynn Davies won the European Championship title with his last jump .

Triple jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966 / men's triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Georgi Stojkowski	BUL	16.67 CR / NO
2	Hans-Jürgen Rückborn	GDR	16.66 NO
3	Henrik Kalocsai	HUN	16.59 NO
4th	Jan Jaskólski	POLE	16.57
5	Józef Szmidt	POLE	16.45 SB
6th	Michael Sauer	FRG	16.39
7th	Șerban Ciochină	ROME	16.22
8th	Siegfried Dähne	GDR	16.17 SB

Final: September 4th

Shot put

→ Main article : 1966 European Athletics Championships / Men's Shot Put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Vilmos Varjú	HUN	19.43 CR
2	Nikolai Karassev	URS	18.82 SB
3	Wladyslaw Komar	POLE	18.68 SB
4th	Alfred Sosgórnik	POLE	18.38 SB
5	Heinfried Birlenbach	FRG	18.37
6th	Matti Yrjölä	FIN	18.19 SB
7th	Pierre Colnard	FRA	18.15 NO
8th	Dieter Hoffmann	GDR	18.02 SB

Final: September 1st

Discus throw

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966 / Men's discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Detlef Thorith	GDR	57.42
2	Hartmut Losch	GDR	57.34 SB
3	Lothar Milde	GDR	56.80 SB
4th	Edmund Piątkowski	POLE	56.76 SB
5	Ludvík Daněk	TCH	56.24
6th	Silvano Simeon	ITA	55.96 SB
7th	Zenon's desire	POLE	55.94 SB
8th	Jiří Žemba	TCH	54.20

Finale: August 31

Hammer throw

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966 / men's hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ramuald Klim	URS	70.02 CR
2	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	68.62 SB
3	Uwe Beyer	FRG	67.28 SB
4th	Manfred Losch	GDR	65.84 PB
5	Vladimir Tribunski	URS	65.28 PB
6th	Lázár Lovász	HUN	65.28 SB
7th	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	64.52 SB
8th	Martin Lotz	GDR	63.16 PB

Final: September 4th

Javelin throw

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966 / men's javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jānis Lūsis	URS	84.48 CR
2	Wladyslaw Nikiciuk	POLE	81.76 SB
3	Gergely Kulcsár	HUN	80.54 SB
4th	Pauli Nevala	FIN	80.36 PB
5	Miklós Németh	HUN	79.82 PB
6th	Väinö Kuisma	FIN	79.26 SB
7th	Janusz Sidło	POLE	78.86 SB
8th	Manfred Stolle	GDR	78.70 PB

Final: September 2nd

After Vizeeuropa-
championship in 1962 reached Werner von Moltke this year topped

Decathlon

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966 / Men's Decathlon

space	athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 85 value.
1	Werner von Moltke	FRG	7740 SB	7607
2	Jörg Mattheis	FRG	7614 PB	7478
3	Horst Beyer	FRG	7562 SB	7479
4th	Max Klauss	GDR	7446 PB	7280
5	Purely aun	URS	7378 SB	7210
6th	Jüri Otsmaa	URS	7237 SB	7054
7th	Mychajlo Storoshenko	URS	7172 SB	7002
8th	Werner Duttweiler	SUI	7165 PB	6999

Date: August 31st / September 1st

The scoring was based on the points table from 1964.

For orientation and classification of the performances, the scores achieved in 1985 according to the current rating system are also listed for comparison. After that, places two and three would have been assigned the other way around. But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

Results women

100 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/100 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ewa Kłobukowska	POLE	11.5
2	Irena Kirszenstein	POLE	11.5
3	Karin Frisch	FRG	11.8
4th	Eva Lehocká	TCH	11.9
5	Vera Popkova	URS	11.9
6th	Margit Nemesházi	HUN	11.9
7th	Jutta Stöck	FRG	11.9
8th	Hannelore Trabert	FRG	12.0

Finale: August 31

Wind: -1.1 m / s

There was a double victory for Poland with a clear lead in the sprint with Ewa Kłobukowska ( photo right ) as European champion.

200 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/200 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Irena Kirszenstein	POLE	23.1 CR
2	Ewa Kłobukowska	POLE	23.4
3	Vera Popkova	URS	23.7
4th	Kirsten Roggenkamp	FRG	23.8
5	Ingrid Tiedtke	GDR	23.9
6th	Eva Lehocká	TCH	24.0
7th	Hannelore Trabert	FRG	24.2
8th	True Hennipman	NED	24.2

Final: September 2nd

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

Irena Kirszenstein - later Irena Szewińska - won the titles over 200 m , 4 × 100 m and in the long jump .

400 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/400 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Anna Chmelková	TCH	52.9 CR / NO
2	Antónia Munkácsi	HUN	53.9
3	Monique Noirot	FRA	54.0
4th	Lyudmila Samotyosova	URS	54.0
5	Helga Henning	FRG	54.1 BR
6th	Berit Berthelsen	NOR	54.1 NO
7th	Zsuzsa Szabó	HUN	54.3
8th	Lia Louer	NED	55.0

Final: September 1st

800 m

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/800 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Vera Nikolić	YUG	2: 02.8 CRe / NO
2	Zsuzsa Szabó	HUN	2: 03.1 NO
3	Antje Gleichfeld	FRG	2: 03.7 DR
4th	Pam Piercy	GBR	2: 04.1 PB
5	Alla Krivosheeva	URS	2: 04.2 PB
6th	Vera Mukhanova	URS	2: 04.8 PB
7th	Ilya Laman	NED	2: 05.2 SB
8th	Waltraud Pöhlitz	GDR	2: 12.1

Final: September 4th

Vera Nikolić won the 800 meter title in a high-class competition.

80 m hurdles

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/80 m hurdles for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Karin Balzer	GDR	10.7
2	Karin Frisch	FRG	10.7
3	Elżbieta Bednarek	POLE	10.7
4th	Renate Balck	FRG	10.7
5	Inge Schell	FRG	10.8
6th	Nilija Kulkowa	URS	10.9
7th	Danuta Straszyńska	POLE	10.9
8th	Gundula Diel	GDR	11.0

Final: September 4th

Wind: +0.2 m / s

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966/4 × 100 m women

space	Athletes	country	Time (s)
1	Poland	Elżbieta Bednarek Danuta Straszyńska Irena Kirszenstein Ewa Kłobukowska	44.4 CR
2	BR Germany	Renate Meyer Hannelore Trabert Karin Frisch Jutta Stöck	44.5 SB
3	USSR	Wera Popkowa Walentyna Bolschowa Lyudmila Samotjossowa Renāte Lāce	44.6 SB
4th	Hungary	Margit Nemesházi Erzsébet Bartos Annamária Tóth Ida Such	45.1
5	GDR	Ingrid Tiedtke Ursula Böhm Christina Heinich Renate Heldt	45.3
6th	Great Britain	Maureen Tranter Janet Simpson Daphne Slater Jill Hall	45.4
7th	Netherlands	Truus Hennipman Martha Klaasen Wilma van Gool Lidy Vonk	45.6
8th	France	Danielle Guéneau Sylviane Telliez Gabrielle Meyer Nicole Montandon	45.7

Final: September 4th

high jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966 / Women's high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Taissija Tschentschik	URS	1.75 SB
2	Lyudmila Komleva	URS	1.73 PB
3	Jarosława Bieda	POLE	1.71 PBe
4th	Mária Faithová	TCH	1.71 SB
5	Olga Gere-Pulic	YUG	1.71 SB
6th	Marjan Thomas	NED	1.68 SB
7th	Dagmar Melzer	GDR	1.65 PB
8th	Dorothy Shirley	GBR	1.65 SBe

Final: September 4th

Long jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966 / women's long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Irena Kirszenstein	POLE	6.55 CR
2	Diana Jorgowa	BUL	6.45 PB
3	Helga Hoffmann	FRG	6.38 PB
4th	Corrie Bakker	NED	6.34 NO
5	Viorica Viscopoleanu	ROME	6.33
6th	Tatiana Talysheva	URS	6.33 SB
7th	Sheila Parkin	GBR	6.30 SB
8th	Meta antennas	SUI	6.23 NO

Final: September 3rd

Shot put

→ Main article : 1966 European Athletics Championships / women's shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Nadezhda Tschischowa	URS	17.22 SB
2	Margitta Gummel	GDR	17.05 SB
3	Marita Lange	GDR	16.96 SB
4th	Galina Sybina	URS	16.65 SB
5	Maria Chorbova	BUL	15.97 PB
6th	Gertrud Schäfer	FRG	15.95 PB
7th	Marlene Fuchs	FRG	15.89 SB
8th	Ana Sălăgean	ROME	15.48 SB

Final: August 30th

Discus throw

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 1966 / women's discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Christine Spielberg	GDR	57.76 CR
2	Liesel Westermann	FRG	57.38 BR
3	Anita Hentschel	GDR	56.80 PB
4th	Jolán Kleiber	HUN	56.24 PB
5	Wirschinija Michajlowa	BUL	53.68 PB
6th	Ingrid Lotz	GDR	53.34 SB
7th	Jiřina Němcová	TCH	52.40 PB
8th	Štěpánka Mertová	TCH	51.64

Final: September 1st

Javelin throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Marion Lüttge	GDR	58.74
2	Mihaela Peneș	ROME	56.94 SB
3	Valentina Popova	URS	56.70 PB
4th	Jelena Gorchakova	URS	55.96 SB
5	Elvīra Ozoliņa	URS	55.52 SB
6th	Márta Rudas	HUN	54.30
7th	Daniela Tarkowska	POLE	49.70
8th	Erika Strasser	AUT	49.26

Final: September 3rd

Pentathlon

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space	Athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 85 value.
1	Valentina Tikhomirova	URS	4787 SB	4057
2	Heide Rosendahl	FRG	4765 SB	4048
3	Inge Exner	GDR	4713 PB	3984
4th	Mary Rand	GBR	4711 SB	4001
5	Annamária Tóth	HUN	4704 SB	4005
6th	Gerda Mittenzwei	GDR	4675 PB	3950
7th	Meta antennas	SUI	4535 SB	3815
8th	Denise Guénard	FRA	4483 SB	3722

Date: August 31st / September 1st

The pentathlon table, modified in 1962, was used for scoring.

For orientation and classification of the performances, the scores achieved for the heptathlon according to the current rating system from 1985 are listed for comparison . After that there would have been other placements:

• The fifth-placed Annamária Tóth would have won bronze.
• The third-placed Inge Exner would be fifth.
• The ninth-placed Brit Ann Wilson would be eighth ahead of the tenth-placed Norwegian Oddrun Hokland.
• Denise Guénard, who was eighth, would have to be content with tenth place.
• The two athletes in 21st place (Marjana Lubej) and 22nd (Magaly Vettorazzo) should have swapped their ranks.

But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1966 from european-athletics.org, accessed June 20, 2017
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1966 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed June 20, 2017
• 8th European Athletics Championships 1966 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on June 20, 2017
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1966 on sportschau.de, accessed on June 20, 2017
• A former great of the decathlon guild is 80 years old today by Alwin J. Wagner on lampis.net, accessed on June 20, 2017
• 1960 - 1972: The "Press Brothers", Beyer and Gummel at sportschau.de, accessed on June 20, 2017
• Eine Viecherei , Spiegel Online November 13, 1967 at spiegel.de, accessed on June 20, 2017
• UFA-Wochenschau 528/1966 , short video about the European championships 1966, September 6, 1966, range: 7:03 min to 9:19 min on filmothek.bundesarchiv.de, accessed on June 20, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hader um hymnen , Spiegel Online September 6, 1966 at spiegel.de, accessed on June 20, 2017
2. ↑ Between man and woman: The legendary discus thrower Tamara Press turns 70. Never without her razor , Welt Print September 6, 1966 on welt.de, accessed on June 20, 2017
3. ↑ Ewa Kłobukowska on sports-reference.com (English), accessed on June 3, 2019
4. ↑ Patricia Nell Warren, The Rise and Fall of Gender Testing ( Memento November 25, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) on Outsports History, accessed June 3, 2019