European Athletics Championships 1966 / men's javelin
| 8th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| discipline | Men's javelin throw |
| city |
 Budapest
|
| Stadion | Népstadion |
| Attendees | 23 athletes from 11 countries |
| Competition phase | September 1st (qualification) September 2nd (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Jānis Lūsis ( URS )
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 silver |
Władysław Nikiciuk ( POL )
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 bronze |
Gergely Kulcsár ( HUN )
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in 1953
The men's javelin at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held on September 1 and 2, 1966 in Budapest's Népstadion .
European champion was the Soviet defending champion and Olympic bronze medalist from 1964 Jānis Lūsis . He won ahead of Poland's Władysław Nikiciuk. Bronze went to the Hungarian Olympic runner-up from 1964 Gergely Kulcsár .
Records
Existing records
| World record | 91.72 m |
 Terje Pedersen
|
Oslo , Norway | 2nd September 1964 |
| European record | ||||
| Championship record | 82.04 m |
Jānis Lūsis
|
EM Belgrade , Yugoslavia | September 15, 1962 |
Record improvements
European champion Jānis Lūsis improved the existing EM record in the final on September 1st by 2.44 m to 84.48 m.
qualification
September 1, 1966, 11:30 a.m.
The 23 participants took part in a joint qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 76.00 m. Since only ten athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next two best placed athletes to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). So finally 74.88 m was enough for the final.
| space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt (m) | 2. attempt (m) | 3rd attempt (m) | Best width (m) |
| 1 | Wladyslaw Nikiciuk |
Poland
|
81.36 | - | - | 81.36 |
| 2 | Pauli Nevala |
 Finland
|
80.48 | - | - | 80.48 SB |
| 3 | Janusz Sidło |
Poland
|
80.16 | - | - | 80.16 SB |
| 4th | Urs von Wartburg |
 Switzerland
|
79.14 | - | - | 79.14 SB |
| 5 | Miklós Németh |
Hungary
|
78.34 | - | - | 78.34 |
| 6th | Karlo Gordzemashvili |
Soviet Union
|
69.08 | 78.30 | - | 78.30 |
| 7th | Gergely Kulcsár |
Hungary
|
77.64 | - | - | 77.64 |
| 8th | Jānis Lūsis |
Soviet Union
|
77.00 | - | - | 77.00 |
| 9 | Jorma Kinnunen |
Finland
|
76.60 | - | - | 76.60 SB |
| 10 | Väinö Kuisma |
Finland
|
71.70 | 76.60 | - | 76.60 |
| 11 | Manfred Stolle |
 GDR
|
74.04 | 75.50 | 67.92 | 75.50 |
| 12 | Miloš Vojtek |
 Czechoslovakia
|
73.46 | 74.88 | x | 74.88 PB |
| 13 | Mart Paama |
Soviet Union
|
74.54 | 73.76 | 74.26 | 74.54 SB |
| 14th | Terje Thorslund |
Norway
|
73.18 | 74.20 | 70.28 | 74.20 SB |
| 15th | Petelo Wakalina |
 France
|
72.08 | 74.12 | 70.68 | 74.12 |
| 16 | Hermann Salomon |
 BR Germany
|
x | 73.24 | x | 73.24 SB |
| 17th | Josef Dušátko |
Czechoslovakia
|
73.18 | 64.66 | 65.38 | 73.18 PB |
| 18th | Harry Abraham |
BR Germany
|
70.94 | 70.12 | 68.16 | 70.94 PB |
| 19th | Eugene Stumpp |
BR Germany
|
x | 70.14 | 70.90 | 70.90 SB |
| 20th | Michel Pougheon |
France
|
69.28 | 67.88 | x | 69.28 SB |
| 21st | Gábor Kovács |
Hungary
|
58.18 | 66.50 | 69.14 | 69.14 PB |
| 22nd | John Fitzsimmons |
 Great Britain
|
68.86 | x | x | 68.86 SB |
| NW | Willy Rasmussen |
Norway
|
x | x | x | without space |
| DNS | Petar Galic |
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| Jan Smiding |
 Sweden
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final
2nd September 1966
| space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt (m) | 2. attempt (m) | 3rd attempt (m) | 4th attempt (m) | 5th attempt (m) | 6th attempt (m) | Best width (m) |
| 1 | Jānis Lūsis |
Soviet Union
|
80.86 | 78.82 | 77.98 | 80.00 | 84.48 | 76.00 | 84.48 CR |
| 2 | Wladyslaw Nikiciuk |
Poland
|
81.76 | 76.54 | 77.74 | 76.94 | 72.46 | 74.14 | 81.76 SB |
| 3 | Gergely Kulcsár |
Hungary
|
75.48 | 75.66 | 72.46 | 76.70 | 76.64 | 80.54 | 80.54 SB |
| 4th | Pauli Nevala |
Finland
|
80.36 | x | x | x | 78.40 | 76.38 | 80.36 |
| 5 | Miklós Németh |
Hungary
|
72.64 | 78.24 | 79.82 | x | 74.36 | 77.20 | 79.82 |
| 6th | Väinö Kuisma |
Finland
|
79.26 | x | 71.60 | 72.36 | 76.10 | 75.84 | 79.26 SB |
| 7th | Janusz Sidło |
Poland
|
78.86 | 78.80 | 78.20 | 78.66 | 78.08 | 74.54 | 78.86 |
| 8th | Manfred Stolle |
GDR
|
70.68 | 74.96 | 78.70 | x | x | 72.14 | 78.70 SB |
| 9 | Karlo Gordzemashvili |
Soviet Union
|
72.88 | 75.68 | 72.32 | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
75.68 | ||
| 10 | Miloš Vojtek |
Czechoslovakia
|
72.52 | 69.84 | 69.68 | 72.52 | |||
| 11 | Urs von Wartburg |
Switzerland
|
71.50 | 72.06 | 70.78 | 72.06 | |||
| 12 | Jorma Kinnunen |
Finland
|
66.62 | 70.84 | 70.40 | 70.84 | |||
Bronze medalist Gergely Kulcsár (in 2013) - Olympic second in 1964 and Olympic knight in 1968
Pauli Nevala - Olympic champion in 1964 - came fourth
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Manfred Stolle was eighth in this final
Urs von Wartburg came in eleventh
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1966 at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 27, 2019
- Men Javelin Throw European Championship 1966 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed on May 27, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men Javelin Throw European Championship 1962 Beograd, p. 401 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 27, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1966 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on May 27, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1966, javelin men on sportschau.de, accessed on May 27, 2019
- 8th European Athletics Championships 1966 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on May 27, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Javelin Men , Retrieved May 27, 2019