European Athletics Championships 1966/110 m hurdles of men

8th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 110-meter hurdles
city	Budapest
Stadion	Népstadion
Attendees	24 athletes from 14 countries
Competition phase	September 2nd (preliminary) September 3rd (semi-finals) September 4th (final)
Medalist
gold	Eddy Ottoz ( ITA )
silver	Hinrich John ( FRG )
bronze	Marcel Duriez ( FRA )

The Népstadion at an event
in 1953

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in 1966 was held from September 2 to 4, 1966 in Budapest's Népstadion .

European champion was the Italian Eddy Ottoz . He won in front of the German hurdler Hinrich John . Bronze went to the Frenchman Marcel Duriez.

Records

Existing records

World record	13.2 s	Martin Lauer	Zurich , Switzerland	July 7, 1959
		Lee Calhoun	Bern , Switzerland	August 21, 1960
European record		Martin Lauer	Zurich , Switzerland	July 7, 1959
Championship record	13.7 s		EM Stockholm , Sweden	August 24, 1958

Record settings

European champion Eddy Ottoz equalized the existing EM record of 13.7 seconds at these European championships twice:  

• First semi-final on September 3rd
• Final on September 4th

Preliminary round

2nd September 1966

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	13.8
2	David Hemery	Great Britain	14.1
3	Victor Balichin	Soviet Union	14.4
4th	Adam Kołodziejczyk	Poland	14.5
5	Michel Chardel	France	14.6
6th	Ilia Mazniku	Albania	15.7

Forward 2

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bo Forssander	Sweden	14.0
2	Vyacheslav Skomorokhov	Soviet Union	14.1
3	Pierre Schoebel	France	14.3
4th	Milan Čečman	Czechoslovakia	14.4
5	Mike Parker	Great Britain	14.6
6th	Athanasios Lazaridis	Greece	14.7
7th	Çetin Şahiner	Turkey	15.0

Forward 3

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Hinrich John	BR Germany	14.0
2	Sergio Liani	Italy	14.5
3	Laurie Taitt	Great Britain	14.7
4th	Fiorenzo Marchesi	Switzerland	14.7
5	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	14.8

Forward 4

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marcel Duriez	France	14.1
2	Vadim Mikhailov	Soviet Union	14.2
3	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	14.3
4th	Werner Trzmiel	BR Germany	14.3
5	Klaus Schiess	Switzerland	14.7
6th	Béla Mélykúti	Hungary	15.2

Semifinals

3rd September 1966

In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

Wind: −1.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	13.7 CRe
2	Marcel Duriez	France	14.0
3	Vadim Mikhailov	Soviet Union	14.1
4th	Sergio Liani	Italy	14.1
5	David Hemery	Great Britain	14.2
6th	Milan Čečman	Czechoslovakia	14.4
7th	Werner Trzmiel	BR Germany	14.5
8th	Fiorenzo Marchesi	Switzerland	14.9

Run 2

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Hinrich John	BR Germany	14.1
2	Vyacheslav Skomorokhov	Soviet Union	14.1
3	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	14.1
4th	Bo Forssander	Sweden	14.2
5	Victor Balichin	Soviet Union	14.3
6th	Pierre Schoebel	France	14.5
7th	Adam Kołodziejczyk	Poland	14.5
8th	Laurie Taitt	Great Britain	14.5

final

Vyacheslav Skomorokhov was seventh - two years later he was fifth in the Olympic 400 meter hurdles

4th September 1966

Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	13.7 CRe
2	Hinrich John	BR Germany	14.0
3	Marcel Duriez	France	14.0
4th	Vadim Mikhailov	Soviet Union	14.1
5	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	14.2
6th	Sergio Liani	Italy	14.2
7th	Vyacheslav Skomorokhov	Soviet Union	14.2
8th	Bo Forssander	Sweden	14.3

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1966 at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 22, 2019
• Men 110m Hurdles European Championship 1966 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed on May 22, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 110 m hurdles European Championship 1962 Beograd, p. 399 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 22, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1966 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on May 22, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1966, 110 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on May 22, 2019
• 8th European Athletics Championships 1966 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on May 22, 2019

Video

• Men's 110 Meters Hurdles Final European Athletics Championships Budapest 1966 , on youtube.com, published June 26, 2016, accessed May 22, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF world records. Men's 110-meter hurdles , accessed May 22, 2019