European Athletics Championships 1966/3000 m obstacle men
| 8th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | 3000 meter obstacle course for men |
| city |
 Budapest
|
| Stadion | Népstadion |
| Attendees | 25 athletes from 15 countries |
| Competition phase | September 1st (preliminary) September 3rd (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Wiktor Kudinski ( URS )
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 silver |
Anatoly Kurjan ( URS )
|
 bronze |
Gaston Roelants ( BEL )
 |
in 1953
The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the European Athletics Championships in 1966 was held on September 1st and 3rd, 1966 in Budapest's Népstadion .
In this race, the obstacle runners from the Soviet Union achieved a double victory. Viktor Kudinski became European champion . Second place went to Anatoly Kurjan . Bronze went to the Belgian world record holder and 1964 Olympic champion Gaston Roelants .
Records
Existing records
| World record | 8: 26.4 min |
Gaston Roelants
|
Brussels , Belgium | August 7, 1965 |
| European record | ||||
| Championship record | 8: 32.6 min | EM Belgrade , Yugoslavia | September 16, 1962 |
Record improvements
European champion Wiktor Kudinski improved the EM record in the final on September 3rd by six seconds to 8: 26.6 minutes and missed the world record of the third-placed 1964 Olympic champion Gaston Roelants by just two tenths of a second.
Preliminary round
September 1, 1966
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaston Roelants |
Belgium
|
8: 33.0 |
| 2 | Alexander Morozov |
Soviet Union
|
8: 34.0 SB |
| 3 | Zoltan Vamoş |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
|
8: 34.6 NO |
| 4th | Bengt Persson |
 Sweden
|
8: 35.4 SB |
| 5 | Jouko Kuha |
 Finland
|
8: 36.2 NO |
| 6th | Manuel de Oliveira |
 Portugal
|
8: 44.0 SB |
| 7th | Hans-Werner Wogatzky |
 BR Germany
|
8: 49.4 SB |
| 8th | Sandor Mate |
Hungary
|
9: 03.2 SB |
| 9 | Lachie Stewart |
 Great Britain
|
9: 10.2 PB |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manfred Letzerich |
BR Germany
|
8: 45.2 |
| 2 | Dieter Hartmann |
 GDR
|
8: 45.4 |
| 3 | Ernie Pomfret |
Great Britain
|
8: 46.8 |
| 4th | Viktor Kudinski |
Soviet Union
|
8: 48.2 |
| 5 | Jan-Erik Karlsson |
Sweden
|
8: 52.8 |
| 6th | Jerzy Czaplewski |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
8: 59.8 PB |
| 7th | Petr Holas |
 Czechoslovakia
|
9: 06.8 |
| DNF | István Jóny |
Hungary
|
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javier Álvarez |
.svg){kind=small} Spain
|
8: 47.4 |
| 2 | Guy Texereau |
 France
|
8: 47.8 |
| 3 | Maurice Herriott |
Great Britain
|
8: 48.2 |
| 4th | Anatoly Kurjan |
Soviet Union
|
8: 49.6 |
| 5 | Edward Motyl |
Poland
|
8: 52.0 |
| 6th | Mikhail Shelev |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
|
8: 52.0 SB |
| 7th | Karoly Magyar |
Hungary
|
8: 54.4 SB |
| 8th | Hartmut Neumann |
BR Germany
|
8: 57.8 PB |
final
3rd September 1966
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Kudinski |
Soviet Union
|
8: 26.6 CR / NO |
| 2 | Anatoly Kurjan |
Soviet Union
|
8: 28.0 PB |
| 3 | Gaston Roelants |
Belgium
|
8: 28.0 SB |
| 4th | Guy Texereau |
France
|
8: 30.0 NO |
| 5 | Manfred Letzerich |
BR Germany
|
8: 31.0 DR |
| 6th | Dieter Hartmann |
GDR
|
8: 31.6 NO |
| 7th | Zoltan Vamoş |
Romania
|
8: 34.0 NO |
| 8th | Maurice Herriott |
Great Britain
|
8: 37.0 SB |
| 9 | Bengt Persson |
Sweden
|
8: 38.0 |
| 10 | Javier Álvarez |
Spain
|
8: 40.0 SB |
| 11 | Alexander Morozov |
Soviet Union
|
8: 40.6 |
| 12 | Ernie Pomfret |
Great Britain
|
8: 40.6 SB |
The 1964 Olympic champion and world record holder Gaston Roelants won bronze this time
Dieter Hartmann came in sixth
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Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1966 at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 24, 2019
- Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championship 1966 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed on May 24, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 3000m Steeplechase European Championship 1962 Beograd, p. 399 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 24, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1966 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed May 24, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1966, 3000 m obstacle men on sportschau.de, accessed on May 24, 2019
- 8th European Athletics Championships 1966 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on May 24, 2019
Video
- 8: 26.6 Viktor Kudinskiy 3000m Steeple Final European Athletics Championships Budapest 1966 , on youtube.com, published on June 27, 2016, accessed on May 24, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 3000 m obstacle men , accessed on May 24, 2019