European Athletics Championships 1966/3000 m obstacle men
8th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | 3000 meter obstacle course for men |
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Stadion | Népstadion |
Attendees | 25 athletes from 15 countries |
Competition phase | September 1st (preliminary) September 3rd (final) |
Medalist | |
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Wiktor Kudinski ( URS )
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Anatoly Kurjan ( URS )
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Gaston Roelants ( BEL )
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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 |
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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) |
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1 | Gaston Roelants |
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8: 33.0 |
2 | Alexander Morozov |
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8: 34.0 SB |
3 | Zoltan Vamoş |
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8: 34.6 NO |
4th | Bengt Persson |
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8: 35.4 SB |
5 | Jouko Kuha |
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8: 36.2 NO |
6th | Manuel de Oliveira |
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8: 44.0 SB |
7th | Hans-Werner Wogatzky |
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8: 49.4 SB |
8th | Sandor Mate |
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9: 03.2 SB |
9 | Lachie Stewart |
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9: 10.2 PB |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Manfred Letzerich |
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8: 45.2 |
2 | Dieter Hartmann |
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8: 45.4 |
3 | Ernie Pomfret |
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8: 46.8 |
4th | Viktor Kudinski |
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8: 48.2 |
5 | Jan-Erik Karlsson |
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8: 52.8 |
6th | Jerzy Czaplewski |
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8: 59.8 PB |
7th | Petr Holas |
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9: 06.8 |
DNF | István Jóny |
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Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Javier Álvarez |
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8: 47.4 |
2 | Guy Texereau |
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8: 47.8 |
3 | Maurice Herriott |
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8: 48.2 |
4th | Anatoly Kurjan |
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8: 49.6 |
5 | Edward Motyl |
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8: 52.0 |
6th | Mikhail Shelev |
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8: 52.0 SB |
7th | Karoly Magyar |
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8: 54.4 SB |
8th | Hartmut Neumann |
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8: 57.8 PB |
final
3rd September 1966
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Viktor Kudinski |
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8: 26.6 CR / NO |
2 | Anatoly Kurjan |
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8: 28.0 PB |
3 | Gaston Roelants |
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8: 28.0 SB |
4th | Guy Texereau |
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8: 30.0 NO |
5 | Manfred Letzerich |
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8: 31.0 DR |
6th | Dieter Hartmann |
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8: 31.6 NO |
7th | Zoltan Vamoş |
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8: 34.0 NO |
8th | Maurice Herriott |
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8: 37.0 SB |
9 | Bengt Persson |
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8: 38.0 |
10 | Javier Álvarez |
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8: 40.0 SB |
11 | Alexander Morozov |
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8: 40.6 |
12 | Ernie Pomfret |
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8: 40.6 SB |
The 1964 Olympic champion and world record holder Gaston Roelants won bronze this time
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