European Athletics Championships 1966/400 m hurdles of men

8th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 400-meter hurdles
city	Budapest
Stadion	Népstadion
Attendees	23 athletes from 14 countries
Competition phase	August 31st (preliminary) September 1st (semi-finals) September 2nd (final)
Medalist
gold	Roberto Frinolli ( ITA )
silver	Gerd Loßdörfer ( FRG )
bronze	Robert Poirier ( FRA )

The Népstadion at an event
in 1953

The men's 400-meter hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in 1966 was held from August 31 to September 2, 1966 in Budapest's Népstadion .

European champion was the Italian Roberto Frinolli . He won in front of the German Gerd Loßdörfer . The Frenchman Robert Poirier won the bronze medal.

Existing records

World record	49.1 s	Warren Cawley	Los Angeles , USA	September 13, 1964
European record	49.2 s	Salvatore Morale	EM Belgrade , Yugoslavia	September 14, 1962
Championship record

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

August 31, 1966, 5:00 p.m.

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

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Gerd Loßdörfer	BR Germany	52.0
2	Alain Hébrard	France	52.1
3	Helmut Haid	Austria	52.8
4th	John Sherwood	Great Britain	54.2
5	Cengiz Akıncı	Turkey	55.0
6th	Vincenc Kacagjeli	Albania	55.8

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Roberto Frinolli	Italy	51.0
2	Jean-Jacques Behm	France	52.2
3	Bertil Vistam	Sweden	52.3
4th	Robin Woodland	Great Britain	52.7
5	Gerhard Hennige	BR Germany	54.6

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Horst Gieseler	BR Germany	51.1
2	Wassyl Anissimow	Soviet Union	51.8
3	Stanislaw Gubiec	Poland	52.1
4th	Peter Warden	Great Britain	52.4
5	John Skjelvaag	Norway	52.6
6th	Ferenc Oros	Hungary	53.4

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Robert Poirier	France	51.3
2	Jaakko Tuominen	Finland	51.6
3	Edvīns Zāģeris	Soviet Union	52.1
4th	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	52.4
5	Leif Librand	Sweden	52.6
6th	Luigi Carrozza	Italy	52.9

Semifinals

September 1, 1966

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

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Roberto Frinolli	Italy	50.3
2	Alain Hébrard	France	50.7
3	Gerd Loßdörfer	BR Germany	50.7
4th	Jaakko Tuominen	Finland	50.9
5	Bertil Vistam	Sweden	52.1
6th	Robin Woodland	Great Britain	52.3
7th	Edvīns Zāģeris	Soviet Union	52.3
8th	Helmut Haid	Austria	53.6

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Horst Gieseler	BR Germany	50.5
2	Robert Poirier	France	50.6
3	Wassyl Anissimow	Soviet Union	50.7
4th	Jean-Jacques Behm	France	50.7
5	John Sherwood	Great Britain	50.7
6th	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	51.0 PBe
7th	Stanislaw Gubiec	Poland	51.7
8th	Peter Warden	Great Britain	53.4

final

Jean-Jacques Behm - here in the middle during the 1964 Olympics , where he missed the semi-finals - finished seventh

September 2, 1966, 7:40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Roberto Frinolli	Italy	49.8
2	Gerd Loßdörfer	BR Germany	50.3
3	Robert Poirier	France	50.5
4th	Wassyl Anissimow	Soviet Union	50.5
5	Jaakko Tuominen	Finland	50.9
6th	Horst Gieseler	BR Germany	51.2
7th	Jean-Jacques Behm	France	51.3
8th	Alain Hébrard	France	52.8

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1966 at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 23, 2019
• Men 400m Hurdles European Championship 1966 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed on May 23, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 400 m hurdles European Championship 1962 Beograd, p. 399 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 23, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1966 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed May 23, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1966, 400 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on May 23, 2019
• 8th European Athletics Championships 1966 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on May 23, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400m hurdles men , accessed on May 23, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Hurdles Men , p. 18 (PDF, 271 kB) accessed on May 23, 2019 (French / English)