European Athletics Championships 1966/400 m men

8th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 400-meter run
city	Budapest
Stadion	Népstadion
Attendees	30 athletes from 17 countries
Competition phase	August 30th (preliminary) August 31st (semi-finals) September 1st (final)
Medalist
gold	Stanisław Grędziński ( POL )
silver	Andrzej Badeński ( POL )
bronze	Manfred Children ( GER )

The Népstadion at an event
in 1953

The men's 400-meter run at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held from August 30 to September 1, 1966 in Budapest's Népstadion .

In this competition there was a double victory for Poland. Stanisław Grędziński became European champion . He won ahead of Andrzej Badeński . Bronze went to the German runner Manfred Kinder .

Existing records

World record	44.9 s	Otis Davis	OS Rome , Italy	September 6, 1960
		Carl Kaufmann
		Adolph Plummer - y	Tempe , USA	May 25, 1963
		Mike Larrabee	Los Angeles , USA	September 12, 1964
European record		Carl Kaufmann	OS Rome , Italy	September 6, 1960
Championship record	45.9 s	Robbie Brightwell	EM Belgrade , Yugoslavia	September 14, 1962

Note:
The record run marked with y took place over 440  yards (= 402.34 m).

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

Preliminary round

August 30, 1966, 7:00 p.m.

The preliminary round was carried out in five runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the fastest runner - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

As fourth of his heat, Fred van Herpen did not reach the next round

Jacques Pennewaert was fifth in his heat and was eliminated

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.7
2	Jean-Pierre Boccardo	France	47.1
3	Heikki Pippola	Finland	47.3
4th	Michael Zerbes	GDR	47.5
5	Alexander Ivanov	Soviet Union	48.0
6th	Nikolaos Rengoukos	Greece	48.3
7th	Mehmet Gesas	Turkey	49.9

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Siegfried König	BR Germany	46.7
2	Wilfried Weiland	GDR	46.9
3	Hryhoriy Swerbetov	Soviet Union	47.3
4th	Fred van Herpen	Netherlands	47.8
5	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	48.9
6th	Vincenc Kacagjeli	Albania	49.3

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stanisław Grędziński	Poland	46.6
2	Tim Graham	Great Britain	47.0
3	Sergio Bello	Italy	47.1
4th	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	47.2
5	Günther Klann	GDR	47.5
6th	Zlatko Waltschew	Bulgaria	47.9

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Manfred children	BR Germany	47.0
2	John Adey	Great Britain	47.4
3	Bernard Martin	France	47.5
4th	Edmund Borowski	Poland	47.6
5	Carl Fredrik Bunæs	Norway	47.8
6th	Bo Althoff	Sweden	48.4

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Boris Savchuk	Soviet Union	46.9
2	Rolf Krüsmann	BR Germany	47.1
3	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	Great Britain	47.4
4th	Michel Samper	France	47.4
5	Furio Fusi	Italy	48.2

Semifinals

August 31, 1966, 6:30 p.m.

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	Stanisław Grędziński	Poland	46.3
2	Manfred children	BR Germany	46.6
3	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	46.6
4th	Tim Graham	Great Britain	46.7
5	Boris Savchuk	Soviet Union	46.9
6th	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	Great Britain	47.0
7th	Sergio Bello	Italy	47.1
8th	Bernard Martin	France	47.7

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.6
2	Wilfried Weiland	GDR	46.6
3	Rolf Krüsmann	BR Germany	46.8
4th	Siegfried König	BR Germany	47.1
5	Jean-Pierre Boccardo	France	47.5
6th	Hryhoriy Swerbetov	Soviet Union	47.6
7th	Heikki Pippola	Finland	48.0
8th	John Adey	Great Britain	48.0

final

European champion Stanisław Grędziński - here in 2011

September 1, 1966

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stanisław Grędziński	Poland	46.0
2	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.2
3	Manfred children	BR Germany	46.3
4th	Wilfried Weiland	GDR	46.6
5	Rolf Krüsmann	BR Germany	46.7
6th	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	46.8
7th	Tim Graham	Great Britain	46.9
DNF	Siegfried König	BR Germany

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  Vice European Champion Andrzej Badeński - for several years he was one of the best European 400-meter runners

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  The Olympic fifth in 1960 Manfred Kinder won the bronze medal

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1966 at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 20, 2019
• Men 400m European Championship 1966 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed on May 20, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 400m European Championship 1962 Beograd, p. 398 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 20, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1966 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on May 20, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1966, 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on May 20, 2019
• 8th European Athletics Championships 1966 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on May 20, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF world records. 400m men , accessed May 20, 2019