European Athletics Championships 1966/4 × 100 m men
| 8th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
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| discipline | 4 × 100 m relay of men |
| city |
 Budapest
|
| Stadion | Népstadion |
| Attendees | 12 relays with 48 athletes |
| Competition phase | September 3rd (preliminary) September 4th (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
 France
|
 silver |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
|
 bronze |
 BR Germany
|
The Népstadion at an event
in 1953
in 1953
The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the European Athletics Championships in 1966 was held on September 3 and 4, 1966 in Budapest's Népstadion .
France became European champion with Marc Berger , Jocelyn Delecour , Claude Piquemal and Roger Bambuck . Second place went to the USSR with Edvīns Ozoliņš , Armin Tujakow, Boris Savchuk and Nikolai Ivanov. Bronze went to the Federal Republic of Germany ( Hans-Jürgen Felsen . Gert Metz , Dieter Enderlein , Manfred Knickenberg ).
Records
Existing records
| World record | 39.0 s |
 USA ( Paul Drayton , Gerry Ashworth , Richard Stebbins , Bob Hayes ) |
OS Tokyo , Japan |
October 21, 1964 |
| European record | 39.2 s |
France ( Paul Genevay , Louis Brugier, Bernard Laidebeur , Jocelyn Delecour ) |
Annecy , France |
18th Jul 1964 |
.svg){kind=small} Poland ( Andrzej Zieliński , Wiesław Maniak , Edward Romanowski, Marian Dudziak ) |
Warsaw , Poland |
August 7, 1965 | ||
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Soviet Union ( Edvīns Ozoliņš , Armin Tujakow, Boris Savtschuk , Nikolai Politiko) |
Colombes , France |
October 2, 1965 | ||
| EM record | 39.5 s |
 Germany ( Klaus Ulonska , Peter Gamper , Hans-Joachim Bender , Manfred Germar ) |
EM Belgrade , Yugoslavia |
September 16, 1962 |
|
Poland (Jerzy Juskowiak, Andrzej Zieliński , Zbigniew Syka, Marian Foik ) |
Record setting / improvement
The existing European Championship record was equalized once and improved once at these European championships by the French European championship relay consisting of Marc Berger , Jocelyn Delecour , Claude Piquemal and Roger Bambuck :
- Record equalization
- 39.5 s - 2nd lead, September 3rd
- Record improvement
- 39.4 s - final, September 4th
Preliminary round
3rd September 1966
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first four seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 GDR
|
Heinz Erbstößer Rainer Berger Hermann Burde Harald Eggers |
39.8 |
| 2 |
 Italy
|
Ennio Preatoni Ipolito Giani Nello Simoncelli Sergio Ottolina |
40.0 |
| 3 |
 Great Britain
|
Lynn Davies Ronald Jones Menzies Campbell Barrie Kelly |
40.0 |
| 4th |
 Netherlands
|
Piet Tamminga Leo de Winter Wim Blom Rob Heemskerk |
40.0 |
| 5 |
Poland
|
Wlodzimierz Anielak Jan Werner Marian Dudziak Wiesław Maniak |
40.6 |
| 6th |
.svg){kind=small} Greece
|
Panagiotis Nikolaidis Haris Aivaliotis Nikolaos Argiris Georgios Mikelidis |
41.4 |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} Albania
|
Tomi Stefanllari Ed Bashkim Pacrami Rasim Kraja Clirim Balluku |
42.8 |
Forward 2
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
|
Marc Berger Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck |
39.5 CRe |
| 2 |
BR Germany
|
Hans-Jürgen Felsen Gert Metz Dieter Enderlein Manfred Knickenberg |
39.8 |
| 3 |
Soviet Union
|
Edvīns Ozoliņš Armin Tujakow Boris Savtschuk Nikolai Ivanov |
39.8 |
| 4th |
 Czechoslovakia
|
Petr Utekal Herbert Bende Jiří Kynos Ladislav Kříž |
40.6 |
| 5 |
Hungary
|
Imre Babos Huba Rozsnyai Lajos Hajdú Gyula Rábai |
40.7 |
final
4th September 1966
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
|
Marc Berger Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck |
39.4 CR |
| 2 |
Soviet Union
|
Edvīns Ozoliņš Armin Tujakow Boris Savtschuk Nikolai Ivanov |
39.8 |
| 3 |
BR Germany
|
Hans-Jürgen Felsen Gert Metz Dieter Enderlein Manfred Knickenberg |
39.8 |
| 4th |
GDR
|
Heinz Erbstößer Rainer Berger Hermann Burde Harald Eggers |
40.0 |
| 5 |
Great Britain
|
Lynn Davies Ronald Jones Menzies Campbell Barrie Kelly |
40.1 |
| 6th |
Italy
|
Ennio Preatoni Ipolito Giani Nello Simoncelli Sergio Ottolina |
40.2 |
| 7th |
Czechoslovakia
|
Petr Utekal Herbert Bende Jiří Kynos Ladislav Kříž |
40.6 |
| 8th |
Netherlands
|
Piet Tamminga Leo de Winter Wim Blom Rob Heemskerk |
40.7 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1966 at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 24, 2019
- Men 4x100m European Championship 1966 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed on May 24, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 4x100 meters relay European Championship 1962 Beograd, p. 402 (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, 4 × 100 m 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
- European Athletics 1966 Budapest 4x100 Francia , on youtube.com, published March 27, 2019, accessed May 25, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m , accessed on May 24, 2019
- ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 100 m on rfea.es, p. 35 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on May 24, 2019
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↑ The information on the preliminary stages differ in the three sources used here. Since the results are identical in two official sources, these results are listed here.
The data for
(1) European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1966 on european-athletics.org, accessed on May 24, 2019 and
(2) European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 4x100 meters relay European Championship 1962 Beograd, p . 402 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 24, 2019
Deviations can be found at:
(3) Men 100m European Championship 1966 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed on May 24, 2019