# 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2 and 4 September 1966.

## Medalists

| Gold | Michel Jazy France |
| Silver | Harald Norpoth West Germany |
| Bronze | Bernd Dießner East Germany |

## Results
### Final

4 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Michel Jazy | France | 13:42.8 | CR |
| | Harald Norpoth | West Germany | 13:44.0 | |
| | Bernd Dießner | East Germany | 13:47.8 | |
| 4 | Derek Graham | Great Britain | 13:48.0 | |
| 5 | Lajos Mecser | Hungary | 13:48.0 | |
| 6 | Bengt Nåjde | Sweden | 13:48.2 | |
| 7 | István Kiss | Hungary | 13:48.2 | |
| 8 | Jean-Luc Salomon | France | 13:52.0 | |
| 9 | Manuel de Oliveira | Portugal | 13:52.6 | |
| 10 | Werner Girke | West Germany | 13:53.2 | |
| 11 | Jürgen Haase | East Germany | 13:55.6 | |
| 12 | Edward Stawiarz | Poland | 13:56.4 | |
| 13 | Gennadiy Khlistovs | Soviet Union | 14:00.0 | |
| 14 | René Kilburg | Luxembourg | 14:06.2 | |
| 15 | Eugène Allonsius | Belgium | 14:19.4 | |

### Heats

2 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jean-Luc Salomon | France | 13:49.4 | CR Q |
| 2 | Harald Norpoth | West Germany | 13:50.2 | Q |
| 3 | Lajos Mecser | Hungary | 13:50.2 | Q |
| 4 | Edward Stawiarz | Poland | 13:50.8 | Q |
| 5 | Manuel de Oliveira | Portugal | 13:51.4 | NR Q |
| 6 | Dick Taylor | Great Britain | 13:54.8 | |
| 7 | Siegfried Herrmann | East Germany | 13:57.8 | |
| 8 | Franc Červan | Yugoslavia | 14:00.0 | |
| 9 | Renzo Finelli | Italy | 14:10.0 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jürgen Haase | East Germany | 13:59.0 | Q |
| 2 | István Kiss | Hungary | 13:59.6 | Q |
| 3 | Gennadiy Khlistovs | Soviet Union | 13:59.8 | Q |
| 4 | René Kilburg | Luxembourg | 13:59.8 | NR Q |
| 5 | Eugène Allonsius | Belgium | 14:00.0 | Q |
| 6 | Hans Gerlach | West Germany | 14:00.6 | |
| 7 | Mariano Haro | Spain | 14:07.2 | |
| 8 | No Opdenoordt | Netherlands | 14:09.8 | |
| 9 | Andrei Barabaș | Romania | 14:14.0 | |
| 10 | Thor Helland | Norway | 14:23.2 | |
| 11 | Tim Briault | Great Britain | 14:28.6 | |
| 12 | Czesław Kołodyński | Poland | 14:41.4 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Michel Jazy | France | 13:54.8 | Q |
| 2 | Derek Graham | Great Britain | 13:55.0 | Q |
| 3 | Bernd Dießner | East Germany | 13:55.0 | Q |
| 4 | Werner Girke | West Germany | 13:55.4 | Q |
| 5 | Bengt Nåjde | Sweden | 13:55.8 | Q |
| 6 | György Kiss | Hungary | 13:57.0 | |
| 7 | Simo Važić | Yugoslavia | 13:57.8 | |
| 8 | Anatoliy Makarov | Soviet Union | 13:58.6 | |
| 9 | Tom O'Riordan | Ireland | 14:12.4 | |
| 10 | Henryk Piotrowski | Poland | 14:26.4 | |
| 11 | Muharrem Dalkılıç | Turkey | 14:45.6 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* East Germany (3)
* France (2)
* Hungary (3)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (3)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Great Britain (3)
* West Germany (3)
* Yugoslavia (2)