# 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 and 2 September 1966.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
* Albania (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (2)
* France (3)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (3)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (3)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Turkey (1)
* West Germany (3)

## Results
### Heats

1 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sergio Ottolina | Italy | 21.3 | Q |
| 2 | Ladislav Kříž | Czechoslovakia | 21.5 | Q |
| 3 | Josef Schwarz | West Germany | 21.6 | Q |
| 4 | Pierre Burrelier | France | 21.6 | |
| 5 | Mel Cheskin | Great Britain | 21.8 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.2 m/s | Wind: -1.2 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 21.2 | Q |
| 2 | Marian Dudziak | Poland | 21.2 | Q |
| 3 | Fritz Roderfeld | West Germany | 21.4 | Q |
| 4 | Haris Aivaliotis | Greece | 21.6 | |
| 5 | José Luis Sánchez Paraíso | Spain | 21.6 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.3 m/s | Wind: -0.3 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jean-Claude Nallet | France | 21.1 | Q |
| 2 | Amin Tuyakov | Soviet Union | 21.4 | Q |
| 3 | Ennio Preatoni | Italy | 21.4 | Q |
| 4 | Menzies Campbell | Great Britain | 21.4 | |
| 5 | Manfred Knickenberg | West Germany | 21.4 | |
| 6 | Edward Romanowski | Poland | 21.5 | |
| 7 | Jacques Vanhee | Belgium | 21.8 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roger Bambuck | France | 21.1 | Q |
| 2 | Gheorghe Zamfirescu | Romania | 21.2 | Q |
| 3 | Heinz Erbstösser | East Germany | 21.3 | Q |
| 4 | István Gyulai | Hungary | 21.3 | Q |
| 5 | Jiří Kynos | Czechoslovakia | 21.6 | |
| 6 | Sonar Coşan | Turkey | 22.3 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Leo de Winter | Netherlands | 21.0 | Q |
| 2 | Jan Werner | Poland | 21.1 | Q |
| 3 | József Istóczky | Hungary | 21.2 | Q |
| 4 | Harald Eggers | East Germany | 21.6 | |
| 5 | Bo Althoff | Sweden | 21.6 | |
| 6 | Nikolay Politiko | Soviet Union | 21.7 | |
| 7 | Rasim Kraja | Albania | 22.3 | |
| | | | Wind: +2.0 m/s | Wind: +2.0 m/s |

### Semi-finals

1 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marian Dudziak | Poland | 20.90 | Q |
| 2 | Roger Bambuck | France | 21.25 | Q |
| 3 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 21.29 | Q |
| 4 | Ennio Preatoni | Italy | 21.32 | Q |
| 5 | Heinz Erbstösser | East Germany | 21.33 | |
| 6 | Leo de Winter | Netherlands | 21.33 | |
| 7 | István Gyulai | Hungary | 21.58 | |
| 8 | Josef Schwarz | West Germany | 21.64 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.9 m/s | Wind: +0.9 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jean-Claude Nallet | France | 20.9 | Q |
| 2 | Jan Werner | Poland | 21.0 | Q |
| 3 | Fritz Roderfeld | West Germany | 21.2 | Q |
| 4 | Ladislav Kříž | Czechoslovakia | 21.2 | Q |
| 5 | Amin Tuyakov | Soviet Union | 21.2 | |
| 6 | József Istóczky | Hungary | 21.2 | |
| 7 | Gheorghe Zamfirescu | Romania | 21.3 | |
| 8 | Sergio Ottolina | Italy | 21.5 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.9 m/s | Wind: +0.9 m/s |

### Final

2 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Roger Bambuck | France | 20.93 | |
| | Marian Dudziak | Poland | 21.0 | |
| | Jean-Claude Nallet | France | 21.0 | |
| 4 | Jan Werner | Poland | 21.1 | |
| 5 | Ladislav Kříž | Czechoslovakia | 21.3 | |
| 6 | Fritz Roderfeld | West Germany | 21.4 | |
| 7 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 21.5 | |
| 8 | Ennio Preatoni | Italy | 21.7 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |