# 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August 1966.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Albania (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* East Germany (2)
* France (3)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (3)
* Italy (3)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (3)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (1)
* Switzerland (2)
* Turkey (1)
* Great Britain (3)
* West Germany (3)

## Results
### Heats

30 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | Ippolito Giani | Italy | 10.7 | Q |
| 3 | Menzies Campbell | Great Britain | 10.7 | Q |
| 4 | Harald Eggers | East Germany | 10.7 | Q |
| 5 | Juraj Demeč | Czechoslovakia | 10.8 | |
| 6 | Huba Rozsnyai | Hungary | 11.0 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.3 m/s | Wind: -1.3 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Manfred Knickenberg | West Germany | 10.6 | Q |
| 2 | Włodzimierz Anielak | Poland | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Jacques Vanhee | Belgium | 10.8 | Q |
| 4 | Ron Jones | Great Britain | 10.8 | Q |
| | Herbert Bende | Czechoslovakia | DQ | |
| | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roger Bambuck | France | 10.4 | Q |
| 2 | Heinz Erbstösser | East Germany | 10.6 | Q |
| 3 | Gerd Metz | West Germany | 10.6 | Q |
| 4 | Gheorghe Zamfirescu | Romania | 10.7 | Q |
| 5 | Lajos Hajdú | Hungary | 10.8 | |
| 6 | Petr Utekal | Czechoslovakia | 10.9 | |
| 7 | Joseph Cassaglia | Gibraltar | 12.4 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Barrie Kelly | Great Britain | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | Marc Berger | France | 10.7 | Q |
| 3 | Hans-Jürgen Felsen | West Germany | 10.8 | Q |
| 4 | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 10.8 | Q |
| 5 | József Istóczky | Hungary | 10.8 | |
| 6 | Tadeusz Jaworski | Poland | 10.9 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Claude Piquemal | France | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | Angelo Squazzero | Italy | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Hans Hönger | Switzerland | 10.8 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksandr Lebedev | Soviet Union | 10.8 | Q |
| 5 | José Luis Sánchez Paraíso | Spain | 10.9 | |
| 6 | Tomi Stefanllari | Albania | 11.3 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pasquale Giannattasio | Italy | 10.5 | Q |
| 2 | Nikolay Ivanov | Soviet Union | 10.6 | Q |
| 3 | Panagiotis Nikolaidis | Greece | 10.7 | Q |
| 4 | Max Barandun | Switzerland | 10.8 | Q |
| 5 | Rob Heemskerk | Netherlands | 10.8 | |
| 6 | Sonar Coşan | Turkey | 11.0 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

### Semi-finals

31 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roger Bambuck | France | 10.62 | Q |
| 2 | Ippolito Giani | Italy | 10.74 | Q |
| 3 | Barrie Kelly | Great Britain | 10.81 | Q |
| 4 | Hans-Jürgen Felsen | West Germany | 10.82 | |
| 5 | Gheorghe Zamfirescu | Romania | 10.86 | |
| 6 | Włodzimierz Anielak | Poland | 10.91 | |
| 7 | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 10.94 | |
| 8 | Heinz Erbstösser | East Germany | 10.95 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pasquale Giannattasio | Italy | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | Claude Piquemal | France | 10.7 | Q |
| 3 | Gerd Metz | West Germany | 10.8 | |
| 4 | Aleksandr Lebedev | Soviet Union | 10.9 | |
| 5 | Ron Jones | Great Britain | 10.9 | |
| 6 | Panagiotis Nikolaidis | Greece | 11.0 | |
| 7 | Hans Hönger | Switzerland | 11.2 | |
| | Harald Eggers | East Germany | DQ | |
| | | | Wind: -1.3 m/s | Wind: -1.3 m/s |

#### Semi-final 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Manfred Knickenberg | West Germany | 10.6 | Q |
| 2 | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 10.6 | Q |
| 3 | Nikolay Ivanov | Soviet Union | 10.7 | Q |
| 4 | Menzies Campbell | Great Britain | 10.8 | |
| 5 | Marc Berger | France | 10.8 | |
| 6 | Jacques Vanhee | Belgium | 10.9 | |
| 7 | Max Barandun | Switzerland | 11.0 | |
| | Angelo Squazzero | Italy | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s |

### Final

31 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 10.60 | |
| | Roger Bambuck | France | 10.61 | |
| | Claude Piquemal | France | 10.62 | |
| 4 | Manfred Knickenberg | West Germany | 10.62 | |
| 5 | Ippolito Giani | Italy | 10.71 | |
| 6 | Barrie Kelly | Great Britain | 10.76 | |
| 7 | Nikolay Ivanov | Soviet Union | 10.82 | |
| 8 | Pasquale Giannattasio | Italy | 20.1 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s |