# 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August, and 1 September 1966.

## Medalists

| Gold | Stanisław Grędziński Poland |
| Silver | Andrzej Badeński Poland |
| Bronze | Manfred Kinder West Germany |

## Results
### Final

1 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Stanisław Grędziński | Poland | 46.0 |
| | Andrzej Badeński | Poland | 46.2 |
| | Manfred Kinder | West Germany | 46.3 |
| 4 | Wilfried Weiland | East Germany | 46.6 |
| 5 | Rolf Krüsmann | West Germany | 46.7 |
| 6 | Josef Trousil | Czechoslovakia | 46.9 |
| 7 | Tim Graham | Great Britain | 46.9 |
| | Siegfried König | West Germany | DNF |

### Semi-finals

31 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stanisław Grędziński | Poland | 46.3 | Q |
| 2 | Manfred Kinder | West Germany | 46.6 | Q |
| 3 | Josef Trousil | Czechoslovakia | 46.6 | Q |
| 4 | Tim Graham | Great Britain | 46.7 | Q |
| 5 | Boris Savchuk | Soviet Union | 46.9 | |
| 6 | Martin Winbolt-Lewis | Great Britain | 47.0 | |
| 7 | Sergio Bello | Italy | 47.1 | |
| 8 | Bernard Martin | France | 47.7 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrzej Badeński | Poland | 46.6 | Q |
| 2 | Wilfried Weiland | East Germany | 46.8 | Q |
| 3 | Rolf Krüsmann | West Germany | 46.8 | Q |
| 4 | Siegfried König | West Germany | 47.1 | Q |
| 5 | Jean-Pierre Boccardo | France | 47.5 | |
| 6 | Hryhoriy Sverbetov | Soviet Union | 47.6 | |
| 7 | Heikki Pippola | Finland | 48.0 | |
| 8 | John Adey | Great Britain | 48.0 | |

### Heats

30 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrzej Badeński | Poland | 46.7 | Q |
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Boccardo | France | 47.1 | Q |
| 3 | Heikki Pippola | Finland | 47.3 | Q |
| 4 | Michael Zerbes | East Germany | 47.5 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Ivanov | Soviet Union | 48.0 | |
| 6 | Nikolaos Rengoukos | Greece | 48.3 | |
| 7 | Mehmet Gesas | Turkey | 49.9 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Siegfried König | West Germany | 46.7 | Q |
| 2 | Wilfried Weiland | East Germany | 46.9 | Q |
| 3 | Hryhoriy Sverbetov | Soviet Union | 47.3 | Q |
| 4 | Fred van Herpen | Netherlands | 47.8 | |
| 5 | Jacques Pennewaert | Belgium | 48.9 | |
| 6 | Vincenc Kacagjeli | Albania | 49.3 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stanisław Grędziński | Poland | 46.6 | Q |
| 2 | Tim Graham | Great Britain | 47.0 | Q |
| 3 | Sergio Bello | Italy | 47.1 | Q |
| 4 | Josef Trousil | Czechoslovakia | 47.2 | Q |
| 5 | Günther Klann | East Germany | 47.5 | |
| 6 | Zlatko Valchev | Bulgaria | 47.9 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Manfred Kinder | West Germany | 47.0 | Q |
| 2 | John Adey | Great Britain | 47.4 | Q |
| 3 | Bernard Martin | France | 47.5 | Q |
| 4 | Edmund Borowski | Poland | 47.6 | |
| 5 | Carl Fredrik Bunæs | Norway | 47.8 | |
| 6 | Bo Althoff | Sweden | 48.4 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Boris Savchuk | Soviet Union | 46.9 | Q |
| 2 | Rolf Krüsmann | West Germany | 47.1 | Q |
| 3 | Martin Winbolt-Lewis | Great Britain | 47.4 | Q |
| 4 | Michel Samper | France | 47.4 | |
| 5 | Furio Fusi | Italy | 48.2 | |

## Participation

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