# 1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 September 1966.

## Medalists

| Gold | Karin Balzer East Germany |
| Silver | Karin Frisch West Germany |
| Bronze | Elżbieta Bednarek Poland |

## Results
### Final

4 September Wind: 0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Karin Balzer | East Germany | 10.7 |
| | Karin Frisch | West Germany | 10.7 |
| | Elżbieta Bednarek | Poland | 10.7 |
| 4 | Renate Balck | West Germany | 10.7 |
| 5 | Inge Schell | West Germany | 10.8 |
| 6 | Niliya Kulkova | Soviet Union | 10.9 |
| 7 | Danuta Straszyńska | Poland | 10.9 |
| 8 | Gundula Diel | East Germany | 11.0 |

### Semi-finals

3 September

#### Semi-final 1

Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Renate Balck | West Germany | 10.8 | Q |
| 2 | Elżbieta Bednarek | Poland | 10.9 | Q |
| 3 | Inge Schell | West Germany | 10.9 | Q |
| 4 | Gundula Diel | East Germany | 11.1 | Q |
| 5 | Vlasta Přikrylová | Czechoslovakia | 11.1 | |
| 6 | Rimma Larionova | Soviet Union | 11.2 | |
| 7 | Snezhana Zhalova | Bulgaria | 11.2 | |
| | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | DNS | |

#### Semi-final 2

Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Danuta Straszyńska | Poland | 10.8 | Q |
| 2 | Karin Frisch | West Germany | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Karin Balzer | East Germany | 10.9 | Q |
| 4 | Niliya Kulkova | Soviet Union | 10.9 | Q |
| 5 | Danièle Guéneau | France | 11.1 | |
| 6 | Rita van Slooten | Netherlands | 11.1 | |
| 7 | Vera Korsakova | Soviet Union | 11.1 | |
| 8 | Regina Höfer | East Germany | 11.2 | |

### Heats

2 September

#### Heat 1

Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Karin Balzer | East Germany | 10.9 | Q |
| 2 | Karin Frisch | West Germany | 10.9 | Q |
| 3 | Vlasta Přikrylová | Czechoslovakia | 11.1 | Q |
| 4 | Vera Korsakova | Soviet Union | 11.2 | Q |
| 5 | Magaly Vettorazzo | Italy | 11.2 | |
| 6 | Pat Pryce | Great Britain | 11.2 | |
| 7 | Françoise Masse | France | 11.5 | |
| 8 | Melek Aydınoğlu | Turkey | 12.4 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Danuta Straszyńska | Poland | 10.9 | Q |
| 2 | Danièle Guéneau | France | 11.1 | Q |
| 3 | Rimma Larionova | Soviet Union | 11.1 | Q |
| 4 | Regina Höfer | East Germany | 11.2 | Q |
| 5 | Maxine Botley | Great Britain | 11.4 | |
| 6 | Mária Pethö | Hungary | 11.6 | |
| 7 | Charoula Sasagianni | Greece | 12.1 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elżbieta Bednarek | Poland | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | Inge Schell | West Germany | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Gundula Diel | East Germany | 11.0 | Q |
| 4 | Rita van Slooten | Netherlands | 11.1 | Q |
| 5 | Sirkka Norrlund | Finland | 11.1 | |
| 6 | Alena Hiltscherova | Czechoslovakia | 11.2 | |
| 7 | Marjana Lubej | Yugoslavia | 11.6 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: 0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Renate Balck | West Germany | 10.9 | Q |
| 2 | Niliya Kulkova | Soviet Union | 10.9 | Q |
| 3 | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 11.2 | Q |
| 4 | Snezhana Zhalova | Bulgaria | 11.3 | Q |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (2)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Great Britain (2)
* West Germany (3)
* Yugoslavia (1)