1966 European Athletics Championships

The 8th European Athletics Championships were in Budapest, Hungary. The championship happened from 30 August to 4 September 1966. They were held in the Nép Stadium.

The IAAF made a new rule that required female athletes to prove their gender. This was the first championship where this was required. All women competitors had to have a sex check. Many of the greatest women athletes from Europe missed these championships. High jumper Iolanda Balaș, shot putter Tamara Press, and long jumper Tatyana Shchelkanova all missed the championships. 

Medal summary

Men
10.510.510.520.921.021.046.046.246.31:45.9 1:46.01:46.33:41.93:42.23:42.413:42.8 13:44.013:47.828:26.0 28:27.028:32.213.7 =14.014.049.850.350.58:26.6 8:28.08:28.0Marc BergerJocelyn DelecourClaude PiquemalRoger Bambuck39.4 Edvin OzolinArmin TuyakovBoris SavchukNikolay Ivanov39.8Hans-Jürgen FelsenGert MetzDieter EnderleinManfred Knickenberg39.8Jan WernerEdmund BorowskiStanisław GrędzińskiAndrzej Badeński3:04.5 Friedrich RoderfeldJens UlbrichtRolf KrusmannManfred Kinder3:04.8Joachim BothGünter KlannMichael ZerbesWilfried Weiland3:05.72:20:04.62:21:43.62:22:02.01:29:25.0 1:30:06.01:30:18.04:18:42.0 4:20:01.24:20:47.22.12 m2.12 m2.09 m5.10 m 5.05 m5.00 m7.98 m 7.88 m7.88 m16.67 m 16.66 m16.59 m19.43 m 18.82 m18.68 m57.42 m 57.34 m56.80 m84.48 m 81.76 m80.54 m70.02 m 68.62 m67.28 m7740 pts7614 pts7562 pts

Women
11.511.511.823.1 23.423.752.9 53.954.02:02.8 =2:03.12:03.710.710.710.7Elzbieta BednarekDanuta StraszynskaIrena KirszensteinEwa Kłobukowska44.4 Renate MeyerHannelore TrabertKarin FrischJutta Stöck44.5Vera PopkovaValentyna BolshovaLyudmila SamotyosovaRenāte Lāce44.61.75 m1.73 m1.71 m6.55 m 6.45 m6.38 m17.22 m17.05 m16.96 m57.76 m 57.38 m56.80 m58.74 m 56.94 m56.70 m4787 pts4765 pts4713 pts
The women's 100 metres gold medal winner Ewa Kłobukowska got the same time as the championship record twice. Both times, she ran 11.4 seconds.

Medal table

Participation

 (20)
 (11)
 (16)
 (14)
 (49)
 (7)
 (61)
 (16)
 (52)
 (1)
 (15)
 (68)
 (3)
 (8)
 (35)
 (3)
 (19)
 (15)
 (56)
 (1)
 (18)
 (83)
 (7)
 (25)
 (13)
 (10)
 (57)
 (74)
 (13)

References

Results

Other websites
 EAA
 Athletix

Category:1960s in Hungary
Category:1966 in sports