1966 European Athletics Championships
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8th European Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 30 August – 4 September |
Host city | Budapest, Hungary |
Venue | Népstadion |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 36 |
Participation | 769 athletes from 30 nations |
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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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. [1]
Medal summary
[change | change source]Men
[change | change source]Women
[change | change source]- nb1 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
[change | change source]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | East Germany (GDR) | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
2 | Poland (POL) | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
4 | France (FRA) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
5 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
6 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
9 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |
Participation
[change | change source]- Albania (20)
- Austria (11)
- Belgium (16)
- Bulgaria (14)
- Czechoslovakia (49)
- Denmark (7)
- East Germany (61)
- Finland (16)
- France (52)
- Gibraltar (1)
- Greece (15)
- Hungary (68)
- Iceland (3)
- Ireland (8)
- Italy (35)
- Luxembourg (3)
- Netherlands (19)
- Norway (15)
- Poland (56)
- Portugal (1)
- Romania (18)
- Soviet Union (83)
- Spain (7)
- Sweden (25)
- Switzerland (13)
- Turkey (10)
- Great Britain (57)
- West Germany (74)
- Yugoslavia (13)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Athletics - Top Athletes Miss European Games - Objections to Medical Test?, Glasgow Herald, August 30, 1966, p. 6, retrieved September 3, 2014
- ↑ Athletics - Start of European Championships - East Germans Gain First Two Gold Medals, Glasgow Herald, August 31, 1966, p. 6, retrieved September 3, 2014
- ↑ Athletics - European Gold Medal for Davies - Britain's First Success, Glasgow Herald, September 1, 1966, p. 4, retrieved September 3, 2014
- ↑ Athletics - Tummler Beats Jazy in 1500 Metres - W. German's Tactical Race, Glasgow Herald, September 2, 1966, p. 6, retrieved September 3, 2014
- ↑ Athletics - Another Gold Medal for East Germans - Nordwig's Pole Vault Record, Glasgow Herald, September 3, 1966, p. 4, retrieved September 3, 2014
- ↑ Athletics - Hogan Triumphs in Marathon - Irishman Gains Britain's Second Gold Medal, Glasgow Herald, September 1966, p. 5, retrieved September 3, 2014
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 397–405, retrieved 13 August 2014
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
- Results
- "European Championships (Men)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- "European Championships (Women)". gbrathletics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.