1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

None Men's 400 metres European Athletics Championships 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. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 397–405 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Stanisław Grędziński POLSilver Andrzej Badeński POLBronze Manfred Kinder FRG Results Final 1 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Stanisław Grędziński POL 46.0 Andrzej Badeński POL 46.2 Manfred Kinder FRG 46.3 4 Wilfried Weiland GDR 46.6 5 Rolf Krüsmann FRG 46.7 6 Josef Trousil TCH 46.9 7 Tim Graham GBR 46.9 8 Siegfried König FRG DNF Semi-finals 31 August Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Stanisław Grędziński POL 46.3 Q 2 Manfred Kinder FRG 46.6 Q 3 Josef Trousil TCH 46.6 Q 4 Tim Graham GBR 46.7 Q 5 Boris Savchuk URS 1955 46.9 6 Martin Winbolt-Lewis GBR 47.0 7 Sergio Bello ITA 47.1 8 Bernard Martin FRA 47.7 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrzej Badeński POL 46.6 Q 2 Wilfried Weiland GDR 46.8 Q 3 Rolf Krüsmann FRG 46.8 Q 4 Siegfried König FRG 47.1 Q 5 Jean-Pierre Boccardo FRA 47.5 6 Hryhoriy Sverbetov URS 1955 47.6 7 Heikki Pippola FIN 48.0 8 John Adey GBR 48.0 Heats 30 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrzej Badeński POL 46.7 Q 2 Jean-Pierre Boccardo FRA 47.1 Q 3 Heikki Pippola FIN 47.3 Q 4 Michael Zerbes GDR 47.5 5 Aleksandr Ivanov URS 1955 48.0 6 Nikolaos Rengoukos GRE old 48.3 7 Mehmet Gesas TUR 49.9 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Siegfried König FRG 46.7 Q 2 Wilfried Weiland GDR 46.9 Q 3 Hryhoriy Sverbetov URS 1955 47.3 Q 4 Fred van Herpen NED 47.8 5 Jacques Pennewaert BEL 48.9 6 Vincenc Kacagjeli ALB 49.3 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Stanisław Grędziński POL 46.6 Q 2 Tim Graham GBR 47.0 Q 3 Sergio Bello ITA 47.1 Q 4 Josef Trousil TCH 47.2 Q 5 Günther Klann GDR 47.5 6 Zlatko Valchev BUL 1946 47.9 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Manfred Kinder FRG 47.0 Q 2 John Adey GBR 47.4 Q 3 Bernard Martin FRA 47.5 Q 4 Edmund Borowski POL 47.6 5 Carl Fredrik Bunæs NOR 47.8 6 Bo Althoff SWE 48.4 Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Boris Savchuk URS 1955 46.9 Q 2 Rolf Krüsmann FRG 47.1 Q 3 Martin Winbolt-Lewis GBR 47.4 Q 4 Michel Samper FRA 47.4 5 Furio Fusi ITA 48.2 Participation According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event. 22em ALB (1) BEL (1) BUL 1946 (1) TCH (1) GDR (3) FIN (1) FRA (3) GRE old (1) ITA (2) NED (1) NOR (1) POL (3) URS 1955 (3) SWE (1) TUR (1) GBR (3) FRG (3) References Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1966 European Athletics Championships