1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

None Men's discus throw European Athletics Championships The men's discus throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August 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 The winning margin was 8 cm which with the conclusion of the 2024 championships remains the only time the men's discus throw has been won by less than 10 cm at these championships. Medalists Gold Detlef Thorith GDRSilver Hartmut Losch GDRBronze Lothar Milde GDR Results Final 31 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Detlef Thorith GDR 57.42 Hartmut Losch GDR 57.34 Lothar Milde GDR 56.80 4 Edmund Piątkowski POL 56.76 5 Ludvík Daněk TCH 56.24 6 Silvano Simeon ITA 55.96 7 Zenon Begier POL 55.94 8 Jiří Žemba TCH 54.20 9 Vytautas Jaras URS 1955 53.98 10 Heimo Reinitzer AUT 53.72 11 Hein-Direck Neu FRG 53.66 12 Ernst Soudek AUT 53.46 Qualification 30 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Vytautas Jaras URS 1955 57.54 CR Q 2 Ludvík Daněk TCH 56.86 Q 3 Edmund Piątkowski POL 56.74 Q 4 Lothar Milde GDR 56.70 Q 5 Detlef Thorith GDR 56.42 Q 6 Hartmut Losch GDR 55.84 Q 7 Zenon Begier POL 55.30 Q 8 Ernst Soudek AUT 54.38 Q 9 Hein-Direck Neu FRG 54.32 Q 10 Jiří Žemba TCH 54.22 Q 11 Silvano Simeon ITA 54.20 Q 12 Heimo Reinitzer AUT 54.08 Q 13 Flavio Asta ITA 53.60 14 Géza Fejér HUN 1957 53.22 15 Jens Reimers FRG 53.02 16 Vladimir Trusenyev URS 1955 53.02 17 János Faragó HUN 1957 52.84 18 Lars Haglund SWE 51.06 19 Erik Uddebom SWE 50.96 20 Alain Drufin FRA 49.84 21 Bill Tancred GBR 48.36 22 Georgios Tsakanikas GRE old 47.96 23 Marcel Hertogs BEL 47.36 24 Ramazan Driza ALB 45.18 Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. 22em ALB (1) AUT (2) BEL (1) TCH (2) GDR (3) FRA (1) GRE old (1) HUN 1957 (2) ITA (2) POL (2) URS 1955 (2) SWE (2) GBR (1) FRG (2) References Category:Discus throw at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1966 European Athletics Championships