1966 European Indoor Games

1966 European Indoor Games Westfalenhalle 1 Dortmund.JPG DortmundFRG West Germany 27 March 1966 Westfalenhalle 22 186 21 1967 Prague The 1966 European Indoor Games were the first edition of what later became the European Athletics Indoor Championships. These games took place on 27 March 1966 at Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, a city of West Germany. It was the only edition held on a single day – since 1967 the duration was extended to two days and since 1992 to three. The track used for the championships was 160 metres long. Medal summary Men 60 metres MenBarrie Kelly GBR 6.6 =WBHeinz Erbstößer GDR 6.6 =WBViktor Kasatkin URS 6.6 =WB400 metres MenHartmut Koch GDR 47.9 Manfred Kinder FRG 48.3 Vasyl Anisimov URS 49.0800 metres MenNoel Carroll IRL 1:49.7 Tomáš Jungwirth TCH 1:50.8 Herbert Missalla FRG 1:51.01500 metres MenJohn Whetton GBR 3:43.8Oleg Rayko URS 3:46.7 Ulf Högberg SWE 3:47.23000 metres MenHarald Norpoth FRG 7:56.0 Siegfried Herrmann GDR 7:57.2 István Kiss HUN 8:05.060 metres hurdles MenEddy Ottoz ITA 7.7 =WB Michael Parker GBR 7.8Hinrich John FRG 7.94 × 320 metres relay Men 1280 mJörg JüttnerRainer KunterHans ReinermannJens Ulbrich 2:30.1Miroslav VerukJuraj DemečLadislav KrizJosef Trousil 2:31.0Only two teams startedMedley relay Men 1600 mLeonhard HändlWerner KrönkeRolf KrüsmannJürgen Schröter 3:22.0Bruno BianchiIto GianiSergio OttolinaSergio Bello 3:22.2Werner OijzersWilly VandewyngaerdenGeorges WijnantsAlbert van Hoorn 3:27.2High jump MenValeriy Skvortsov URS 2.17 Wolfgang Schillkowski FRG 2.11 Kjell-Åke Nilsson SWE 2.08Pole vault MenHennadiy Bleznitsov URS 4.90 Rudolf Tomášek TCH 4.80 Rainer Liese FRG 4.70Long jump MenIgor Ter-Ovanesyan URS 8.23 WBArmin Baumert FRG 7.79 Jochen Eigenherr FRG 7.63Triple jump MenŞerban Ciochină ROM 1965 16.43 Michael Sauer FRG 16.35 Petr Nemsovský TCH 16.28Shot put MenVilmos Varjú HUN 19.05 Dieter Hoffmann GDR 18.25 Jiří Skobla TCH 18.08 Women 60 metres WomenMargit Nemesházi HUN 7.3 Galina Mitrokhina URS 7.3 Mary Rand GBR 7.4400 metres WomenHelga Henning FRG 56.9 Libuše Macounová TCH 57.2 Maeve Kyle IRL 57.3800 metres WomenZsuzsa Szabó-Nagy HUN 2:07.9 Karin Kessler FRG 2:10.8 Marie Ingrová TCH 2:11.660 metres hurdles WomenIrina Press URS 8.1 WBGundula Diel GDR 8.4 Inge Schell FRG 8.44 × 160 metres relay WomenRenate MeyerErika RostHannelore TrabertKirsten Roggenkamp 1:18.4Ljiljana PetnjarićMarijana LubejJelisaveta ĐanićOlga Šikovec 1:21.7Libuše MacounováAlena HiltscherováEva KucmanováEva Lehocká 1:22.3High jump WomenIolanda Balaș ROM 1965 1.76 Olga Gere-Pulić YUG 1.73 Ilia Hans FRG 1.65Long jump WomenTatyana Shchelkanova URS 6.73 WBMary Rand GBR 6.53 Heide Rosendahl FRG 6.54Shot put WomenMargitta Gummel GDR 17.30 Tamara Press URS 17.00 Nadezhda Chizhova URS 16.95 Medal table 5 5 7 5 3 3 3 0 1 2 4 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 ROU 1965 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 Participating nations 20em (1) (13) (19) (3) (8) (11) (8) Greece old (2) (8) (1) (2) (12) (2) (4) Romania 1965 (3) (13) Spain 1945 (6) (8) (9) (2) (40) (11) References 1966 European Indoor Games Results Medallists – men at GBRathletics.com Medallists – women at GBRathletics.com Athletics European Indoor Category:European Athletics Indoor Championships European Indoor Games Category:Sports competitions in Dortmund Category:International athletics competitions hosted by West Germany Category:1966 in European sport Category:March 1966 sports events in Europe Category:1960s in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:20th century in Dortmund