1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

None Men's 800 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 800 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 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 Manfred Matuschewski GDRSilver Franz-Josef Kemper FRGBronze Bodo Tümmler FRG Results Final 4 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Manfred Matuschewski GDR 1:45.9 CR NR Franz-Josef Kemper FRG 1:46.0 Bodo Tümmler FRG 1:46.3 4 Chris Carter GBR 1:46.3 NR 5 Tomáš Jungwirth TCH 1:46.7 NR 6 John Boulter GBR 1:47.0 7 Alberto Esteban ESP 1945 1:47.4 NR 8 Noel Carroll IRL 1:47.9 Semi-finals 3 September Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Franz-Josef Kemper FRG 1:47.9 Q 2 Tomáš Jungwirth TCH 1:48.0 Q 3 Chris Carter GBR 1:48.1 Q 4 Noel Carroll IRL 1:48.3 Q 5 Vadim Mikhailov URS 1955 1:48.7 6 Mathias Seidler GDR 1:48.8 7 Guy Taillard FRA 1:49.2 8 Maurice Lurot FRA 1:49.9 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Manfred Matuschewski GDR 1:49.3 Q 2 John Boulter GBR 1:49.4 Q 3 Bodo Tümmler FRG 1:49.5 Q 4 Alberto Esteban ESP 1945 1:49.5 Q 5 Rein Tölp URS 1955 1:49.8 6 Pavel Penkava TCH 1:49.8 7 Jürgen May GDR 1:50.0 8 Jean-Michel Pellez FRA 1:51.8 Heats 2 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mathias Seidler GDR 1:48.3 Q 2 Franz-Josef Kemper FRG 1:48.4 Q 3 Jean-Michel Pellez FRA 1:48.6 Q 4 Derek McCleane IRL 1:48.6 5 Arne Kvalheim NOR 1:49.4 6 Petr Blaha TCH 1:49.9 7 Marnix Cocquyt BEL 1:53.7 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jürgen May GDR 1:48.1 Q 2 Guy Taillard FRA 1:48.1 Q 3 Pavel Penkava TCH 1:48.2 Q 4 John Boulter GBR 1:48.4 Q 5 Jacques Pennewaert BEL 1:48.4 6 Franco Arese ITA 1:49.6 7 Imre Nagy HUN 1957 1:50.4 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Chris Carter GBR 1:48.7 Q 2 Tomáš Jungwirth TCH 1:48.9 Q 3 Rein Tölp URS 1955 1:49.1 Q 4 Hansueli Mumenthaler SUI 1:49.3 5 Lorant Stoll HUN 1957 1:50.3 6 Heikki Pippola FIN 1:51.7 7 Gani Alia ALB 1:52.4 NR 9 Paul Roekaerts BEL DQ Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Noel Carroll IRL 1:48.1 Q 2 Alberto Esteban ESP 1945 1:48.2 Q 3 Vadim Mikhailov URS 1955 1:48.4 Q 4 Walter Adams FRG 1:48.8 5 Kenth Andersson SWE 1:49.0 6 Erik Zelazny POL 1:50.2 7 Dinos Michaelides GRE old 1:51.9 8 Jože Međimurec SFR Yugoslavia 1:53.5 Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bodo Tümmler FRG 1:48.6 Q 2 Maurice Lurot FRA 1:48.8 Q 3 Manfred Matuschewski GDR 1:48.9 Q 4 Rudolf Klaban AUT 1:49.0 5 Remir Mitrofanov URS 1955 1:49.2 6 Preben Glue DEN 1:50.2 7 Ian Hamilton IRL 1:53.7 Participation According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event. 22em ALB (1) AUT (1) BEL (3) TCH (3) DEN (1) GDR (3) FIN (1) FRA (3) GRE old (1) HUN 1957 (2) IRL (3) ITA (1) NOR (1) POL (1) URS 1955 (3) ESP 1945 (1) SWE (1) SUI (1) GBR (2) FRG (3) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:800 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1966 European Athletics Championships