1966 European Indoor Games

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.

1966 European Indoor Games
Dates27 March 1966
Host cityDortmund
West Germany
VenueWestfalenhalle
Events21
Participation186 athletes from
22 nations

The track used for the championships was 160 metres long.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
 Barrie Kelly (GBR)6.6  Heinz Erbstößer (GDR)6.6  Viktor Kasatkin (URS)6.6
400 metres
 Hartmut Koch (GDR)47.9  Manfred Kinder (FRG)48.3  Vasyl Anisimov (URS)49.0
800 metres
 Noel Carroll (IRL)1:49.7  Tomáš Jungwirth (TCH)1:50.8  Herbert Missalla (FRG)1:51.0
1500 metres
 John Whetton (GBR)3:43.8  Oleg Rayko (URS)3:46.7  Ulf Högberg (SWE)3:47.2
3000 metres
 Harald Norpoth (FRG)7:56.0  Siegfried Herrmann (GDR)7:57.2  István Kiss (HUN)8:05.0
60 metres hurdles
 Eddy Ottoz (ITA)7.7  Michael Parker (GBR)7.8  Hinrich John (FRG)7.9
4 × 320 metres relay(1280 m)

 West Germany
Jörg Jüttner
Rainer Kunter
Hans Reinermann
Jens Ulbrich
2:30.1  Czechoslovakia
Miroslav Veruk
Juraj Demeč
Ladislav Kriz
Josef Trousil
2:31.0 Only two teams started
Medley relay(1600 m)

 West Germany
Leonhard Händl
Werner Krönke
Rolf Krüsmann
Jürgen Schröter
3:22.0  Italy
Bruno Bianchi
Ito Giani
Sergio Ottolina
Sergio Bello
3:22.2  Belgium
Werner Oijzers
Willy Vandewyngaerden
Georges Wijnants
Albert van Hoorn
3:27.2
High jump
 Valeriy Skvortsov (URS)2.17  Wolfgang Schillkowski (FRG)2.11  Kjell-Åke Nilsson (SWE)2.08
Pole vault
 Hennadiy Bleznitsov (URS)4.90  Rudolf Tomášek (TCH)4.80  Rainer Liese (FRG)4.70
Long jump
 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)8.23 WR  Armin Baumert (FRG)7.79  Jochen Eigenherr (FRG)7.63
Triple jump
 Şerban Ciochină (ROM)16.43  Michael Sauer (FRG)16.35  Petr Nemsovský (TCH)16.28
Shot put
 Vilmos Varjú (HUN)19.05  Dieter Hoffmann (GDR)18.25  Jiří Skobla (TCH)18.08

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
 Margit Nemesházi (HUN)7.3  Galina Mitrokhina (URS)7.3  Mary Rand (GBR)7.4
400 metres
 Helga Henning (FRG)56.9  Libuše Macounová (TCH)57.2  Maeve Kyle (IRL)57.3
800 metres
 Zsuzsa Szabó-Nagy (HUN)2:07.9  Karin Kessler (FRG)2:10.8  Marie Ingrová (TCH)2:11.6
60 metres hurdles
 Irina Press (URS)8.1  Gundula Diel (GDR)8.4  Inge Schell (FRG)8.4
4 × 160 metres relay
 West Germany
Renate Meyer
Erika Rost
Hannelore Trabert
Kirsten Roggenkamp
1:18.4  Yugoslavia
Ljiljana Petnjarić
Marijana Lubej
Jelisaveta Đanić
Olga Šikovec
1:21.7  Czechoslovakia
Libuše Macounová
Alena Hiltscherová
Eva Kucmanová
Eva Lehocká
1:22.3
High jump
 Iolanda Balaș (ROM)1.76  Olga Gere-Pulić (YUG)1.73  Ilia Hans (FRG)1.65
Long jump
 Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS)6.73 WR  Mary Rand (GBR)6.53  Heide Rosendahl (FRG)6.54
Shot put
 Margitta Gummel (GDR)17.30  Tamara Press (URS)17.00  Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)16.95

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 West Germany (FRG)55717
2 Soviet Union (URS)53311
3 Hungary (HUN)3014
4 East Germany (GDR)2406
5 Great Britain (GBR)2215
6 Romania (ROU)2002
7 Italy (ITA)1102
8 Ireland (IRL)1012
9 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0448
10 Yugoslavia (YUG)0202
11 Sweden (SWE)0022
12 Belgium (BEL)0011
Totals (12 nations)21212062

Participating nations

References

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