1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the
1966 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 31 August, 1 and 2 September 1966.[1]

Medalists

Gold Roberto Frinolli
 Italy
Silver Gerd Lössdorfer
 West Germany
Bronze Robert Poirier
 France

Results

Final

2 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Roberto Frinolli  Italy 49.8
2nd Gerd Lössdorfer  West Germany 50.3
3rd Robert Poirier  France 50.5
4 Vasiliy Anisimov  Soviet Union 50.5
5 Jaakko Tuominen  Finland 50.9
6 Horst Gieseler  West Germany 51.2
7 Jean-Jacques Behm  France 51.3
8 Alain Hébrard  France 52.9

Semi-finals

1 September

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Roberto Frinolli  Italy 50.3 Q
2 Alain Hébrard  France 50.7 Q
3 Gerd Lössdorfer  West Germany 50.7 Q
4 Jaakko Tuominen  Finland 50.9 Q
5 Bertil Vistam  Sweden 52.1
6 Robin Woodland  United Kingdom 52.3
7 Edvīns Zāģeris  Soviet Union 52.3
8 Helmut Haid  Austria 53.6

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Horst Gieseler  West Germany 50.5 Q
2 Robert Poirier  France 50.6 Q
3 Vasiliy Anisimov  Soviet Union 50.7 Q
4 Jean-Jacques Behm  France 50.7 Q
5 John Sherwood  United Kingdom 50.7
6 Wilfried Geeroms  Belgium 51.0
7 Stanisław Gubiec  Poland 51.7
8 Peter Warden  United Kingdom 53.4

Heats

31 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gerd Lössdorfer  West Germany 52.0 Q
2 Alain Hébrard  France 52.1 Q
3 Helmut Haid  Austria 52.8 Q
4 John Sherwood  United Kingdom 54.2 Q
5 Cengiz Akıncı  Turkey 55.0
6 Vincenc Kacagjeli  Albania 55.8

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Roberto Frinolli  Italy 51.0 Q
2 Jean-Jacques Behm  France 52.2 Q
3 Bertil Vistam  Sweden 52.3 Q
4 Robin Woodland  United Kingdom 52.7 Q
5 Gerd Hennige  West Germany 54.6

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Horst Gieseler  West Germany 51.1 Q
2 Vasiliy Anisimov  Soviet Union 51.8 Q
3 Stanisław Gubiec  Poland 52.1 Q
4 Peter Warden  United Kingdom 52.4 Q
5 John Skjelvaag  Norway 52.6
6 Ferenc Oros  Hungary 53.4

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Robert Poirier  France 51.3 Q
2 Jaakko Tuominen  Finland 51.6 Q
3 Edvīns Zāģeris  Soviet Union 52.1 Q
4 Wilfried Geeroms  Belgium 52.4 Q
5 Leif Librand  Sweden 52.6
6 Luigi Carrozza  Italy 52.9

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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