1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 3 and 4 September 1966.[1]

Medalists

Gold Marc Berger
Jocelyn Delecour
Claude Piquemal
Roger Bambuck
 France
Silver Edvīns Ozoliņš
Amin Tuyakov
Boris Savchuk
Nikolay Ivanov
 Soviet Union
Bronze Hans-Jürgen Felsen
Gerd Metz
Dieter Enderlein
Manfred Knickenberg
 West Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st  France Marc Berger
Jocelyn Delecour
Claude Piquemal
Roger Bambuck
39.4 CR
2nd  Soviet Union Edvīns Ozoliņš
Amin Tuyakov
Boris Savchuk
Nikolay Ivanov
39.8
3rd  West Germany Hans-Jürgen Felsen
Gerd Metz
Dieter Enderlein
Manfred Knickenberg
39.8
4  East Germany Harald Eggers
Rainer Berger
Heinz Erbstösser
Hermann Burde
40.0
5  United Kingdom Lynn Davies
Ron Jones
Menzies Campbell
Barrie Kelly
40.1
6  Italy Ennio Preatoni
Ipolito Giani
Nello Simoncelli
Sergio Ottolina
40.2
7  Czechoslovakia Petr Utekal
Herbert Bende
Jiří Kynos
Ladislav Kříž
40.6
8  Netherlands Piet Tamminga
Leo de Winter
Wim Blom
Rob Heemskerk
40.7

Heats

3 September

Heat 1

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  East Germany Harald Eggers
Heinz Erbstösser
Rainer Berger
Hermann Burde
39.8 Q
2  Italy Ennio Preatoni
Ipolito Giani
Nello Simoncelli
Sergio Ottolina
40.0 Q
3  United Kingdom Lynn Davies
Ron Jones
Menzies Campbell
Barrie Kelly
40.0 Q
4  Netherlands Piet Tamminga
Leo de Winter
Wim Blom
Rob Heemskerk
40.0 Q
5  Poland Włodzimierz Anielak
Jan Werner
Marian Dudziak
Wiesław Maniak
40.6
6  Greece Panagiotis Nikolaidis
Haris Aivaliotis
Nikolaos Argiris
Georgios Mikelidis
41.4
7  Albania Tomi Stefanllari
Bashkim Pacrami
Rasim Kraja
Clirim Balluku
42.8

Heat 2

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  France Marc Berger
Jocelyn Delecour
Claude Piquemal
Roger Bambuck
39.5 CR Q
2  West Germany Manfred Knickenberg
Dieter Enderlein
Hans-Jürgen Felsen
Gerd Metz
39.8 Q
3  Soviet Union Edvīns Ozoliņš
Amin Tuyakov
Boris Savchuk
Nikolay Ivanov
39.8 Q
4  Czechoslovakia Petr Utekal
Herbert Bende
Jiří Kynos
Ladislav Kříž
40.6 Q
5  Hungary Imre Babos
Huba Rozsnyai
Lajos Hajdú
Gyula Rábai
40.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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