1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

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 javelin throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 and 2 September 1966.[1]

Medalists

Gold Jānis Lūsis
 Soviet Union
Silver Władysław Nikiciuk
 Poland
Bronze Gergely Kulcsár
 Hungary

Results

Final

2 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Jānis Lūsis  Soviet Union 84.48 CR
2nd Władysław Nikiciuk  Poland 81.76
3rd Gergely Kulcsár  Hungary 80.54
4 Pauli Nevala  Finland 80.36
5 Miklós Németh  Hungary 79.82
6 Väinö Kuisma  Finland 79.26
7 Janusz Sidło  Poland 78.86
8 Manfred Stolle  East Germany 78.70
9 Karlo Gordzemashvili  Soviet Union 75.68
10 Miloš Vojtek  Czechoslovakia 72.52
11 Urs von Wartburg   Switzerland 72.06
12 Jorma Kinnunen  Finland 70.48

Qualification

1 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Władysław Nikiciuk  Poland 81.36 Q
2 Pauli Nevala  Finland 80.48 Q
3 Janusz Sidło  Poland 80.16 Q
4 Urs von Wartburg   Switzerland 79.14 Q
5 Miklós Németh  Hungary 78.34 Q
6 Karlo Gordzemashvili  Soviet Union 78.30 Q
7 Gergely Kulcsár  Hungary 77.64 Q
8 Jānis Lūsis  Soviet Union 77.00 Q
9 Jorma Kinnunen  Finland 76.60 Q
10 Väinö Kuisma  Finland 76.60 Q
11 Manfred Stolle  East Germany 75.50 Q
12 Miloš Vojtek  Czechoslovakia 74.88 Q
13 Mart Paama  Soviet Union 74.54
14 Terje Thorslund  Norway 74.20
15 Petelo Wakalina  France 74.12
16 Hermann Salomon  West Germany 73.24
17 Josef Dušátko  Czechoslovakia 73.18
18 Harry Abraham  West Germany 70.94
19 Eugen Stumpp  West Germany 70.90
20 Michel Pougheon  France 69.28
21 Gábor Kovács  Hungary 69.14
22 John Fitzsimmons  United Kingdom 68.86
23 Willy Rasmussen  Norway NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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