1966 European Indoor Games
The 1966 European Indoor Games were the very first edition of what later became the European Athletics Indoor Championships. These games were held in 1966 at Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, a city of West Germany.
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 metres |  Barrie Kelly (GBR) | 6.6 |  Karl-Heinz Erbstößer (GDR) | 6.6 |  Viktor Kassatkin (URS) | 6.6 |
| 400 metres | Hartmut Koch (GDR) | 47.9 |  Manfred Kinder (FRG) | 48.3 | Vassiliy Anissimov (URS) | 49.0 |
| 800 metres |  Noel Carroll (IRL) | 1:49.7 |  Tomás 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 |
| 4×2 laps (1280 m) |
West Germany Jörg Jüttner Rainer Kunter Hans Reinermann Jens Ulbrich | 2:30.1 | Czechoslovakia Miroslav Veruk Juraj Demec 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} BelgiumWerner Oijzers Willy Vandewyngaerden Georges Wijnants Albert van Hoorn | 3:27.2 |
| Pole vault | Gennadiy Bliznetsov (URS) | 4.90 | Rudolf Tomášek (TCH) | 4.80 | Rainer Liese (FRG) | 4.70 |
| High jump | Valeriy Skvortsov (URS) | 2.17 | Wolfgang Schillkowski (FRG) | 2.11 | Kjell-Åke Nilsson (SWE) | 2.08 |
| 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 | Libuse 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 |
| 4×1 lap (640 m) |
West Germany Renate Meyer Erika Rost Hannelore Trabert Kirsten Roggenkamp | 1:18.4 |  YugoslaviaLjiljana Petnjaric Marjana Lubej Jelisaveta Djanic Olga Sikovec | 1:21.7 | Czechoslovakia Libuse 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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | East Germany | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | .svg.png){kind=small} Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- 1966 European Indoor Games Results
- Results – men at GBRathletics.com
- Results – women at GBRathletics.com
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