1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

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 at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August, and 1 September 1966.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Stanisław Grędziński  Poland
Silver	Andrzej Badeński  Poland
Bronze	Manfred Kinder  West Germany

Results

Final

1 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Stanisław Grędziński	Poland	46.0
02 !	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.2
03 !	Manfred Kinder	West Germany	46.3
4	Wilfried Weiland	East Germany	46.6
5	Rolf Krüsmann	West Germany	46.7
6	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	46.9
7	Tim Graham	United Kingdom	46.9
8	Siegfried König	West Germany	DNF

Semi-finals

31 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stanisław Grędziński	Poland	46.3	Q
2	Manfred Kinder	West Germany	46.6	Q
3	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	46.6	Q
4	Tim Graham	United Kingdom	46.7	Q
5	Boris Savchuk	Soviet Union	46.9
6	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	United Kingdom	47.0
7	Sergio Bello	Italy	47.1
8	Bernard Martin	France	47.7

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.6	Q
2	Wilfried Weiland	East Germany	46.8	Q
3	Rolf Krüsmann	West Germany	46.8	Q
4	Siegfried König	West Germany	47.1	Q
5	Jean-Pierre Boccardo	France	47.5
6	Grigoriy Sverbetov	Soviet Union	47.6
7	Heikki Pippola	Finland	48.0
8	John Adey	United Kingdom	48.0

Heats

30 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.7	Q
2	Jean-Pierre Boccardo	France	47.1	Q
3	Heikki Pippola	Finland	47.3	Q
4	Michael Zerbes	East Germany	47.5
5	Aleksandr Ivanov	Soviet Union	48.0
6	Nikolaos Rengoukos	Greece	48.3
7	Mehmet Gesas	Turkey	49.9

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Siegfried König	West Germany	46.7	Q
2	Wilfried Weiland	East Germany	46.9	Q
3	Grigoriy Sverbetov	Soviet Union	47.3	Q
4	Fred van Herpen	Netherlands	47.8
5	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	48.9
6	Vincenc Kacagjeli	Albania	49.3

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stanisław Grędziński	Poland	46.6	Q
2	Tim Graham	United Kingdom	47.0	Q
3	Sergio Bello	Italy	47.1	Q
4	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	47.2	Q
5	Günther Klann	East Germany	47.5
6	Zlatko Valchev	Bulgaria	47.9

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Manfred Kinder	West Germany	47.0	Q
2	John Adey	United Kingdom	47.4	Q
3	Bernard Martin	France	47.5	Q
4	Edmund Borowski	Poland	47.6
5	Carl Fredrik Bunæs	Norway	47.8
6	Bo Althoff	Sweden	48.4

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Boris Savchuk	Soviet Union	46.9	Q
2	Rolf Krüsmann	West Germany	47.1	Q
3	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	United Kingdom	47.4	Q
4	Michel Samper	France	47.4
5	Furio Fusi	Italy	48.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References