1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 and 3 September 1966.[1]

Medalists

Gold Viktor Kudinskiy
 Soviet Union
Silver Anatoliy Kuryan
 Soviet Union
Bronze Gaston Roelants
 Belgium

Results

Final

3 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Viktor Kudinskiy  Soviet Union 8:26.6 CR NR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Anatoliy Kuryan  Soviet Union 8:28.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Gaston Roelants  Belgium 8:28.8
4 Guy Texereau  France 8:30.0 NR
5 Manfred Letzerich  West Germany 8:31.0 NR
6 Dieter Hartmann  East Germany 8:31.6 NR
7 Zoltán Vamos  Romania 8:34.0 NR
8 Maurice Herriott  United Kingdom 8:37.0
9 Bengt Persson  Sweden 8:38.0
10 Javier Álvarez  Spain 8:40.0
11 Aleksandr Morozov  Soviet Union 8:40.6
12 Ernie Pomfret  United Kingdom 8:40.6

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gaston Roelants  Belgium 8:33.8 Q
2 Aleksandr Morozov  Soviet Union 8:34.0 Q
3 Zoltán Vamos  Romania 8:34.6 NR Q
4 Bengt Persson  Sweden 8:35.4 Q
5 Jouko Kuha  Finland 8:36.2 NR
6 Manuel de Oliveira  Portugal 8:44.0
7 Hans-Werner Wogatzky  West Germany 8:49.4
8 Sandor Mate  Hungary 9:03.2
9 Lachie Stewart  United Kingdom 9:10.2

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Manfred Letzerich  West Germany 8:45.2 Q
2 Dieter Hartmann  East Germany 8:45.4 Q
3 Ernie Pomfret  United Kingdom 8:46.8 Q
4 Viktor Kudinskiy  Soviet Union 8:48.2 Q
5 Jan-Erik Karlsson  Sweden 8:52.8
6 Jerzy Czaplewski  Poland 8:59.8
7 Petr Holas  Czechoslovakia 9:06.8
8 István Jóny  Hungary DNF

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Javier Álvarez  Spain 8:47.4 Q
2 Guy Texereau  France 8:47.8 Q
3 Maurice Herriott  United Kingdom 8:48.2 Q
4 Anatoliy Kuryan  Soviet Union 8:49.6 Q
5 Edward Motyl  Poland 8:52.0
6 Mikhail Zhelev  Bulgaria 8:52.0
7 Karoly Magyar  Hungary 8:54.4
8 Hartmut Neumann  West Germany 8:57.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

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