1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 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 women's 200 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 and 2 September 1966.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Irena Kirszenstein  Poland
Silver	Ewa Kłobukowska  Poland
Bronze	Vera Popkova  Soviet Union

Results

Final

2 September Wind: 0.0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	23.1	CR
02 !	Ewa Kłobukowska	Poland	23.4
03 !	Vera Popkova	Soviet Union	23.7
4	Kirsten Roggenkamp	West Germany	23.8
5	Ingrid Tiedtke	East Germany	23.9
6	Eva Lehocká	Czechoslovakia	24.0
7	Hannelore Trabert	West Germany	24.2
8	Truus Hennipman	Netherlands	24.3

Semi-finals

1 September

Semi-final 1

Wind: 0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ewa Kłobukowska	Poland	23.8	Q
2	Vera Popkova	Soviet Union	23.9	Q
3	Ingrid Tiedtke	East Germany	24.1	Q
4	Hannelore Trabert	West Germany	24.1	Q
5	Karin Wallgren	Sweden	24.4
6	Ljiljana Petnjarić	Yugoslavia	25.0
7	Gabrielle Meyer	France	25.2
8	Ioana Petrescu	Romania	DNF

Semi-final 2

Wind: 1.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	23.6	Q
2	Kirsten Roggenkamp	West Germany	23.8	Q
3	Truus Hennipman	Netherlands	24.0	Q
4	Eva Lehocká	Czechoslovakia	24.1	Q
5	Valentina Bolshova	Soviet Union	24.3
6	Maureen Tranter	United Kingdom	24.3
7	Christine Heinich	East Germany	24.5
8	Donata Govoni	Italy	24.9

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Wind: 3.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Truus Hennipman	Netherlands	24.0 w	Q
2	Ioana Petrescu	Romania	24.5 w	Q
3	Maureen Tranter	United Kingdom	24.7 w	Q
4	Gabrielle Meyer	France	25.6 w	Q

Heat 2

Wind: 0.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ewa Kłobukowska	Poland	24.3	Q
2	Christine Heinich	East Germany	24.3	Q
3	Karin Wallgren	Sweden	24.4	Q
4	Valentina Bolshova	Soviet Union	24.4	Q
5	Olimbi Moçka	Albania	27.2

Heat 3

Wind: 2.9m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vera Popkova	Soviet Union	23.7 w	Q
2	Kirsten Roggenkamp	West Germany	23.7 w	Q
3	Ingrid Tiedtke	East Germany	23.9 w	Q
4	Eva Lehocká	Czechoslovakia	24.3 w	Q
5	Janet Simpson	United Kingdom	24.6 w
6	Erzsébet Bartos	Hungary	24.8 w

Heat 4

Wind: 5.2m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hannelore Trabert	West Germany	24.6 w	Q
2	Donata Govoni	Italy	24.7 w	Q
3	Ljiljana Petnjarić	Yugoslavia	25.2 w	Q
4	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	25.2 w	Q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References