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
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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
1st Irena Kirszenstein  Poland 23.1 CR
2nd Ewa Kłobukowska  Poland 23.4
3rd 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