1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

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 long jump at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2 and 3 September 1966.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Irena Kirszenstein  Poland
Silver	Diana Yorgova  Bulgaria
Bronze	Helga Hoffmann  West Germany

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	6.55	CR
02 !	Diana Yorgova	Bulgaria	6.45
03 !	Helga Hoffmann	West Germany	6.38
4	Corrie Bakker	Netherlands	6.34	NR
5	Viorica Viscopoleanu	Romania	6.33
6	Tatyana Talysheva	Soviet Union	6.33
7	Sheila Parkin	United Kingdom	6.30
8	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	6.23	NR
9	Burghild Wieczorek	East Germany	6.22
10	Renāta Lāce	Soviet Union	6.19
11	Mary Rand	United Kingdom	6.16
12	Eva Kucmanová	Czechoslovakia	5.98
13	Berit Berthelsen	Norway	DNS

Qualification

2 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Diana Yorgova	Bulgaria	6.30	Q
2	Viorica Viscopoleanu	Romania	6.26	Q
3	Burghild Wieczorek	East Germany	6.22	Q
4	Renāta Lāce	Soviet Union	6.21	Q
5	Eva Kucmanová	Czechoslovakia	6.19	Q
6	Tatyana Talysheva	Soviet Union	6.19	Q
7	Corrie Bakker	Netherlands	6.16	Q
8	Mary Rand	United Kingdom	6.15	Q
9	Helga Hoffmann	West Germany	6.12	Q
10	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	6.12	Q
11	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	6.12	Q
12	Berit Berthelsen	Norway	6.05	Q
13	Sheila Parkin	United Kingdom	6.05	Q
14	Ursula Künzel	West Germany	6.04
15	Ingrid Mickler	West Germany	5.94
16	Etelka Kispal	Hungary	5.94
17	Gerda Mittenzwei	East Germany	5.92
18	Elena Vintila	Romania	5.84
19	Marie-Magdalena Le Dévéhat	France	5.77
20	Oddrun Hokland	Norway	5.68
21	Charoula Sasagianni	Greece	5.62
22	Nina Hansen	Denmark	5.60
23	Zhuljeta Muco	Albania	5.03

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References