1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 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 10,000 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 August 1966.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Jürgen Haase  East Germany
Silver	Lajos Mecser  Hungary
Bronze	Leonid Mikitenko  Soviet Union

Results

Final

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Jürgen Haase	East Germany	28:26.0
02 !	Lajos Mecser	Hungary	28:27.0
03 !	Leonid Mikitenko	Soviet Union	28:32.2
4	Manfred Letzerich	West Germany	28:36.8
5	Allan Rushmer	United Kingdom	28:37.8
6	Bruce Tulloh	United Kingdom	28:50.4
7	Janos Szerenyi	Hungary	28:52.2
8	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	28:59.6
9	Jim Alder	United Kingdom	28:59.8
10	Gennadiy Khlistovs	Soviet Union	29:00.6
11	Franc Červan	Yugoslavia	29:00.8	NR
12	Lutz Philipp	West Germany	29:07.8
13	Jozsef Suto	Hungary	29:24.8
14	Peter Kubicki	West Germany	29:26.0
15	Bengt Nåjde	Sweden	29:28.8
16	Gert Eisenberg	East Germany	29:29.8
17	Nicolae Mustafa	Romania	29:40.0
18	Kazimierz Zimny	Poland	29:51.2
19	Josef Tomáš	Czechoslovakia	29:56.0
20	Şükrü Saban	Turkey	30:30.8
21	Mikko Ala-Leppilampi	Finland	DNF
22	Andrei Barabaş	Romania	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References