1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 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 100 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August 1966.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Wiesław Maniak  Poland
Silver	Roger Bambuck  France
Bronze	Claude Piquemal  France

Results

Final

31 August Wind: -0.6m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Wiesław Maniak	Poland	10.60
02 !	Roger Bambuck	France	10.61
03 !	Claude Piquemal	France	10.62
4	Manfred Knickenberg	West Germany	10.62
5	Ipolito Giani	Italy	10.71
6	Barrie Kelly	United Kingdom	10.76
7	Nikolay Ivanov	Soviet Union	10.82
8	Pasquale Giannattasio	Italy	20.1

Semi-finals

31 August

Semi-final 1

Wind: 0.6m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roger Bambuck	France	10.62	Q
2	Ipolito Giani	Italy	10.74	Q
3	Barrie Kelly	United Kingdom	10.81	Q
4	Hans-Jürgen Felsen	West Germany	10.82
5	Gheorghe Zamfirescu	Romania	10.86
6	Włodzimierz Anielak	Poland	10.91
7	Edvīns Ozoliņš	Soviet Union	10.94
8	Heinz Erbstösser	East Germany	10.95

Semi-final 2

Wind: -1.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pasquale Giannattasio	Italy	10.7	Q
2	Claude Piquemal	France	10.7	Q
3	Gerd Metz	West Germany	10.8
4	Aleksandr Lebedev	Soviet Union	10.9
5	Ron Jones	United Kingdom	10.9
6	Panagiotis Nikolaidis	Greece	11.0
7	Hans Hönger	Switzerland	11.2
9	Harald Eggers	East Germany	DQ

Semi-final 3

Wind: -0.6m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Manfred Knickenberg	West Germany	10.6	Q
2	Wiesław Maniak	Poland	10.6	Q
3	Nikolay Ivanov	Soviet Union	10.7	Q
4	Menzies Campbell	United Kingdom	10.8
5	Marc Berger	France	10.8
6	Jacques Vanhee	Belgium	10.9
7	Max Barandun	Switzerland	11.0
9	Angelo Squazzero	Italy	DNS

Heats

30 August

Heat 1

Wind: -1.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wiesław Maniak	Poland	10.7	Q
2	Ipolito Giani	Italy	10.7	Q
3	Menzies Campbell	United Kingdom	10.7	Q
4	Harald Eggers	East Germany	10.7	Q
5	Juraj Demeč	Czechoslovakia	10.8
6	Huba Rozsnyai	Hungary	11.0

Heat 2

Wind: -0.1m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Manfred Knickenberg	West Germany	10.6	Q
2	Włodzimierz Anielak	Poland	10.8	Q
3	Jacques Vanhee	Belgium	10.8	Q
4	Ron Jones	United Kingdom	10.8	Q
9	Herbert Bende	Czechoslovakia	DQ

Heat 3

Wind: 0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roger Bambuck	France	10.4	Q
2	Heinz Erbstösser	East Germany	10.6	Q
3	Gerd Metz	West Germany	10.6	Q
4	Gheorghe Zamfirescu	Romania	10.7	Q
5	Lajos Hajdú	Hungary	10.8
6	Petr Utekal	Czechoslovakia	10.9
7	Joseph Cassaglia	Gibraltar	12.4

Heat 4

Wind: 0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Barrie Kelly	United Kingdom	10.7	Q
2	Marc Berger	France	10.7	Q
3	Hans-Jürgen Felsen	West Germany	10.8	Q
4	Edvīns Ozoliņš	Soviet Union	10.8	Q
5	József Istóczky	Hungary	10.8
6	Tadeusz Jaworski	Poland	10.9

Heat 5

Wind: -0.1m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Claude Piquemal	France	10.7	Q
2	Angelo Squazzero	Italy	10.8	Q
3	Hans Hönger	Switzerland	10.8	Q
4	Aleksandr Lebedev	Soviet Union	10.8	Q
5	José Luis Sánchez	Spain	10.9
6	Tomi Stefanllari	Albania	11.3

Heat 6

Wind: 0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pasquale Giannattasio	Italy	10.5	Q
2	Nikolay Ivanov	Soviet Union	10.6	Q
3	Panagiotis Nikolaidis	Greece	10.7	Q
4	Max Barandun	Switzerland	10.8	Q
5	Rob Heemskerk	Netherlands	10.8
6	Sonar Coşan	Turkey	11.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References