1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 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 800 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 September 1966.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Manfred Matuschewski  East Germany
Silver	Franz-Josef Kemper  West Germany
Bronze	Bodo Tümmler  West Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:45.9	CR NR
02 !	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:46.0
03 !	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	1:46.3
4	Chris Carter	United Kingdom	1:46.3	NR
5	Tomás Jungwirth	Czechoslovakia	1:46.7	NR
6	John Boulter	United Kingdom	1:47.0
7	Alberto Esteban	Spain	1:47.4	NR
8	Noel Carroll	Ireland	1:47.9

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:47.9	Q
2	Tomás Jungwirth	Czechoslovakia	1:48.0	Q
3	Chris Carter	United Kingdom	1:48.1	Q
4	Noel Carroll	Ireland	1:48.3	Q
5	Vadim Mikhailov	Soviet Union	1:48.7
6	Mathias Seidler	East Germany	1:48.8
7	Guy Taillard	France	1:49.2
8	Maurice Lurot	France	1:49.9

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:49.3	Q
2	John Boulter	United Kingdom	1:49.4	Q
3	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	1:49.5	Q
4	Alberto Esteban	Spain	1:49.5	Q
5	Rein Tölp	Soviet Union	1:49.8
6	Pavel Penkava	Czechoslovakia	1:49.8
7	Jürgen May	East Germany	1:50.0
8	Jean-Michel Pellez	France	1:51.8

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mathias Seidler	East Germany	1:48.3	Q
2	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:48.4	Q
3	Jean-Michel Pellez	France	1:48.6	Q
4	Derek McCleane	Ireland	1:48.6
5	Arne Kvalheim	Norway	1:49.4
6	Petr Blaha	Czechoslovakia	1:49.9
7	Marnix Cocquyt	Belgium	1:53.7

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jürgen May	East Germany	1:48.1	Q
2	Guy Taillard	France	1:48.1	Q
3	Pavel Penkava	Czechoslovakia	1:48.2	Q
4	John Boulter	United Kingdom	1:48.4	Q
5	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	1:48.4
6	Franco Arese	Italy	1:49.6
7	Imre Nagy	Hungary	1:50.4

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chris Carter	United Kingdom	1:48.7	Q
2	Tomás Jungwirth	Czechoslovakia	1:48.9	Q
3	Rein Tölp	Soviet Union	1:49.1	Q
4	Hansruedi Mumenthaler	Switzerland	1:49.3
5	Lorant Stoll	Hungary	1:50.3
6	Heikki Pippola	Finland	1:51.7
7	Gani Alia	Albania	1:52.4	NR
9	Paul Roekaerts	Belgium	DQ

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Noel Carroll	Ireland	1:48.1	Q
2	Alberto Esteban	Spain	1:48.2	Q
3	Vadim Mikhailov	Soviet Union	1:48.4	Q
4	Walter Adams	West Germany	1:48.8
5	Kenth Andersson	Sweden	1:49.0
6	Erik Zelazny	Poland	1:50.2
7	Konstantinos Mihailidis	Greece	1:51.9
8	Jože Međimurec	Yugoslavia	1:53.5

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	1:48.6	Q
2	Maurice Lurot	France	1:48.8	Q
3	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:48.9	Q
4	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	1:49.0
5	Remir Mitrofanov	Soviet Union	1:49.2
6	Preben Glue	Denmark	1:50.2
7	Ian Hamilton	Ireland	1:53.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

References