1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

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 decathlon at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 August and 1 September 1966.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Werner von Moltke  West Germany
Silver	Jörg Mattheis  West Germany
Bronze	Horst Beyer  West Germany

Results

Final

30 August/1 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
01 !	Werner von Moltke	West Germany	11.0	7.18	15.55	1.85	50.1	15.1	45.74	4.20	62.96	4:53.5	7607 (7740)
02 !	Jörg Mattheis	West Germany	11.3	7.17	14.45	1.88	50.0	16.2w	45.48	3.70	67.98	4:26.9	7478 (7614)
03 !	Horst Beyer	West Germany	11.5	6.89	14.73	1.88	49.5	14.9	41.80	4.10	56.36	4:17.9	7479 (7562)
4	Max Klauß	East Germany	11.0	7.61	12.94	1.91	49.8	16.7w	40.38	4.35	53.10	4:44.6	7280 (7446)
5	Rein Aun	Soviet Union	11.3	7.01	13.52	1.85	50.6	16.0w	42.76	4.10	57.60	4:32.8	7210 (7378)
6	Jüri Otsmaa	Soviet Union	11.4	6.83	13.93	1.94	51.3	15.4	38.02	3.80	53.48	4:31.4	7054 (7236)
7	Mikhail Storozhenko	Soviet Union	11.5	6.95	14.48	1.88	54.5	15.1w	45.18	4.00	54.76	4:57.5	7002 (7172)
8	Werner Duttweiler	Switzerland	11.4	6.95	13.52	1.85	52.4	15.4w	36.66	4.40	53.06	4:42.0	6999 (7165)
9	Clive Longe	United Kingdom	11.3	6.62	15.09	1.70	51.7	15.6w	46.46	4.00	55.60	4:49.9	6996 (7160)
10	Walter Diessl	Austria	11.1	6.74	13.79	1.75	51.3	15.1	38.96	4.00	46.96	4:42.0	6869 (7055)
11	Manfred Tiedtke	East Germany	11.3	6.83	14.66	1.91	50.6	15.4	38.26	3.50	53.40	5:04.6	6849 (7035)
12	Franco Sar	Italy	11.5	6.21	13.61	1.75	53.2	14.9w	47.58	4.10	52.42	5:06.6	6735 (6904)
13	Jerzy Detko	Poland	11.5	6.59	14.22	1.88	52.0	15.5w	43.28	3.80	54.30	4:47.2	6922 (6896)
14	Steen Smidt-Jensen	Denmark	11.5	6.59	11.94	1.85	52.0	15.5w	36.12	4.30	42.45	4:25.8	6713 (6887)
15	Gert Herunter	Austria	11.1	6.77	11.78	1.85	50.6	15.2w	34.22	3.60	48.76	4:38.6	6703 (6883)
16	Bruno Poserina	Italy	11.8	6.70	13.45	1.75	52.3	15.3w	48.32	3.20	53.08	4:26.2	6802 (6856)
17	Horst Mandl	Austria	11.6	7.02	12.88	1.85	52.4	15.4	36.20	3.70	52.24	4:49.8	6671 (6847)
18	Derek Clarke	United Kingdom	11.7	6.32	13.09	1.60	51.8	15.7	42.92	3.40	58.46	4:24.5	6601 (6842)
19	Tadeusz Grzegorzewski	Poland	11.4	6.64	12.82	1.70	53.1	15.5	42.16	4.20	57.78	5:11.8	6665 (6833)
20	Bernard Castang	France	11.3	6.54	14.55	1.75	50.6	16.5	43.82	3.20	50.68	5:04.0	6516 (6709)
21	Urs Trautmann	Switzerland	11.9	6.11	13.46	1.85	53.5	16.4w	41.58	3.60	58.20	4:44.2	6487 (6673)
22	Gyula Hubai	Hungary	11.6	6.24	12.83	1.80	53.1	16.5	43.08	4.45	46.38	5:07.5	6454 (6650)
23	Robert Lespagnard	Belgium	11.5	6.47	11.78	1.80	50.6	16.6w	30.08	4.10	45.60	4:30.0	6416 (6601)
24	Charlemagne Anyamah	France	11.2	6.33	13.49	1.75	51.4	15.9w	36.36	3.30	46.78	4:57.4	6306 (6502)
25	Suat Jegeni	Albania	11.9	6.28	10.85	1.70	53.4	17.4	35.18	3.70	40.94	4:22.4	5924 (6131)
26	József Bákái	Hungary	11.4	6.65	13.39	1.70	53.4	16.3w	47.34	4.00	NM		DNF
27	Roland Sedleger	Switzerland	11.2	6.84	11.75								DNF
28	Valbjörn Þorláksson	Iceland	DNF										DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References