1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw


The men's javelin throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 and 2 September 1966.

Medalists

Results

Final

2 September
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Jānis Lūsis84.48CR
Władysław NikiciukPOL81.76
Gergely KulcsárHUN80.54
4Pauli NevalaFIN80.36
5Miklós NémethHUN79.82
6Väinö KuismaFIN79.26
7Janusz SidłoPOL78.86
8Manfred StolleGDR78.70
9Karlo Gordzemashvili75.68
10Miloš VojtekTCH72.52
11Urs von WartburgSUI72.06
12Jorma KinnunenFIN70.48

Qualification

1 September
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1Władysław NikiciukPOL81.36Q
2Pauli NevalaFIN80.48Q
3Janusz SidłoPOL80.16Q
4Urs von WartburgSUI79.14Q
5Miklós NémethHUN78.34Q
6Karlo Gordzemashvili78.30Q
7Gergely KulcsárHUN77.64Q
8Jānis Lūsis77.00Q
9Jorma KinnunenFIN76.60Q
10Väinö KuismaFIN76.60Q
11Manfred StolleGDR75.50Q
12Miloš VojtekTCH74.88Q
13Mart Paama74.54
14Terje ThorslundNOR74.20
15Petelo WakalinaFRA74.12
16Hermann SalomonFRG73.24
17Josef DušátkoTCH73.18
18Harry AbrahamFRG70.94
19Eugen StumppFRG70.90
20Michel PougheonFRA69.28
21Gábor Kovács69.14
22John FitzSimonsGBR68.86
Willy RasmussenNORNM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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