1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw
at the European Athletics Championships
1966 European
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The men's discus throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August 1966.[1]

The winning margin was 8 cm which with the conclusion of the 2024 championships remains the only time the men's discus throw has been won by less than 10 cm at these championships.

Medalists

Gold Detlef Thorith
 East Germany
Silver Hartmut Losch
 East Germany
Bronze Lothar Milde
 East Germany

Results

Final

31 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Detlef Thorith  East Germany 57.42
Hartmut Losch  East Germany 57.34
Lothar Milde  East Germany 56.80
4 Edmund Piątkowski  Poland 56.76
5 Ludvík Daněk  Czechoslovakia 56.24
6 Silvano Simeon  Italy 55.96
7 Zenon Begier  Poland 55.94
8 Jiří Žemba  Czechoslovakia 54.20
9 Vytautas Jaras  Soviet Union 53.98
10 Heimo Reinitzer  Austria 53.72
11 Hein-Direck Neu  West Germany 53.66
12 Ernst Soudek  Austria 53.46

Qualification

30 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Vytautas Jaras  Soviet Union 57.54 CR Q
2 Ludvík Daněk  Czechoslovakia 56.86 Q
3 Edmund Piątkowski  Poland 56.74 Q
4 Lothar Milde  East Germany 56.70 Q
5 Detlef Thorith  East Germany 56.42 Q
6 Hartmut Losch  East Germany 55.84 Q
7 Zenon Begier  Poland 55.30 Q
8 Ernst Soudek  Austria 54.38 Q
9 Hein-Direck Neu  West Germany 54.32 Q
10 Jiří Žemba  Czechoslovakia 54.22 Q
11 Silvano Simeon  Italy 54.20 Q
12 Heimo Reinitzer  Austria 54.08 Q
13 Flavio Asta  Italy 53.60
14 Géza Fejér  Hungary 53.22
15 Jens Reimers  West Germany 53.02
16 Vladimir Trusenyev  Soviet Union 53.02
17 János Faragó  Hungary 52.84
18 Lars Haglund  Sweden 51.06
19 Erik Uddebom  Sweden 50.96
20 Alain Drufin  France 49.84
21 Bill Tancred  Great Britain 48.36
22 Georgios Tsakanikas  Greece 47.96
23 Marcel Hertogs  Belgium 47.36
24 Ramazan Driza  Albania 45.18

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 397–405, retrieved 13 August 2014
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