1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
| Men's pole vault at the European Athletics Championships |
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The men's pole vault at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 31 August and 2 September 1966.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany |
| Silver | Christos Papanikolaou Greece |
| Bronze | Hervé d'Encausse France |
Results
Final
2 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfgang Nordwig | East Germany | 5.10 | CR | |
| Christos Papanikolaou | Greece | 5.05 | NR | |
| Hervé d'Encausse | France | 5.00 | ||
| 4 | Renato Dionisi | Italy | 4.80 | |
| 5 | Ignacio Sola | Spain | 4.80 | |
| 6 | Włodzimierz Sokołowski | Poland | 4.80 | |
| 7 | Leszek Butscher | Poland | 4.80 | |
| 8 | Claus Schiprowski | West Germany | 4.70 | |
| 9 | Klaus Lehnertz | West Germany | 4.70 | |
| 10 | Igor Feld | Soviet Union | 4.70 | |
| 11 | Waldemar Węcek | Poland | 4.70 | |
| 12 | Rudolf Tomášek | Czechoslovakia | 4.60 | |
| 13 | Altti Alarotu | Finland | 4.60 | |
| 14 | Karl-Gustav Burlin | Sweden | 4.60 | |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Colusso | France | 4.40 | |
| 16 | Mike Bull | Great Britain | 4.40 |
Qualification
31 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christos Papanikolaou | Greece | 4.60 | Q | |
| Ignacio Sola | Spain | 4.60 | Q | |
| Hervé d'Encausse | France | 4.60 | Q | |
| Leszek Butscher | Poland | 4.60 | Q | |
| Wolfgang Nordwig | East Germany | 4.60 | Q | |
| Klaus Lehnertz | West Germany | 4.40 | Q | |
| Karl-Gustav Burlin | Sweden | 4.40 | Q | |
| Renato Dionisi | Italy | 4.40 | Q | |
| Igor Feld | Soviet Union | 4.40 | Q | |
| Włodzimierz Sokołowski | Poland | 4.40 | Q | |
| Altti Alarotu | Finland | 4.40 | Q | |
| Waldemar Węcek | Poland | 4.40 | Q | |
| Jean-Pierre Colusso | France | 4.40 | Q | |
| Mike Bull | Great Britain | 4.40 | Q | |
| Rudolf Tomášek | Czechoslovakia | 4.40 | Q | |
| Claus Schiprowski | West Germany | 4.40 | Q | |
| Maurice Houvion | France | 4.20 | ||
| Paul Coppejans | Belgium | 4.20 | ||
| Dimitar Khlebarov | Bulgaria | 4.20 | ||
| Pavel Jindra | Czechoslovakia | 4.20 | ||
| František Taftl | Czechoslovakia | NH | ||
| Aldo Righi | Italy | NH | ||
| Risto Ivanoff | Finland | NH | ||
| Hans Lagerqvist | Sweden | NH | ||
| Tapio Mertanen | Sweden | NH | ||
| Hennadiy Bleznitsov | Soviet Union | NH | ||
| János Miskei | Hungary | NH |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (1)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Czechoslovakia (3)
- East Germany (1)
- Finland (2)
- France (3)
- Greece (1)
- Hungary (1)
- Italy (2)
- Poland (3)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Spain (1)
- Sweden (3)
- Great Britain (1)
- West Germany (2)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 397–405, retrieved 13 August 2014