1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
Men's discus throw at the European Athletics Championships |
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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![]() |
Silver | Hartmut Losch![]() |
Bronze | Lothar Milde![]() |
Results
Final
31 August
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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![]() | Detlef Thorith | ![]() | 57.42 | |
![]() | Hartmut Losch | ![]() | 57.34 | |
![]() | Lothar Milde | ![]() | 56.80 | |
4 | Edmund Piątkowski | ![]() | 56.76 | |
5 | Ludvík Daněk | ![]() | 56.24 | |
6 | Silvano Simeon | ![]() | 55.96 | |
7 | Zenon Begier | ![]() | 55.94 | |
8 | Jiří Žemba | ![]() | 54.20 | |
9 | Vytautas Jaras | ![]() | 53.98 | |
10 | Heimo Reinitzer | ![]() | 53.72 | |
11 | Hein-Direck Neu | ![]() | 53.66 | |
12 | Ernst Soudek | ![]() | 53.46 |
Qualification
30 August
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | Vytautas Jaras | ![]() | 57.54 | CR Q |
2 | Ludvík Daněk | ![]() | 56.86 | Q |
3 | Edmund Piątkowski | ![]() | 56.74 | Q |
4 | Lothar Milde | ![]() | 56.70 | Q |
5 | Detlef Thorith | ![]() | 56.42 | Q |
6 | Hartmut Losch | ![]() | 55.84 | Q |
7 | Zenon Begier | ![]() | 55.30 | Q |
8 | Ernst Soudek | ![]() | 54.38 | Q |
9 | Hein-Direck Neu | ![]() | 54.32 | Q |
10 | Jiří Žemba | ![]() | 54.22 | Q |
11 | Silvano Simeon | ![]() | 54.20 | Q |
12 | Heimo Reinitzer | ![]() | 54.08 | Q |
13 | Flavio Asta | ![]() | 53.60 | |
14 | Géza Fejér | ![]() | 53.22 | |
15 | Jens Reimers | ![]() | 53.02 | |
16 | Vladimir Trusenyev | ![]() | 53.02 | |
17 | János Faragó | ![]() | 52.84 | |
18 | Lars Haglund | ![]() | 51.06 | |
19 | Erik Uddebom | ![]() | 50.96 | |
20 | Alain Drufin | ![]() | 49.84 | |
21 | Bill Tancred | ![]() | 48.36 | |
22 | Georgios Tsakanikas | ![]() | 47.96 | |
23 | Marcel Hertogs | ![]() | 47.36 | |
24 | Ramazan Driza | ![]() | 45.18 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
Albania (1)
Austria (2)
Belgium (1)
Czechoslovakia (2)
East Germany (3)
France (1)
Greece (1)
Hungary (2)
Italy (2)
Poland (2)
Soviet Union (2)
Sweden (2)
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