1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Népstadion
Location	Budapest
Dates	1 September (heats & semi-finals) 2 September (final)
Competitors	30 from 17 nations
Winning time	20.53
Medalists
Roger Bambuck   France   Marian Dudziak   Poland   Jean-Claude Nallet   France

The men's 200 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 1 and 2 September 1966.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• East Germany (2)
• France (3)
• Great Britain (2)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (3)
• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (3)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Turkey (1)
• West Germany (3)

Results

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sergio Ottolina	Italy	21.3	Q
2	Ladislav Kříž	Czechoslovakia	21.5	Q
3	Josef Schwarz	West Germany	21.6	Q
4	Pierre Burrelier	France	21.6
5	Mel Cheskin	Great Britain	21.8
			Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Livio Berruti	Italy	21.2	Q
2	Marian Dudziak	Poland	21.2	Q
3	Fritz Roderfeld	West Germany	21.4	Q
4	Haris Aivaliotis	Greece	21.6
5	José Luis Sánchez Paraíso	Spain	21.6
			Wind: -0.3 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jean-Claude Nallet	France	21.1	Q
2	Amin Tuyakov	Soviet Union	21.4	Q
3	Ennio Preatoni	Italy	21.4	Q
4	Menzies Campbell	Great Britain	21.4
5	Manfred Knickenberg	West Germany	21.4
6	Edward Romanowski	Poland	21.5
7	Jacques Vanhee	Belgium	21.8
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roger Bambuck	France	21.1	Q
2	Gheorghe Zamfirescu	Romania	21.2	Q
3	Heinz Erbstösser	East Germany	21.3	Q
4	István Gyulai	Hungary	21.3	Q
5	Jiří Kynos	Czechoslovakia	21.6
6	Sonar Coşan	Turkey	22.3
			Wind: +0.6 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Leo de Winter	Netherlands	21.0	Q
2	Jan Werner	Poland	21.1	Q
3	József Istóczky	Hungary	21.2	Q
4	Harald Eggers	East Germany	21.6
5	Bo Althoff	Sweden	21.6
6	Nikolay Politiko	Soviet Union	21.7
7	Rasim Kraja	Albania	22.3
			Wind: +2.0 m/s

Semi-finals

1 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marian Dudziak	Poland	20.90	Q
2	Roger Bambuck	France	21.25	Q
3	Livio Berruti	Italy	21.29	Q
4	Ennio Preatoni	Italy	21.32	Q
5	Heinz Erbstösser	East Germany	21.33
6	Leo de Winter	Netherlands	21.33
7	István Gyulai	Hungary	21.58
8	Josef Schwarz	West Germany	21.64
			Wind: +0.9 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jean-Claude Nallet	France	20.9	Q
2	Jan Werner	Poland	21.0	Q
3	Fritz Roderfeld	West Germany	21.2	Q
4	Ladislav Kříž	Czechoslovakia	21.2	Q
5	Amin Tuyakov	Soviet Union	21.2
6	József Istóczky	Hungary	21.2
7	Gheorghe Zamfirescu	Romania	21.3
8	Sergio Ottolina	Italy	21.5
			Wind: +0.9 m/s

Final

2 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Roger Bambuck	France	20.93
	Marian Dudziak	Poland	21.0
	Jean-Claude Nallet	France	21.0
4	Jan Werner	Poland	21.1
5	Ladislav Kříž	Czechoslovakia	21.3
6	Fritz Roderfeld	West Germany	21.4
7	Livio Berruti	Italy	21.5
8	Ennio Preatoni	Italy	21.7
			Wind: 0.0 m/s