1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 800 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 September 1966.

Medalists

Gold	Manfred Matuschewski East Germany
Silver	Franz-Josef Kemper West Germany
Bronze	Bodo Tümmler West Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:45.9	CR NR
	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:46.0
	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	1:46.3
4	Chris Carter	Great Britain	1:46.3	NR
5	Tomáš Jungwirth	Czechoslovakia	1:46.7	NR
6	John Boulter	Great Britain	1:47.0
7	Alberto Esteban	Spain	1:47.4	NR
8	Noel Carroll	Ireland	1:47.9

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:47.9	Q
2	Tomáš Jungwirth	Czechoslovakia	1:48.0	Q
3	Chris Carter	Great Britain	1:48.1	Q
4	Noel Carroll	Ireland	1:48.3	Q
5	Vadim Mikhailov	Soviet Union	1:48.7
6	Mathias Seidler	East Germany	1:48.8
7	Guy Taillard	France	1:49.2
8	Maurice Lurot	France	1:49.9

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:49.3	Q
2	John Boulter	Great Britain	1:49.4	Q
3	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	1:49.5	Q
4	Alberto Esteban	Spain	1:49.5	Q
5	Rein Tölp	Soviet Union	1:49.8
6	Pavel Penkava	Czechoslovakia	1:49.8
7	Jürgen May	East Germany	1:50.0
8	Jean-Michel Pellez	France	1:51.8

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mathias Seidler	East Germany	1:48.3	Q
2	Franz-Josef Kemper	West Germany	1:48.4	Q
3	Jean-Michel Pellez	France	1:48.6	Q
4	Derek McCleane	Ireland	1:48.6
5	Arne Kvalheim	Norway	1:49.4
6	Petr Blaha	Czechoslovakia	1:49.9
7	Marnix Cocquyt	Belgium	1:53.7

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jürgen May	East Germany	1:48.1	Q
2	Guy Taillard	France	1:48.1	Q
3	Pavel Penkava	Czechoslovakia	1:48.2	Q
4	John Boulter	Great Britain	1:48.4	Q
5	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	1:48.4
6	Franco Arese	Italy	1:49.6
7	Imre Nagy	Hungary	1:50.4

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chris Carter	Great Britain	1:48.7	Q
2	Tomáš Jungwirth	Czechoslovakia	1:48.9	Q
3	Rein Tölp	Soviet Union	1:49.1	Q
4	Hansueli Mumenthaler	Switzerland	1:49.3
5	Lorant Stoll	Hungary	1:50.3
6	Heikki Pippola	Finland	1:51.7
7	Gani Alia	Albania	1:52.4	NR
	Paul Roekaerts	Belgium	DQ

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Noel Carroll	Ireland	1:48.1	Q
2	Alberto Esteban	Spain	1:48.2	Q
3	Vadim Mikhailov	Soviet Union	1:48.4	Q
4	Walter Adams	West Germany	1:48.8
5	Kenth Andersson	Sweden	1:49.0
6	Erik Zelazny	Poland	1:50.2
7	Dinos Michaelides	Greece	1:51.9
8	Jože Međimurec	Yugoslavia	1:53.5

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	1:48.6	Q
2	Maurice Lurot	France	1:48.8	Q
3	Manfred Matuschewski	East Germany	1:48.9	Q
4	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	1:49.0
5	Remir Mitrofanov	Soviet Union	1:49.2
6	Preben Glue	Denmark	1:50.2
7	Ian Hamilton	Ireland	1:53.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (1)
• Austria (1)
• Belgium (3)
• Czechoslovakia (3)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (3)
• Finland (1)
• France (3)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Ireland (3)
• Italy (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Switzerland (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (3)
• Yugoslavia (1)