The 1966 European Indoor Games were the first edition of what later became the European Athletics Indoor Championships. These games took place on 27 March 1966 at Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, a city of West Germany. It was the only edition held on a single day – since 1967 the duration was extended to two days and since 1992 to three.

1966 European Indoor Games
Dates27 March 1966
Host cityDortmund
West Germany West Germany
VenueWestfalenhalle
Events21
Participation186 athletes from
22 nations

The track used for the championships was 160 metres long.

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
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  Barrie Kelly (GBR) 6.6 =WB   Heinz Erbstößer (GDR) 6.6 =WB   Viktor Kasatkin (URS) 6.6 =WB
400 metres
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  Hartmut Koch (GDR) 47.9   Manfred Kinder (FRG) 48.3   Vasyl Anisimov (URS) 49.0
800 metres
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  Noel Carroll (IRL) 1:49.7   Tomáš Jungwirth (TCH) 1:50.8   Herbert Missalla (FRG) 1:51.0
1500 metres
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  John Whetton (GBR) 3:43.8   Oleg Rayko (URS) 3:46.7   Ulf Högberg (SWE) 3:47.2
3000 metres
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  Harald Norpoth (FRG) 7:56.0   Siegfried Herrmann (GDR) 7:57.2   István Kiss (HUN) 8:05.0
60 metres hurdles
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  Eddy Ottoz (ITA) 7.7 =WB   Michael Parker (GBR) 7.8   Hinrich John (FRG) 7.9
4 × 320 metres relay(1280 m)

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  West Germany
Jörg Jüttner
Rainer Kunter
Hans Reinermann
Jens Ulbrich
2:30.1   Czechoslovakia
Miroslav Veruk
Juraj Demeč
Ladislav Kriz
Josef Trousil
2:31.0 Only two teams started
Medley relay(1600 m)

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  West Germany
Leonhard Händl
Werner Krönke
Rolf Krüsmann
Jürgen Schröter
3:22.0   Italy
Bruno Bianchi
Ito Giani
Sergio Ottolina
Sergio Bello
3:22.2   Belgium
Werner Oijzers
Willy Vandewyngaerden
Georges Wijnants
Albert van Hoorn
3:27.2
High jump
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  Valeriy Skvortsov (URS) 2.17   Wolfgang Schillkowski (FRG) 2.11   Kjell-Åke Nilsson (SWE) 2.08
Pole vault
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  Hennadiy Bleznitsov (URS) 4.90   Rudolf Tomášek (TCH) 4.80   Rainer Liese (FRG) 4.70
Long jump
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  Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) 8.23 WB   Armin Baumert (FRG) 7.79   Jochen Eigenherr (FRG) 7.63
Triple jump
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  Şerban Ciochină (ROM) 16.43   Michael Sauer (FRG) 16.35   Petr Nemsovský (TCH) 16.28
Shot put
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  Vilmos Varjú (HUN) 19.05   Dieter Hoffmann (GDR) 18.25   Jiří Skobla (TCH) 18.08

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
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  Margit Nemesházi (HUN) 7.3   Galina Mitrokhina (URS) 7.3   Mary Rand (GBR) 7.4
400 metres
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  Helga Henning (FRG) 56.9   Libuše Macounová (TCH) 57.2   Maeve Kyle (IRL) 57.3
800 metres
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  Zsuzsa Szabó-Nagy (HUN) 2:07.9   Karin Kessler (FRG) 2:10.8   Marie Ingrová (TCH) 2:11.6
60 metres hurdles
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  Irina Press (URS) 8.1 WB   Gundula Diel (GDR) 8.4   Inge Schell (FRG) 8.4
4 × 160 metres relay
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  West Germany
Renate Meyer
Erika Rost
Hannelore Trabert
Kirsten Roggenkamp
1:18.4   Yugoslavia
Ljiljana Petnjarić
Marijana Lubej
Jelisaveta Đanić
Olga Šikovec
1:21.7   Czechoslovakia
Libuše Macounová
Alena Hiltscherová
Eva Kucmanová
Eva Lehocká
1:22.3
High jump
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  Iolanda Balaș (ROM) 1.76   Olga Gere-Pulić (YUG) 1.73   Ilia Hans (FRG) 1.65
Long jump
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  Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) 6.73 WB   Mary Rand (GBR) 6.53   Heide Rosendahl (FRG) 6.54
Shot put
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  Margitta Gummel (GDR) 17.30   Tamara Press (URS) 17.00   Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) 16.95

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  West Germany (FRG)55717
2  Soviet Union (URS)53311
3  Hungary (HUN)3014
4  East Germany (GDR)2406
5  Great Britain (GBR)2215
6  Romania (ROU)2002
7  Italy (ITA)1102
8  Ireland (IRL)1012
9  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0448
10  Yugoslavia (YUG)0202
11  Sweden (SWE)0022
12  Belgium (BEL)0011
Totals (12 entries)21212062

Participating nations

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References

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