1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 August and 1 September 1966.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Werner von Moltke
 West Germany
Silver Jörg Mattheis
 West Germany
Bronze Horst Beyer
 West Germany

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

30 August/1 September

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Name Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Werner von Moltke  West Germany 11.0 7.18 15.55 1.85 50.1 15.1 45.74 4.20 62.96 4:53.5 7607 (7740)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jörg Mattheis  West Germany 11.3 7.17 14.45 1.88 50.0 16.2w 45.48 3.70 67.98 4:26.9 7478 (7614)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Horst Beyer  West Germany 11.5 6.89 14.73 1.88 49.5 14.9 41.80 4.10 56.36 4:17.9 7479 (7562)
4 Max Klauß  East Germany 11.0 7.61 12.94 1.91 49.8 16.7w 40.38 4.35 53.10 4:44.6 7280 (7446)
5 Rein Aun  Soviet Union 11.3 7.01 13.52 1.85 50.6 16.0w 42.76 4.10 57.60 4:32.8 7210 (7378)
6 Jüri Otsmaa  Soviet Union 11.4 6.83 13.93 1.94 51.3 15.4 38.02 3.80 53.48 4:31.4 7054 (7236)
7 Mykhaylo Storozhenko  Soviet Union 11.5 6.95 14.48 1.88 54.5 15.1w 45.18 4.00 54.76 4:57.5 7002 (7172)
8 Werner Duttweiler   Switzerland 11.4 6.95 13.52 1.85 52.4 15.4w 36.66 4.40 53.06 4:42.0 6999 (7165)
9 Clive Longe  Great Britain 11.3 6.62 15.09 1.70 51.7 15.6w 46.46 4.00 55.60 4:49.9 6996 (7160)
10 Walter Dießl  Austria 11.1 6.74 13.79 1.75 51.3 15.1 38.96 4.00 46.96 4:42.0 6869 (7055)
11 Manfred Tiedtke  East Germany 11.3 6.83 14.66 1.91 50.6 15.4 38.26 3.50 53.40 5:04.6 6849 (7035)
12 Franco Sar  Italy 11.5 6.21 13.61 1.75 53.2 14.9w 47.58 4.10 52.42 5:06.6 6735 (6904)
13 Jerzy Detko  Poland 11.5 6.59 14.22 1.88 52.0 15.5w 43.28 3.80 54.30 4:47.2 6922 (6896)
14 Steen Smidt-Jensen  Denmark 11.5 6.59 11.94 1.85 52.0 15.5w 36.12 4.30 42.45 4:25.8 6713 (6887)
15 Gert Herunter  Austria 11.1 6.77 11.78 1.85 50.6 15.2w 34.22 3.60 48.76 4:38.6 6703 (6883)
16 Bruno Poserina  Italy 11.8 6.70 13.45 1.75 52.3 15.3w 48.32 3.20 53.08 4:26.2 6802 (6856)
17 Horst Mandl  Austria 11.6 7.02 12.88 1.85 52.4 15.4 36.20 3.70 52.24 4:49.8 6671 (6847)
18 Derek Clarke  Great Britain 11.7 6.32 13.09 1.60 51.8 15.7 42.92 3.40 58.46 4:24.5 6601 (6842)
19 Tadeusz Grzegorzewski  Poland 11.4 6.64 12.82 1.70 53.1 15.5 42.16 4.20 57.78 5:11.8 6665 (6833)
20 Bernard Castang  France 11.3 6.54 14.55 1.75 50.6 16.5 43.82 3.20 50.68 5:04.0 6516 (6709)
21 Urs Trautmann   Switzerland 11.9 6.11 13.46 1.85 53.5 16.4w 41.58 3.60 58.20 4:44.2 6487 (6673)
22 Gyula Hubai  Hungary 11.6 6.24 12.83 1.80 53.1 16.5 43.08 4.45 46.38 5:07.5 6454 (6650)
23 Robert Lespagnard  Belgium 11.5 6.47 11.78 1.80 50.6 16.6w 30.08 4.10 45.60 4:30.0 6416 (6601)
24 Charlemagne Anyamah  France 11.2 6.33 13.49 1.75 51.4 15.9w 36.36 3.30 46.78 4:57.4 6306 (6502)
25 Suat Jegeni  Albania 11.9 6.28 10.85 1.70 53.4 17.4 35.18 3.70 40.94 4:22.4 5924 (6131)
József Bákái  Hungary 11.4 6.65 13.39 1.70 53.4 16.3w 47.34 4.00 NM DNF
Roland Sedleger   Switzerland 11.2 6.84 11.75 DNF
Valbjörn Þorláksson  Iceland DNF DNF

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 397–405, retrieved 13 August 2014